Hello All,
This is a simple thread. Make 100k profit from mtt's. I got laid off from my job a couple of months ago and ha
Hello All,
This is a simple thread. Make 100k profit from mtt's. I got laid off from my job a couple of months ago and have returned to the online felt to make some money. I used to play full time ~10 years ago in Europe but moved to NYC 7 years ago for real life work. The last 6 weeks or so have been a lot of fun! I just realized how much I missed the freedom of living life as a poker player. Sure it can be stressful at times, but that all depends on your own personal preparation and outlook on life. I feel much more prepared for the grind now than I did 10 years ago. Hard work in the real life arena has culminated in me possessing a new found discipline and love for the game. In the past, I didn't work hard on studying the game. That has all changed. I really like this new era of solver poker and have invested a lot of time studying the DTO trainer and Explorer(I will be switching to GTO Wizard as the consensus seems to be that it's a better product).
Here is a look at my results since returning to the online streets:
Pretty much since March 1st ^^
As i'm currently based in the US, all my volume comes from 3 sites. ACR, BetOnline and Global Poker. Being based in NYC sucks for playing poker as I can't even access ignition anymore. WPT, PS PA or PS NJ also not an option right now. With that being said, this is a trial period where i'm looking to ensure that I can still make $$ from poker. If I can hit this 100k mark, I will then be looking to relocate elsewhere and play full time. I am likely going to go to Thailand for a month anyways just to chill and play poker/hang at the beach/ workout a bunch.
As you can see, i'm sticking to a ~$20 abi for now. At this level, I feel like i'm crushing the fields i'm playing. I like to keep the av entrants low to reduce variance and seek out the best value tournaments. I don't play more than 8 tables. I focus on quality play over anything else and want to keep studying solvers and reviewing HH's before I move up to $50 abi. FWIW, global poker is an absolute gem of a site. You can't run a HUD there but it's just so soft that it's still great value. BetOnline doesn't have too much going on but fields also very soft. ACR ofc has very tough fields but I am still beating the stakes i'm playing there.
Will keep this updated with scores and weekly profit/loss numbers
January:
Very solid month. Grinded my ass off and was my highest volume month so far. Was over 1k entries when I include untracked sites to this( lost some over there but not gonna include it in my sharkscope as I couldn't be bothered with the extra work. I'll tally up a total when i'm nearing the 100k milestone and get an exact number).
Overall very happy with my performance. Looking forward to what February has in store. More study. More icm drilling. More meditation. More exercise. (Hopefully) more $$$.
MARCH:
A more swingy month than January and February but still a winning month nonetheless. I tried out a slightly later schedule in March meaning I could play a little higher buyins. I fired the 109's more liberally and generally took on more action. My play was less than optimal with my EVBB/100 being quite low on the month compared to other months. This had to do with a few things imo. First off, I ran way below EV in terms of BB/100 on the tracked sites I play. Generally when this happens, I tend to play worse myself. Also playing higher (esp on ACR with bigger fields), leads to more variance and more swingy results. Thirdly, I think I started to feel a little burnout this month which may have effected the quality of my play. Finally, due to high amount of playing hours, I really slacked off on studying. I will tweak all these in April to where I think I can optimize my routine.
Having a great mindset is a work in progress as I have shared here many times. The crushers do tend to lose the least when on a downswing and it's one of my main goals for this coming year. To have a good mindset during a downswing to minimize losses in those periods. Like my coach said to me, turning those -50 buyin sundays into -25 buyin sundays will have a huge impact on your overall yearly net result. We often only think about the big scores that changed our month but this isn't really where it's at. Eeking out those small edges when times are tough are ultimately what's going to really improve your winrate. It's so easy to play well and feel dialed in when winning all the flips. To be honest, March could have been better if I had locked in more during the tough periods. But i'm working on it everyday so I feel like things are looking up.
APRIL:
Maximum 5 days playing
At least 10 hours per week studying
Workout 4x per week
Average at least 6k steps per day walking
Cut down on drinking
Eat cleaner
To the point on drinking, I have gotten into a habit of having 2x IPA's in the evening after a session. I mean the 9% double IPA's like voodoo imperial IPA 😀 Although it doesn't sound like too much just having 2 beers, that is really like having 4 pints of regular beer. I was doing this prob 4 nights per week during March. Also on my days off from poker I might go out and have a few drinks with dinner or at a game.. So a slippery slope... In april I have decided to cut the drinking to 2 nights per week and will try to keep it to one night.
No real volume goals for this month. More focusing on quality hours of play(mental game) and study. The results generally take care of themselves when I'm studying a lot. I don't think this is a coincidence. I'm going into a session with ingrained confidence knowing I have put in the work and feel so good at the tables.
If i'm feeling any burnout this month, I'm gonna take an extra day off and focus on exercise. GL to all the grinders out there this month.
