Inspired and Desperate
The more I study, the more I save, the more I play, the happier I am and the better I do.
The more I drink, the more I spend, the more I sleep, the shittier I am and the worse I do.
So I figured I would make this blog to hold myself to a certain standard and hopefully improve my life over the next 10 years so that my final 20 years on this earth will be good. These days I would like to say I go to the gym, I crush online, I go over hands, and that I save money. Right now all I can say is that I have been playing online a little, and I have been cutting down on my spending.
I would like to focus on gym attendance, money saved/ bills lowered, online volume, live volume, coaching.
I think that is all that is important to me these days on a professional level.
Right now I have been grinding coin poker in order to sell some action to a friend. I can tell my live poker game is in need of coaching so I asked my buddy for some help and to buy some action. He said hey man, I will coach you only if you play 10k hands of poker online first. I was very happy to hear this because it shows me that he is serious and he understands the best way to get good is to figure out what you're doing wrong first. As of right now I am breakeven and have played 1800 hands. I started off playing tight and winning a little and then I got comfortable and started fucking around. I also started at 25nl but then went up to 50nl so I could get the bonus released more quickly. The reality is that I do not play enough hands to clear the bonus so I should just stick to 10nl and 25nl until I am ready to deposit $1500 on coin and play 50nl. Right now I have $700 on my account.
But I was also thinking I should play on the WPT gold or whatever that cluster fuck is called. I think I should deposit 1k on there and try to run it up at 25nl and 50nl, while using coin poker for hand history reviews via drive hud. I don't think you can use a hud on wptG but maybe you can.
ok blog, so here we go. Gym, savings, volume,volume, coaching!
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it seems like your friend is a good player.
did you ask what are his thoughts on what you should be playing? maybe he's also judging your choices too? 😅
I have seen my friend go from 1/3 to 5/10 on a stake, so I would say he is indeed a good player. He said I should play 25nl or 10nl just to get my hands in and find leaks. He probably is judging my choices as well, good point.
Today is Monday. I need to prepare for the week.
I have been paying about $1000 a year to various charities. I can no longer afford that, so I have initiated the process to cancel both of my auto-donation charities.
Today I am also going to cancel my gym membership and change to a gym that is closer to me. I got a gym membership two years ago in order to go to the gym with my friend but he lives across town and driving 40 minutes to work out doesn't really make sense. Plus we have only gone to the gym together thrice in the last two years.
After looking at my account tracker. I have Five open checking accounts. I guess I never realized how many that actually is. In those five accounts, I have a combined total of $220. I have $650 in my online account, $1060 cash and a $350 check I need to deposit.
Adding deposit check to the list.
So as of Monday the 19th , my liquid cash position is about $2200k.
I should have $400 coming on friday, and I should get a paycheck early next week, although most of that will go to bills.
Debt
I have 3 total credit cards, a $500, and two $750s. I believe I owe $1500, leaving $500 in available credit.
I also use sezzle (which I shouldn't) and I owe them like $600 as of now.
For this thread, I am to cut expenses, track spending, get volume and move up in stakes to 200nl. Once I have a nice roll for 200nl and have been beating 100nl for a while, perhaps I will branch out into other games.
Goal= cut superfluous spending
Goal= grow bankroll to $5k online, and $15k in savings accounts.
Goal= play 20 hours of online per week.
Goal= go to the gym 2x a week
Since it is monday and the worst day of the week for poker, I will play $25nl online. I am currently playing on one site but I think there may be a benefit to playing on two sites. Id like to keep $1000 on each site and try to build that up. I should be able to deposit $12500 online next week, or whatever it takes to have $1k on each site. That is the new goal. I will also IGNORE deposit bonuses. At lower stakes, those are just bad for me to focus on. Its too expensive for a noobie like me to try and clear the deposit bonus playing 25nl and 50nl. Bonuses are for people who play 100nl, not for micro stakes grinders.
BR update : $615
Hands update : 2600
for 20 hours of poker a week, I need to aim for 3 hours a day. Yikes.
So I need to do some 1-3 hour long sessions a day with some 30minute sessions sprinkled in
Today I have played 30min. So 2.5hrs left to go.
I jammed or called a jam with AQo 100bbs eff,3 handed when I should've folded. I also bet called a turn crai that I wasnt sure about but my gut said to go with. Guy was bluffing and we won.
Goes to show my gut isnt always right
