Poker Squared - NL2 and NL5....apparently...:)

Hi Yurao and welcome to the blogs ♦

you have a good attitude and some really solid goals. i also like the idea of posting about psychology so i will be following this blog! i said i would do that in mine but never did

and wow silver status on stars at nl5 will take some dedication!

good luck

Lewis.

welcome to the blog section indeed. i hope you succeed in your goals!
you plan to write an article? interesting... let's see how that goes

smiles,
wendy

POKER SQUARED BLOG POST: SESSION

Hey guys,

todays session was pretty hard for me. I wasn´t playing for a while and so my multitasking skills went somewhere....who knows where. (I guess I know actually but I don´t know if I can say it here:)) The first half was something between boredom and sheer terror because I was not able to open more than 3 tables at a time. At first, I thought that this is just a way of NL10 welcoming me, but then I´ve noticed that my Table Ninja was ordered to kill anything above 3:D Soooooo....alright:)

Second part was better but my multitasking "un-skills" provided me with some harsh spots. Moreso considering the fact that I decided to start at NL10 where I´m not used to play.

Overally I encountered very tight tables but as the time progressed they became more or less loose. At first I went nearly 3,5 buy-ins to minus because my blue line hated me today:) I don´t have any special expectations over the red line, but I certainly plan to feed it a little bit. Not just sure how to it yet. I think I tried too many steals today and I was very uneffective in 3 betting.

I experienced just a minor tilt today, but that was not because of beats or anything but much more because I´m not used to this limit yet. This will clear till the end of week I expect.

Tommorrow I will post some hands to review section. I always do it the other day with clear mind and some fresh thinking without emotions.

Soo here is the graph:

edit: THANKS to Moderator DrDunne for helping me on the image upload.

Hi there!

I thank both moderators for welcoming me and for wishing me luck.

Lewis: I actually play NL10 because I play MSS so my buy in is 4 USD.

Wendy: We will see soon enough:) Till Sunday I should release the first one:) Stay tuned and of course - I will be happy for any constructive criticism.

Sincerely,

Yurao

if you want to insert a graph, upload the image to a site like imageshack then there should be a forum code. copy this link and select the 'insert image' button while writing a post - the button is right next to the youtube one and under the font size drop down menu. paste the link into there and that should be it!

POKER SQUARED BLOG POST: SESSION

Hi Guys!

Another session I played yesterday. I was not able to upload it bcause we were on a family visit and I played these hands pretty late at night.

Anyway, the graph doesn´t seem too possitive. Blue still hates me apparently. I´ve got a lot of AA, KK, QQ, AK yesterday so the money were just flippin back and forth. Sucked out a guy with KK against AAs on one table, immediatelly losing same way on the other:) Roller coaster poker.

For now, I don´t care if I lose or win because I don´t know where my leaks are yet. I´ll play at least 10-12k hands and then perform a small analysis as to where are the biggest problems. I´ll post this analysis in here also.

My feelings for now are that NL10 is hard for me. But I can´t know for sure until the first analysis. I´ll figure it out somehow in time:)

POKER SQUARED BLOG POST: RANDOM THOUGHTS

Hi guys,

I think that I can possitivelly say, that Silver Status is 100% possible. 1400hands that I´ve planned for the start equals to approx 25 VPPs so maybe I will have to play one longer session at the end of the month so I will not lose it. Anyway, I really think that I can make it. I just have to get at least break even in my play.

I will take some directions after some more hands. Variation can be really bad. From what I see right now, I know I can perform waaay better. I´m pretty interested what will the statistics show after some hands. Then I will find some appropriate bandages for my leaks hopefully:)

Yurao

Originally posted by AYuraoA

I will use the MSS strategy that I will try to focus on mass multitabling and fine tune to work as best as possible.

I will go with 35 Buy-Ins Bankroll management.

35BI BRM for MSS and as you say mass-multitabling (I assume you mean 24 tables) is waaay to small IMO. You will essentially have 2/3 of your whole bankroll on the tables at one time.

For mass-multitabling I'd go with atleast 100BI.

Hey TiciBoy!

That is a good opinion because it is always good to be more safe. My perception of this is, that if I spin 20 Buy Ins on all the tables it doesn´t matter too much as long as I can open the tables and still have some roll in the cashier. If I can´t open those tables, it is a sign to go lower.

But I deffinitelly plan to get to a safer BRM on the higher limits. NL10 is just a start. On NL50 I would like to go with at least 50 BI and eventually go even more safer.

But that´s a long way to go ....

Anyway, thank you for your opinion. Any opinion is highly appreciated!!

Sincerely,

Yurao

POKER SQUARED BLOG POST: SESSION

Hey there!

Well... I actually don´t know what to say about this session. When I review the hands, I feel that I just constantly got sucked out on lucky hits. I know, I know...EVERYONE feels like that when losing, but I´m honest with myself. I always judge my hands by the way I played them and even though there are of course spots where I´m not sure - most of them are actually plain and simple and then...they just don´t work. By the way guys, If you judge your hands by the fact if you got the money or not - STOP IT! NOW! I MEAN IT!!

The problem is not that I´m losing so much these days. The problem is that I don´t have enough data to properly analyze the situation. I can´t afford to lose money like this. Mostly because if I keep like this then I can already forget my Silver Status and NL10 and I will have to go down OR get some more money to poker.

OK - Tommorrow is the last session where I determine what to do. Either it will start to work out somehow or not. If not, I will get more money to my poker account to recharge AGAIN to 140. I will do it only THIS time and ONLY if I find out that most of my loses were´nt actually deserved. I will do a big analysis on this and if I find out that it is not true, I will recharge the acc, I will bite into it harder than ever and just SMASH through the downswing. Ooooh silly Pokerstars...you think I will give up my dreams so easily??? ♦

Anyway...seeing the graph - I think I can make some fine money by building stairs? Whaddya say?? :)))

P.S.: Guys - we all go through this. Especially us who want to get somewhere and it just won´t break. Don´t take your loses personally like ever. Its just a game. A pretty damn good game. Enjoy it and get better. Don´t stop for anything. Thats the difference between losers and winners...see...the winners never quit.

Yurao

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Hey Yurao,

i will be keeping an eye on your blog as well and wish you all the best and thanks for the support

POKER SQUARED BLOG POST: ARTICLE

Success and how it is measured

Success. This is the magic word that everyone wants to reach. But what exactly is success? What does it means to be successful? We will try to settle this in the following article.

We can try to define success very simply. Imagine a succesful person. Anybody. It can be your favorite poker player or perhaps some of your friends who you deem succesful. Got it? Okay. Now - think about this person. What makes him succesful in your eyes? Think about it for a while.
Most common answers can be - he´s got money, fame and fortune. Another point of view could be - he is good in what he does (whatever it is).

But here is my point. Was that guy always so succesful? No he wasn´t. Even the best players in the world started somewhere. Nobody knew about them and it took them a lot of time to get where they are now.

All these people share one trait whoever they are. They were dedicated.
And most importantly - they still are. (Except lucky guys who won the lottery:) )

This is a so called long term succes. And to be a successful poker player (you want to be a successful poker player right?) you have to start looking at poker from a different perspective. Simply put - you´ve got to dedicate yourself to it.

There is no problem in that right? Weeeeell....yes there is kind of. The problem is that many people think that they are already doing the most while they are actually only scratching the surface. And when the success doesn´t come they get frustrated. I don´t blame them. I went through that a lot of times in many aspects of my life and I believe that many of you readers also did. So here is an advice for you - be honest with yourself. Do this - look at everything you do to get better in poker and make a list of those things. If you find out that you only play - that is not enough. You´ve got to study and if you think that you already know everything you need to know (because what is there to know about so simple game huh? wink wink..), then you are already lost. The moment when you start to be confident that you don´t need to study - you just locked 50 story library of knowledge and thrown the key away. And you don´t even know it.

However I understand that being succesful takes lots of time and when it just won´t break, the frustration tells you that you are not worth it.
Let me tell you straight - this is just plain wrong. You can do anything you want with some dedication. BUT this is also where the short term success comes into the play.

To achieve something big, you first need to achieve something small. You see - every chain is made from small rings that are chained one through another until the chain gets bigger and bigger.

Imagine this - you are striving to beat the NL50. You are losing 4BB/100 and there is nothing you can do to fix it. You feel horrible. Now look back. Remember the time when you finally moved from NL2 to NL5? When you reached the first cash bonus? How you learned to play 2 tables? Then 4 tables? Any of those things - weren´t that a success of its own? OF COURSE IT WAS!!! AND A BIG ONE!!!

Everyone who strives to be a successful player must take tiny steps on their way to the top. Not being on the top yet does not make you unsuccessful person. You are still a pretty big couple of people ahead. Don´t lose faith. Study, learn and get better.

Ok so what did I wanted to say by writing all this?

Many people does not understand that success comes at a price. And when they do, they get pulled down by their own pursuit of perfection.

I want you to think about yourself and your path to success. Set up smaller goals and achieve them much more easily. This will help you to stay in the game and when you look back, you will feel great. Really, there is nothing better than realizing you achieved something all by yourself. Also I encourage you to WRITE DOWN ALL THE GOALS. Long term, mid term, short term. Keep them challenging and ordered. BUT WRITE THEM DOWN. It is important. I cannot stress this out enough. Before, I was always like " meh, i keep it in my head. Why should i bother.".
I will tell you why.

When you write it down (preferably on the paper) it will make you

1) THINK about your goals. This is important because we have many dreams but writing them down converts them to goal.

2) You will feel like you´ve just commited to them. If you want more commitment - sign it and get it somewhere where you will see it.

In the end - how are we going to measure the success? Well that depends entirely on the goals you set up. I will consider myself successful when i reach the goals in the Long term section on the first page. However I´m planing to reach this success by filling the well drop by drop of the weekly goals which will eventually bring me all the other stuff.

You should do the same. Slowly add to your pile of success and one day - you´ll wake up and the pile will be so big, that you will have to lean back your head to look at the top!!!

Good luck!

Soooo...Thank you all for reading, I hope you all enjoyed it and I also hope that I gave you some inspiration.

My articles are primarily focused to make you think about yourself and your path to your dreams.

Sincerely,

Yurao

P.S.: I´m not a native English speaker so anybody who would like to correct any typos - You are welcome to tell me:)

i measure "success" in an arbitrary scale of general awesomeness and happiness in life.

poker is funny in that it is quite similar to life in so many ways. you can work hard and still lose, or luckbox your way high.
however sooner or later, if you keep playing, the expected values will materialize - that's where poker is better than life, life is not that fair

You are absolutely right in there!!! In poker, everything is logical, mathematic. It can be counted. In life....well:) You know the story:)

POKER SQUARED BLOG POST: SESSION

Hi guys!!

I´m sorry I´m a bit backwards with my sessions posting but I kinda didn´t had time to do so. At least I was able to play them. Today, the tide finally changed for a little time. There was a negative thing in this also. I got money scared because the winnings started to add up quickly and for the late game I was too scared to actually play accordingly. I just don´t felt good. This is something to work on definitelly. But - look at my red. I´m not saying its totally reat, but normally it´s a shoot down airplane...no way for it to go up:) And I´m saying that even though I´m not counting those stairs in the middle. That was just variation.

Well....we´ll see what next session will bring.

Here is the graph.

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POKER SQUARE BLOG POST : SESSION

Hey guys!!

This was another ++ session. I´m happy it is happening because if I would fall under 100USD bankroll - my alert bell would be ringing like hell. I really hope that I will be able to keep in some way like this. Eve if I stay break even - thats OK. I can live from Rakeback. I just want to be safe.

Anyway - the graph:

P.S.: Sorry for boring commentaries but I´m already tired and I will go sleep.:) I love to sleep:)

Heya!

I will update more goals and stuff tommorrow. I´m starting to see how is the game going and I need to start adjusting. I will setup some goals for that.
Also, I don´t have time to post enough hands! This is unacceptable. I need that to set up also.

Cya guys tommorrow!!

Glad to see you having a good session or two!

Looking forward to the bigger update of which you speak!

And yeah, making time to post, especially in the hand evaluation forums, is very important!