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 19 Recap
Greetings,
Weeks was going pretty well, but on Sunday after not getting the best sleep and focusing too much on Rake-Back goals had a very terrible session. Big issue with this -575$ session was me thinking I can push trough this variance and can still perform to break-even/winning level which was very faulty logic and cost me more. Did handle this big loss surprisingly good and even played later that day, so I will try to take positives from that and shot-taking 100nl doesn't seem that scary after this session. In Future will cut my session length to 90min max. Also will focus more on routine and quality of play rather the volume. Also decent concern is other Regs getting their Rake-back cut short to 20% max... Canadians/Brazilians/UK.
Cash: -184,3$
RB: +125$
Total: -59,3$
Cash Graph:
Sessions:
Rakeback:
Some interesting hands:
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Biggest Win:
HH1: Vs Reg, not much to say about this hand.
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Biggest Loss/Unluckiest:
HH2: Vs Fish, Have a not that overplays overpair. Other guy, sh**-reg also made the pot huge.
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Luckiest:
HH3: Vs Fish, nice river imo and even nicer when I get paid.
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Hero-Call:
HH4: Vs Aggro-Reg, was very confident in him over-bluffing here. (same guy that talked sh** about my call last week)
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Hero-Call #2:
HH5: Vs Sh**-Reg, my main reason for calling here was hin not value betting overpairs on this kinda scary run-out.
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Max Greedy:
HH6: Vs Fish, Imo there are sets 2p and top pairs that can call here and I think fish under fold to triple barrels.
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Nice Hand:
HH7: Vs Sh**-Reg, first instinct was to go all-in but then I started to think about what worse hands can he call here, imo not many so I decided to X/C.
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Funny Hand:
HH8: Vs Fish, he started value betting OTF.
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Punt:
HH9: Was tilted with the unlucky session and felt as this Sh**-Reg was trying to outplay me... Still working on fixing my ''Revenge tilt", but this hand visualizes my mental leaks.
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Biggest Bluff:
HH10: Vs Aggro Reg, this similar to last hands, but this one felt much better and I wasn't tilted during this session... He raised pretty fast and was very aggresive overall, so I like my play much better then last hand (Also have nice blocker lol).
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Some positive message from other Reg:
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(I guess action is drying up at 100nl and he want me to punt at 100nl, he did say play not win.)
Thanks for reading.
Any feedback about how I played or things I could do better is much appreciated.
Week 20 Recap
Greetings,
Fine week, still running below EV and feeling like being unlucky...I guess hitting two straight flushes for all the money makes up for it but not really. In other news skipping work as I'm again semi-sick and will have next week completely free as well. Still working on my tendency of calling way to often. Also Been studying more then usual but could do a lot more and will try to use the spare free time smart. Overall better week then last one and small comeback in not the best month. Still a lot of work has to be done mental/strategy wise so I could be Full-time poker player (will try again 100nl at the start of October).
Cash: +181$
RB: +125$
Total: +306$
Cash Graph:
Sessions:
Rakeback:
Some interesting hands:
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Biggest Win:
HH1: VS Aggro Fish, wanted to get extra money from his bluffs OTR and make him more committed whit Kx.
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Biggest Loss:
HH2: Vs Reg, Unsure felt thin but at the same time he could be raising sets OTF/OTT and I do have top two.
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Luckiest:
HH3: Vs S**t-Reg, not the best spot OTT as he is plays more value heavy, happy that river bailed me out.
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Unluckiest:
HH4: Vs S**t-Reg, was not expecting 99 but at the same time was not expecting AA/KK.
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Biggest Bluff:
HH5: Vs S**t-Reg, this guy usually give me credit if I go till the end but I guess he was in calling mood.
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Straight Flush:
HH6: Vs S**t-Reg, weird Donk OTT guess he wanted to get more value from Ax, nice river to get all the money.
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Donation:
HH7: Vs Aggro-Fish, was not happy with flop raise but ofc I'm not folding. Scared money don't make no money.
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Hero Call/Punt:
HH8: Vs S**t-Reg, was confident his not slowplaying, even tho felt right atm the more I think about the spot the more I understand how big of a punt that was.
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Thanks for reading.
Any feedback about how I played or things I could do better is much appreciated.
Week 21 Recap
Greetings,
Weeks was going great as I had all week free from work. But even if results look great on paper I'm very disappointed with how I played and handled Tilt. Played every day not being concern about taking days off and my game became worse starting Friday. Friday had 2 separate guys getting tilted and playing Semi-Paistings style which is great, but I came out short and that added to accumulated tilt/emotions. So the smart move would be to take a day off and reset, obviously I don't know what that means and results where as to be expected. Weekend was eye opening and as I was hoping to leave my gym at the start of November. From now forward I'm playing online cash maximum 3 days in a row.
In other news did have a little bit of fun playing some mtt and even binked one.
Next week (23.09-29.09) will work (Mon Tue Thu Fri) and hoping to play solid poker during weekend.
Cash: +261$
MTT: +295$
RB: +210$
Total: +766$
Cash Graph:
Results:
Sessions:
Rakeback:
Some interesting hands:
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Biggest Win:
HH1: Vs 2 fish, thanks to the boys for letting me catch up, much appreciated.
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Biggest Loss:
HH2: Vs Fish, in spots like these I feel like Reg are super value heavy and fish are bluff heavy (not sure just a feel).
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Luckiest:
HH3: Vs Aggro-Fish, over-card and fd seems loose but will do vs fish that was raising a lot thin and capable of folding, being OOP decent to go all-in.
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Unluckiest:
HH4: Vs Maniac ,that lost few big pots and started to play in semi-Paistings mode.
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Biggest Bluff:
HH5: Vs Reg and fish, this reg has sizing tells postflop and is risk averse. having said that I got scared when he didn't snap fold but after 10sec he folded.
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Biggest Hero:
HH6: Vs Fun Player(in-between Fish/Sh**-Reg), my read was that he is loose pre, but not capable of going for thin value post, I put him on Jx or 8x and a lot of knowing he has wide range on scary board seemed to me like an easy call.
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Biggest Punt:
HH7: Vs Sh**-Reg, that I have note ''Never Bluff''
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(At the same time, lost both and Villain calmed down)
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Thanks for reading.
Any feedback about how I played or things I could do better is much appreciated.
Week 22 Recap
Greetings,
Decent week, had a lot of work so I took it much easier. Played few mtt while watching movies and made a nice profit. Happy with how I played for the most part, did make few dubious plays, noting too crazy or tilt related.
Next week will have work Thu and Wed, plan is to get back to solid grind and play around ~14k hands.
Cash: +67,67$
MTT: +202$
RB: +50$
Total: +319,67$
Cash Graph:
Sessions:
Rakeback:
Some interesting hands:
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Biggest Win/Luckiest:
HH1: Vs 2 Fishes, Guy with 77 was bet happy so plan was to X/R, also funny thing during the hand...Once we got it all-in I was confused how does set has 3,2%.
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Biggest Loss/Blunder:
HH2: Vs S**t-Reg, Wanted to snap fold OTT because I think this could be AK a lot, but bad thought came in my head "If you fold this you fold everything"(not true tbh) so I decided to station.
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Biggest Hero-Call: Vs Aggro-Reg, kinda have a good hand to call but at the same time very strong line, when I get too curious I usually station it down.
HH3:
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Biggest Bluff:
HH4: Vs ****-Reg, Was trying to keep opponent range as wide as possible while looking as strong as possible before going all-in OTR
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Weird hand:
HH5: VS Fish, had no notes on the fish during hand, OTR was thinking about all-in or XC, but after he min-bets felt as his capped and I can get called by 7x and weaker pairs, n hindsight should have ended hand with call.
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Funny Hand:
HH6: Vs Fish, OTF was praying for him not to have better set.
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Hero-Fold:
HH7:BB is a whale and CO is a nit-Reg, was more concern about CO.
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Mtt Bink:
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So good people are asking my opinion on strategy:
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Thanks for reading.
Any feedback about how I played or things I could do better is much appreciated.
Hi fellow partypoker player here, been following your blog for a while! Here's some thoughts on the spots
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Biggest Win:
HH1: Vs 2 fish, thanks to the boys for letting me catch up, much appreciated.
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Biggest Loss:
HH2: Vs Fish, in spots like these I feel like Reg are super value heavy and fish are bluff heavy (not sure just a feel).
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Way I see this is vs MP alone KTo is mostly a fold in theory (50nl rake gtowiz), with coldcaller usually you play tighter and squeeze linear and strong range. Squeezing KTo relies on preflop fold equity which we don’t have vs fish, both can call with KJs KQs ATs (even offsuit), so we are inflating pot with dominated hand oop. You can call pre and gain EV from fish mistakes there.
AP hand is not super strong otf, I would start with flop check or bet 10%, don’t wanna inflate pot or play for stacks with this hand strength 3 way. HU I think this line overbluffed by fish across all boards, but mono boards probably bluffed way less. Plus facing flop raise multi-way, this will be much stronger range than hu imo, people generally play more faceup. I also expect the bluffs to mainly just barrel turn, plus they could go smaller on river. These all make me wanna fold river. Plus Ad is natural flop bluffraise and that might check back river too.
River I’d fold tbh but this can become a call if fish is really volatile
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Luckiest:
HH3: Vs Aggro-Fish, over-card and fd seems loose but will do vs fish that was raising a lot thin and capable of folding, being OOP decent to go all-in.
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preflop 0ev theory but fish behind add EV so all good. I’d start with flop x with plan to check raise vs btn stab, this is even better vs aggro fish who stab too much. If checks through great spot to start bluffing turn vs two capped ranges. I'd cbet smaller too like 33% usually multiway, but vs 50% they might continue similar range then you can win a bigger pot when you bet turn and they fold
Facing flop raise is interesting tbh. Maybe aggro fish raises thin but how thin are they raising flop IP 3 way? Jamming is gonna rely on a lot of fold equity to be +ev, I did quick calc and assuming 35% equity vs stackoff range and you need like 55% folds for EV>0. You probably have that, but 3bet smaller might gain more EV. You can 3bet small (maybe click or 2x), keep in draws you crush and bet turn and same range folds for cheaper, plus you make extra $ from flop calls that fold turn. Jamming looks like draw even to fish tbh so they might just throw in Qx
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Unluckiest:
HH4: Vs Maniac ,that lost few big pots and started to play in semi-Paistings mode.
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Biggest Bluff:
HH5: Vs Reg and fish, this reg has sizing tells postflop and is risk averse. having said that I got scared when he didn't snap fold but after 10sec he folded.
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QJs call pre is fine to play mw vs fish, can also 3b pre (this is good if reg iso too wide, and better with fact you don’t really get 4bet bluffed). If reg has sizing tells post they might have preflop ones too, something to keep eye on
AP you don’t rep much but fine vs two capped ranges. You do need like >75% fold equity, but I expect mp has no nuts/2pair and that reg profile is capped to 2pair at best and probably won’t like bluffcatching so it’s good if they’re not thinking and can fold.
Are the reg sizing tells meaning they size for their hand strength or they size for your (perceived) hand? Both are pretty fun since they play face up in their own way lol.
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Biggest Hero:
HH6: Vs Fun Player(in-between Fish/Sh**-Reg), my read was that he is loose pre, but not capable of going for thin value post, I put him on Jx or 8x and a lot of knowing he has wide range on scary board seemed to me like an easy call.
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I like bigger preflop to charge loose continues, >24bb. I like line, pretty sure it's overbluffed by fishes in general
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Biggest Punt:
HH7: Vs Sh**-Reg, that I have note ''Never Bluff''
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I like starting with check, but can bet and they overfold vs every size relative to solver. I expect bb 70% stab to be stronger than theory (and bet turn more) in spot where they could just stab 33% or 50%, so I’m already bit wary. I'd probably still just pure checkcall this hand and hope to hit or see check turn check. I can see why you check-raise, but I'd pick oesd, gutshots with bdfd, then 1/2 overcard + backdoor flush draw + straight draw type hands (KJs, Q8s etc.) instead
Turn card is not great for our range so typically worst bluffs give up, gutshots and oesd probs can keep betting in theory, so I’d check KQo here with plan to x down unimproved. When you bet board pairs without straight draw including Tx are probably supposed to mix or pure fold in theory (plus they may or may not have 7x 5x ones), gutshots will fold but pair + draw and oesd continue. So you already need bluffcatchers to fold
Then on river you need like 40% of their range to fold for +EV bluff. Their range will be 89 (which folds to jam), bluffcatchers (Tx mostly then maybe the 7x 5x + straight draw type hands IF they 70% flop and call check raise), then they can also have 64s or 2 pair +, maybe straights which could trap turn. Either way their range has lot of bluffcatchers which u need them to fold, so the “never bluff” tag is enough for me to give up
Hi fellow partypoker player here, been following your blog for a while! Here's some thoughts on the spots
Hi, thanks for your thoughts, much appriated and I agree with everything you said.
Have we played each other? If yes, hope im winning 😃
Are the reg sizing tells meaning they size for their hand strength or they size for your (perceived) hand?
He sizes for his hand strenght (and avoids big bluffs , maybe because im a station, but haven't seen him bluffing much against other regs) while at the same time he is well studied preflop and has balanced approach.
Will go for 100nl again this month, so say 'hi' when you see me 😃
The last few shots did not work according to plan and Im -900$ at 100nl(scarded money). But my BR is deeper now and having had -550$ day and +850$ in September 100nl does not look that scary.
GL man you will defo stick the landing eventually the 50 and 100 pools are really similar, just bigger BR swings but you sound ready for those
Plenty of those reg types who have studied preflop charts but don’t apply lot of pressure post
Adding 1 table of next stake and doing 1/2 buy in shot helps me get confidence tbh
Week 23 Recap
Greetings,
Great week, ran golden and feels great. I know this is not sustainable but still gonna enjoy it. For September made a promise not to play higher then 50nl, so was eager to take my shot on first free day of October. Mental was in better spot as I had +850$ day and -550$ day in September, BR was also much deeper. Happy and surprised of how well it went. Will continue to play 100nl and keep improving my game.
As far as my week went...
Monday decided to take it slow and play few mtt for fun, binked one out of three to end September on a high. Tuesday Wednesday work. Thursday Friday one session each, as I had date with GF and Live mtt in which I lost early. Saturday Sunday it was time for online cash, ran great and had two of my biggest winning day back to back (online cash only).
Next week will have work Tuesday, Thursday and Friday... Monday will take it slow, study, play some cash/mtt. Same for Wednesday. And Saturday Sunday plan to put in decent amount of time in Online cash 50nl/100nl.
Cash: +1936$
MTT: +570$
RB: +100$
Live: -80$ (euro)
Total: +2526$
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Some interesting hands:
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Biggest Win/Luckiest:
HH1: Vs SB Aggro-fish (not worried about him), MP Whale (not too worried about him, sure he can have 33 or TT, but can also have AA KK ATs FD etc), CO Aggro-Reg (super worried about him and wanted to fold because of him, but he does not have TT as he would 3B them vs Whale...that leaves him with 33 only) During the hand I wanted to fold but as I had only 11sec time bank I could not find a fold. Holy Bink.
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Biggest Loss:
HH2: Vs Aggro Fish, had a note that he over-values hands. So decided that AJ is good enough to stack off vs him.
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Bad Spot:
HH3: Vs Fish, there was one river card I didn't wanna see... I thinking about All-in/XC/XF (block bet/fold would be good as well imo) vs reg would be easy fold but vs fish that can over-value trips its much closer.
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Biggest Bluff:
HH4: Vs Reg, not too many notes on the guy. Reason that I went for it OTR is that *imo* Bet-X-Allin is strong (from stationing it in the past). Really unsure, stack sizes are also set-up nicely.
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Dream spot:
HH5: Vs Reg, wanted to fold pre...But decided to call as I was decently active at the table and we where 120bb deep.
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Hero-Call:
HH6: Vs Reg, had a note on him from previous shot ''Wild-Reg'', also few hands ago vs other Reg he 3B/Folded OTT in SRP. I played this hand so weak that it made no sense to me, how is he trying to get called by anything. Weird one, I guess I leveled myself.
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Funny Hand:
HH7: Vs Unknow, guy sits at the table with 50bb, 3B shoves first hand (get trough). Then I open and he again 3B shoves, I like going for these spots a little too much.
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Straight Flush:
HH8: Vs Mega Whale, great runout.
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Scary 100nl shot start:
HH9: Vs Aggro-Whale: Even though I was shaking lol, I think there is enough bet/folds. Have played this guy at 50nl and I know he is over-aggressive.
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Mtt Bink:
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Chat Game:
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Vs Reg
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Vs Reg from first hand (33)
Don't take Cash-out:
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(They got all-in OTT and guy took cash-out with 1 out)
Thanks for reading.
Any feedback about how I played or things I could do better is much appreciated.
Blog Update
Greetings,
29.10. is my last employment day.
Very excited and happy to finally go for it. A little bit rushed, but my work is getting more dreadful by each passing day. Will see what I can achieve when I put full focus in poker.
Blog Update
Greetings,
29.10. is my last employment day.
Very excited and happy to finally go for it. A little bit rushed, but my work is getting more dreadful by each passing day. Will see what I can achieve when I put full focus in poker.
Good luck!! Been following the blog since the start. You will crush it I'm sure!
That's great news! What kind of job are you leaving?
good to take a risk then and going pro 😀
I am also stuck in those entry type of jobs (tried different areas) but now hopefully on a good way by switching to Cash Games mainly and most important for me, being consistent. Last year had a lot of free time and managed to only play ~3000 MTT which is a shame given how long and alone the winter was 😃 But lesson learned.
You've had a remarkable growth this year. Best of luck (and discipline) going full-time pro!
You've had a remarkable growth this year. Best of luck (and discipline) going full-time pro!
Big Thanks, Dante!
Discipline is what I'm most worried about, not that much about putting in the volume (because im obsessed with playing), but more about study/habits.
Will see how I manage, at the end of the day... You are the only person who can make this work, and you are the only person who can mess this up.
Great progress bro, keep crushing in the future.
GL going pro
Blog Update
Greetings,
29.10. is my last employment day.
Very excited and happy to finally go for it. A little bit rushed, but my work is getting more dreadful by each passing day. Will see what I can achieve when I put full focus in poker.
You seem extremely solid from your posts so I have every faith you can do this technically. I would guess mental game will be the biggest hurdle, dealing with the ups and downs of poker, if you can do that long term and keep pushing forward you got this I'm sure. GL, will be rooting for you 😀
You seem extremely solid from your posts so I have every faith you can do this technically. I would guess mental game will be the biggest hurdle, dealing with the ups and downs of poker, if you can do that long term and keep pushing forward you got this I'm sure. GL, will be rooting for you 😀
Thanks for support, mate!
Have been putting more and more focus into my mental game lately. Trying to understand myself, what triggers me and so on. At this point I feel like work on mental is higher EV then working on my technical side.
You might be the first and last one to call me that lol.
