Monthly MTT Post. [3k Bankroll Start]
For the past 2 years I tried going pro on mtts [profit 30k~] Recently hit a downswing. Im currently 25 and looking to change my goal from career to hobby.
I believe if I want to achieve my bankroll goal I will need to take proper action. I've made threads before but I fully plan on committing to this goal.
I will update this weekly/monthly Enjoy the ride.
Bankrolls
Bovada:1.15k
Bol:1.2k
Acr:1.5k
Poker Goals: [Actions]
Build from 3k bankroll to 50k+. [play 400 mtts/month]
Play live mtts
Play every venom. [fire 500$ in venom satties every month]
Study 6 hours/week [Run 30 hrc sims/week + watch training videos 5 hours]
Life Goals: [Actions]
Eat 2.5k calories/day [Eat breakfast/dinner + a mass gainer smoothie]
Workout 20 minutes/day 5x/week
Read 1 book/month [Read 1 page/day]
Training content I will be using:
Runitonce
Raise your edge
Turbokings
Hrc
Looking into BBZ/EPC
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I'm going to start only posting every 3 months after this post I think that will allow me to have drastic updates and see more growth. I hope you all have enjoyed the journey so far.
Previous month failures
Read 2 books in march. [failed]
Call 3-5 old college buddies and reconnect. [did good]
Hang out with IRL friends more. [did good]
1. glasses/get eyes checked. [fail]
2: workout 5-6/days week [fail but started the framework to begin this]
3. Diet [2.5k cals/day] [fail but started the framework]
4. Sch
I tried everything you tried and more for my back pain and nothing worked for 10 years or so, until i "discovered" walking. Try walking for 60-90 min every day and your back will be in a great shape. You can listen to an audio book while doing this.
3/3/24....
YTD Graph
Poker:
Still on a 130-180k~ downswing [its gotten obfuscated due to live and staking horses]. It's been 100k+ since 8/1/2023.
Lost 40k live so im breakeven with live [went 0/18 live]
I have 2 horses. I put them in everything that's good Were turbo running this to legendary bankroll status.
Playing 6-7 days/week 4 hours on M/W/F/SA 6 hours on thursday 8 hours on tuesday/monday~ [Grinding for the horses and the house one more time... + live]
Won a Wsop 10k seat will be my first main ever
Gym: I do a 10 minute warm-up routine [stretching]. Then typically end each session with 5-15 min threadmill+ 5 min abs everyother day.
I workout 4-6x/week [1x leg,2x arms,2x back, 2x abs, 3x cardio]
2.8k-3.5k calories/consumed daily
135 lbs ~ start
148 lbs ~ current
Back pain almost fully alleviated
Reading: 1.1/10 books completed
Lucky me [Wasn't extremely impressed but solid read]
Currently reading Horse by geraldine brooks only 30 pages in.
Cooking:
Haven't cooked new dishes but will experiment more post wsop~ this year. [will use chatgpt to make unique dishes]
House:
hoping to go on a massive upswing and buy one close to a major airport [30mins or so drive to airport] in next 6-9 months the downswing has slowed this down.
Looking at a 3-4 bed 2-3 bath townhome
5~ month progress picture:
Music Vibe:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzUkS2NE...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuCcrZlq...
Conclusion:
Life is a journey. Growth occurs in the times of which you take on the most pain and stress. Always take on more pain then you think you can handle if you wish to grow the most. I plan on getting to 175-180~ lbs working out. I plan on playing ALOT OF LIVE NEXT YEAR AND SECURING A MILLION DOLLAR BINK TO TOP THIS THREAD OFF. Wrote this post and cameback cause i found the progress to be therapeutic and documenting will be something i look back on fondly. Brothers adjusting well and going to gym with me he just reached unreal in Fortnite. I still do plan on leaving full time grinding in the coming 18-24 month~ assuming things go to plan. Currently Focusing on Consciousness and being present well playing. Ill see you all around late june for a update.
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BeezGamble
#ParlayTheEv
Welcome back Beez! I have enjoyed your thread immensely and have read through it several times. I know you have struggled with back pain for quite some time. I myself am in a lot of pain. Could you describe what has worked for you in regards to relieving your back pain? I would really appreciate it.
Thank you and I wish you continued success with poker.
Nice update. Do you try and be strategic about managing the risks of a decently big losing year and not being able to carry losses forward tax wise? That seems like one of the more annoying risks of being an mtt pro especially if firing a bunch of live 10k/25ks.
Nice update. Do you try and be strategic about managing the risks of a decently big losing year and not being able to carry losses forward tax wise? That seems like one of the more annoying risks of being an mtt pro especially if firing a bunch of live 10k/25ks.
I make alot of rakeback+live in a regulated fenced in pool + grind alot of volume so those allow me to reduce the stress on that end of things. [I estimate i make 100-150 a year variance free]
Welcome back Beez! I have enjoyed your thread immensely and have read through it several times. I know you have struggled with back pain for quite some time. I myself am in a lot of pain. Could you describe what has worked for you in regards to relieving your back pain? I would really appreciate it.
Thank you and I wish you continued success with poker.
Chatgpt + gym + google Used all 3 tools and listened to my body
Update: Still on a 130-170k~ downswing... Im 400-600k under ev [aa vs qq for chiplead final 7 220k uptop... infinite 50k equity pots 80-20]
"It is not the mountain ahead that stops most journeys but the pebble in ones shoe."
I've finally self educated enough and am in the full process of removing the pain in my back and leg. I now strength train 4x/week + stretch 6x-7x/week. Soon adding in yoga and cardio. I recommend if your motivated by my success in poker you take physical health serious. Physical health>financial success.
Cliffnotes about stretching/strength training:
Stretching increases pain tolerance!
Muscle building increases pain tolerance!
You have a thin web layering your skin called fascia fascia can become tight and responds/reworks itself when you stretch/muscles... fascia tells your body whether you should feel pain or not.
Routine: Monday/tuesday/wednesday/friday/saturday~
Wake up 12:00
Stretch 12:30-1:30 [Run hrc/icm sims during this time]
1:30-2:00 cook breakfast
2-3:00 Study Postflop spots i'm targeting [flop/turn, Deepstack, Bvb.... etc]
3:00-5:00 Gym
7:30-1 play poker
1-2 stretch/study/chill
Thursday/sunday
12-12 play
12-1 [stretch]
1-2 study [or wait till next day depending on energy level I try to study atleast every 2-3 days and spend a hour cleaning up past days]
Stretches: Strongly recommend you try the hip flexor one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUt_BSS-...
https://youtu.be/bpdD4QZ0hc4?t=107
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L_xrDAtykM...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVOnXIiP...
Goals Eoy 2024:
Move to a bigger city near me [buy a townhome/affordable place]
Become A elite reg
Be able to touch toes and have no pain ever
Be up 300k in sub 350$ buyins eoy
Win 10bb/100 avg in Regulated
win 6+bb/100 on acr
Goals Eoy 2025:
Become better cook
read 20 books [Pain has slowed my reading this year i believe i'll be ready next year]
Travel for live poker [3x vegas/2x-3x florida/1x new jersey/2x europe] next year
Start consuming ideas for the next thing after poker I'll be 28-29~ and by 30 i'd like to have started progressing towards these.
The long run is much longer then most people think. I'll be out of my downswing soon. In the meanwhile enjoy the process of growth.
Love reading your blog, especially since i have many similar goals.
Ahead of you in sports and cooking, way way behind you poker wise haha, maybe some day.
1.8m for 1st. I'm tators. GL.
Run good bro.
GL!! NICE THREAD <3
Assuming you are there, GL at series.
6-25-24
2:40 am
Poker:
The Final Jump:
I'm no longer the person I was when I started this journey. I am no longer the player I was when I started this journey. I never played poker thinking i'd become a better human to be quite frank I started this journey to become comfortably wealthy. I didn't love the game but enjoyed it. Now I love it. I want to play aggressively. I want to play tough. I want to climb. Full presence. Full focus.
I look forward to the next update as I hope it will be my last one in a downswing it's been 9 months.
YTD results: I lost 50-75k on horses, lost 40k live~, Lost 30k~ untracked.
Still on a 100k~ downswing. Still 500k~ under ev.
WSOP Trip 1:
Played 3 tournaments. Deep ran 5k got 30th~ for 20k [700k to 1st]
Felt burnt out and stopped grinding and just hungout with friends will be making changes [Smoothies in morning proper diet etc for trip 2]
Wsop trip 2 [coming up]: july 1st-july15th~
Play my first main.
Lifestyle:
Minor back pain. I hit gym 5-6x/week. I stretch 2-5x/week. Making massive progress in my pain area and will continue doing so. health is now my #1 value and I don't see that changing.
I want to buy a house As I've outgrown my apartment.
Dating is slowly becoming a bigger priority so I've started making adjustments to my life [studying in coffee shops/more walks]
Brother still lives with me he will be getting a job which is another reason for house i'd like to have my own space.
Goals Eoy 2024:
Move to Bigger city
Become An elite reg
Be able to touch toes and have no pain ever
Be up 300k in sub 350$ buyin eoy
Win 10bb/100 avg in Regulated
win 6+bb/100 on car
2025 and beyond:
Quite a few things in my life I'd like to shift after this year. I want to change my diet. I want to change my lifestyle [no more grinding every day for months on end]. I want to study 30 mins/day. Finding time to cultivate other passions and grow in other areas.
Thank you for reading
-BeezGamble
Must watch content
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFBOx9kt...
The most impressive hand of poker i've ever seen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPqWPlAQ...
Next post I will be out of downswing or I will not post.
The Climb Part 3 has begun...
Thanks for links, GL.
You talking about the Kc9c call?
How's it going Beezgamble? Hope you are winning. FYI Don Miguel Luiz also has a great book called The Four Agreements.
The article below summarizes my current goal with my new habit I want to give my body the ability to be flexible:
Still in downswing:
Year to date graph 600$ buy in and below: I've lost 150-200k staking horses/highstakes YTD
Habits: Goal is to hit 4/6 of these daily
Yoga 30 mins upon waking up
Get breakfast
Clean house
study 30-60 mins [5-6 filters I focus on]
Meditate 10-15 mins [read the mind illuminated]
Cardio or gym daily
Schedule poker: [I take off 1-2 days/week pretty often now]
Monday Wednesday: Friday Saturday: 8-1 [sometimes 9-1]
Tuesday 6-1 or 8-1
Thursday 12-1
sunday: 12-2
total hours: 50 hours of play~ [I sometimes take a day off]
Looking to buy a 3bed/2bath townhome by march 2025~, Mainly focused on healing back making money and improving poker play. Future endeavors will range from hiking to cooking to higher level yoga,reading a novel a week. Many interest I have I look forward to taking time away to purse these once I secure my financial life and physical health.
in gl !
10/10/24
THE FINAL JUMP
"It is not the mountain ahead that stops most journeys but the pebble in ones shoe."
"Theory of marginal improvements,if you replace each part of a boat is it the same boat?" The theory states consistent small changes cause an inability to see the past product and only the new.
"Measure twice, cut once."
Poker
Studying 1-2 hours/day high focus.
Playing + reviewing 5-6 days/week .
Life:
Moving soon and purchasing a house.
Starting to cook more.
Eating 3-4 servings of fruit and vegetables a day.
9-10 hours/sleep daily.
Fitness:
Doing cardio 2-4x/week [your energy bar + focus bar]
Strength training 3-5x/week.
Goal 2025:
Be able to run 3 miles in under 18 mins [i've never ran a sub 6 min mile or 2 miles]
Have no back pain.
Start a meditation/yoga practice [2x/weekly]
Play a triton.
Buy a house.
Put in 400 hours to poker study in 2025.
Explore other career/life options.
The Blueprint:
Thank you everyone for reading and following this thread up to this point. My next update will be when I have finished fixing my leaks.
-BeezGamble
I am not finished. I still need to study, fix my back, and finish business.
Philosphy:
Kaizen-Kaizen is a philosophy of continuous improvement through small, incremental changes, focusing on efficiency, process improvement, and sustained progress in personal or organizational growth.
"Just as steady drops of water carve through mountains over time, consistency triumphs over fleeting bursts of intensity."
Current beliefs for me are that. Consistency matters extremely, 60 mins study blocks 2-3x/day is better then 5 hours straight. I do think when coming up you need 5-hour blocks but as you mature less is more. Deep questions take lots of energy+focus.
Poker Study:
Play 40-50 hours/week 5-6 days/week
I will Study 90 mins a day.
Filters [All lines + tagged hands]
Final table reviews
3-4 Hand historys/weekly
Fitness/health:
Consume 1 fruit/day
Consume 1 vegetable/day
Consume 100-150g of protein/daily
Stretch 20 mins/daily
Workout 5x/weekly
Meditate 5-15 mins/daily
Sleep 9 hours/daily [Poker is very fatiguing on brain]
Goal 2025:
Be able to run 3 miles in under 18 mins [i've never ran a sub 6 min mile or 2 miles]
Have no back pain.
Play a triton.
Buy a house [May of 2025]
Put in 400 hours to poker study in 2025.
Passions: [Things I'd like to work on when life allows]
Reading
Cooking
Board games
Video games
Walking around in nature
My little brother is climbing in poker now as well he's 19 and I coach him along with my friends. I will update this in May.
This will be my last post till I buy a house. By then I'll have fixed my back, fixed my leaks, Bought a house. I consider this the final chapter before the climax of this thread. I am 100% committed to poker till the end of 2026 at this point. I will explore other options As my life opens up.
Thank you for reading thus far. Have a good holiday.See you in May.
-Beezgamble
What are your opinions on late regging vs registering on time?
