Would you in retrospective say that the big multiplier hurt your ability to play the A-Game?
I can imagine something along the lines of being under less tension/pressure to constantly review your in game decisions because the game already did so much good for you with the big win?
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Originally posted by SvenBe
Would you in retrospective say that the big multiplier hurt your ability to play the A-Game?
I can imagine something along the lines of being under less tension/pressure to constantly review your in game decisions because the game already did so much good for you with the big win?
That's excellent question and consideration Sven.
I would say definitely NO simply because I worked on my Spin's strategy when I arrived in Serbia from 13th of March until say mid April or so. During these times I worked out all the read less ranges, reviewed hands, checked what regs tend to do post flop, how light/wide/tight they play in HU in what spots, and based on that created general strategy which I still use now!
This big multiplier win actually motivated me to play over 100 hours this month to complete the challenge by 1st of September for apartment mortgage and save total 10.9k$. It seems now due to this downswing that it won't happen but I am in no worry about it. It was my 1 and only goal for this year and I still have tons of time to achieve it. Poker bankroll and going to Asia came as extra goals to motivate me to grind more and to finally visit my dream land (Asia). This is why I created plan by the end of the year to do 500 hours of poker. Since there is 20 weeks and 5 days left, that means less then 4 hours per day grinding without a single day break. I will do my best to grind every day 4 hours steady no matter what happens and all the goals should be reached regardless of focus, game level, multipliers and variance. For such high hour count and games (15-16k) variance will likely be more positive and better then it is currently.
Also right now, I am adding 3 more things in my strategy, experimenting with them and it seems like they are definitely right thing to do. I will check in a month time with database analysis and see actual empirical proof of these claims but from experience this seems to work great so far and it seems like I am auto profiting which is always nice.
Enjoy your week man!
Great job, congrats! 
If I take it right, now you only need to earn $1K or so to get the mortgage off your chest plus $1K for the new bankroll, and then you'll be able to focus more on the weight loss which will certainly improve your mental sharpness as well, and eventually on the Asian trip which will surely help you get in shape. Victory is so close, make it happen!!! 
Grats on the ship!
Earlier on this page u said u were doing intermitted fasting, was it hard to adapt your eating habits to this?
Plus doesn't your stomach start to make awful amounts of noise/cramps after x-hours?
Friend of mine also tells me his focus increased tenfold by using intermitted fasting, same for you?
Originally posted by SvenBe
Would you in retrospective say that the big multiplier hurt your ability to play the A-Game?
I can imagine something along the lines of being under less tension/pressure to constantly review your in game decisions because the game already did so much good for you with the big win?
[x] in before "Would you in retrospective say that waiting for another big multiplier hurts your ability to play the A-Game? "
haha, good job, probably and hopefully well deserved!
On a side note, how often are you using notes? How important are they for your game?
Seeing "obs strong sdv" ? wtf?
Originally posted by tonypmm
Great job, congrats!If I take it right, now you only need to earn $1K or so to get the mortgage off your chest plus $1K for the new bankroll, and then you'll be able to focus more on the weight loss which will certainly improve your mental sharpness as well, and eventually on the Asian trip which will surely help you get in shape. Victory is so close, make it happen!!!
Appreciate the support really!
As far as apartment mortgage goes, I need to save 10.9k$ total for it but this month I already spent close to 1k$ and I have still rent to pay (200$), dentist (150$) and eat for the rest of the month. So realistically this month I will spend anywhere from 1,5-2k$. I haven't checked but right now I probably have from poker in this month 4.5k post RB and the goal is to win another 1.5k by the end of the month (70ish hours to grind). That should get me right there to complete the goal if not actually complete it.
For bankroll challenge, I will go to save 3k , 200 buy ins. Even that is not ideal as we saw in 5 days 20ish hours of grind I had close to 2k down swing. 4.5k would be ideal but it would make Thailand trip more further out of reach for January 2017.
For final challenge in this year, Thailand and Asia trip, I am planing another 3k to save. For ticket visa and accommodation, half of that money will go so remaining 1.5k in 60 days is 20-30$ per day which is more then enough. I will also play about 100 hours of poker while there which should actually make me 2.5k+ so that way I will be covered while there not to depend purely on 3k that I will initially save for the trip.
Overall total savings plan for this year is 10.9k + 3k + 3k = 16.9k$. When you add to that Skrill fees when withdrawing money I would say another 100$ would do the job to make it all work.
As far as weight loss challenge goes, I did not update yesterday but after my training I weighted myself and saw 85.4kgs! I actually dropped 10kgs in less then 10 weeks of training with my Sensei. So that is completed and my next goal is to get to 80kgs now and then 77kgs (my favorite number). When I drop to these numbers my body fat will automatically go down + I am eating right, keeping my muscles while loosing weight by eating enough protein and doing workouts with weight lifting as well. So that is all under control and since 2 weeks ago I started training 4 times per week which makes me feel phenomenal!
Thanks for the support once again Tony!
Originally posted by Varune
Grats on the ship!Earlier on this page u said u were doing intermitted fasting, was it hard to adapt your eating habits to this?
Plus doesn't your stomach start to make awful amounts of noise/cramps after x-hours?
Friend of mine also tells me his focus increased tenfold by using intermitted fasting, same for you?
Hi Varune and thanks for the congrats.
I had no trouble adapting to IF. While in USA for 6 months from last September to mid March this year, I actually was for period of 1 month eating once per day. The reason was to save more money of course but even then it didn't affect me at all. My body got used to it right away as I was drinking tons of water and 2-3 coffees per day.
There is nothing wrong with my stomach. I did all the tests recently and my blood tests show fantastic results for everything. I personally feel hungryish only if the night before I celebrate hard with friends (like last night) and then tomorrow morning wake up semi or fully hangover. Then my stomach is sending me signals that is hungry but that is due to mostly alcohol dehidrating body.
I would say that my focus is laser sharp now because I have very clear goals and ways how to get there (action plan) for all the areas that I want by the end of this year. For poker that is to save 16.9k$ total which with 500 hours by the end of year will be meet easily thanks to 2nd 200x ship, and with fitness it is to now drop to 80 then 77kgs, continue with 4 times per week training (3 with Sensei 1 on my own using his program!) and then hope to have from 18.9% body fat which was measured on 27th of July get to 10-13% body fat by the end of the year.
Everything outside of these targets, better results (more money, less body fat % and more muscle) will be outstanding!
If you are considering to switch to IF, I would recommend you check out in my blog several posts about it and overall approach to diet/way of eating. If you want to loose weight it is all about calorie deficit and you will naturally create it by switching to IF since you only get 8 hours per day to eat from the moment you eat 1st meal. It is super hard to be overweight with this method unless you eat junk food , drink beer and sodas or eat sweets each day. Outside of these things, you can eat anything really and make sure to count calories using application MyFitnessPal and you will dominate your weight loss I guarantee you.
All the best and let me know if I can be of any help regarding IF, training and such things.
Originally posted by SvenBe
Originally posted by SvenBe
Would you in retrospective say that the big multiplier hurt your ability to play the A-Game?
I can imagine something along the lines of being under less tension/pressure to constantly review your in game decisions because the game already did so much good for you with the big win?[x] in before "Would you in retrospective say that waiting for another big multiplier hurts your ability to play the A-Game? "
haha, good job, probably and hopefully well deserved!
On a side note, how often are you using notes? How important are they for your game?
Seeing "obs strong sdv" ? wtf?
Hahaha thanks a lot Sven!
It was quite crazy because I played a huge whale and started HU with 2.5:1 CL for myself but he came back in 1 hand. After that I dominated pre and post flop but he played so slow and used time a lot that we got to all in spots where I shopped J8 vs his stronger holding (getting with 8 on the river yeah baby) and then he came with 44 vs my AJs (hitting 4 on flop) and then I dominated him 2 more times both being ahead with Kx and ATs in a final hand and that was that. I played perfectly strategy wise, adjusted right after he did that crazy play in the beginning and even owned the game 4-7bb in limped pots which makes me very happy since that is the area that I am working on mentally and applying in game (one of the 3 things that I mentioned that I am applying in my game). So overall I would say well deserved win once again but I needed luck to survive 1st all in all thanks to him timing out like crazy and playing slow as a turtle ♦
As far as notes go, I use them all the time and they are of vital importance for my game. Say for example that I take note such as 3bar weak SDV or 3 bar bluff bvb, it tells me immediately that I start bluff catching lighter bvb that opponent when he barrels off since he is more aggro.
For this player note is obs strong sdv. It means over bet shoves strong showdown value ♦ He showed K9 on J98J texture. I had 9x, called him, expecting that his obs in the very 1st hand of HU post flop would be capped to Tx, Qx, 7x and 8x - since there was another J on the texture which decreases likely hood that he had J, and I already had 9x which decreases chance that he has it so I was thinking 3 seconds and made a call. He turned K9 and got back in the game thanks to that shove and I took that note. Thankfully he was super passive pre flop, over folding plenty and I was opening wide,even folded A9s to his 3bs for 20ish blinds since that was his 1st 3bs in 20ish hands and about 10-15 of them I took pre flop without any playing back or post flop with c bet. Really awesome opponent to play, couldn't have wished for better guy really.
Let's see what happens by the end of the month. Hopefully not another 100 buy in swing. I am still for the whole month at just 34% ITM!!! I expect this to get over 36% which means over next 2k+ games some upswing when it comes to card distribution, setups in my favor, ITM increase overall etc.
I wanted to share something with you all that happened yesterday as I was celebrating with my friends huge 200x win.
One of my female friends who's sister is dating current Partizan Belgrade football player actually knows my football idol Ivica Iliev!!! She promised me yesterday that she will set up a meet with him for me to talk to him, get his IvicaIliev77 football jersey signed and get to know him. She says that he is a very good guy.
I am absolutely over the moon!!! Ivica Iliev is my football idol. Not some Messi, Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic or such. No. Ivica Iliev is the guy who brought Partizan Belgrade to Champions League twice! 1st directly via scoring vital away goal for overtime vs Newcastle United, and 2nd time indirectly by assisting 2 out of 4 goals vs Anderlecht (1 in Belgrade, own goal, and 1 away from corner for Cleo). That man is a fucking legend and you all know that my nickname here and on Poker Stars is IvicaIliev77.
I will be forever grateful to my female friend if she does make that happen for me. I promised her 100 euro's in return for her to do some lip surgery ♦
#LifeisAwesome
1st session after 200x:
ITM turning around for the whole month hopefully. Won 2 outers 2 or 3 times + in all in spots came back from behind (standard shoves and calls in HU) hence the low cEV. There was also some 6x and 4x wins in there.
For the month there is 53.7 hours right now. Idea is to get to 120 hours in next 15 days including today. So 4.43 hours of grind per day average starting now.
In the next days I have a lot of guitar lessons and my training has kicked in the higher gear - my body is asking for more rest from weight training. I will however make it a habit to do 2 sessions in the morning, before 12pm when I have training and then in the afternoon and evening fit 3 more sessions to get to those 5 hours per day. By the end of month things will be 100% clear with girl that I like since I plan to either finish or start something with her. That will also affect mental and emotional energy. Right now I am feeling awesome and feel absolutely in the zone with life (thanks to training and to some degree run good this month) but with that girl it could go either way - we shall see 
If it doesn't work out I have about 8 other girls that are messaging me, sending me their pics and wanting to hook up with me. Out of respect for the girl I like, I put those 8 on hold and am waiting patiently by 1st of August if things will work out between us. If they don't I will switch to hooking up with those other girls and it will definitely affect me less when it comes to emotional energy (those girls want to come at my place in the middle of the night just to hook up - go figure). So living a fantastic life now, need to keep training hard, grinding steady and things will click more no doubt about it.
Enjoy remaining of your week on and off the tables!
Somewhat quick update guys and girls
2 days ago during training session, I dropped 10kg weight from my back (while doing bear crawl as I completed it) and it feel on the ringer finger of my left arm. Finger got swollen and I had super hard time but completed the training anyway with weight lifting. After I got home finger was all dark black and increased by 50% at least. It was hurting me for 2 days and I had to get a special creme to apply to it + use ice as well for it to get down a bit.
Today I also had training and completed it with the pain in the finger. I tried grinding with laptop + external keyboard but I can't use hotkeys nor press hard with it. However I tried grinding today with just the laptop 4 tabling and even though finger hurts a lot while using hotkeys, it is much more acceptable vs using external keyboard.
During today's 1 session I got 100x but exited as 3rd. Was bluff catching flop, turn and river went x/x where opponent got bdsd from flop and got there. Nothing major to mention really.
Look forward getting back to tables with 4-5 sessions per day grind while 4 tabling.
Enjoy your weekend and tonight Serbia is playing Australia in semi's of Basketball in RIO. I expect that we will win with over 10 points this game. Just a feeling I have even though they have a great team, I follow basketball for a while and expect our team to keep pushing forward.
Very nice day yesterday.
Had training, played 1 session, spent time with friends, rested and chatted with girl that I will hook up with soon, and then in the evening bet maximum amount on Poker Stars for Serbia to win the match.
They allowed me 606.05$ on 2.65 betting odd so I won yesterday 1k ♦
Before the match I was ready to bet 1k on Serbia but Poker Stars didn't allow that amount. Here in Serbia betting odd before the match 2, 2.1 - 2.2 the most but thank you Poker Stars for giving 2.65 and making my month 1 step closer to 6k!
Today I have final training in the set of 36! I will talk to my Sensei and see what he thinks about me doing trainings in the group now. Those trainings are about 30% more difficult with intensity and more exercises added then what I am doing with him. I am definitely not ready for them 100% but I feel that after say 10-20 trainings or 1-2 months with the group, my strength will increase even more and I will of course burn even more calories and bring down body fat % more.
I still want to do 1 on 1 with him but will see what he says financially since he needs to think and decide by Monday how much he will charge those 80+ trainings (by the end of the year).
Today planing to grind at least 3 sessions. There is big final game today vs croatia in Vaterpolo. Should be lots of fun 
Enjoy your weekend on and off the tables!
A bit longer update
Training and Weight Loss/Body Fat %
Yesterday was my 1st training in the new set of 80 trainings with Sensei by the end of this year. Plan is in next 19 weeks to have 15 weeks of 4 trainings per week (60) and in the remaining 4 weeks to do 5 trainings per week (another 20) making it total of 80.
Today after my 2nd training of the new set, I made 1/2 payment upfront and completed a brutal training for 26 minutes. Before I started doing it I set time mentally in my head 30 minutes and Sensei was thinking that I would do it before 40 minutes. I surpass both my and his expectations and we were both thrilled with how fast I was completing exercises with correct form.
Another huge milestone is today after training and weighting myself, I am officially bellow 85kgs!!! I have 84.7kgs now.
My training sessions will be on Mon, Tue, Thur and Fri every week noon to 1 pm. That will leave me whole weekend free from trainings and for recovery.
I started noticing huge change in my body. My waist definitely slimmed down a lot, pants that I wear feel with way more space, some shorts as well. So my waist is going down which is great but also body fat is going down. I can already spot my physique in the mirror. Top 2 abs are starting to show when I push my core. Very cool stuff.
19 weeks left, 78 trainings to go. I am hoping to go from 84.7kgs to 80kgs and to drop down from original 18.9% body fat measured on 27th of July to 10-13% body fat by the end of the year. I will go to measure body fat% again once I drop a bit more kgs , most likely around 82-83kgs to check my progress.
Poker and Finances
On the other news, this month has been going spectacular thanks to 2x 200x wins and 1k win on Serbia vs Australia. My ITM is still below my expected one (35% vs 36%+) and I have less then 60 hours per month. My financial goals are going well. I am couple hundred $ short of 10k. So around 1.5k left to save for the whole apartment mortgage which should be done "easily" by the end of September. Keep in mind that I just payed over 360$ today for 40 training sessions otherwise I would have been right there with 10k. Plan is by the end of the month to play more ,2-3 sometimes 4 sessions per day and get mentally prepared for finally higher grind in September. End is so near for apartment mortgage and I want to finish it very strong with 100+ hours grind in September.
Bankroll saving will be next and then Asia trip. If I don't save enough money or feel that I don't want to rush trip on January 20th I will move it. It is not worth to push such a long awaited trip and dream of mine just to end up going there under rolled for grind and life expenses. Also, loaning money is no solution, I simply don't want to do that and feel any extra pressure. The whole point of returning back from USA is to help my dad and my family all together and get us back on our feet.
Girls
Other news are related to girls. I decided not to wait anymore for this girl I like(d) and to spend time with some other girls that chase me. Spent the whole night with 1 of them 2 nights ago. Went to training on Monday totally worn out with 5 hour sleep dehydrated - still can't believe how I managed to find strength to complete training and not to puke.
Trip
Tomorrow I am going to famous mountain in Serbia Kopaonik. I will spend a half day there and relax, regenerate and just soak in all the beautiful surroundings over there. I shall return in the evening time and perhaps go for some grind.
Enjoy remaining of your August on and off the tables!
Wonderful day both at the tables and away from them.
After 1st session in coffee place with not so great focus (talking to my godfather non stop), was down 75$. 2nd and 3rd sessions were very strong, way better hand reading bluff catching vbetting and bluffing in HU. Ended the day with +180$ pre RB and cleared 40$ bonus so 220$ from poker today.
Outside of poker, champions league games. Talked to a friend who watched all 1st leg games (he downloads them and analyses them also) and I read today about line ups and expectations in the papers and online. Decided to bet single double chance on Ludogorec vs Plzen on 1.75 betting odd as well as play system 2+3/3 with wins on Israel team, Monaco and Roma. Roma lost and from 60$ I bet on the whole system (15$ per each combination, 4 total) I got back 93.15$ since other 2 games had 2.7 and 2.3 betting odds. Ludogorec got 1st goal from corner after several minutes, equalized, controlled the game whole 1st half and then in the 2nd half started defending more and got a goal. They managed to score equalizer in the very last seconds of the game (95th minute) so the game ended 2-2 and my single went through. 200$ bet on 1.75, so 150$ profit there.
Total profit on football betting today 150$+ 33.15 = 183.15$ + on poker 220$ = 403.15$ = very nice profit day.
What is the point of this update? It's not to brag about betting nor good variance in poker. It is about the fact that after this successful day I actually passed 10k$ in money tonight!!! So less then 900$ left to save for apartment mortgage. So close and within the reach!
This month has a potential to hit 7k profit with everything combined the way things look now that is for sure. I hope I can make that happen in next 7 days on and off the tables.
Tomorrow I will celebrate 10k$ bankroll reached and keep pushing to try to get another 900$ from all the income combined by the end of this month!
Update in regards to yesterday
Spent most of the day at Kopaonik mountain. It felt awesome to go there since last time I was there was probably 10 years ago or so. Really refreshing, cool to breathe that special air on 2k height. I really enjoyed it and regenerated.
Got back to my town at 7pm, talked with one of my female friends, went for drinks to celebrate 10k with my friend and then on the way to visit my friend I decided to stop by at bookie place for Champions League. It was 20:43 when i entered there, I just looked at the 5 games that were being played and immediately asked for Dinamo Zagreb 2 diferent games - 1) Double chance X2 2) Both teams to score goals. Both betting odds were the same, 1.75 so I took X2 because it covers 2/3 outcomes (66.66% possibility vs 33.34% that bookies get there) vs playing both teams to score goals which could have or not have happened (Dinamo could have won or lost 1-0 etc). Game ended in regular time 1-1 and Dinamo won in extra time 2-1 (1st game in Zagreb also 1-1). I bet 12k dinars which is a bit higher then 100$ and won 82.25$ on that game.
No poker yesterday but still made money and added it to the 10k$ money saved.
Today I have training at noon. I will grind now at home 1 to 1.5 hours and then plan is to get another 1-2 sessions by tonight. Tonight will watch Zvezda game vs Sassuolo (expect Italians to beat them again or at best for them slim draw 0-0 1-1).
Enjoy your day on and off the tables!