Making a living with STT SNGs

Originally posted by Primrose6789

Originally posted by tonypmm
You're making romance sound like poker - trying to read her soul

I prefer to have a life that's less like the main job (poker), to forget about the job more often, you know

A very good attitude, tony. It´s important to clear your head. I notice that in my job (writing). When I just take a break in my mind, get some distance, afterwards I have the best ideas!

You don't have to worry anymore. Like I mentioned before in regards to silence treatment, I decided to go for it from today. I saw her again, exchange some words, saw that her body language and eye contact is not pleasing to me and that was the last sip. I also saw her sister, said hi to her and could see that she was checking me out while I interacted with her sister. Way to her heart is definitely through her sister since she is very tied to her but as I said I decided to totally let her go and not care anymore about her. I hope she finds a guy that will make her happy. In the meanwhile I will setup 6-10 girls/woman to meet up hang out party hook up with to be ready for Thailand trip

Poker related update

Today I checked and I grinded 69 hours from 13th of October which is 1 month time. That is just super low number of hours and even though I made close to if not more then 2.5k in that period post RB, I should have really played more.
There is about 4-5 major excuses that I can use, all related to paying of apartment mortgage mainly but also to my godfathers dad passing away and being there for him. Truth and bottom line is I mentally feel huge pressure off and relieved that my number 1 major goal and challenge for this year is completed before the deadline and I let myself go this past month overall in all areas. Going out with my godfather and best friend, drinking, partying, eating outside of my calorie deficit etc while grind has suffered the most.
I talked today with my great friend and person who stakes me and he again told me not to worry or stress about grind but simply to do things as I feel and want. I definitely want to finish the deal as soon as possible. Variance plays and will always play great role. Initially I predicted 200 hours of grind with 25$ hourly post RB. Right now I have over 35$ post RB hourly and I am positive that my game has moved up due to CG review and doing some things in the lab, probably now at 30$+ per hour win rate. The thing is, there is this mental relief and at the same time pressure. Now I took out the biggest challenge and now I need to play to return money to my friend (1.5k from which I have already 80%+ ready!) and then for Thailand (500$) and br (1500$).
Solution is simple: return to habits and systematic approach that always gives me results. That means 2 sessions in the morning, 3 in the afternoon to evening, teaching 4-7 hours per week, training 4 times per week , tracking calorie intake daily and sticking to 1419-1700 calories per day avg intake. For poker, goal by the end of the month is to add another 90 hours of grind. Whatever happens with results, happens. I am not tilting at the tables on contrary I play solid but I definitely need to challenge myself more and push the envelope.

Lets see if in next 90 hours of grind I finish the whole deal with my friend for that to work I need 30ish $ hourly or even less. Good news is that I am 3k vpps away
from achieving Supernova again which will bring up RB money as well which is always nice addition.

Oh and yeah from previous post - no emotional connecting with girl that I like(d). Obviously shutting down to focus on work health helping people and weight loss.

TLDR:
- Psychology, mental game doubts relief and pressure happening
- Treating myself well, grinding too little past month
- Time to step up and do 5 sessions per day again + stick to things that bring me results in the long run

Quick update

So far in stake with my friend cashed out and made profit of 3165$ from 5000$ set.
October was very strong, November not so much until today where in 2 sessions I did this!

Things to note:
Money I got so far from the deal I did not save entirely. Celebrations with family and friends + unexpected money I gave my dad cost me a lot of money. So now I have 1.4k euro saved which is enough for my friend to return the loan. Now I need to save minimum 2k for Thailand and BR. Of course you can see how this will be hard because the deal ends before that! Also, past 1 month music lessons have not been stable income as through out this year so that affected my living expenses and spending from poker earnings as well.
There are good news in all of this despite the fact that I am behind on the money I expected to save initially.
- Music lessons are picking up and I expect before Thailand to cover at least 1 month living expenses from it
- Before Thailand I will get another 500 euro from bank which will help me have extra cash for Thailand
- I talked to my friend and he is up for extending the deal for as long as I need it.

This final point, I am strongly considering to play staked in the future because I have no BR pressure of any sort and I play my absolute best poker right now. Also my friend suggested and offered to stake me to play 30s which is long term my goal but I am not rushing it. I want to absolutely crush 15s, get my hourly to 35-40$ post RB and then move to 30s to get to 50ish$ hourly while of course fixing all the things in my game that need to be fixed.

That is it for this quick update. Expect next one in regards to poker and staking when new things develop in regards to everything I mentioned above.

Update in regards to fitness and weight loss

Had training today, struggled and powered through it. Weight scale says 83kgs exactly. So in 12 days since last weight scale I gained 2.8kgs! Talk about eating out of control and drinking partying out. I have 10.5 weeks before Thailand trip to drop down 6kgs. It will be fun for sure. Today I ate around 1k calories so I am very happy about intake + also walked 1km outside even though it was cold (besides completing training).
Idea is to do 4 trainings per week from which 1 will be cardio type, 2 crossfit types and 1 will be me experimenting with different movements and working on things that I want to perfect (double unders, pull ups, hand stand push ups etc).

you seem like a cool dude, i may be of help content wise. if you want add me on ct

Wow, this graph is very cool! I envy you a little bit but I can get such a good graph as well if I work on it (maybe not at those high limits?). And the girl who doesn´t want you is herself to blame! You´re a likable good guy and I´m sure you can get much better and beautyful women.

Originally posted by Mailo2001
you seem like a cool dude, i may be of help content wise. if you want add me on ct

Done, appreciate your offer!

Originally posted by Primrose6789
Wow, this graph is very cool! I envy you a little bit but I can get such a good graph as well if I work on it (maybe not at those high limits?). And the girl who doesn´t want you is herself to blame! You´re a likable good guy and I´m sure you can get much better and beautyful women.

That graph is nothing. I will post in next update graph for past 2 days of 7 hours of grinding. Be careful, don't say I didn't warn you about it

As far as girls and woman go in general in my life, I am always having trouble finding one that is just great to have in my life and think about. Right now all the woman in my life seem like accessory and not main role. Until main role woman arrives I will not bother to engage others. There is other girls that I see want to get with me but that will just be for fun nothing else. I don't want to fool them or trick them. Also they feel my energy, they can tell I don't consider them for serious relationship so they likely fight to figure out what I find wrong with them.

Can write about this topic always but will stop it for now. New update awaits

Poker related update

This happened past 2 days:

So right now in the deal with my friend I made already 4005$. 995$ left to complete the deal.
I definitely stepped up my game and several things helped (5 to be precise). 1) Reviewed my CG notes and lines, adjusted some plays immediately from them 2) Did studying for texture that always gave me trouble (now I have it very strong under control and 8/10 times I come on top of it!!!) 3) Watched 2 videos that cover certain theory and practical application of it to review and polish + improve my post flop 4) Watched my friend grind nl25zoom with sick red line play, friend who can crush nl200zoom as well easy (knows range vs range super good and textures) 5) Did db analysis for 15s for particular spot that occurs often and adjusted my play to it (80-20 rule)

Today won 25x vs reg and yesterday also another 25x vs another reg. So that definitely helped, 750$ from 25xs, very cool.

My cEV during the stake is higher then when I played before which I am happy. Post RB EV hourly is definitely over 30$ and 13th of October and now 15th of November my game has improved by at least 10 cEV. My 3/3 and HU game improved both pre and post flop (more post flop), I adjusted ranges analyzed tendencies and am now just playing really having fun at the tables.

In future days, weeks, months, I look forward to play with this level of play. Once I rebuild the BR and reach 35-40$ post RB hourly on 15s, I will start to attack 30s as well and consider move up full time there.

995$ left for this deal to finish after which I will likely go for another 2k deal for the reasons I mentioned in one of the previous updates. Whatever happens I am ready for it. I am really enjoying my skill and feel very strong where my areas of weakness are to continue to improve further.

Enjoy your week on and of the tables!

Poker related update

Yesterday talked to my friend who is currently staking as well as friend who I decided to go in the next stake with. Initial staker offered me good deal but my other friend had priority because he felt somewhat insulted that I didn't contact him for 1st stake deal. He told me then (after I already agreed with my friend for the stake and started playing) that he would have taken the deal right away and given me better share.
So yesterday we talked and he told me just pick a share that works for you and give me all the details and I am in. So I choose 85-15% in my favor and our profit target will be 2k!!!
Idea from 2nd stake is to play again stress free and money made from it use for bankroll only which will be 1.7k$ (more then enough to start with 15s).
I still have about 800$ or so to earn in the current stake with my friend before it is completed and then I start with new stake. My friend who is staking me now is awesome and offered good deal but was super cool when he heard about my other friend and he actually came out and said "Let him stake you to earn money - that would be fair to him as well".

I am happy to have 2 of them as friends not because they decided to stake me and offer me sick good deals for me, but because in the sea of people and poker players they didn't look to take sick advantage of winning player but rather wanted to help.
Don't get me wrong, my friends will still earn nice money but IMO they deserve every single cent of the money earned. My 1st staker will get 1500$ once we finish the deal and so far he only invested 100 buy ins. That is 100% ROI - not bad investment for short term. My 2nd staker friend will get 300$ for probably months worth of grind and again investing between 1500-4500$. Again ez game if you ask me, that is very good ROI for such short term investment and it is a sure thing.

What will I get by doing 2 deals?

From 1st deal I already saved money for my friends loan in full + have over 400 euros for Thailand. By the end of the deal I will get about additional 500 euros and I can go to Thailand with 900 euros instead of 500$ which is huge difference when you are abroad and going for 10 days vacation! Also, that extra money I can use in those 10.5 weeks if I need some money for life expenses, dentist and such.

From 2nd deal I will save money for poker BR entirely and again it will be done stress free, under my grind terms.

I can't stress the importance of not having pressure to grind such and such hours and focusing to play only when I want to. This gives me additional energy when I sit to grind and my expectations in those sessions are so pure, I play Spins like I am playing some pre and post flop quiz and just focus on maximizing EV of each hand. When I grind 4-5 sessions per day, if things start going really bad in 1st and 2nd session, say that I am down 30+ buy ins, it can affect my mindset remaining 3 sessions in the day in the way that I might change my game plan a bit - which is not good.
So having staking deal that allows me to set my own terms is absolute and maximum +EV for me.
Of course once I have my BR for 15s, I will tackle grind differently a bit, aim to increase hourly and go to make between 3-4k per month from poker while making 1k from music and working on automating income.

The reason why I wrote this update is to let you know that you don't need to accept 1st offer you get from programs. Most people will want to take advantage of you, especially when they know you need their help. You need to be strong, firm, have integrity and stand behind things you want and value. This is the only way that you get some sort of win win situation. Otherwise, if you bend over and let people gangbang you just because you need money or knowledge, you will likely get loose situation for you and win for the other party.
Try to always remember that and things in life will be much brighter and better in any way/interaction/relationship.

Enjoy your week on and off the tables!

Quick update

Not much poker since I payed of apartment mortgage. I have been taking it very easy with grind and enjoying life to the max. So far made 4135$ so 865$ left to make in the deal before starting a new 2k deal. Today I will grind several sessions (2 to 3) but also watch a lot of football games (definitely want to see Chelsea game) and will likely find some +EV bet for single.

Work out is going awesome. I trained past week 3 times with group and those training sessions are more difficult in compared to 1 on 1 I did with my Sensei. I am very happy that I pushed and powered through all of them and my envelope for pain extended of course. Thing I am very proud of is 2 days ago I went to do pull ups at home after a while (didn't train those EMOM 20 minutes for a month or so) and I bagged 10 pull ups in a row. My best friend was at my place and he was very shocked I did it so well, 8 pull ups with awesome form remaining 2 struggling hard towards the end! So yeah, 10 pull ups, awesome accomplishment considering that on 6th of June when I started training and even 2 months later I could not do a single one. Also in one of the trainings for CrossFit last week I did 45 pull ups for less then 35 minutes while alternating them with medicine ball squats from lying down position throwing the ball in the air (150 of those + 45 pull ups for 33:50 mins). Very cool.

Weight loss progress not going great simply because I let myself go to enjoy past 10+ days, celebrating and eating over calorie intake set for days. That added to 83kgs and I probably now have even 84kgs or more BUT, I made a very strong decision before Thailand to get to 77kgs and do all the tests for body fat % and body composition + food tolerance tests and I will do that without a single doubt. I will take out a lot of carbs, limit going out or drink only 1 to 2 shots of rakija when I do go out and keep pushing myself hard in training.

The best thing is that results are showing from training, my body has definitely transformed and my upper body has developed with muscles and definition of them a lot more. My best friend was really shocked when he saw me doing pull ups 2 days ago shirtless and that is even with 83-84kgs now. I told him, wait for 77kgs, there will be 4 to 6 abs showing and hands + shoulders will be even more cut while pull ups will become even easier at that point (pulling 77kgs vs 83-84kgs of body weight is easier).

To finish the update, just want to put out there my expectations in the 2 deals.
I will aim to finish current deal by 15th of December, so to earn 865$ in next 3 weeks!
For 2nd deal to make 2k in 1 month by 15th of January.
Both are very realistic goals which allows me to grind less then 5-6 hours down to 2-3 sometimes 4 hours, and to be prepared and ready for Thailand trip by 21st of January 2017.

Enjoy your Sunday on and off the tables!

This happened tonight:

+ 500$ extra in RB which I honestly didn't have a clue I would get LOL

Thank you PokerStars. Now I have 208.18$ to earn in order to complete the deal with my friend!

Congrats Sir keep it rolling

Originally posted by rompas
Congrats Sir keep it rolling

Appreciate it my friend!

Been listening to this old but gold tune from Eminem. Very powerful lyrics!

Starting grind today with it:

I grind with music as well but normally some kind of meditation music for study, concentration and calming down. It really helps to keep focussed (you can find those meditation and relaxing music on Youtube).

Originally posted by Primrose6789
I grind with music as well but normally some kind of meditation music for study, concentration and calming down. It really helps to keep focussed (you can find those meditation and relaxing music on Youtube).

Used to use those. For me, I am used to all of it by now. I put tv shows in the background, it passes the session time fastest. I tried with poker videos as well in the past, mixed results.
Bottom line is strong work outside of table and then when you go to play you have massive confidence and results follow. I am strong believer that those outside "distractions" are not as major problem as players claim them to be. After all, you want to test yourself in a way that is challenging and pushing you to react fast so that your auto pilot knowledge for all scenarios and reaction time decreases and you do it instantly. This way you can mass multi table and maximize hourly.

Quick update

Completed today's CrossFit wod like a boss, 22:32 out of 30 minutes time cap. I then weighted myself and found I am at 81.2kgs which is awesome. I honestly expected due to all going out, eating out of calories set massively and drinking alchohol (empty calories) to get to 84kgs or 83 after training. It turns out I am 81.2kgs which is great. So 4.2kgs in 9 weeks and 5 days before Thailand! Plenty of time and today I am binge eating some candy already. Both minimum 1.5k calories worth of sweats. Going through them now while I will watch Designated Survivor new episode.

Deal
Last night had a loosing session and then this morning winning one. Before 2nd session of the day I needed to earn 250-260$ to complete the deal. Then the doom switch session happened. Super low ITM, setups all over the place both pre and post flop (2 pairs into stronger 2 pairs, straight with trips into FH where I block outs etc) so the result from that session brought me down like 300$ or so which is 23 buy ins lost so far today.
Tonight I go for saints day celebrations around 8pm. I will likely do another session before then but basically need 500-600$ more to complete the deal now.
It is always hardest to cross the finish line when you are there - from my experience. I expected to finish deal by 16th of December and yesterdays 500$ from RB brought me very close to it. So close that it was unreal. Lets see what happens in future days/hours.

Everyone is different. When I listen to really cool music I am not paying attention to poker but to the music and then I play hands just too aggressively.

Important update

I just read this in regards to Skrill : https://www.pokernews.com/news/2016/11/neteller-skill-prepaid-mastercard-only-available-in-sepa-26423.htm

It seems like I have 2 options. 1) To go abroad withdraw money from ATMs where my card will work 2) Move abroad, open new skrill and have it work
Will Serbian current prepaid mastercard from Skrill stop to work all together from 25th of November this year? If so I really need to get a move on ASAP.

Look forward to your opinion on this matter.