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AskMyDiaRy
Joined: 02.01.2007

good luck in february!

the video is awesome as well =)


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rupucis2
Joined: 27.10.2008

Originally posted by AskMyDiaRy
good luck in february!

the video is awesome as well =)
Thanks friend! =)
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Hi guys, it`s time for update! _cool:

So this week I managed to slowly get back in to my routine - living and enjoying my life as a productive person!
Hmm.. What did I mean by slowly? I didn't plan very much of tasks previous week, but actually did manage to accomplish quite a lot of things. I will increase the intensity this week, so I will challenge myself a little bit in some ways.

Post contents:

  • February week 1 summary
  • February week 2 plans

** February week 1 summary **

Sport & Health
Because of tough week at work I could not manage to do my CC training as usual, I had to work starting from Wed morning till Thu afternoon without sleeping, and after that I was so exhausted, that all I wanted to do was just to take a hot shower and go to sleep. Last week I promised my self that I will work on executing all CC trainings no matter what, so that's why I did a double training today. _cry:

Self-management
Repeated all SF PG material up till paragraph 7. I already know, that I will have to come back to p.6 sooner or later, because I still need to work on my list usage & sorting. I will try to upgrade them by bit every week, so I could be able to use them properly.
In addition to that, I already managed today to read p.7 and 8. But I want to study them one more time to be sure that I didn't miss anything, as well I'll update more my notes on them.

Poker

# of games played: 93 x 3.5$ 18man turbos
Profit: +90$
Bankroll: 665$

Yep! What can I say, if those last 2 sessions where just a little bit better, like the previous ones, it would be just an awesome week poker wise.
No time for cry baby! :f_cry: Overall it was a good week. I plan to stay at 3.5$ BI one more week and if I wont hit a downer, then I`ll be moving up to 7$ BI next week (of course according to my BRM rules).

University
No comment

Life & Social
Saturday party was awesome! :f_biggrin:

** February week 2 plans **

P.s. God damned, someone retrack my ps.com and stars account, I want that black suit one day! :megusta:


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rupucis2
Joined: 27.10.2008

Another week has gone... Updates follows!

Overall this week was not so big challenge as I was expecting it to be. Managed to do all things pretty smoothly, except one.. Attending my Uni lectures.. God damned!!! _evil: Went to the local sports bar to watch hockey game with a plan not to drink more than 2 beers.. but in the end I managed to party a little bit more with my friends and came home around 8am. :megusta:
The only good thing here is that Latvian hockey team managed to qualify for next winter Olympic games! =)

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  • February week 2 summary
  • February week 3 plans

** February week 2 summary **

Sport & Health
CC was awesome, I see myself progressing with every week! Going to swimming pool was also good, which resulted in nice feeling for the rest of the week and with some nice weight loss boost too. New recipe, nice and tasty as always, see for yourself! :)


Full preparation process here:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NJO0cvjCLdgdp7FXfeOJ96rmkYgfj7BRTUJFbpFdh5A/edit?usp=sharing

Self-management
Everything is fine. I will start one more small project for next 2 weeks, but more about that in poker section.

Poker

# of games played: 83 x 3.5$ 18man turbos
Profit: -23$
Bankroll: 642$

Run like hell in the worst way. My premiums cracked most of the times, flips don't flip at all. :rage:
But the good thing is that I excepted it all as the realities of poker, some how I did manage not to rage and bang my fists against the table. I know I play above average for now and I`m able to play with profits, just need to grind it out.
One another good thing what happened, I realized, that I had not been studying my game for a long time, which is bad. We could call it as one of my leaks that I want to fix right away. So here comes my next project (learned more about projects this week while reading SF PG). I want to study more and with time become if not the best then a very good player instead of just being above average. Project for next week is going to aim for playing_poker : study_poker ratio 4:1. 4 sets is about 4h long, so after every 4h session I will study poker for at least 1h (half of that time should take session review). If I`ll manage that for next 2 weeks, I will reward myself with something, lets say this time with new sneakers for summer. :P

University
Damned hockey bar & beer. Actually I feel bad about skipping my Uni lectures, I don`t want this to happen again. ;(

Life & Social
Party with friends on Friday!
Project Slovakia: Did some basic sketches for the trip what I want it to look like. I will write messages to friends and discuss it, and to see how many of them are going to join me, so I could start thinking about possible variants how to do all this (by car, bus, plane... accommodations.. routes.. finances.. etc).

** February week 3 plans **

Next 4 weeks are going to be very intense at work. X(
I`m going to plan only essential and minimum things on my weekly plans, in order not to frustrate my self, but the good thing is that I`m still willing to work hard and achieve my goals and if it will be possible I`ll do more than planed. _grin:

Anybody reading my blog who plays 18man turbos?


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AskMyDiaRy
Joined: 02.01.2007

nice update as always :)

recipe looks awesome!


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rupucis2
Joined: 27.10.2008

Hey guys!!

Thanks AskMyDiary! I`m happy you enjoyed it! _grin:

This week I managed to do a lot, I was productive, but something is missing. I could be more productive if my daily work would not be so intense and interrupt with my development. As I mentioned before, I don`t like my job very much and I`m planning to quit it this summer and look for a better opportunities, where I can release my true potential and be happy about it. But to keep in mind, my big goal is to be independent from others and to be my own boss. One day I will achieve this for sure.
I did less during the week but with putting some effort at the end I managed to do everything good.
I have to and I want to do a lot of things in future, but for next 4 weeks this will be difficult because of my current job. _frown:

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  • February week 3 summary
  • February week 4 plans

** February week 3 summary **

Sport & Health
Visited my dentist as planned, fixed 3 teeth this time. I should accomplish my yearly goal (Fixing all my teeth) by 3 more visits. 1st visit to fix last couple of small cavities that's left, 2nd to do some cosmetic work and the 3rd visit to hygienist and to do some nice shiny cleaning. _biggrin:
CC was good as well, finally moved up some steps. _evil:

Self-management
Studied paragraph 10 and gained knowledge on rituals. I hope that it will never happen, but in case when next downswing will pay a visit (which it does from time to time) I will use this knowledge.

Poker

# of games played: 40 x 3.5$ 18man turbos
Profit: +76$
Bankroll: 718$

Still got a plenty of suck outs, but managed to nicely recover from previous stagnation.
I'm starting to fully understand how valuable is the continuous cycle of learning poker. Watched one video this week - Push or Fold part 2 by Steinek, pretty much basics, but its nice to repeat those things before I'm getting in to more complex studies. Did some session review as well, can't say it was very efficient for me this time (its my leak, I still don't know how to properly conduct them & i need to work on it), but I started to do it and that is good.
Btw I'm rolled for 7$ BI sng's now. I'm still going to play 3.5$ BI till Friday, when I will have 2h private coaching. Will play for the 1st h and comment/discuss my play with coach, 2nd one do some more detail analysis. I decided that this would be a good time for me to move up! _cool:

University
Previous weekend was free from studies, but in the next one the new semester studies will hit me. In addition to that I have to pass my last test in order not to have any debts at Uni. Thats why this week I will mostly concentrate on that. Political science.. I hate it!

Life & Social
So it was free weekend for me and I decided to visit my parents, shortly, I had a good time. No party, just recovery from hard week, and of course it feels great to take a break from alcohol and girls during the weekend from time to time.
As well I managed to do some vocal and speaking exercises, that hopefully will help me gain more confidence and boost my authority.

** February week 4 plans **

Anybody reading my blog who plays 18man turbos? Please leave a post or write pm. Looking forward for some sweat sessions.


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What i can say, really nice blog. Your weekly plans and updates are awesome. I like how you motivate your self. Do not stop doing this!


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rupucis2
Joined: 27.10.2008

Thanks man! :]

I hope this is helping to you guys as well.. =)


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rupucis2
Joined: 27.10.2008

Hi guys!
Hi guys!! This time the update is one day late. Still very intense at my work and I'm not able to do as much as I would love to. Hope this will end soon. _confused:

Post contents:

  • February week 4 summary
  • February summary
  • March plans
  • March week 1 plans

** February week 4 summary **

Health & Sport
In order to keep it short, I wont comment here much in details. Everything in this area went down just fine. Managed to accomplish everything as I planned. Regarding preparing food, managed to do it even twice! _p:

Poker
Here as well everything went as planned, except the session review I managed to do just 1 out of 2 times. I cant pressure myself enough to commit doing this essential work. This is my leak and I will concentrate on it next week. Going to watch SF video on fixing leaks and of course push myself to do the review.
About private coaching, it was very useful and contained a lot of information that I still need to swallow and implement into my game.
Yeah! Almost forgot. It helped me to move up to 7$ limits too. So for now on I'm up in limits. I wont complain how much I get suckouted and how my flips don't flip. Just hope that this will end soon and I wont have to move back down! _cool:

# of games played:
38 x 3.5$ (-48$)
49 x 7$ (-30$)
Profit: -78$
Bankroll: 640$

University
Holly crap! So stupid! Because of me busting that one day at University two weeks ago, I studied the wrong things for the test which resulted me to fail at it. I set a task for myself to pass the test in March and get rid of my only one dept.
Shit happens! :f_cry:

** February summary **

Keeping in mind that this was pretty intense month @work (more or less the next one will be the same), I think I managed to do good, if not the test @University it would have been excellent. No time to cry now but to put more effort and correct my mistakes next month. _cool:

# of games played:
254 x 3.5$ (+96$)
49 x 7$ (-30$)
Profit: +66$
ROI: 5.33
Hours: 34.6h (+1.89$/h)
BR: 640$

** March plans **

** March week 1 plans **

OK guys!! Lets catch some fishes next month! :coolface: :coolface: :coolface:

Anybody reading my blog who plays 18man turbos?
Please leave a post or write pm. Looking forward to do some sweat sessions.

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AskMyDiaRy
Joined: 02.01.2007

incredible update as always.

love the food pics!

also nice to set some monthly goals, havent done that yet (only for each week in acc groups) but I guess its really helpful for longterm goals / to not forget the bigger picture!

edit: and netsky track is obv rocking as well, best DNB out there for sure :)


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rupucis2
Joined: 27.10.2008

Thanks man! =)

Yep. Setting monthly goals kicks ass!

I have set mine yearly goals, at which I take a look in the beginning of every month.. from that I develop monthly goals.. and from them every week weekly goals..

For me using this kind of system is easier. I think it works the same as looking at my vision statement regularly, but yeah, vision statement I guess is more for setting long-term/yearly goals.

Hehe.. Netsky yes, one of my last time favorite artists too! _love:


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rupucis2
Joined: 27.10.2008

Hi guys! I`m feeling very exhausted after previous week. So no detailed analysis this time, just pics.

Work was very intense and next week will be even more intense - have to work 1 24h shift (during weekend) + 3 work days of 16hours on average. That's why I`m taking week off. Not going to set specific goals, but of course I`ll try to do whats possible. :O

I will be happy when this will end in couple of months! I plan to achieve very high productivity then. Possibly the highest that's ever been for me! _o:

BTW, if there are players who play 18man turbos, please let me know! ;)

BR: 771$


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jimira
Joined: 12.08.2009

quote:"BTW, if there are players who play 18man turbos, please let me know! "

I just started playing them somewhat again after a long breakeven in $7 6max hypers on stars.

Have played them 18s before up to $16 (old BI) but now I play $3,50 mixed with $7 and 9-12 tables. Nice to finally building BR again instead of playing 500 hypers and going nowhere!

Don't know what you have in mind, but we could start exchanging sone HHs if you want ?


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gadget51
Joined: 23.06.2008

What a great blog!

What I am particularly pleased to see is the detail you try to incorporate, just super!

I'm just glad most people don't put even half the effort into improvement as you do or the game would be tough out there!

Keep it up please, you are inspiring. _cool:

Mal.


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rupucis2
Joined: 27.10.2008

Thanks for kind words guys! I`m happy that this is inspiring for you as well! :]

Jimira! Its great to find other players with similar interests and I`m willing to improve our poker skills together.
I'm kinda busy now because of my intense work and I'm trying to get back in shape with my productivity outside the work. I cant promise anything this week, but I think we could work something out next one.
I had in mind some sweat sessions, but I will contact you through pm later this week or at the beginning of next one, then we will talk more in detail! _cool:

Btw.. join 18man Turbo Sng's Lounge! ;)

So, nothing reasonable accomplished outside work previous week.. Plans for next one is to start slowly, because the job is still a pain in the ass and I don`t want set goals that I will not be able to accomplish now. But if I`ll manage to do more, it will be very satisfying. :f_cool:


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rupucis2
Joined: 27.10.2008

Hi guys! Its been more or less 1 month since I last updated.

So what happened!
This period has been very intense at my daily job and made me to use mostly all of my energy. In addition to that I got ill but I wasn't able to heal properly, because there was no one who could do my job instead of me and I had to work anyway.

So these things led me to burn out myself completely. X(

My status now: Productivity - 0; motivation - low(but increasing).

Figuratively speaking - I was knocked down from horses back, hurt my self hard when hit the ground and now I need to get up and start all over again.

Priorities for this month:
1)productivity/self-management (main effort)
2)university (2ndary objective, have to do a lot of homework)
3)social (keep on reading a book on social skills; go out with friends and enjoy life)
4)poker (not planing anything specific - just random mtt or sng session)

Poker previous month:
Managed to play couple mtt`s, nothing worth mentioning there, as well played couple sng sessions and I can`t say they went bad (Yeeei!) _grin:

(Couple of HH are excluded because I played them on my laptop)
Bankroll: 1035$

Tasks for this week:

  • review my vision statement and goals (review SF PG notes on this as well)
  • set tasks for next week/month
  • attend school

Ok, that's going to be all for now!
Hope you guys doing good out there. If not, then lets get better with our life together! :]


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vuciitis
Joined: 19.02.2011

sad to hear that your dayjob is messing with your poker life so much. i think you should focus on playing poker (productive) as much as possible, as we dont have much options in our shitty country :(

best wishes ;)


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rupucis2
Joined: 27.10.2008

Yep! I would love to play more poker than I do it now, and as well do other productive things that I love.
Hope that I will achieve this when I quit my job this year!

Thanks vuciit! :]


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Hey man, what's cooking?


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rupucis2
Joined: 27.10.2008

Hehe.. big dreams on menu, still working on recipe! :]


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rupucis2
Joined: 27.10.2008

Hey guys, just a lil update!!

While visiting my parents house for about a week now and having just my laptop with me (no desktop pc with 27'' monitor - no real sng grinding), I decided to play some mtt's on FT poker. Played mostly rush... and the results are good.

Just binked my first 4.4$ rush on demand for 152$ _cool:
And the overall situation looks like this:
Approximately played 30 tourneys with a total profit of +214$!

1 crucial mtt was 3.3$ 6.5k$ rush guar re-buy.. where with average+ stack I finished 18th for ~85$, after floping nut straight on the flop and getting AI there with 1 opponent.... runner runner and I got outdrawn to a top pair + double gutshot hand (KT)! _o:
1st place was ~2.5k. sad! _cry:

I`m staying here for a couple more days, so hopefully I'll try to bink another rush on demand!

c ya! gl at tables! :]


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