Originally posted by vonki
Time to wrap up the week and look at the goals! Glad to say I once again exceeded the goals I had set!
Weekly goals 13-19th June
3,633/2,500 hands played
6/5 daysPyramid Results: $1 + $1 + $5 + $1 + $2 + $2 + $1 + $1
Update Get Rrich Or Die Trying Bankroll Challenge
Hands: 3,633
MTT count: 9
Profit: $29,71 - $5,79 (MTT) = +$23,92
Current BR: $754,72 ($854,72 incl cashed out money)
Total cashouts: $100Goals for the next week will be updated at some later point, but probably will be the same as for this week!
Also had a super coaching with Hesticus today, hopefully he learnt a lot and thought it was fun too!
Keep up the good work
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Originally posted by vonki
Time to wrap up the week and look at the goals! Glad to say I once again exceeded the goals I had set!
3,633/2,500 hands played
6/5 daysPyramid Results: $1 + $1 + $5 + $1 + $2 + $2 + $1 + $1
Update Get Rrich Or Die Trying Bankroll Challenge
Hands: 3,633
MTT count: 9
Profit: $29,71 - $5,79 (MTT) = +$23,92
Current BR: $754,72 ($854,72 incl cashed out money)
Total cashouts: $100Goals for the next week will be updated at some later point, but probably will be the same as for this week!
Also had a super coaching with Hesticus today, hopefully he learnt a lot and thought it was fun too!
It was nothing but a pleasure to be served with expertise and advice from the best
Cheers,
Hesticus
Originally posted by MJQuads
You're doing awesome Vonks, come to twitch chat to say hello
Haha thanks jkob! I will, but not today. ♦ Have to get ready for the Germany - North Ireland game
I checked again last night, and I got unbanned from chat, so. I will be able to say hello again.
@Wazzza16 & Hesticus: Thanks guys!!!
Sorry about the lack of updates this week, it has been a crazy week life wise and I haven't had any time to play for the challenge. It's also been 30-33c so I've been outside enjoying the sun in my spare time since we've had so much rain and grey days! Pretty impossible to play more than absolutely neccessary when your room is 40c+ anyway 
Have a great weekend everyone!
Hey Vonki,
Nice progress on your cash and I look forward to reading about future successes.
Totally agree about that pyramid promotion causing a lot of limp action. So far the most I got is $2! Every little helps I guess. 
Regards
Matt
Hi,
Love the blog.
I am very green at this so sorry if my questions are basic.
On the graph you posted on 10 June am I right that after 10k hand you ran above Ev and so in theory was/are running good? I also note that your Ev and BB come within 0.1 of them selves over the 68k hands. Is this still seen as a small sample?
You did not hang around at 1/2 cents for long, any particular reason?
When you post your latest stats you don't show what level it is at, I see from the same graph that you are at 8/16, so have you moved up permanently at this stage of your challenge?
You don't show rake back, I have done a rough calculation of what it might be. I expect that you just want to show that this is doable pre RB?
Some comments in here suggest that you don't play many hands and I do know that you play your normal stakes as well, but was just interested what might be a sort of standard volume, is a 1000 hands a day a lot, for say 3 tabling 6 max none turbo?
Do you an end date in mind for this challenge. I know its not en exact science but I am sure you have a feel for what bb/100 you can achieve at all the levels and I assume could calculate, how many hands/how many hrs to reach you $1500 goal?
Finally, I have not read every word in this blog but I am not sure what you are studying, how far you have got, how far you have to go and what you hope to do with your qualifications.
You come across as a really nice person and I wish for nothing but good things for you.
Regards
Steve
Holy crap those are a lot of questions
First of all, thanks for your warm words, I really appreciate it
I ran good in terms of all in situations, yes. EV lines do not tell the whole truth, as you can run bad/good when facing all in situations and cards still have to be dealt. But if you run good/bad in setups or coolers that go to showdown, this will not show in the EV graph at all. But yes, I do believe I ran quite well. Which is completely normal in small samples, and 68k is still not a HUGE sample but it's definitely not too small to draw conclusions from. I think most people would say that 100k hands is an OK sample. But it's still completely possible for things to turn around and that I run above or below my EV line again for 20-30k hands. Variance is quite underestimated by many beginners. 
I did not see much of a reason to stay at NL2, because I had already won enough to have 20 BI for the next level and NL2 and NL5 are not very different. For most people it's the mindset that keeps them from moving up. For an NL2 player moving up to NL5 for the first time, he is bound to be nervous, feel discouraged by the SLIGHTLY more aggressive regulars, and when he is all in it's 2.5x the amount he is used to. For me NL2 and NL5 does not change one bit how I feel when I am at the tables, nor does it affect my quality of game, and since I was already sure I would beat NL5 there was just no point to stay at NL2. For a beginner that would probably be different.
I don't say "permanently moved up" about anything in this challenge. I sometimes still play NL5 for a video, when I am with students, etc. I don't treat this as serious as someone should for whom it is their main game
No, I do not count any rake back. I did for the first... maybe 5-6 weeks of the challenge? After that I just decided not to count it, partly because I'm lazy and it's hard to calculate it properly when I play on other games normally and also partly to show that yes, it is definitely still possible to crush the micros without taking rake back into consideration. 
In regards to volume, one who is new should also not compare himself to someone who has played poker for a longer time. Study some mind set material for this Particularly Jared Tandler explains things quite well. As a beginner, you have to find how much you are able to play without slipping out of concentration, without starting to tilt etc. It takes a long time to build up endurance to stay in the zone or play your A/B-game. I usually suggest my students to start out with 40 minute sessions and evaluate from there how well they played, etc. Based on their needs and how much time they have for poker and how many breaks they can "afford" time-wise, you adjust it from there. But as a beginner I would probably not recommend more than 2x40 minutes daily for starters and instead put more time into studying off the tables. And then add a little bit week by week.
No, I do not have any date in mind. In poker so many factors affects the outcome, and trying to calculate an end-date would only lead to... well, energy spent in the wrong spot. I know as a beginner its exciting to use math trying to figure out how much you can win in a month if you play x hands on y winrate and so on, but things don't work like that. I don't want to stress myself in any way by trying to calculate an end date or something based on winrates. I just sit down and play at the best of my ability every single time I hit the tables, because that is the one and only thing I can do and the only thing I want to focus my energy on. When we spend all our energy on this, things will always work out the best in the end.
I do not post much about my personal life because I do not feel super comfortable leaving this information out in public. I've been studying the German language quite intensely the last year to become fluent at some point and my courses will continue after summer. I've also studied some math/other courses that I need since I want to study economics. I am not 100% sure yet which route to take but I hope to run my own business one day or get into real estate. Or both.
Quite a wall of text, hope these answers help you and others somewhat.
Am off now to cheer the german team into the next round!!
You didn't have to keep it short, you can write/comment/ask as much as you'd like
Finally Germany put on a better show last night! Really nervous and excited to see the next game... but Italy and Spain would put up a big fight and Germany definitely has to play as they did last night or even better...
Update is coming tonight! Got some hands in last week!
Played 2 days this week, got $2x2 from the Pyramid.
Pyramid Results: $1 + $1 + $5 + $1 + $2 + $2 + $1 + $1 + $2 + $2
Week 50 summary
Hands: 1,471
MTT count: 4
Profit: $17,52 + $1,20 (MTT) = +$18,72
Current BR: $773,44 ($873,44 incl cashed out money)
Total cashouts: $100
a great game ahead for Germany with the Italians..im sure its the last 7 or 8 encounters Germany have failed to beat Italy
Originally posted by paulpkrward
a great game ahead for Germany with the Italians..im sure its the last 7 or 8 encounters Germany have failed to beat ItalyYeah... the Germans aren't exactly super happy that they had to face either Italy or Spain... they somehow have problems against both teams. But when I watched the game Sweden-Italy even Sweden had a chance to win the game at some point, if they could just get some shots on goal.
It will be an exciting game for sure and I think I might need some ear plugs because my parents in laws and their friends are quite... let's call it enthustiastic
haha that's like my house when England are on...both Germany and Italy looked good so should be a good game
I won't have time to set any goals this week, too much on my plate. Keep your eyes open this week, is all I'll say for now!
I'll still try to play a little whenever I can. So far got $2 + $2 from Pyramid this week
I have been asked a few times in the past to start streaming on Twitch by you guys... And now, the time has come!
There will also be promotions for you guys thanks to PokerStrategy.com!
For more details and info, check out this thread below!
https://forums.pokerstrategy.com/forum/thread.php?postid=2421291#post2421291
Hope to see all of you at our Twitch channel the coming weeks!!!
Originally posted by vonki
I have been asked a few times in the past to start streaming on Twitch by you guys... And now, the time has come!
There will also be promotions for you guys thanks to PokerStrategy.com!
For more details and info, check out this thread below!https://forums.pokerstrategy.com/forum/thread.php?postid=2421291#post2421291
Hope to see all of you at our Twitch channel the coming weeks!!!
Great initiative!
Cheers,Hesticus
This is great timing! Today is day 1 of my NL journey!
I will be making sure to tune in to Twitch tonight and soak up all the information
@Hesticus I would love to have you there!
Originally posted by SiKWiThIt
This is great timing! Today is day 1 of my NL journey!I will be making sure to tune in to Twitch tonight and soak up all the information
Awww!