for the hand with 66 vs KK in two posts above - do you think it is maybe selection bias? Maybe you have this feeling 20 times and this is the one time it worked out and you now think you are the sickest soulreader of all?
maybe you are
..or not
haha cheeky Sven
I didn't feel like I was soulreading him. I just didn't feel I get called by worse. Yeah only 4 combos beat me (KK, JJ), but the question is does he check-call AA in this spot? In a pot this huge, I highly doubt it. Also he wasn't this massive whale, seemed just reg-fishy. So if we get our shove called by AA 1/3 of the time (2 combos - optimistic) and otherwise run into the nuts 4 combos, we are getting pretty rekd.
On the other hand we don't have to shove here, so making a very small bet (~33%) to get called by AA, maybe QQ, with the intention of folding vs a raise is maybe a better way to go, but getting shoved on would tilt me so much harder .
The conclusion of this hand is imagine how sweet it would have been if the river is anything else than J, Q, K, A and we shove and win a $3k pot!
PS. He wrote in chat afterwards 'nice check back' and I replied 'fk you'
Originally posted by M1rCea
PS. He wrote in chat afterwards 'nice check back' and I replied 'fk you'
Originally posted by SvenBe
Originally posted by M1rCea
PS. He wrote in chat afterwards 'nice check back' and I replied 'fk you'
Romanian DJ! Impressive track
Observations from today
> played 4h, studied 2h
The tough times are just starting - takes way more willpower to stay focused on my mission before all else
> Feeling like 'it's ok to slow down'. The desire to crush went down.
> My mind considers I'm in a comfortable spot: poker is going 'not bad', in 10 days I am going back to romania for 10 days and should see ~5 girls I am close with
> The first burst of motivation wore off and it's so easy to come back to my regular patterns. This happened so many times.
> Being able to recognize all this and put urself back where u want. Progress
> Session: during my 2nd session I felt my mind going woozy; before I would have continued playing and spewed off for a while; now I instantly stopped session and switched to studying; Progress
> I think my mind just really wants to be social, that's why I crave going on FB, on watsapp; to talk to friends/girls, fulfill social needs, get validation, feel liked; not so much for the stimulation part; or maybe they are intertwined
> I really want a cool social circle here in malta with cool guys and girls;
> I need to exercise being more social with everyone (gl doing that as poker player); that way, when I go for a girl I like, it feels more natural
> in the end I stayed pretty focused today, satisfied with myself
OK going to bed ASAP so maybe I can go out a bit tomorrow evening.
Hey mate, would like to ask you, how do you study most often, in other words, what type of studying do you find the most effective to improve your game? Thanks 
Originally posted by Pkrpains
Hey mate, would like to ask you, how do you study most often, in other words, what type of studying do you find the most effective to improve your game? ThanksYo, most often I discuss hands with my coaches/other players I guess. Mostly going for understanding underlying concepts in hands so I can implement them in the future. Also, emulating better players, trying to tune in to how they think. I think a lot of my improving tho is still done by playing few tables and actively trying to play as best as possible, thinking about ranges and not my particular hand. Also piosolver, but wouldn't recommend for lower stakes, pretty complex for me as well.
For example here, on the river - I am thinking most of my range wants to check, even if I happen to have a pretty strong hand (not saying it's necessarily a hand I played correctly, but just not played on autopilot)
Luv it:
A Flawless Day
Today has been an ideal day by my standards. Woke up at 6 am, spent 8h on poker, focusing on my mission before all else; all done by 6.15pm, went out to relax, approached 2 girls, now it's 10.17pm and I'm going to bed early. Pretty much all elements I love.
First thing when I get out the building, I see across the street a girl by herself on a bench, facing the sea. Walk over, see she's cute. Sniped. Ez game. She's Ukrainian, pretty shy and had very long hair. Good interaction, chatted for ~15min. At one point she had to talk on the phone, in russian; probably part of the russian mafia. Got her fb and she had to go. I go to the supermarket, I see this cute girl, I hesitate a couple of times. I know that I don't really want to do it. Her fat (girl) friend also appears. Increased difficulty. Keep hesitating but I keep seeing them around the supermarket. Finally going for it, had this pretty awkward interaction then we had to go b/c supermarket was closing.
U remember my vid about Designing your life?
I'm trying to do just that and maybe inspire you to do the same.
Observations
> feeling more and more comfortable approaching girls by myself; building confidence; even thinking back to ~3 weeks ago, way more relaxed and natural; working on being more engaging, present, masculine (lol)
> at this point I am starting to accept and be at peace that some of my interactions will just be awkward as fuark; variance bruh
> still not enchanted with the results I'm getting, but I'm very satisfied that I'm taking action and doing my best
Worth it.> putting in a lot more time in the lab lately; makes me more passionate about the game
> wanted to take a peek at the blog, but kept myself from doing it; there are no excuses to get distracted until I finish my mission for the day
> after ~7h30m of poker, getting hard to stay focused
> volume has been suffering quite a bit, focus on volume for a while
> need a structured approach to working off tables; currently all over the place
> thinking about paying myself 5 Euro for every day I keep it flawless (interesting method of motivation)Leaving u with a post I saw today
Stay Flawless
PS. Have to hurry up and get to bed, been over 1h since I started writing this (INSANE)
> Weird day, burnt out from yesterday, could only wake up after 9h. Wanted to play but my mind wouldn't let me - still too tired. So frustrating. Could choose to accept that and not play or say 'no this cannot be, I slept for 9h!' and force myself to play even though I could see the reality of not being able to focus. So many times I chose the 2nd. Permanently be willing to adapt to reality
> Still stayed focused throughout the day, ty based god.
> maybe not eating when getting back is also bad for my energy? Recommendations for good, light breakfast food to help me focus?
> After last night's post started to read the book 'The Shallows' - on the effect of Internet on our brains; very cool; the medium (eg internet) is the one that changes us the most, not the message (actual content)
> feeling like I am improving a lot on my game lately, now I have to internalize all the new stuff through playing and more work; finding a lot of principles to how ranges interact and how frequencies should look in spots
> Watching a bit from the Dan Coleman podcast. Remembering hey, I am not confined to ''being myself''; at any point I can choose to create an identity that is cool and I love and act according to that; this concept needs more thinking
> been talking a lot with a poker friend tonight about a lot of concepts; helped me fix them in my mind
> realized maybe I am playing way too safe lately when meeting girls, not being aggro enough, maybe tonality is fked, I do not make her have intense emotions (positive/negative) that make her want to see me again; it's usually just a standard boring conversation and she leaves thinking 'oh he was a nice guy', but that doesn't make her really want to see me again and suck my d
> leaving for Ro in 10 days, when I get back I will put serious grindin' in this area, just realized it's pretty unacceptable to not have any girl in my life here after 2 months; srs
Been having this on repeat
I usually run good on Fridays. Also, very satisfied to see results of off table study coming up ingame. Played 10h+ today.
On today's Joey podcast I asked him and Lefort their take on living this 'young' lifestyle, where you delay the more 'responsible' part of life and keep enjoying a more adventurous, fun life like you would in ur early 20's, keep doing that till ur 30's. That's what they seem to be doing. Myself as well to an extent.
Skip to exact timeframe:
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Maybe if u are very successful and do it it's cool; if u're broke it's wtf such a loser omg.
SoF
Cool, thematic track for Poker
Weekly BR Challenge Report
Played Hands: 9.321
Results: $1.868
Current BR: $16.153
44 weeks
Allez to $20k mark, so we can shoot 400NL as well then! #roadto50k
It's funny how one day can make ur whole week. Ran good. I am working on this magical thing where I don't play when I play badly.
Srsly though, lately my approach has been to just spend time in the lab when I feel I cannot play good poker / not in the mood to. Then working on my game makes me motivated to play again, so it's a nice cycle. Intend to keep this approach.
Thoughts on this from WCG Rider himself
So maybe this reflects in less volume, but an increase in overall results.
Really considering turning vegan.
Worked calves today.
Had some adventures this weekend.
Thinking it may be detrimental to my poker to take a full day off. Feel it breaks momentum.
When you are under slept you are in lower consciousness. Way easier to fall in a zombie mode with no willpower.
Focus on grinding as much as possible till end of month to compensate for following off days; boat trip tuesday w/ friends. Romania on 23rd - fking around and friends.
Anyone wants more vBlogs? Not really prioritizing it lately.
I have no food left. Maybe I buy vegan stuff.
Do it for dem ratchetsss.
^literally my stream of consciousness
ratchets:
fuck this . i'm underslept . fk trying to appear smart . where my ballas at . peace.
Really considering turning vegan.
Originally posted by SvenBe
Really considering turning vegan.
lol
Yeah experimenting with that, been on the vegan grind ~4 days now.
Realized how much a day where u miss sleep and drink can fck u up (few days after).
After so much new stimulus the last few days (meeting new girls, practicing french, boat trip etc), feels so recomforting to get back on my grind, my normal, predictable, simplified routine. Interesting.
I'm sunburned so badly, esp on quads.
I really hate mosquitos. I wish all mosquitos on this planet would die.
New skill to incorporate - quit sessh when u have horrible tables. 'Battlin' without any sense can have a big impact on ur results.
Life
> started being more selective with my time vs girls, putting my priorities above random girls, willing to walk away, good stuff
> poker 'only 1-2% win at poker' - Doug polk ; interesting; motivating challenge
> bit mad at myself for playing distracted
Originally posted by M1rCeaThoughts on this from WCG Rider himself
This I'll try to adapt in the coming week. .
Weekly BR Challenge Report
Played Hands: 4.777
Results: $-1.197
Current BR: $14.956
45 weeks
In Romania for Easter, very fun so far. Have to get my hustle on Poker tho, doing very poorly lately. Currently hopping from place to place in Bucharest, spending time with friends.
D
Also, as a thing I'm thinking about lately, I am starting to see how easy it is to disrupt my own momentum and how destructive that can be, and how hard it is to get back on it. No girl, random adventure etc is worth it.
Sry for triple post, but I cannot edit posts logging in from Romania, quote ppl etc.
so Andreas - tx for the mosquito facts, actually read through them and I my understanding has greatly increased, but the hate remains.
Dreamcat - gl!
Also, thanks to 2reac for his tutorial on accessing pokerstrategy from here lol, gl brah
