Originally posted by muumionu
you are number 1
+1
Notifications
Clear all
Your Poker Blogs
56
Posts
16
Users
0
Reactions
8,982
Views
Yesterday I tried to give another shot at NL10SH. I still feel that I am playing scared money so I am seriously thinking that, in order to avoid playing scared money, to combine playing NL5SH with playing NL10SH as an experiment next month. The first two weeks, I will play NL5SH and the next ones NL10SH, so that I won't think about which limit do I play. I will just try to check, evaluate and think every hand as Raskolnikov says. Secondly, I have a big issue because I am always looking in HM or I am checking my cashier. So, I am very results oriented, I have a very deterministic thinking. Poker is full of probabilistic events, so in order for my game not to be affected by short term results, I will try to look at my results just once a month. This is a great challenge for me, because now I am looking from 5 to 5 minutes. This may be my biggest leak. I will post yesterday's graph:
I will also post two hands from yesterday's session:
1. My biggest loss from yesterday. Maybe on the river just calling would have been better, but the villain was a fish.
Poker Stars $10.00 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players - View hand 2316544
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter
UTG: $5.75 - VPIP: 67, PFR: 33, 3B: 50, AF: 2.0, Hands: 15
Hero (CO): $10.55 - VPIP: 21, PFR: 17, 3B: 4, AF: 2.3, Hands: 425168
BTN: $10.00 - VPIP: 24, PFR: 21, 3B: 13, AF: 1.0, Hands: 42
SB: $10.64 - VPIP: 19, PFR: 14, 3B: 6, AF: 3.7, Hands: 195
BB: $10.00 - VPIP: 16, PFR: 12, 3B: 8, AF: 3.0, Hands: 68
Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is CO with T 
J
UTG calls $0.10, Hero raises to $0.40, 3 folds, UTG calls $0.30
Flop: ($0.95) 3 
A 
6 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks
Turn: ($0.95) 3 (2 players)
UTG bets $0.60, Hero calls $0.60
River: ($2.15) 5 (2 players)
UTG bets $2.00, Hero raises to $5, UTG calls $2.75 all in
Final Pot: $11.65
UTG shows 3 5
Hero shows T J
UTG wins $11.13
(Rake: $0.52)
2. Standard bluffcatch. I should adjust my bluffcatching ranges and my defend ranges from BTN vs blinds and also from BB vs SB.
Poker Stars $10.00 No Limit Hold'em - 2 players - View hand 2316548
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter
BTN/SB: $6.46 - VPIP: 100, PFR: 38, 3B: 0, AF: 1.3, Hands: 8
Hero (BB): $10.00 - VPIP: 21, PFR: 17, 3B: 4, AF: 2.3, Hands: 425168
Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is BB with T Q
BTN/SB calls $0.05, Hero raises to $0.40, BTN/SB calls $0.30
Flop: ($0.80) A 6 5 
(2 players)
Hero bets $0.40, BTN/SB calls $0.40
Turn: ($1.60) T (2 players)
Hero bets $0.30, BTN/SB calls $0.30
River: ($2.20) A (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB bets $1.60, Hero calls $1.60
Final Pot: $5.40
BTN/SB shows 9 7
Hero shows T Q
Hero wins $5.16
(Rake: $0.24)
I don't know yet if playing GTO or exploitative is better.
I asked the question to a well known coach about combining limits when moving up. He said that it wasn't a good idea and that it was a better idea to play just one table until you feel more comfortable playing at your new level.
I did this and I agree that it was a much better idea than playing X tables at NL5 and X tables at NL10.
Just a suggestion 
Funny moment this night. I talked with the so called "IMACHAMPION" and he got upset when I have told him that 100K made from poker until now seems "too little". In Romania, with 100k, you don't even live more than 10 years. It's good to have a lot of self esteem, but sometimes you also have to be realistic. With the potential that poker has nowadays, 100k is nothing. Now I understand why a lot of famous poker players prefer to teach others. Because they don't earn enough by playing poker. I don't need to argue with anybody on this topic, but if one of the most famous online poker players, who benefited from a coaching by Raskolnikov, earned just 100k, I don't know, it's not that impressive. I mean I know a lot of people who earned much more, not even playing poker. Of course, if you compare it with an average job, it may seem better. But you have to also take into account that you cannot afford to play poker all your life and that variance is still high in this game and the risk is huge to lose a lot of money.
These being said, I am lacking motivation if the champion made only 100k by playing poker. Then maybe poker is not a decent solution for future plans.
Tonight's discussion put me a little bit on tilt but on the same time I have discovered that I am smart enough not to need any coaching to reach the top. These guys are not better than me. They simply aren't. It's just a matter of time, motivation and patience whether or not I will decide to commit myself to poker on a full time basis and become a winner, crushing midstakes.
I don't know if it is worth to invest my time proving them all that I am better than them. I am sick of poker, I want to go out, meet new people, not grind all day like a no-lifer. So I don't think I will commit myself until new thoughts too much to poker in the next period. Let them be champions and us be happy! In fact I came to the conclusion that money are not that important in life, they are just an instrument for other means. Have a nice evening everybody! 
yeah 100k is nothing to be honest.. i understand if u make 20million so you can live 100 years and give 100 years to friend too or something..
i hope you become real champion one day (10 mill champion) best of luck man
Originally posted by ManiaculDinamovist
Funny moment this night. I talked with the so called "IMACHAMPION" and he got upset when I have told him that 100K made from poker until now seems "too little". In Romania, with 100k, you don't even live more than 10 years. It's good to have a lot of self esteem, but sometimes you also have to be realistic. With the potential that poker has nowadays, 100k is nothing. Now I understand why a lot of famous poker players prefer to teach others. Because they don't earn enough by playing poker. I don't need to argue with anybody on this topic, but if one of the most famous online poker players, who benefited from a coaching by Raskolnikov, earned just 100k, I don't know, it's not that impressive. I mean I know a lot of people who earned much more, not even playing poker. Of course, if you compare it with an average job, it may seem better. But you have to also take into account that you cannot afford to play poker all your life and that variance is still high in this game and the risk is huge to lose a lot of money.These being said, I am lacking motivation if the champion made only 100k by playing poker. Then maybe poker is not a decent solution for future plans.
`
sometimes i wonder if you're being real or if it's just a poor attempt at comedy
Originally posted by muumionu
yeah 100k is nothing to be honest.. i understand if u make 20million so you can live 100 years and give 100 years to friend too or something..i hope you become real champion one day (10 mill champion)
I didn't want to say that it is not that much, but actually 100k is exactly how much it is, 100k. I was expecting to say to me that he reached at least 1 milion because he told me that he is in the top 5%-10%. It is definitely rather fine to earn 100k than to earn nothing from poker, but let me put a question to all of you: do 100k change your life dramatically and let you live your dreams? Definitely not. Now, of course, if you earn those money in 1 year and not in a lifetime, it's great because you still have the time, energy to make a business or something else. I was misunderstood maybe, maybe I overreacted, but the fact is that 100k don't change anyone's life pretty much. And actually, life in Romania is quite expensive, I mean salaries are rather lower than average, but almost all you buy is at the same level from the western countries, so even in Romania 100k don't make a huge change in your life. In 10 years of average living, I'm not telling about fancy stuff to waste your money on, your budget would become jeopardized.
Now, for all my fans and for myself, a few decent, realistic and achievable objectives for year 2013:
Current BR: 1000 dollars
Current level: NL5SH
Desired level: NL100SH (in less than 1 year)
1. 1st September- 15th September NL5SH (training for NL10)
2. 15th September - 30th September NL10SH (Warm up at NL10)
3. 1st October - 30th November NL10SH
4. 1st December - 28th February NL25SH
5. 1st March - 30th May NL50SH
6. 1st June - 30th August play and crush NL100SH
So, in less than 1 year I am planning to reach NL100 and to crush it.
Now, if in this time, if I would also get a job, I will play on average 3h/ day composed of 2 sessions of 90 minutes with a 30 minutes break between them, and 6h/day in weekends. If I won't get a job and I will play poker FT, then I will play around 6h/day, composed of 6 sessions of 50 minutes, with 10 minutes break after each one.
Originally posted by ManiaculDinamovist
Funny moment this night. I talked with the so called "IMACHAMPION" and he got upset when I have told him that 100K made from poker until now seems "too little". In Romania, with 100k, you don't even live more than 10 years. It's good to have a lot of self esteem, but sometimes you also have to be realistic. With the potential that poker has nowadays, 100k is nothing. Now I understand why a lot of famous poker players prefer to teach others. Because they don't earn enough by playing poker. I don't need to argue with anybody on this topic, but if one of the most famous online poker players, who benefited from a coaching by Raskolnikov, earned just 100k, I don't know, it's not that impressive. I mean I know a lot of people who earned much more, not even playing poker. Of course, if you compare it with an average job, it may seem better. But you have to also take into account that you cannot afford to play poker all your life and that variance is still high in this game and the risk is huge to lose a lot of money.These being said, I am lacking motivation if the champion made only 100k by playing poker. Then maybe poker is not a decent solution for future plans.
Hahaha this is just really funny.Who are you to judge IMACHAMPION and have the balls to tell him that his 100k $ winnings are just too low.Ok i understand if a player who won in the past few years 1-2mil $ come and say this thing to him,but you? a player beyond mediocre level,who struggled in 1 year to beat NL2-NL5 that's just simply LOL.Maybe when you will win at least as much as he won or even more,you can come and say this sh*t to him.
Until then good luck and have fun at NL10.
You have to aim for the impossible in order to achieve the possible. I cannot go into this journey aiming to achieve only 100k.
Dont mind him guys he has some serious narcisistic traits, also he is lying about stuff pretty much 24/7.