Time to quit :-(

Today is a bad day. I had a short session on FT (good play, but my cbets were running in hands), the server was off a few minutes before this so there were just a few tables..., I decided to play on PS a little. Another bad decision... Longer session, not a bad play either but man…  I’m on the worst side of Fortuna’s ‘dick’ again. Or I’m just an idiot…

Let's see a couple of huge loosing hands from this session!

1. I know nothing about him (only 7 hands)

 

Do I need to check back the very draw heavy turn and call a reasonable river bet? Do I need to put more jacks and KQ in his range here?

2. KK vs AA pre ai... no need to talk about it

3. Villain is the target. I had only 14 hands on him at that moment (57/7) but I already saw some crazy plays from him. Later he went up to 81/14 so no question he is a fish.

Just a hand before this we both have AJ, we didn’t hit the K high board but he called my double barrels from oop with one over then we both checked the river and split the pot.

He wasn't agro ‘till this so his ch/minraise was a little bit scary to me. I think I missed a shove here but this move was so unexpected from him, I wanted a cheap SD and see what is that means.

Today's graphs

FT

PS

Results

FT: -23,87
PS: -80,58

New BR

FT: 843,79

PS: 667,13

Flag Group, goals, plans...

Okay, so we had our first group coaching session. That was awesome I think.

I still have a lot of work on my aggression and post flop play overall: double barrels, third barrels, raises, cbets etc…

Pre: 3bets/4bets more in the right situations (BTN vs CO, BB vs SB), bluff more to balancing my numbers.

I’ve played a little since the group session. Really not that much, 6k hands or so… But I won so I’ll pay for the coaching :-)

BR plan

Steve has a BR-plan which looks very fair for me. If I want to take a shot at NL50, then the required minimum BR is $2k.

I just made a nice cash out and cut half my BR yesterday. My new bankroll is far from that $2k point. And I need average $750 (sometime just $500, sometimes $1k) cash monthly, so that’ll be a hard mission, but not an impossible one. But these cash outs will save my ass: I’m not going to play at NL50 ‘till I’m not ready for it!

With a nice amount of rakeback and a little bonus I can have an okay size of payment when I’m breakeven. But, to hit that $2k I need to be a winner. And that’s my main goal now. I don’t want to be a just a breakeven guy. That couldn’t be a target. My aim is 4-5 BB/100 at least. We’ll see how far I can go.

Daily routine

I’m a full time poker player now (which is weird at NL25 and with my knowledge) and I need to learn how to organize my days better because I’m not playing too much at the moment, I’m always running out of my time, and this is not good…

Bonuses

I’m not running for bonuses anymore, playing max 4 tables (if I feel good myself I can play max 6) or less, all depends on me and my circumstances. Playing better is the goal, not loosing just to hit those bonuses.

Actual BR

- FT: 868,47
- PS: 747,71

Happy post :-)

New month has started! July was a rollercoaster with a horrific start and a massive climbing in the end. Still minus (without rake back) but not as bad as it looked like after the first 2 weeks. Just as my private life… I can say that we are in much better shape and can handle our lost now.
Anyway, I’m in Steve’s new coaching group with 4 other lucky guys! Very excited honestly! In the past couple of months this is one of the best things that happen with me.

This is a profit sharing coaching group so I think Steve will be happy with my start at this time… Just as me actually :-)))

Am I running good? :-)

 

Recovery month!

Here I am! The last couple of weeks were too busy to blogging, but I’m still playing if I can.

I had a coaching session in the end of October – after those horrible days. Steve give me some advices how to recover my play.

My only objective now (in November) is to play my ‘A’ game regularly! If I can then we (Steve and me) can start making my A game better.

What I need right now is a session score chart. I used Steve’s one and made some changes. So here is mine:

Session Scores for Recovery - I try to be as rigorous as I can

E Game – Check results and continue session
E Game – More then 6 table
D Game – Check results and quit
D Game – Bluffing Calling Stations for a stack
D Game – Not respecting turn check raises (except aggro monkey)
C Game – Chatting
C Game – Folding Frustration
B Game – Lack of pre-flop aggression
B Game – Auto piloting
A Game - Use Starting Hand Charts (for my pre flop A game)
A Game – Post Flop Focus: cbetting, board textures, opponents style (preflop range, post flop aggression frequencies)
A+ Game – Reviewing Session


Yeah, I need hand charts again. I reviewed my session and I saw that I started to play too loose from early positions and not enough agro from late. Then nobody respected my cbets which could be very frustrating.

Interesting changes in my style

As I wrote it in July the pokertableratings is tracking low limits too! They found me on Full Tilt at this April, so they don’t have my whole DB but they’ve got enough hands to see what kind of player I am. I know sometimes they miss the essential hands of our sessions (I remember, my best day was 4 bi+, but PTR show -$3 in the end) but on a long term their stats are showing you the truth.

Before we started this whole coaching with Steve I checked what PTR wrote about me.

They have this Grader which is very interesting. Now I show you what it said about me before the coaching and how it looks like now, after 3 sessions with Steve. Don’t forget that the new report card includes my old hands to. This means about 48k old and 54k new hands?

Here is my old report card



And my new one



There are still a lot to do, especially with my river and showdown play, but this one is a very good feedback for me too…

So when Steve is telling me that I’m on the right direction and I already made some huge steps he is not just talking but he is right.

Maybe I started to play the way I need to...

After my horrific day I reviewed my game again and tried to learn from my faults and more about TAG style. Actually (at this time) I don’t worry too much about results ‘cause dollars should be secondary ‘till I can’t play the correct way.





I had only one huge (buy in) SD loss which was a KK vs AA pre flop ai (about the 2500th hand).

I started to play less from oop and more from late positions. I fold more KQ, AQ etc type of hand when somebody re-raises me from position. I realized that this one is saving me a lot.

If I can play this way in the next couple of weeks then I’ll be ready for the next coaching session I think and (if Steve says yes) maybe for the next level (NL50) too. We’ll see...

I still have a lot of leaks so need to working on them.

After the coaching intro session

Just a few thoughts ‘cause I’m working!

You know my English is very bad so I’m not sure to find the correct word, but that was f*n good! I mean that 2,5 hours inspired me and opened my eyes very well. Steve’s explanation was so clear. He is a good teacher, a perfect educator. I think he knows what the student needs.

I’ve got what I looked for, so I’m very happy.

Oh and my first short session just after our talk went really well. And I’m not talking about results, I’m talking about style, stats, details – especially my post flop aggression. There were guys who left two of my tables because of me, and that’s the feeling what everybody needs I think, the positive feedback. I know that 350 hands is nothing of course, but you can got the feeling in that anyway…

I’ll post details about my last few sessions, especially about this one and the coaching intro later today or tomorrow.

Be aggro but not a monkey! Aggressive fault is so much better then the passive one, so cbets every flop in position and regulars will hate you, others will pay you (off) :-) And that’s good..

Cheers guys!