Ain't no party like a DKB party
Greetings Everyone,
Plan is simple but hard to achieve 10k€ in the bank+bankroll and ~+2k$ income/monthly from poker.
After unexpected success in my first blog, where I succeed in making 1k$ profit in a month playing 25nl.
Wanted to continue keep myself accountable and have a good place for reflection.
In this blog I will be posting:
-Weekly updates (Result Graph,Sessions,RB,Interesting HH)
-Weekly goals and plans (upfront)
-Monthly updates
-Monthly goals and plans (upfront)
About me, I'm 26 year old male from Latvian and currently working full-time job(15days a month, 12h shifts). For now I'm playing 25nl PartyPoker Regular/Zoom tables and have a rakeback ~25%. In future might look into other options but for now I'm satisfied with 25nl pool of PartyPoker. Will be using aggressive bankroll management 20bi up with 2bi shots.
P.S. Will not end this blog until I achieve my goal, for how ever long it takes.
Thanks for reading.
Any feedback about how I played or thinks I could do better is much appreciated.
Week 34 Recap
Greetings,
Fine Results, very low volume due to being sick and choosing live over online during weekend. 200nl was fun this week but I'm still overly emotional playing it (adrenaline junkie). Still bad at Live cash and having hard time adjusting, even though we played DC regular nlhe or weird Super holdem (3 cards, can use 0-2 of your cards, NLHE rules).
Monday -Good productive day. Gym / blog / study / 2 session / sleep on time.
Tuesday - Also very productive day. Similar to Monday besides blog writing.
Wednesday - Skipped gym to go out to park/city center with GF. Played one session when I came back but could not keep my focus as I felt sick.
Thursday - Woke up sick, studied decent amount and played 0 poker.
Friday - Did not go to gym as I still felt semi-sick. Studied some in the morning and played 3 sessions (3rd ended early as I could not focus)
Saturday - Wasted morning doing noting (feeling less sick), played one session before going to 1/1€ which was fun but I lost 200€. game felt good as we wehre watching Usky vs Fury in the background.
Sunday - Decided to take a day off
For this following week won't plan anything big with poker as going out with GF on Monday, celebrating Xmas at parents house, celebrating Birthday at 27 of December.
Cash: +584,8$
MTT: -55$
Live Cash: -200€
RB: +75$
Total: +404,8$
Cash Graph:
Sessions:
Rakeback:
Some interesting hands:
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Biggest Win/Bluff-Catch:
HH1: Vs Aggro Fish, have many notes and reads vs him, like him being capable of turning pairs into bluffs and being wide preflop/postflop.
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Biggest Loss/Unlucky:
HH2: Vs Reg, not like super happy spot but still think I beat value so called quick.
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Biggest Bluff:
HH3: Vs Aggro-Reg, I think nice river to bluff when fd comes in and I still can value bet set that being said it is 3B OTF but did think this guy is overly aggressive from hands that I saw before this one. Also interesting point, is he donking flushes OTR... Either way I don't remember last time I made it to the river vs reg in 3B flop spot.
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Luckiest:
HH4: vs Fish, he even tanked OTR vs my all-in. When only fish tanks OTR with 2nd nuts you know this is not a good table to be at.
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More Bluff-Catching:
HH5: Vs Loose Aggro Reg, wrong read.
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Last week goals:
1) Gym first thing after Breakfast
-Mon/Tue went and felt good but then I got sick
2) No phone after 22:00 (put in different room) and sleep ~23:00
-Done (Besides Saturday live cash 3am to sleep)
3) 10k hands
-Failed, did get sick but could have played more during weekend
4) Plan days ahead
-Done, besides Sunday when I decided to just take day off
5) Study 30min a day at least
-Done, enjoyed watching Uri course
6) 10 push-ups before every session
-Mon/Tue Yes, after that no
Weeks Goals:
1) Gym first thing after Breakfast
2) No phone after 22:00 (put in different room) and sleep ~23:00
3) Find time to play
4) Plan days ahead
5) Study 30min a day at least
6) 10 push-ups before every session
Thanks for reading.
Any feedback about how I played or things I could do better is much appreciated.
Week 35 Recap
Greetings,
Good Results, happy with volume. Despite all the celebrations decided prior to reach my rakeback goal (600$ rake = 30% RB).
Monday - Blog, day spent w/gf at Parks/Center/Cafe, one evening session.
Tuesday - Christmas at parents house
Wednesday - Gym and 2 sessions
Thursday - Gym getting coached and one sessions
Friday - Drive cat to Vet, 3 sessions, celebrate my Birthday
Saturday - Gym and 2 sessions
Sunday - Study and 3 sessions
For the following week, Monday talking free, 31st celebrating New year and 3rd of January Friday flying to Malta till 8th of January so will combine two weeks in one blog update. Hope to play some live cash at Malta and enjoy the beautifully historical Malta.
Cash: +1317$
MTT: 0
Live Cash: 0
RB: +180$
Total: +1507$
Cash Graph:
Sessions:
Rakeback:
Some interesting hands:
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Biggest Win:
HH1: Vs Reg, got it in with 51%.
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Biggest Loss:
HH2: Vs Reg, One of the rare guys that runs it once.
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Luckiest:
HH3: Vs Aggro Fish, felt as he does not have many flushes because he isolated other fish but was wrong.
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Unluckiest:
HH4: Vs Fish, Happens.
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Biggest Bluff:
HH5: Vs Reg, if he calls offsuit KK then rather not make moves like this vs this guy. Vs pot bet might not be the best idea anyways.
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Nice run-out:
HH6: Vs Fish, imo fish sizes there hands more honest and for that reason I think I have the best hand almost always and at the same time I want to play for stacks, great river.
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Biggest Fold:
HH7: Vs Reg, somewhat passive Reg, not sure about river sizing. Preflop could Fold, Open/Fold, Open/Call.
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Funny Hand:
HH8: Vs Whale, I call this play desperation bluff.
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Last weeks goals:
1) Gym first thing after Breakfast
- 50/50 went 4 times
2) No phone after 22:00 (put in different room) and sleep ~23:00
- Failed
3) Find time to play
- Done
4) Plan days ahead
-Done
5) Study 30min a day at least
-Done
6) 10 push-ups before every session
-Failed (last day done)
P.S. Also have Discord group for Poker player to socialize and improve together if anyone is interested send me a private dm
Thanks for reading.
Any feedback about how I played or things I could do better is much appreciated.
Week 36 & 37 Recap
Greetings,
Nice vacation, few good grind days.
Had a lot of fun in Malta, sightseeing Malta and near by islands. Played also some live cash and small live mtt in Malta. Played in Dragonara Casino, imho games where decent/okeyish ran very cold and being new to format (live cash) my confidence is not yet the greatest. To sum up, played 3 days Day one, 1/3€ -500€ Day two, 50€ rebuy (110€ total) won it vs 13 opponents for +350€ profit Day three, 1/3€ -300€. Flight was ~3h so managed to read 2 crusher blogs, one on my way to Malta and one on my way to Latvia.
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Before trip to Malta had very fun new year session where I had an opponent 3B/calling ATC which resulted in me going all-in for value KJs A5s QTs etc etc.
After trip main goal was to get back into balanced life/grind rhythm, which I struggled a bit. Slowly but surely getting back to it.
For the following week, Monday/Thursday talking free, remaining days want to play 3 session on avg. Finish Uri course, good sleep and diet and gym daily.
Cash: +890.7$
MTT: +350 €
Live Cash: -800€
RB: +115$
Total: +555,7$ (yes I combined € & $)
Cash Graph:
Sessions:
Rakeback:
Some interesting hands:
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1/3€ Live HH1:
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(9 handed 400€ efc) UTG limps, UTG + 1 limps I looks down at 7♦7♥ (table loose call happy) decided overlimp > iso ... whole table limps to SB SB isos 25€ UTG and UTG +1 calls, I call behind me one call ... 5 way (130€ pot) I had 390€ behind
K♠ 7♠ 5♥
SB bets 50€, UTG calls, UTG +1 folds Decided to ship all-in (raise small looks strong imo and opponents are call happy)
Fold, SB snaps (still feeling okey because he looks like a type that never folds AA KK) UTG tank folds
run it twice
J♠
T♠
...
4♥
3♠
Lose to A♠K♠ (he also hits royal flush on first run lol)
like 1k pot I think
1/3€ Live HH2:
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(6 handed 400€ efc) Limp, CO isos 12€, BTN raises 35€, I look at Q♣Q♥ .... raise 90€
HJ & CO Folds, BTN calls (he covers, looks like reg but ordered vodka lol, also in for max buyin)
~200€ in pot (300€ behind)
T♦8♦5♣ ( I dont have diomond)
Decide to XR all-in because think/feel his gonna stab a lot, No need to XR he just jams vs my check (before asking me AK?) I Kinda snap
He shows 6♦4♦
Run it twice
2♣
A♦
...
Q♦
9♦
Biggest Win (online):
HH3: Vs unknow Fish, scary spot. What I have seen and now pay close attention to is "Fish breaking under pressure" which is opposite of ''The Baluga Theorem". This might not be the best example but I have seen Fish XR all-in with TPMK (normal fish that have played kind of tight)
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Biggest Loss:
HH4: Vs that one guy from 31.12. that was gambling hard, I'm happy to gamble vs this guy. Funny that for the most part we play 3 handed (me, Reg, Brave guy)
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Biggest Punt:
HH5: Vs Unknow Fish, Need to start respecting XC-Donk more. Too greedy and got punished.
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Last weeks goals:
1) Gym Daily
2) No phone after 22:00 (put in different room) and sleep ~23:00
3) Get back into rhythm
4) Plan days ahead
5) Study 30min a day at least
6) 10 push-ups before every session
P.S. Also have Discord group for Poker player to socialize and improve together if anyone is interested send me a private dm
Thanks for reading.
Any feedback about how I played or things I could do better is much appreciated.
Week 38 Recap
Greetings,
Meh week, meh results. Was not feeling it this week, bad sleep and waking up with headaches did not help the grind. Also struggled with discipline. Made more the usual amount of mistakes which added up to losing week. Happy with the studies as I finished Uri course and now planning which course to take next, also deciding if I should buy GTO+ and only reason why I'm holding back is my potato laptop that has only 8gb ram.
For the following week, Monday/Thursday talking free, remaining days want to play 3 session on avg. Study daily, good sleep and diet and gym daily.
Cash: -332,9$
MTT: 0
Live Cash: 0
RB: +100$
Total: -232,9$
Cash Graph:
Sessions:
Rakeback:
Some interesting hands:
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Biggest Win/Biggest Bluff-catch:
HH1: Vs Aggro Reg
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Biggest Loss/Biggest Bluff:
HH2: Vs Reg, OTT could have bet smaller and jam/give up OTR. Decided this was the best approach in game.
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Luckiest:
HH3: Vs Reg, felt as XR would look super strong and I would get folds vs thin value bets (AJ AT), could have just called OTT.
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Unluckiest:
HH4: Vs Reg, Happens.
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Biggest Bluff-catch:
HH5: Vs Aggro-Fish, would hate to lose to dumb merge bet that for random reason fish decide to do. But read was very solid so called.
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Weird Spot:
HH6: Vs Aggro Reg, Could have folded pre (had a feeling he is wider because I 3B vs fish (was right lol)), weird river size, weird hand. In my du** head was thinking about could I turn this into bluff OTR.
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Last weeks goals:
1) Gym Daily
4/7 solid
2) No phone after 22:00 (put in different room) and sleep ~23:00
Failed, back week for sleep.
3) Get back into rhythm
Failed, sleep and other factors.
4) Plan days ahead
Done
5) Study 30min a day at least
Done
6) 10 push-ups before every session
Failed, done in few day but not enough
Next weeks goals:
1) Gym 5 times
2) No phone after 22:00 (put in different room) and sleep ~23:00
3) Get back into rhythm
4) Plan days ahead
5) Study 30min a day at least
6) 10 push-ups before every session
P.S. Also have Discord group for Poker player to socialize and improve together if anyone is interested send me a private dm.
Thanks for reading.
Any feedback about how I played or things I could do better is much appreciated.
I tried to use GTO+ on an 8gb laptop and wouldn't recommend it. Took far too long to load even simple solutions.
I'm not really a computer guy but would recommend at min 12gb but ideally 16gb.
Hello DeeKay, late to the party but in for a follow. GL (not that you seem to need any)
GTO+ is brill for the price imo, but yh RAM is king. Although it runs 10x better than my old 1.0 piosolver
Hello DKB, nice to see fellow grinder blogging. Good luck to you sir.
Are you aware you won the contest? Congrats!
Week 39 Recap
Greetings,
Trash week, meh results (but not that bad considering how bad I played). Had few sessions that I tilted. Made many very questionable plays. Overall very bad performance (volume decent tho). On the bright side happy with how much I studied and with my new gym routine, diet was decent as well. Sleep still needs work. Went to 2 live mtt, both busted.
For the following week, will take first 3 days free (Mon-Wen) to reset and get into right mindset. Then grind remaining of the week.
Cash: -247,9$
MTT: -110€
Live Cash: 0
RB: +180$
Total: -177,9$
Cash Graph:
Sessions:
Rakeback:
Some interesting hands:
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Biggest Win:
HH1: Vs 2 Fish, it does not get better then this spot (unless I'm beat somehow).
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Biggest Loss/Bluff Catch:
HH2: Vs Reg, was thinking that there are very few value combos (QQ KQs, did exclude JJ & 77 kind of) so if he is bluffing JTs 76s or random TT then should be fine. Then again its 4B pot on KQJ ...
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Luckiest:
HH3: Vs Fish, nice river was not expecting him to have FH.
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Unluckiest:
HH4: Vs Reg, nice flop sizing... was expecting to get called often when he uses this sizing ALSO was expecting to be always ahead.
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Biggest Bluff (that worked):
HH5: Vs Reg, felt like a nice spot to raise OTF, after that felt terrible lol. River gave me hope as I was already done with the hand.
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Biggest Punt:
HH6: Vs Fish, one of many punts from last week.
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Last weeks goals:
1) Gym 5 times
Did 3 but happy as I went really hard (kind of like this way better gym/free/gym)
2) No phone after 22:00 (put in different room) and sleep ~23:00
Failed, went to sleep avg 1am
3) Get back into rhythm
Decent volume but worst quality since went pro
4) Plan days ahead
Done
5) Study 30min a day at least
Done
6) 10 push-ups before every session
25% Done
Next week goals:
1) Gym 4 times
2) Sleep ~23:00
3) Get back into winning mindset
4) Plan days ahead
5) Study 30min a day at least
6) 10 push-ups before every session
P.S. Also have Discord group for Poker player to socialize and improve together if anyone is interested send me a private dm.
Thanks for reading.
Any feedback about how I played or things I could do better is much appreciated.
HH5: Vs Reg, felt like a nice spot to raise OTF, after that felt terrible lol. River gave me hope as I was already done with the hand.
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Nice value bluff (had J8s). Cant dm you for some reason add me on discord: seniori_
Congrats on your success. subbed and following 😀
Week 40 Recap
Greetings,
Solid week, taking 3 days free was really beneficial for me, now I'm feeling ready to grind again. Week was shaky when I got back to grinding and was frustrating at time but overall happy with how it went. Big issue for last few days has been sleep, I have had hard time falling asleep and that really makes me not functional in mornings... Also after reviewing my hh in few spots I end up misreading preflop action or misreading board.
For following week back to standard grind (not planning any live mtt for now). Gym is going good and even got myself whey protein. Fixing sleep will be focus point as it is really costing me time and functionality (got myself some melatonin food supplement), might play 4 tables instead of 6 before sleep gets better. Also started reading MGOP 2, which imo will future improve my game at tables.
Cash: +288,5$
MTT: 0
Live Cash: 0
RB: +112.5$
Total: +401$
Cash Graph:
Sessions:
Rakeback:
Some interesting hands:
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Biggest Win:
HH1: Vs Reg, just don't have AA plz.
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Biggest Loss/Unluckiest:
HH2: Vs Fish, BTN is a Reg and even though he has a range advantage, I want to fast play vs fish.
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Luckiest:
HH3: Vs Fish, nice to run it once after seeing that flop.
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Getting paid:
HH4: Vs Reg, nice turn, nice river, nice to get paid.
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Funny hand:
HH5: Vs Whale, was hoping that it not a chop.
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Biggest Hero:
HH6: Vs Reg, called this hand on accident, because for mystical reason (bad sleep) thought that it's SRP (me flatting vs open).
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Last week goals:
1) Gym 4 times
Did 3 and happy with results
2) Sleep ~23:00
Failed hard
3) Get back into winning mindset
Done, still many mental leaks much much better
4) Plan days ahead
Done
5) Study 30min a day at least
Done
6) 10 push-ups before every session
Done
Next week goals:
1) Gym 3-4 times
2) Sleep ~23:00
4) Plan days ahead
5) Study 30min a day at least
6) Read/study MGOP 2
P.S. Also have Discord group for Poker player to socialize and improve together if anyone is interested send me a private dm.
Thanks for reading.
Any feedback about how I played or things I could do better is much appreciated.
Nice to see you back in business! By the way, try melatonin tablets for better sleep. They work pretty well and are not bad for your health.
