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Originally posted by cheekopeh
Gogogo ragney, have you forgotten how good it felt when you ran like God?? Keep grinding don't give up!And old style hh converter pls
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Yeah thanks! Look what happened today on my 400min session ♠_biggrin: ♠_biggrin:
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What turned to be a disaster month became my best month 
I mean half-way through the month I was break even...
October Graph
^^So this is officially my first $4,000+ month (including rakeback).
Originally posted by ragney
October goals
[ ] 2.5k games --> 3007 games
[ ] 3% or higher ROI EV --> 5.4% adjusted roi
[ ] work on thesis --> worked on it, waiting for school feedback to further improve it
[ ] spend less time wanking around --> coulda been better but don't feel I failed, its a good startPenalty for not reaching volume goal: send random people in the blog $5 each? LOL
Won my own challenge, sorry guys, maybe next month ♦
Thanks guys. About not checking result, I came up with another plan. Before end of the day when I check my results (usually 150-200 games) I have an excel file where I keep track of how I played mentally and technically wise. I always give it a rating for example:
Mental: 8
Technical: 7
Comments: Got "owned" twice, once by a reg, the other by a maniac fish by own mistake. More mistake playing the K5 hand badly on 844 flop, on such dry flops with little draw possibilities just 3bet his c/r with any one OC. Another horrible play vs reg after that, the J9o vs ISO and t90 cb AT9. Noticed some mental issues in the evening when running bad + doing some minor mistakes althoug they are still +EV but not MAX +EV.
So after writing this every day I play I compare it with the EV results. Working fine for me so far. I have some days where both are 9 and some days when they are 6 or 5. Month AVG came 8,1 on mental game and 7,5 on technical game. Low because the first half month was mehhh, I found alot of leaks/try new stuffs and it worked out it seems.
That's a pretty sick idea, after reading that I made my own Excel spreadsheet and will be doing the same ♦
Ok going to post some normal HH format if I manage to grab them fast enough. Anyone who is interested in the game/plays. Feel free to comment.
Will add as they come 
PokerStars - $29.37+$0.63|10/20 NL (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
Hero (BB): 420
SB: 580 (VPIP: 44.44, PFR: 34.48, 3Bet Preflop: 37.50, Hands: 37)
SB posts SB 10, Hero posts BB 20
Pre Flop: (pot: 30) Hero has 8♠ 9♠
SB raises to 40, Hero calls 20
Flop: (80, 2 players) 4♥ 2♠ 5♠
Hero bets 40, SB calls 40
Turn: (160, 2 players) T♦
Hero bets 80, SB calls 80
River: (320, 2 players) J♠
Hero checks, SB bets 260, Hero calls 260 and is all-in
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SB shows 3♥ K♦ (High Card, King) (Pre 51%, Flop 47%, Turn 66%)
Hero shows 8♠ 9♠ (Flush, Jack High) (Pre 49%, Flop 53%, Turn 34%)
Hero wins 840
PokerStars - $29.37+$0.63|10/20 NL (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
Hero (BB): 425
SB: 575 (VPIP: 100.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 1)
SB posts SB 10, Hero posts BB 20
Pre Flop: (pot: 30) Hero has 6♣ 2♣
SB raises to 40, Hero raises to 90, SB calls 50
Flop: (180, 2 players) 3♥ J♥ 8♦
Hero bets 60, SB calls 60
Turn: (300, 2 players) 6♦
Hero checks, SB bets 60, Hero calls 60
River: (420, 2 players) J♣
Hero checks, SB bets 80, Hero calls 80
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SB shows 9♠ K♠ (One Pair, Jacks) (Pre 64%, Flop 77%, Turn 14%)
Hero shows 6♣ 2♣ (Two Pair, Jacks and Sixes) (Pre 36%, Flop 23%, Turn 86%)
Hero wins 580
Hi there im curious about your river slowplay with flush on 98 hand. Dont you lose alot of chips by not betting river in this spot? What would be your play if opp raises your donk on flop?
A ton of straight draws missed so i'm guessing he's trying to get value from busted draws that would otherwise fold to a bet. On the flop if my donk got raised i'd just get it in with a flushdraw + 2 overcards.
^^ What Wrig said
Seriously people are horrible at bluffing, the sad part is I lose to 80% of them because they always win the flip game 
PokerStars - $29.37+$0.63|15/30 NL (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
Hero (BB): 315
SB: 685 (VPIP: 70.00, PFR: 30.00, 3Bet Preflop: 12.50, Hands: 20)
SB posts SB 15, Hero posts BB 30
Pre Flop: (pot: 45) Hero has J♥ 3♥
SB calls 15, Hero checks
Flop: (60, 2 players) 2♥ 4♦ 9♦
Hero bets 30, SB calls 30
Turn: (120, 2 players) 3♠
Hero checks, SB bets 60, Hero calls 60
River: (240, 2 players) 5♠
Hero checks, SB bets 330, Hero calls 195 and is all-in
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SB shows T♠ 8♦ (High Card, Ten) (Pre 42%, Flop 29%, Turn 14%)
Hero shows J♥ 3♥ (One Pair, Threes) (Pre 58%, Flop 71%, Turn 86%)
Hero wins 630
November goals
[ ] 2.5k games
[ ] 4% or higher ROI EV
[ ] finish the last version of thesis and be done with the crappy college
Meh running ultra bad today esp vs the regs where I can't win anything preflop. Here two interesting hands both vs regs. Alot of regs sitting me today no idea why. Probably they are running good vs me, I mean most of them are horrible postflop. I can't do much against them preflop which is sad
PokerStars - $29.37+$0.63|20/40 NL (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
SB: 620 (VPIP: 58.82, PFR: 41.94, 3Bet Preflop: 22.22, Hands: 37)
Hero (BB): 380
SB posts SB 20, Hero posts BB 40
Pre Flop: (pot: 60) Hero has 8♠ 6♣
SB calls 20, Hero checks
Flop: (80, 2 players) 8♣ 4♥ K♠
Hero checks, SB bets 56, Hero calls 56
Turn: (192, 2 players) Q♥
Hero checks, SB bets 110, Hero calls 110
River: (412, 2 players) A♠
Hero checks, SB bets 200, Hero calls 174 and is all-in
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SB shows 7♥ J♦ (High Card, Ace) (Pre 61%, Flop 15%, Turn 7%)
Hero shows 8♠ 6♣ (One Pair, Eights) (Pre 39%, Flop 85%, Turn 93%)
Hero wins 760
PokerStars - $29.37+$0.63|15/30 NL (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BB: 360 (VPIP: 60.00, PFR: 50.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 11)
Hero (SB): 640
Hero posts SB 15, BB posts BB 30
Pre Flop: (pot: 45) Hero has 9♥ 5♥
Hero calls 15, BB checks
Flop: (60, 2 players) K♦ 5♦ A♦
BB checks, Hero checks
Turn: (60, 2 players) K♥
BB checks, Hero bets 30, BB raises to 90, Hero calls 60
River: (240, 2 players) J♠
BB checks, Hero checks
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BB shows 6♠ T♥ (One Pair, Kings) (Pre 61%, Flop 25%, Turn 20%)
Hero shows 9♥ 5♥ (Two Pair, Kings and Fives) (Pre 39%, Flop 75%, Turn 80%)
Hero wins 240
Hmm kinda getting bored to keep grinding when the whole week is exactly the same. Doing the best decisions but still like 40-50BI below EV. I know I'm doing the right decisions but this is just so boring that I can't be arsed to grind, I fool around on the net during session. Take super long breaks, stop earlier etc. Anyone advice how to archive "grind motivation" or something? Obv. its variance but even though I know it there is no motivation for me to grind ♠_cry:
I tried listening to some music, mental/poker audio files but they just don't work. I'm also going to not check results for a week but I hope I can maintain it for two weeks.
Most thin vbet ever in the history of poker? 
PokerStars - $29.37+$0.63|25/50 NL (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
Hero (BB): 565
SB: 435 (VPIP: 70.87, PFR: 9.48, 3Bet Preflop: 6.98, Hands: 132)
SB posts SB 25, Hero posts BB 50
Pre Flop: (pot: 75) Hero has 4♣ 7♥
SB calls 25, Hero checks
Flop: (100, 2 players) A♥ 9♥ 8♠
Hero checks, SB checks
Turn: (100, 2 players) 6♥
Hero bets 50, SB calls 50
River: (200, 2 players) A♣
Hero checks, SB checks
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Hero shows 4♣ 7♥ (One Pair, Aces) (Pre 57%, Flop 63%, Turn 85%)
SB mucks 2♦ 5♦ (One Pair, Aces) (Pre 43%, Flop 37%, Turn 15%)
Hero wins 200
Not much happening besides I'm not grinding as much as I used to. Last few days been only grinding 4-5hr a day. So far sitting around 800 games for the month with a 5% adjusted ROI (actual ROI = 3% orso). I also completely dropped the 15s, I wil start sitting the 30s regs when I don't have action since the waitlist is getting bigger on the 30s. I want to make some (bad) regs drop back down to 15s.
Cya at the tables if your playing 30 
So far watching this video ( http://www.pokerstrategy.com/video/31335/ ) I'm going to try if building a momentum works for me.
This is so far my morning "creating momentum list" (alpha)
11.00-11.45 Wake up, breakfast etc.
11.45-12.15 Browse forums read emails etc. Finish it a small push-up.
12.15-12.45 "Refine" and re-evaluate 3bet and vs 3bet preflop shoves with ranges. Also further improve my preflop game.
12.45-14.00 Grind.
Other stuffs to add/try for building momentum (will add as they come)
- Watch MTT/HUSNG/PLO video series (30-45 mins)
- Check if Lumosity is worth it (anyone here have experience with it?)
- Make a special database review list that requires 30~ mins to do so I can do it everyday to review some specific spot/position
- Buy a crosstrainer and exercise in the morning
- GTO on limping and vs limps against fish/regs at deep/shallow stacks.
Things that take my momentum away
- Reading (poker) forums and emails real quick during session
- Listen to music (when bored)
Copied from the vid link at the end:
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ACTION STEPS:
Set up a document/notepad for tracking momentum
For 3 days, track everything that you do throughout the day (activities and the times you are doing them at) - for example:
8.00-8.15 Shower
8.15-8.40 Breakfast
8.40-9.00 Checking e-mails
Once you’ve done this, go over each day, and try to determine:
Which are the activities that take momentum away from you
Which are the activities that give you momentum
Now, using the activities which help you get the momentum, develop a routine for building it.
Use the routine each day in the morning for a couple of days
If it doesn’t work, change it until you find one that does.
Going to start sitting regs at HUCAP on NL200 and NL400 as well since they aren't as good as the good HUSNG regs. Mainly when the action is low I'll sit a few. 5-10bb/100h vs them should be maintainable.