The Dutch Unite – Varune – Page 3

Varune · 2013-02-27T23:34:28Z

Where to start. Life in a very short version. I'm a 21 Year old Student from The Netherlands, Groningen. Been playing poker for a few years now and just over a year as my job besides colleges, to pay my rent and beer. Poker Experience Been playing up to NL100, had to move down because i had a tough time getting profits lately (i.e. downswing) and cashed out a big sum of money cuz i needed it. So currently at NL50 mainly. :heart:Handjudge at the Dutch forums up to NL100 :heart:As of today i'm the NLHE coach at the Dutch forums We started some smaller scaled 'bootcamp' for the dutch members, to get all the basics back in line. (Preflop ranges, 3bets, odds and whatnot) This'll help my own game aswell, as this has slipped sort of out of my game. Play Style I think if some dutch people would read this, i will have to be very honest. Thus i say i'm a tag with a big taste of maniac habits. Sometimes i take very VERY strange lines with VERY strange hands, that generally are spewish longterm. But overall i have a good understanding of the dynamics and fundamentals of the game imo. But i don't use the theory that much. I have a good idea what to do, but the 'exact' idea lacks focus. Overall poker IS sort of a guessing game of guestimates, but that 'guessing'-part is too big in my game imo. Since a few months i try to tableselect a bit harder. Atleast when i start a session, but when the session progresses my tables get tougher, i don't take action to find new tables. To struggle or not to struggle :spade:One thing is definitely Tilt. Quite a few times i just spew away some stacks after losing some pots etc. On the other hand i find my profits going 'too slow', when i'm not up a certain amount after, say 1k hands, which makes me tilt aswell i guess. As i also tend to think in $, as it's my income and thus important $. :spade:Leveling myself way to hard in regbattles, 3/4/5betwars mainly. :spade:Lack of discipline, i never really 'work on my game'. As i've always played through a 'trial and error' approach. Of course i've watched the occasionally video, but not as often as i should. Or do reviews etc. Goals Crushing reg @ NL200 Would be a nice start :) Expectations To make my game more solid, more steady, less tilt. And learn a few more tricks for up my sleave. What to expect from me. Donuts, Lots of donuts. Sharing of hands, thoughts, specific lines etc. If we all help eachother, we'll all be playing NL1k in a month sharing rake.

Varune

Joined: 24.04.2009

Posts: 4,571

24.03.2013, 22:27 0

Will watch those 2 videos tomorrow when i got time.

Am going to try and change a bit in my reallife aswell. Still busy with the waking up in the morning. But that's just one part of my daily routine that needed fixing.

As of tomorrow i'm going to try and live more 'scheduled', i always lived an unscheduled live, but it was hardly productive. Making a schedule for myself, should make me alot more productive.

Pokerwise i might've made a rigorous 'change'. I started a new database, so i don't have to see the massive downswing i was/am in, it was so demotivating every time i started a session. So i hope starting from zero brings a new positive vibe. Only downside is: i don't have stats on other regs anymore. On the other side, this way i have to concentrate a bit more, which should help with my overall gameplan. Unconsciously i was playing the 'abc clicking'-game.

Last session also felt way better, guess it's a good change. Time will tell.

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Varune

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11.12.2013, 12:17 0

Lets bump this for the sake of humanity.

Since last bootcamp i got quite far, with the diamond bootcamp last year i was playing nl50(nl100) mainly, currently i'm playing nl200, but mostly bumhunting. I am planning to pick up zoom again as a sidegame for volume, starting at nl50 to get used to it and not being that rolled on stars. :rolleyes:

Main problem i still have is procrastinating, i.e. hard time getting out of bed. Also due the shitty roster i got for college. One day its 13:00 the other 9:00. :/

And on zoom i got the amazing problem of spewing too much, keep forgetting u have to play way tighter and there are less player dynamics going on.

Anyway i like the content that has already come out this month and look forward to seeing more!

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11.12.2013, 23:29 0

Hi Varune,

I'll be helping you out in this Boot Camp with topics like procrastination, motivation, laziness, productivity, focus while playing, putting in more volume/studying, creating habits that stick, etc.

Could you please tell me more about your procrastination issues?

1) What did you try so far to resolve them?
2) What worked and what didn't?

Thank you,

-Primoz

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18.12.2013, 03:46 0

Originally posted by Varune
Lets bump this for the sake of humanity.

Since last bootcamp i got quite far, with the diamond bootcamp last year i was playing nl50(nl100) mainly, currently i'm playing nl200, but mostly bumhunting. I am planning to pick up zoom again as a sidegame for volume, starting at nl50 to get used to it and not being that rolled on stars.

Main problem i still have is procrastinating, i.e. hard time getting out of bed. Also due the shitty roster i got for college. One day its 13:00 the other 9:00. :/

And on zoom i got the amazing problem of spewing too much, keep forgetting u have to play way tighter and there are less player dynamics going on.

Anyway i like the content that has already come out this month and look forward to seeing more!

Hey Varune!

How are those tilt issues coming along?

Cheers!

Long time no speak

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Varune

Joined: 24.04.2009

Posts: 4,571

19.12.2013, 13:03 0

Hey guys, thanks for stopping by again.

Been very busy for college last week so couldn't reply earlier, sorry for that primoz.

About the procrastination, I still 'waste' alot of time doing 'nothing' on the internet during the day. But i do play alot more on set times in the evening, but there's still improvements possible.

Last few days i also switched back to zoom games, just becauze they are easier to start etc, but the general field is tougher and thus more exhausting, which makes me tilt a bit faster.

Also came to the conclusion that i hadn't worked on my game for a few months, so i picked that up again too.

But yea still have to work on my getting out of bed routine, cuz i'm wasting very valuable time with that.

About the Tilt issues, i think i got alot better in that, i.e. the tilt where i just spew a few buyins, but that also has to do with my game being improved so i have a gameplan to always rely on.
I still spew i guess, but not entire stacks, its alot more camouflaged. I.e. i dont have the 'big tilt', but some minor soft tilt, that does affect my game, but not that much that i become a losing player, just a less big winner.

Planning on rechecking my ranges, so i always have a theory to fall back on. Nowadays i have some regs playing me and i don't have an idea what to do.
I can easily spot the '80/20' spots where i would be 80% right of the time, but i want to be able to spot the 51/49 spots, where i'm 51% right of the time and thus making longterm profits. And those spots currently give me soft tilt i guess, as i don't have a clue wether i'm good or not.

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