Zero to Hero

Just played another session of 845 hands, not long after I started I ran KK into AA SB vs BB for 139bb, I didn't play my best but I think I played to a good standard.

BR $143.24

Session 1216 hands
Profit $4.93 + another $10 profit from deposit bonus
Bankroll $158.22

I started tilting after around 100 hands, I think it might be because im tired from work. I guess I need to make sure I get enough sleep instead of playing poker all night :f_biggrin:. I managed to swing it back around just under 800 hands to make a profit. It appears all this work on my overall game (including my mental game) is paying off.

Note: when I was tilting before I was losing like 8 buyins, I feel really good about this session even though I played badly.

So you play stars right?

Did you ever consider trying on some other site with better RB?

Wish you a good luck! Will keep tracking!

Originally posted by DarkoK3
So you play stars right?

Did you ever consider trying on some other site with better RB?

Wish you a good luck! Will keep tracking!

Hello Darko,

Yes I play on stars, I like there setup they have many players and so much to offer that other sites just cannot compete with. witch other sites was you thinking of?

I have just played another session and I feel the same as yesterday, im tired from work and Im pretty sure that is leading me to make some poor decisions. im going to stop playing since unlike tilt and emotions there really is no fixing tiredness other then sleep, ill get some sleep now and hopefully play much better tomorrow, ill reduce my tables down to 1-2 too so im not using to much energy thinking.

I have spotted some more leaks though so its not all bad, I have also set myself a warm up, for now it is simply to spend a few minutes reading my list of weakness's and corrections to them before I play.

On a final note, recognising that my tiredness is leading to poor play and quitting is a step forward, although I lost $11 if I continued to play it would of been much worse. I see this as a win :f_drink:.

Goodnight

BR $147

Originally posted by FrozenElf

Originally posted by DarkoK3
So you play stars right?

Did you ever consider trying on some other site with better RB?

Wish you a good luck! Will keep tracking!

Hello Darko,

Yes I play on stars, I like there setup they have many players and so much to offer that other sites just cannot compete with. witch other sites was you thinking of?

Well im not really sure which site have the best RB for micro limits but its worth of looking into because games are softer and you can use first deposit bonuses too.

I will have a look into that thanks Darko.

Ok so the last few days I have been a bit tilted, I've been trying to figure out why and I think I may know the answer. I have a list of Don'ts, I call it "My Don't list" :f_biggrin:. I have 18 Don'ts on there and I think im trying to learn them all at once, witch is just to many, since my goal for a session is to not make any of the mistakes on "My Don't list" im setting myself up for a fail straight away with 18 of them.

So what now? Well ill tell you, im going to select just 4 of the most costly ones from my list and set my session goal not to make any of those 4 mistakes on my list. If I don't make any of the 4 I select then ill give myself a pat on the head, and if I don't make any of the other 14, ill pat myself on the back too

Anyhow here is my overall graph since I've played a few thousand more hands.

BR 149

My session review tonight

Hands - 329
How I played - I played really well in some spots, but I made a few mistakes, I also spotted 2 more don'ts I need to add to my list, this is a big 1 though and its 1 that sends me on tilt so im pretty happy about that
Session Goals (not to do 4 selected don'ts) - failed 3 only once or twice though
Bankroll - $143

almost right away had this hand

Then in the last 2 minutes I made this mistake I was bluff catching but looking into it his value range was bigger

The same post posted twice, how do I delete this one?

Following ! I allready had a downsing at NL5, went back at NL2. Have you played NL 2, did you noticed any difference ?

Originally posted by SirPaulius
Following ! I allready had a downsing at NL5, went back at NL2. Have you played NL 2, did you noticed any difference ?

Hello SirPaulius,
Yes I used to play NL 2, back when I played NL2 I was pretty much a beginner and I cant really remember what the players are like, if im honest I don't think there will be 2 much difference. Why are you struggling?

WarmUp Completed
Number of hands played 252
Number of tables 1 cash 2 satellite tournaments
Profit/loss -$4.00
Bankroll $138

How well I played

I was playing my C game.

Tilt control

I controlled tilt rather well up until the last 5-10 minutes, I played a few cheap satellite's into the sunday millions, there was 2 tourny's to through, I got through the first tournament, then I got dealt QQ in sb and ran into AK in BB, witch I think lead me on slight tilt, witch I immediately spotted and decided to take a break for an hour.

Focus level

It wasn't great since I had distractions with the tourn's popping up, witch makes sense why I was playing my Cgame in this session. I thought I could play them in the background and focus on the cash game, this was a mistake im adding to "My List Of Don'ts" :f_biggrin:.

Tough spots

There were a few tough decisions, Although I think played well in most of them here's some hands I played.

I tried to make the guy pot committed by the river with bet sizes with this hand, witch seemed to work

This was at the end when I was slightly tilted by the tourny, I should of folded the flop vs this unkown in a MW pot.

I think I made the correct fold here.

How much did variance influence my play

Variance didn't have much to do with the results

Session goals

For my goals I have 5 mistakes off my list, I didn't make most of them, the ones I did make are very minor where money is concerned but happen most frequent so im happy with this and can say ACHIEVED

Area's im trying to improve

I didn't get much chance for this.

This is part of my warmup so the mistakes I spot are fresh in my mind

WarmUp Incomplete
Number of hands played412
Number of tables 1 cash 1 zoom
Profit/loss -$4.38
Bankroll $133

How well I played

Overall I think I played a solid B game

Tilt control

I controlled tilt really well it didn't affect my play 10/10

Focus level

My focus was high for most of the session 7/10

Tough spots

this was my only tough spot i think it was a mistake im trying to get some more advice?

How much did variance influence my play

Variance influenced my results a little bit i ran into the top of ranges more often this session

Session goals

i made 2 out of 5 mistakes set on my "list of don'ts"

Area's im trying to improve

Im trying to improve my 3bet bluffs
i think i played badly in this topic, i 3 bet bluffed the wrong player type a few times

Im trying to improve my mistakes
i think im making my mistakes a lot less frequent now

Incomplete

That was just a variance, I didn't change much my game play.

WarmUp Completed
Number of hands played 250
Number of tables 1 table
Profit/loss -$9.09
Bankroll

How well I played

I played my C- game

Tilt control

very bad, I was tired towards the end, that could have affected me. 3/10

Focus level

Focus level was higher then average, I new what everyone was doing I didn't adjust verywell, due to slight tilt. 7/10

Tough spots

This is a clear call on the river I cant believe I did this looking back

This guy was a nit, he would of raised the flop with a set, or 2 pair, so in his range was nuts or bluff after the 3rd 3 came on the river I had to call him, I think he was tilted towards me to witch is why the nit showed up on the river with a j3s

I think I played this hand pretty well, this guy was a bit of a nit the same player, he started to 3bet light I, by the river I assigned him a range of AT+ 2 over cards, I tried to make this look like a bluff so he would call with A high, even better when he called with K high

How much did variance influence my play

Variance didn't really affect my results it was bad play.

Session goals

Failed, im reducing my goals to focus on 2-3 mistakes I don't want to make for a session since I keep failing this.

Im also adding, just to play a solid ABC style since, im tilting and making some mistakes, so im going to take a step back to this

Area's im trying to improve

I am removed cbet bluff as an area im trying to improve and just focusing only on my weaknesses and mistakes, until I fix all my known leaks im not going to improve the front end of my game

This is part of my warm up, to analyse the last session, im doing a biggest loss biggest win analysis at the moment.

Originally posted by SirPaulius
Following ! I allready had a downsing at NL5, went back at NL2. Have you played NL 2, did you noticed any difference ?

Hello Sirpaulius,

I used to think that variance was affecting my loss's, when I lost, but thought that it was good play when I won, it was a problem with a mental part of my game, im not saying your doing the same but if you are, what you are actually doing is blocking your weak parts of you game by saying you lost due to variance, the problem is if you are doing what I was doing, its harder to make yourself a better player and improve your weakness's because you think, that your not doing anything wrong.

Did I word that correctly so it makes sense?

All im saying is don't fall into this trap like I did, basically its being ignorant to yourself.

I hope this was helpful

Goodluck

WarmUp Complete
Number of hands played 104
Number of tables 1
Profit/loss -$0.49
Bankroll $124

Long term goals

1) To eventually be good enough to make some extra income from poker.
2) Grind my way to NL10
3) Learn the session goals to a level of unconscious competence

Session goals

1) Don't cbet bluff vs LAG's, CS, loose passive and maniacs - FAILED
2) Don't bluff COMPLETE
3) Don't call 3bets loose COMPLETE
4) Don't 4bet loose COMPLETE
5) Play ABC poker COMPLETE

Since I failed on 1) I will prioritise that session goal over the others in my next session.

How well I played

I played a solid B game

Tilt control

Exceptionally good I felt like tilting, controlled it well and carried on ABC 10/10

Focus level

Reasonably high, 8/10

Tough spots

I did not encounter any

How much did variance influence my play

$0
-$0.53c in mistakes

Area's im trying to improve

Improvements of weakness's - 8/10 on this part

This is part of my warm up, to analyse the last session, im doing a biggest loss biggest win analysis at the moment.

Originally posted by FrozenElf

Originally posted by SirPaulius
Following ! I allready had a downsing at NL5, went back at NL2. Have you played NL 2, did you noticed any difference ?

Hello Sirpaulius,

I used to think that variance was affecting my loss's, when I lost, but thought that it was good play when I won, it was a problem with a mental part of my game, im not saying your doing the same but if you are, what you are actually doing is blocking your weak parts of you game by saying you lost due to variance, the problem is if you are doing what I was doing, its harder to make yourself a better player and improve your weakness's because you think, that your not doing anything wrong.

Did I word that correctly so it makes sense?

All im saying is don't fall into this trap like I did, basically its being ignorant to yourself.

I hope this was helpful

Goodluck

You might be right, I have checked all my hands, I found that i made some mistakes. I gave a second shot at NL 5, showed some profit like 4 bb win rate. I am still having a psychological problem at NL5, I am getting too tight in some spots where i have to make a move, because everything looks now much more expensive. Too bad that you're playing a 6 max, it would be fun to make a live sessions from time to time.

I was thinking the other day about going back to full ring , what do you mean by live sessions?

I've been reading the mental game of poker and I have been trying to use the inchworm concept, I believe I have been doing it all wrong, I have been setting goals for a session, I that I thought was my back end of my game are in fact just leaks, (obviously I want those out of my game :f_biggrin:) The real back end of my game is for example blind defence, steals and playing vs resteals, or in in my case, squeezing and playing vs the squeeze. as you can clearly see below.

This is also very important, on my old blog when I set it up I was working a lot on my mental game, and at that time I was getting nervous a lot in 3bet pots playing vs 4bets and 4bet pots, now because I have a good idea what im doing in that area, im much more relaxed, and don't get nervous (at least not like I used too).

I sat out and stopped playing to write this before I forgot, I notice that exact similar pattern, in these 2 hands below, witch tells me need to work on my squeezing and playing vs squeeze, I went from crushing the 2 tables to calling station fish, simply because I didn't know what I was doing. I was $35 + after these 2 hands I lost $15 witch made me only $20+, another thing I noticed it sent me on tilt slightly I got looser and called a few bets without thinking, simply recognising this must be a step forward to say the least.