May Goals - how do you do?

[timoK]

- get a coach for supernova freeroll (since I dont do NL)
- make at least 4 digit profit
- get 30k + VPP
- take a break after dropping 50 BB
- quit for the day after dropping 100 BB
- tighten up my game
- stop bitching around at the table (maybe I just ask stars so disable my chat)
- read some NL books

edit:
- get an avatar picture

- didn't find a coach
- made 4 digit (pretty easy if you just turn points to cash at stars)
- made like 38000 of those basic points (133000 points to spend)
- taking breaks works out most times
- just lost more than 100BB at one (black) day
- didnt tighten up (maybe a lil)
- stars disabled my chat (on my request)
- read the first phil gordon book
- havent got an avatar obv.

overall the month was ok. one more week of playing then I'm heading to the USA and do some vegas time.

[yourface]

I played good for the most part and ran good except for a -50BB 10/20 session.

graphs will be posted later tonight in the old may goals thread. I like using the old thread because it is easy to compare goals and results.

[Heisenb3rg]

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1. Play disciplined poker
1.1 Quit after dropping 50BB in a day
1.2 If steaming, take a break.
1.3 When drunk/high only play low stakes
1.4 Maintain healthy yoga/work out schedule

2. Make 6000$ to raise money for vegas trip.

3. Balance playing NL and limit, live and online.

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Every single discipline thing I failed.. The 50BB was unreasonable completly (underestimated variance of 5/10)
Played a couple days drunk too. Completly inactive physically.. Social was good.

Despite this and a 25k breakeven streak of the bat posted a winrate of 1.6BB/100 over 50k hands at 5/10, as well as 4 good winning sessions live at 10/20 including a "high hand jackpot" of 500$. Lost 1000$ at 3/6 over 4-5k hands when the 5/10 games sucked and 3/6 looked especially "good"..
Also, 4k worth of travel + future shop gift certificates from stars VIP. =~ 13k month

Played basically no no limit.

So far doing much better than an entry level job :P

http://bp2.blogger.com/_cmmBT5wxmN0/...00-h/Stats.jpg

The start of the upswing was literally the day after I posted on my break even stretch... Guess the poker gods read 2+2.

[yourface]

sicko graph. [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]variance

heisen are you playing professionally? how many tables to you play? I wish I had the time/motivation to put in that many hands.

[danzasmack]

holy [censored] 52k hands? Jeez.

[sethypooh21]

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The start of the upswing was literally the day after I posted on my break even stretch... Guess the poker gods read 2+2.

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Coincidentally (actually not) it coincided with the start of my massive mid-month downswing (~$1750). My advice is to just check/fold the flop regardless if you raise SB hu vs. Heis's BB. No matter what you have, he outflopped you...

[kaby]

Play less, post and study more.

This worked good. I'm thinking more when I play (although I still autopilot too much gotta work on that) and especially instead of just reading 2+2 when doing other stuff I try to focus on what I'm reading. Only played 17k hands this month though [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

Continue improving so that I'm a winning 6max player in 2 months.

Well this is going well. I know, variance etc but as I just started shorthanded 2 months ago, this month I'm a .5BB/100 winner at 1/2 (10k hands) and 2/4 (6k). Unfortunately break even in $ this month because I lost @ 2/4 and 1/2 (even though the tables I played 2/4 at where way way better than the 1/2 tables, damn you variance).

With boni and RB something like 9.7€/h. Not too bad for a students job here in Belgium and the fact that it's also a lot of fun makes it awesome =)

And yeah no fancy play without a read.

Errrr ... I'm doing it less, that's a start [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[sethypooh21]

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1. Start transitioning from 2/4-3/6 to 5/10. My goal is 500 hands/day of 5/T, unless the BR takes a real walloping. When/if the BR gets to 10k, switch full-time.

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Did ok with this at the start of the month, was actually playing 5/T full time for about 10 days, but the games got bad during my playing hours during the promotion, and I played/ran bad while taking a shot at 10/20 (50% table SF, but way aggro = +EV but swingggggy), dropped a bunchsky in one day, cashed out down to a 2/4-3/6 roll to avoid tilting off the rest and have been (happily) grinding ~8 tables of 3/6 at 2+ bb/100 tyvm.

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2. At the same time, if I'm going to play a marathon session, make it 2/4-3/6.

[/ QUOTE ] I've actually been playing 'shorter' sessions (usually 500 or 1k hands, which happens pretty quick 8+ tabling), but playing multiple sessions. Amazing how a 15-20 minute break clears the mind.

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3. Sat into the Sunday Mill every week I can play, cash at least once.

[/ QUOTE ] won about 6 sats for the first weekend, couldn't play it, and haven't even played a sat for the rest of the month.

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4. Keep up the gym regimen, finally get below 200 for the first time in ~5 yrs.

[/ QUOTE ] Stuck between 200-205 all month - tweaked my knee which makes long-range cardio a bit of a chore. But I'm noticeably more fit and definitely lighter on my feet playing sports. + lifeEV

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5. Stop reading 2p2 at work so much - corollary, get the billables up.

[/ QUOTE ] FAIL. Billables are ok, but still too much 2p2 at work [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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6. Catch up on my reading, poker and otherwise.

[/ QUOTE ] 2 5+ hour flights helped, read Stox, Mathematics of poker, parts of the new Dr. Al book, Bigger Deal (A++) and several non-poker books.

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7. ????

[/ QUOTE ]Well said, then and now

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8. Profit!

[/ QUOTE ]No PT at work, but somewhere between +3000 and +3500 for the month between 6-max, SNGs (20% roi = sustainable, right?) a few donkaments, bonii - the very ugly shot I took at NL100. 50+K vpps, <20k away from SN, will clear 2 $1500 bonii in the next 25k hands or so.

Found out I passed the bar exam, got 10% raise at work. The ex probably wants me. Life is goot.

[Oink]

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...and have been (happily) grinding ~8 tables of 3/6 at 2+ bb/100 tyvm.


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Thats very nice!! Good job Sethy!

[yourface]

holy crap I don't understand how you can play that many tables. you sir, are a grinder.