On the grind, one more time

Month update. Pretty happy with volume and results overall considering the stakes. Had Light exercise every day, still haven't gotten around to setting up dip station need to find a space for it but really need to push myself to set it up tomorrow so there's a bit of variety in workout shedule. No alcohol at all this month, I'm happy with that, wasn't even tempted. Bit of gaming on switch to chill out and watch some streams but nothing "competitive" and non productive that will wear me out mentally.

I barely played any 50nl. Took a shot a while back, was a trainwreck session lost good few BI in about a 100 hands. Objectively there was a bad hand in there and another questionable play(A5s 5b jam on broken hu table vs clicker), but the rest were just coolers. AK twice vs AA/QQ losing, and whale rivering a gutter vs an overpair in bloated pot. The hand below is foldable OTR, yeah we have trips but guys like this just nutted once they donk turn, even turn donk I knew I was dead but I was getting hammered so much already I had stopped caring by that point. I quit session after that hand. V just one of these guys who I perceive to be super nitty that donk pummels value and never has bluffs.

iPoker - €0.50 NL (5 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 115.32 BB (VPIP: 23.03, PFR: 18.30, 3Bet Preflop: 13.04, Hands: 327)
UTG: 154.96 BB (VPIP: 24.36, PFR: 19.94, 3Bet Preflop: 8.33, Hands: 322)
CO: 73.44 BB (VPIP: 46.03, PFR: 4.76, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 66)
Hero (BTN): 117.72 BB
SB: 57.56 BB (VPIP: 46.67, PFR: 13.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 16)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has J♣ T♣

UTG raises to 2.2 BB, fold, Hero raises to 8.4 BB, SB calls 7.9 BB, fold, UTG calls 6.2 BB

Flop: (26.2 BB, 3 players) J♠ Q♣ J♥
SB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets 7.16 BB, SB calls 7.16 BB, UTG calls 7.16 BB

Turn: (47.68 BB, 3 players) 7♠
SB checks, UTG bets 23.84 BB, Hero calls 23.84 BB, SB raises to 42 BB, UTG calls 18.16 BB, Hero calls 18.16 BB

River: (173.68 BB, 3 players) 6♦
UTG bets 97.4 BB, Hero calls 60.16 BB

UTG shows J♦ A♦ (Three of a Kind, Jacks)

Main Pot [173.68 BB]: (Pre 52%, Flop 68%, Turn 68%)
Side Pot#1 [120.32 BB]: (Pre 73%, Flop 77%, Turn 89%)

Hero mucks J♣ T♣ (Three of a Kind, Jacks)

Main Pot [173.68 BB]: (Pre 16%, Flop 17%, Turn 8%)
Side Pot#1 [120.32 BB]: (Pre 27%, Flop 23%, Turn 11%)

SB shows Q♠ T♠ (Two Pair, Queens and Jacks)

Main Pot [173.68 BB]: (Pre 32%, Flop 15%, Turn 24%)

UTG wins 288 BB

I'm not sure about this hand, I had quick look in solver and it does call river TxTh a lot with a certain combo but not mine. I like villains line it's just very hard for him to have bluffs by the river imo. The sim I checked he's meant to big bet turn IP most likely to fold out more underpairs. There's something about Kxx lockdown boards even pre solvers I used to think about a lot and when he bet turn for that size I was like in my head "you don't get to dictate this pot on this type of board", in all honesty river was just a FU call, was too steamed by that point to care. It's likely bad when flush completes. What bluffs does he really have by the river besides floated AQ, it's hard to think of many .. mayb some wheel Ax

iPoker - €0.50 NL (5 max) - Holdem - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (SB): 104.46 BB
BB: 30 BB (VPIP: 28.26, PFR: 19.57, 3Bet Preflop: 11.76, Hands: 47)
CO: 180.26 BB (VPIP: 22.75, PFR: 18.43, 3Bet Preflop: 11.83, Hands: 263)
BTN: 26.08 BB (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 14.13, 3Bet Preflop: 2.94, Hands: 98)

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has T♥ T♦

CO raises to 2.5 BB, BTN calls 2.5 BB, Hero raises to 14 BB, fold, CO calls 11.5 BB, fold

Flop: (31.5 BB, 2 players) K♠ 2♦ 2♥
Hero bets 9 BB, CO calls 9 BB

Turn: (49.5 BB, 2 players) 4♥
Hero checks, CO bets 16.32 BB, Hero calls 16.32 BB

River: (82.14 BB, 2 players) J♥
Hero checks, CO bets 140.94 BB, Hero calls 65.14 BB

CO shows A♥ Q♠ (One Pair, Twos)
(Pre 43%, Flop 24%, Turn 14%)
Hero shows T♥ T♦ (Two Pair, Tens and Twos)
(Pre 57%, Flop 76%, Turn 86%)
Hero wins 206.42 BB

This month I'll not play any 10nl at all, except maybe 5-10 mins to warmup if there's days I feel totally zoned out. I want to try play 50k hands with 20nl as main and get more sessions of 50nl in especially on weekends. There's def a physiological issue going on with attempting 50nl long term. There's some good players in the poole too, a lot better that what's below so maybe that's part of it. 10+20nl I can just play sloppy or borderline autopilot and still know what i'm doing vs pretty much every player in that poole maintaining good edge. Buddy suggested mental game coach if I run into problems again so that's something different to try when time comes. Objectively too I did run super hot at 20nl, that type of W/R ain't sustainable long term but 15bb might be if focused every session and playing good hours. On avg I played around 3hrs a day always at night.

I own GTO+ I found some great tutorials on youtube yday so that's something I can spend a good chunk of time setting up properly. 10/20 etc not really needed but 50 there's more structure to both pre and post so it won't hurt. Initially set up trees for BTN vs BB and SB vs BTN 3b and go from there I think.

Another main goal for Feb is maintaining better sleep schedule getting into a solid routine for meals. Sleep side It's a habit I need to break I end up staying up late watching movies etc and feel groggy as hell the next day. It effects mood a lot and obv don't want to be feeling tilty even before sitting down to grind. I think for the most part this month mental discipline has been good but besides that 50nl session but I immediately quit when I knew I had hit breaking point.

Graph for January ( + RB 240e ~ )

Results

No drinking 😃

Gym sheet I already posted above, doing pretty much same work just slightly more reps and sometimes bit longer on bike too. Need that dip station sorted asap. Will update again in a week or two, gl to every one in February!