2012 Challenge

result oriented goals arent good

Well if you consistently play 45 hours per week live and 10 hours per week online, guess you'll see how far off you are from your expected hourly rates. Variance though, you could easily go on a 100k upswing by mid February, and then you won't feel like playing until the series.
Maybe you should try a biphasic sleep pattern. Sleep at 16:45 for 3 hours on weekdays. Then go to casino for 9 hours, sleep for another 3 hours. I think if you split your sleep that way, your sleep will be more efficient, you can slice out an extra hour each day of sleep to go towards poker, and you'll less likely feel tired at any portion of the day for better overall performance.

pretty sure all research points to biphasic not being optimal for brain health or performance

all my best to ya whoosel! get 'er done

GL !

On January 02 2012 19:33 dogmeat wrote: result oriented goals arent good

But they're a lot more fun to keep track of/sweat via my blog.

On January 02 2012 20:23 jchysk wrote: Well if you consistently play 45 hours per week live and 10 hours per week online, guess you'll see how far off you are from your expected hourly rates. Variance though, you could easily go on a 100k upswing by mid February, and then you won't feel like playing until the series. Maybe you should try a biphasic sleep pattern. Sleep at 16:45 for 3 hours on weekdays. Then go to casino for 9 hours, sleep for another 3 hours. I think if you split your sleep that way, your sleep will be more efficient, you can slice out an extra hour each day of sleep to go towards poker, and you'll less likely feel tired at any portion of the day for better overall performance.

Thanks for saying upswing and not downswing lol

On January 02 2012 20:23 jchysk wrote: Well if you consistently play 45 hours per week live and 10 hours per week online, guess you'll see how far off you are from your expected hourly rates. Variance though, you could easily go on a 100k upswing by mid February, and then you won't feel like playing until the series. Maybe you should try a biphasic sleep pattern. Sleep at 16:45 for 3 hours on weekdays. Then go to casino for 9 hours, sleep for another 3 hours. I think if you split your sleep that way, your sleep will be more efficient, you can slice out an extra hour each day of sleep to go towards poker, and you'll less likely feel tired at any portion of the day for better overall performance.

Sleeping in phases is a purely awful idea. You will only be going through the stages of restoring physical strength and you will not achieve much of any REM sleep, which is much more important as a poker player

Oh and BTW wh00sel, dogmeat is right. Statistics show that goal oriented behavior lasts much longer on average when it is based on performing a task rather than making small gains toward an accomplishment. I'd focus on meeting the amount of time you want to play every week(since you have shown to be a winner) so if you get into a hole you will not abandon your goal all together.

seems good

gl dude

On January 02 2012 19:33 dogmeat wrote: result oriented goals arent good

was my instant reaction upon skimreading..big mindset mistake buddy

I wanna see u ship mtts on a weekly basis like a couple years ago. gllll

I realize seeking results is a poor mindset, but I've been just sort of letting the results come for the past 2 years without much success, and want to motivate myself toward progress. I feel that blogging about my results will help me put in the hours that I haven't been. So enjoy the results being posted while I attempt to re-dedicate myself to greatness! /corniness

Don't think of it as a 100k or bust kind of thing; I just think reading someone's blog about putting in all these hours and results being a byproduct of that aren't that interesting to read. I like the target number in my sights.

and @ Seobombisgay: me too lol

Every time I read your blogs I always get the sense you always achieve your goals.

You got this easy.

My brain is hardwired differently, I've learned never to say out loud what I'm going to do, or goals, or shit like that. It's like my brain identifies itself with already having done it, and I "know" how to do it intellectually, and I "can" do it if I want. So then the urge to indulge in instant gratification becomes overwhelming, and the thought of all that work, meh, I already "felt" I was going to do it, close enough.

And I end up not doing it, then go into self loathe, and I find games to punish myself, and I end up isolating myself, reading a fuckton, to try and "get smarter" for next time.

Ohh, sry for rant.

Sick goals, if you get even half of this done I'm impressed, gl xD

put ur daughter in a daycare..... ez game

Would be surprised if your marriage lasts 2012 this way

On January 02 2012 20:29 Night2o1 wrote: pretty sure all research points to biphasic not being optimal for brain health or performance all my best to ya whoosel! get 'er done

There's really not too much research on it at all. Actually, the minimal amount of research that I have read on it is that humans were naturally on a biphasic cycle before artificial lighting was popularized although not in the same way I'm suggesting.

On January 02 2012 22:22 Carthac wrote: Show nested quote + On January 02 2012 20:23 jchysk wrote: Well if you consistently play 45 hours per week live and 10 hours per week online, guess you'll see how far off you are from your expected hourly rates. Variance though, you could easily go on a 100k upswing by mid February, and then you won't feel like playing until the series. Maybe you should try a biphasic sleep pattern. Sleep at 16:45 for 3 hours on weekdays. Then go to casino for 9 hours, sleep for another 3 hours. I think if you split your sleep that way, your sleep will be more efficient, you can slice out an extra hour each day of sleep to go towards poker, and you'll less likely feel tired at any portion of the day for better overall performance. Sleeping in phases is a purely awful idea. You will only be going through the stages of restoring physical strength and you will not achieve much of any REM sleep, which is much more important as a poker player Oh and BTW wh00sel, dogmeat is right. Statistics show that goal oriented behavior lasts much longer on average when it is based on performing a task rather than making small gains toward an accomplishment. I'd focus on meeting the amount of time you want to play every week(since you have shown to be a winner) so if you get into a hole you will not abandon your goal all together.

You'll actually receive approximately the same amount of REM sleep. You get your largest REM cycle within your first sleep cycle (first 1.5 hours) and gradually less every extra cycle. Three hours is enough for 2 cycles and that twice a day may actually increase the overall amount of REM. The likely largest decrease would be light sleep.


Anyway, my advice would be 30 hours of poker a week and use your other time to..... well you know

gl man, i know you can and will achieve it. just make sure you never slack 1 hand on 1 table, get those hours in, work overtime, can't wait to see you ship some big wsops this year after your great first 6 month run!


you truly are an inspiration whoosel.
Ryan

100$/hour at 5/10 with an average of 33 hands dealt per hour = 15 ptBB/100 winrate.

[ ] possible.

gl tho

On January 03 2012 05:00 def_jammer wrote: Would be surprised if your marriage lasts 2012 this way

this. Exactly what I thought when I first read this blog post.

Step 4 - Find new wife.