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congrats on the wife and bab 😀

Thank you ♥

Haha, I've now done this 40kg weight loss twice, in fact first time round it may have been even more as I didn't know my starting weight.

Main things that helped me were:
• allowing cheat days. On Sunday's I eat as much as I want, with the caveat that it's still mostly clean
• lots of exercise. This isn't a hard requirement, however omitting lots of exercise means you'll need to be eating like a rabbit in order to lose weight, which for me has proven more difficult. So I ramp up the exercise, burning around 4100/day on avg., with Sunday's at rest. This way my diet is still a decent volume of food at 2700 cals
• meal prep. Simply, if you've got the meal ready, you'll typically just have it instead of preparing/ordering something unhealthy
• standing desk & treadmill. Latest additions and perhaps the most beneficial. Would highly recommend.

My wife takes care of AM shift and we also have a Nanny who comes 3 hours a day from Monday-Saturday, alternating between AM and PM.

My pokering happens when everyone is asleep. I start work at 4am and finish 9am for the club. Then have another 45min+1hr later in the day. A student of mine, who has 4 kids, told me about this life hack, "to wake up before the wife & kids". It's great.

♥♥♥

Latter obv, lol 😊

Thanks bro ♥

Thank you so much Bagpuss, that's a 2p2 SN I have not seen in a while. Hope you're doing well!

When are you going to sleep and when is your kid going to sleep (and are they sleeping through the night)? Waking up at 4am seems like an impossibility to me unless I was only getting 6 hours of sleep or less/night.

Hi Clanty. Is it mainly because everyone is asleep that you grind at 4am or also because of your timezone (to catch eu night time?)?

And do you start to play right after waking up? or do you have some pre-session routine?

Delightful to see life and poker working out for someone who really deserved it.

That bit about your tough upbringing and the contrast with the Indian family vibe has really touched me. Happy for you, man.

Hey Clanty, what combo treadmill/standing desk do you use?

I'm usually in bed for 8:45pm and sleep for ~6 1/2 hours. I nap for 75 mins in the day, too.

It's mainly because I want to be able work whilst everyone is sleeping, the games being good then is an added bonus

Not immediately, no. I usually do a little bit of work before sitting down at the tables.

I haven't much of a pre-session routine tbh, other than setting up softwares, writing my goals for the session and a short 1-min meditation.

Thank you so much, man. It's been a pleasure playing w/ you recently. Thrilled to see you also doing well ♥

I haven't got the below treadmill frame installed. Desk is a custom L+I combo, effectively making one big U.

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Week 2: 8th-14th July 2024

Goals:
• [❌] Flowstate during sessions
• [✅] 18 hours

I struggled this week to get into a consistent flow during sessions. I'm not sure why. Instead of racking my brains on it until I'm exhausted, I'll try to take my mind away until my session with my mental performance coach. Hopefully better next week.

My quality of play this week was just about OK, about a 7/10. Naturally, if I am struggling with focus and getting into a flowstate during sessions, my play will not excel. I did, however, show up every day and do my hours -- even a little more -- despite consistent struggles. Learning to be comfortably uncomfortable has never been a strong suit of mine, but I am surely working on it.

Closing the week I had a 'death' session, losing 6bi's in the first 200 hands (to be precise, -6.4bi's in 188 hands 😃). A harsh reality when sitting down to begin your day. Ended up -10bi's in 1k hands. Despite this, I played well and wouldn't change too much. Progress!

A little frustrated with the games running lately. I am trying to get in as much 2k/3k as possible, but often that results in me just holding lobbies and playing lower. Nothing much I can do. I don't want to meddle with 5k atm.

Also had a nice date day with wifey & Reyaan in the week ♥

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Hands:

1. Super fun spot. Turn is a pure XB :(, which I suppose makes a lot of sense

Winning Poker, Hold'em No Limit - $15/$30 - 6 players
Replay this hand on Pokeit

UTG: $3,000.00 (100 bb)
MP: $3,636.30 (121 bb)
CO: $5,533.88 (184 bb)
BU (Hero): $4,491.30 (150 bb)
SB: $3,716.84 (124 bb)
BB: $3,907.87 (130 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($45) Hero is BTN with 5♣ 6♣
3 players fold, Hero raises to $67.50, SB 3-bets to $300, 1 fold, Hero 4-bets to $723.75, SB calls $423.75

Flop: ($1,477.50) 4♥ 7♣ 4♣ (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $294.90, SB calls $294.90

Turn: ($2,067.30) 6♥ (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $825.60, SB folds

Total pot: $2,067.30 (Rake: $3)
BU (Hero) wins $2,064.30

2. Sir...?

Winning Poker, Hold'em No Limit - $10/$20 - 4 players
Replay this hand on Pokeit

UTG: $2,000.00 (100 bb)
BU (Hero): $2,052.75 (103 bb)
SB: $2,000.00 (100 bb)
BB: $3,781.53 (189 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($30) Hero is BTN with K♣ Q♠
1 fold, Hero raises to $45, SB 3-bets to $220, 1 fold, Hero calls $175

Flop: ($460) 6♠ 8♠ 4♦ (2 players)
SB bets $151, Hero calls $151

Turn: ($762) 8♣ (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $381, SB calls $381

River: ($1,524) 7♦ (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $1,287.53, SB calls $1,248 (all-in)

Total pot: $4,020 (Rake: $2.25)

Showdown:
BU (Hero) shows K♣ Q♠ (a pair of Eights)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 38%, Flop: 26%, Turn: 14%, River: 0%)

SB shows A♦ T♦ (a pair of Eights - higher kicker)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 62%, Flop: 74%, Turn: 86%, River: 100%)

SB wins $4,017.75

3. Was so anxious about not getting snapped OTR

Winning Poker, Hold'em No Limit - $10/$20 - 6 players
Replay this hand on Pokeit

UTG: $4,111.20 (206 bb)
MP: $3,227.65 (161 bb)
CO: $4,542.73 (227 bb)
BU (Hero): $4,305.80 (215 bb)
SB: $1,820.00 (91 bb)
BB: $2,544.00 (127 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($30) Hero is BTN with 7♣ 6♣
2 players fold, CO raises to $50, Hero calls $50, 2 players fold

Flop: ($130) 4♦ 2♦ 8♥ (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $35.10, CO raises to $135.20, Hero calls $100.10

Turn: ($400.40) 5♥ (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $131.20, CO raises to $462.60, Hero raises to $1,390.52, CO calls $927.92

River: ($3,181.44) A♦ (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $2,730.08 (all-in), CO calls $2,730.08

Total pot: $8,641.60 (Rake: $3)

Showdown:
BU (Hero) shows 7♣ 6♣ (a straight, Four to Eight)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 22%, Flop: 20%, Turn: 100%, River: 100%)

CO shows A♠ A♣ (three of a kind, Aces)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 78%, Flop: 80%, Turn: 0%, River: 0%)

BU (Hero) wins $8,638.60

4. Rather be lucky than good 😀

PokerStars, Hold'em No Limit - $25/$50 ($10 ante) - 2 players
Replay this hand on Pokeit

SB: $5,402.25 (108 bb)
BB (Hero): $5,292.75 (106 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($95) Hero is BB with A♣ A♠
SB raises to $125, Hero 3-bets to $550, SB calls $425

Flop: ($1,120) 8♣ 4♦ A♦ (2 players)
Hero bets $220, SB raises to $780, Hero calls $560

Turn: ($2,680) 8♦ (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets $887.33, Hero calls $887.33

River: ($4,454.66) K♥ (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets $3,174.92 (all-in), Hero calls $3,065.42 (all-in)

Total pot: $10,585.50 (Rake: $8)

Showdown:
SB shows 5♠ 7♠ (a pair of Eights)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 20%, Flop: 15%, Turn: 0%, River: 0%)

BB (Hero) shows A♣ A♠ (a full house, Aces full of Eights)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 80%, Flop: 85%, Turn: 100%, River: 100%)

BB (Hero) wins $10,577.50

5. Too thin?

Winning Poker, Hold'em No Limit - $15/$30 - 5 players
Replay this hand on Pokeit

UTG: $3,538.40 (118 bb)
CO: $2,955.00 (99 bb)
BU (Hero): $3,000.00 (100 bb)
SB: $1,215.00 (41 bb)
BB: $3,939.30 (131 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($45) Hero is BTN with A♥ 4♥
UTG raises to $66, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets to $154.50, 2 players fold, UTG calls $88.50

Flop: ($354) 3♥ 6♦ 7♣ (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $177, UTG raises to $389.40, Hero calls $212.40

Turn: ($1,132.80) 4♠ (2 players)
UTG bets $249.21, Hero calls $249.21

River: ($1,631.22) A♠ (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $2,206.89 (all-in), UTG calls $2,206.89

Total pot: $6,045 (Rake: $3)

Showdown:
BU (Hero) shows A♥ 4♥ (two pair, Aces and Fours)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 31%, Flop: 32%, Turn: 89%, River: 100%)

UTG shows A♦ Q♥ (a pair of Aces)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 69%, Flop: 68%, Turn: 11%, River: 0%)

BU (Hero) wins $6,042

6. Clean bluffcatching spot. Snapped him so fast he may have thought he lost for a split second 😀. Somehow +9bb in PIO, good for sanity

Winning Poker, Hold'em No Limit - $15/$30 - 6 players
Replay this hand on Pokeit

UTG: $3,354.57 (112 bb)
MP: $8,564.54 (285 bb)
CO: $3,721.35 (124 bb)
BU (Hero): $3,124.50 (104 bb)
SB: $5,419.39 (181 bb)
BB: $3,000.00 (100 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($45) Hero is BTN with K♠ 6♠
3 players fold, Hero raises to $67.50, SB 3-bets to $315, 1 fold, Hero calls $247.50

Flop: ($660) 4♦ Q♠ 9♠ (2 players)
SB bets $429, Hero calls $429

Turn: ($1,518) 3♣ (2 players)
SB bets $804, Hero calls $804

River: ($3,126) 6♣ (2 players)
SB bets $3,871.39 (all-in), Hero calls $1,576.50 (all-in)

Total pot: $6,279 (Rake: $3)

Showdown:
SB shows K♣ Q♦ (a pair of Queens)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 69%, Flop: 63%, Turn: 80%, River: 100%)

BU (Hero) shows K♠ 6♠ (a pair of Sixes)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 31%, Flop: 37%, Turn: 20%, River: 0%)

SB wins $6,276

7. This will be in a RIO video. I actually taaaank called. So sorry to villain 😊

Winning Poker, Hold'em No Limit - $5/$10 - 6 players
Replay this hand on Pokeit

UTG: $4,003.90 (400 bb)
MP: $1,601.50 (160 bb)
CO: $1,340.43 (134 bb)
BU: $2,997.23 (300 bb)
SB: $990.00 (99 bb)
BB (Hero): $1,015.00 (102 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($15) Hero is BB with 7♣ 4♣
1 fold, MP raises to $25, 3 players fold, Hero calls $15

Flop: ($55) K♣ 8♣ 3♣ (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $13.75, Hero raises to $55, MP calls $41.25

Turn: ($165) 9♥ (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $66.40, Hero calls $66.40

River: ($297.80) 6♦ (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $1,455.10 (all-in), Hero calls $868.60 (all-in)

Total pot: $2,035 (Rake: $3)

Showdown:
MP shows 6♣ 5♣ (a flush, King high)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 44%, Flop: 0%, Turn: 0%, River: 0%)

BB (Hero) shows 7♣ 4♣ (a flush, King high - higher flush)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 56%, Flop: 100%, Turn: 100%, River: 100%)

BB (Hero) wins $2,032

BB's:

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By Stake:

By Session:

Data:

Week 3:
• Flowstate
• 15 hours

great update!

I hope you don't mind, but may I ask where you are located now?

Hey mate ! Seems u are doing great . Really happy to see u started your own familly .
The most valuable progress imho

Best regards

Awesome update Clanty you seem to be doing great, congrats on the beautiful family. Gl at the tables, always fun battling with you. Bonkie.

wow awesome progress, congrats on the wifey + baby and all the joy they've added to your life.

Awesome updates!!! Gongratz on the wife and kid 😀

Congrats!!!

Week 3: 15th-21st July 2024

Goals:
• [✅→❌] Flowstate during sessions
• [✅] 15 hours

An interesting week. I managed to get back into my groove re. flowstate. However, after some good, winning b2b sessions and profiting decently in evBB and $, I found myself not focused and experiencing some anxiety. "Why?". Things were going were going great; I was focused, playing well, and winning! "... so why now am I struggling?", I pondered. Eventually it clicked. Without realising, I had inadvertently set myself the goal to make $ at the tables. Being a husband and a father, saving up and trying to provide my family, can do tricks on the mind. After sussing this out I set myself a more objective goal, one that I've been working on for a while now, to "become top 10". Like magic, the anxiety dissipated and I was again able to focus in without distraction.
... dear reader, have you ever felt lack of motivation creep its way in, perhaps during an upswing(?)? Perhaps something similar happened to you; that you already met your goals, and now require new ones. A mental 'update', per se.

I will keep an eye on this for the upcoming week, mainly aiming for it to be a more consistent one.

Outside of Poker, we had a party for my mother in law's b-day which was lovely. And again we took Reyaan out swimming on the weekend. ♥

I'm currently at ~190lb/86kg and aim to get to 178lb/80.7kg. No time schedule in place, -1lb/week would be ideal. Things are a little up in the air as I'm not tracking calories in/out like I used to. I've lost ~10lb in past couple months, but have hit a plateau. Will aim to up exercise.

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Hands:

1. Satisfaction

PokerStars, Hold'em No Limit - $10/$20 ($4 ante) - 2 players
Replay this hand on Pokeit

SB: $3,797.98 (190 bb)
BB (Hero): $2,000.00 (100 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($38) Hero is BB with 6♥ 4♥
SB raises to $50, Hero 3-bets to $220, SB 4-bets to $480, Hero calls $260

Flop: ($968) 7♥ 3♦ A♠ (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets $180, Hero raises to $360, SB calls $180

Turn: ($1,688) 3♥ (2 players)
Hero bets $454.14, SB calls $454.14

River: ($2,596.28) 2♥ (2 players)
Hero bets $701.86 (all-in), SB calls $701.86

Total pot: $4,000 (Rake: $6)

Showdown:
BB (Hero) shows 6♥ 4♥ (a flush, Seven high)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 40%, Flop: 16%, Turn: 23%, River: 100%)

SB shows A♣ 5♣ (two pair, Aces and Threes)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 60%, Flop: 84%, Turn: 77%, River: 0%)

BB (Hero) wins $3,994

2. Getting wrecked

PokerStars, Hold'em No Limit - $10/$20 ($4 ante) - 2 players
Replay this hand on Pokeit

SB (Hero): $2,775.09 (139 bb)
BB: $3,992.03 (200 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($38) Hero is SB with T♣ 4♦
Hero raises to $50, BB calls $30

Flop: ($108) 6♦ 7♣ J♠ (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $27.71, BB calls $27.71

Turn: ($163.42) 9♣ (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $157.40, BB calls $157.40

River: ($478.22) K♥ (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $2,535.98 (all-in), BB calls $2,535.98

Total pot: $5,550.18 (Rake: $6)

Showdown:
SB (Hero) shows T♣ 4♦ (high card, King)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 36%, Flop: 5%, Turn: 5%, River: 0%)

BB shows T♥ 7♠ (a pair of Sevens)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 64%, Flop: 95%, Turn: 95%, River: 100%)

BB wins $5,544.18

3. Sometimes it's really just that easy

Winning Poker, Hold'em No Limit - $15/$30 - 2 players
Replay this hand on Pokeit

SB (Hero): $3,120.00 (104 bb)
BB: $3,388.75 (113 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($45) Hero is SB with 6♣ 4♣
Hero raises to $75, BB 3-bets to $330, Hero calls $255

Flop: ($660) 5♠ 7♣ 8♦ (2 players)
BB bets $660, Hero calls $660

Turn: ($1,980) 3♦ (2 players)
BB bets $2,398.75 (all-in), Hero calls $2,130 (all-in)

First River: ($6,240) T♣ (2 players, 2 all-in)

Second River: ($6,240) 5♣ (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $6,240 (Rake: $1.25)

First Showdown: Board: 5♠ 7♣ 8♦ 3♦ T♣

BB shows J♣ J♦
SB (Hero) shows 6♣ 4♣
SB (Hero) wins $3,119.38

Second Showdown: Board: 5♠ 7♣ 8♦ 3♦ 5♣

BB shows J♣ J♦
SB (Hero) shows 6♣ 4♣
SB (Hero) wins $3,119.37

4. Haven't yet reviewed this one, but logically/exploitatively I'm really pleased with it

PokerStars, Hold'em No Limit - $10/$20 ($4 ante) - 2 players
Replay this hand on Pokeit

SB: $2,000.00 (100 bb)
BB (Hero): $4,853.30 (243 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($38) Hero is BB with 8♣ 8♦
SB raises to $50, Hero 3-bets to $220, SB calls $170

Flop: ($448) 8♠ T♦ 5♣ (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets $145.87, Hero raises to $439.81, SB calls $293.94

Turn: ($1,327.62) 4♥ (2 players)
Hero checks, SB checks

River: ($1,327.62) 4♠ (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets $1,336.19 (all-in), Hero calls $1,336.19

Total pot: $4,000 (Rake: $6)

Showdown:
SB shows 9♣ 7♣ (a pair of Fours)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 32%, Flop: 27%, Turn: 18%, River: 0%)

BB (Hero) shows 8♣ 8♦ (a full house, Eights full of Fours)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 68%, Flop: 73%, Turn: 82%, River: 100%)

BB (Hero) wins $3,994

5. Villain does not lack cojones

Winning Poker, Hold'em No Limit - $5/$10 - 2 players
Replay this hand on Pokeit

SB (Hero): $1,244.45 (124 bb)
BB: $1,109.25 (111 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($15) Hero is SB with 8♥ K♦
Hero raises to $25, BB calls $15

Flop: ($50) 8♣ 8♦ T♥ (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $13.50, BB calls $13.50

Turn: ($77) 5♥ (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $53.90, BB calls $53.90

River: ($184.80) J♥ (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $245.78, BB calls $245.78

Total pot: $676.36 (Rake: $1.25)

Showdown:
SB (Hero) shows 8♥ K♦ (three of a kind, Eights)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 40%, Flop: >99%, Turn: 100%, River: 100%)

BB shows 2♠ A♦ (a pair of Eights)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 60%, Flop: <1%, Turn: 0%, River: 0%)

SB (Hero) wins $675.11

BB's:

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Data:

Week 4 goals:
• Flowstate
• 18 hours

Thank you for reading, see you next week 😀

Thank you very much everyone 😀 ♥ ♥

Great to see you reactive your blog, such an enjoyable read. Congrats on your family! My son was born this year too, its truly the most beautiful thing that can happen, but definitely a challange to combine being a good parent and a decent poker player 😃

GL <3

How do you approach ante games differently than regular tables? What are some of the biggest differences in preflop/postflop play? (Obviously you don't need to give your full thoughts but I'm interested in what you think)

Wow, congratulations! That's so awesome to hear, how old is he?

How are you finding the new work/life balance? 😃

Mainly, to react according to how villain interprets strategy shifts. E.g. some RFI much larger, others for the same(ish) size, presumably wider.

Also, in my exp. people generally don't change their f3b by too, too much, esp. regarding 4betting, so I tend to skew aggressive with most of my 3b mixes

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