Road to 100k, a brand new start - Page 2

You know, I remember in a HSP episode (or PAD) Doyle was asked if he played poker every day (Galfond maybe asked him, I am not sure). Doyle answer was that since he started playing poker the only days he skipped or took a break was when he was ill. This really made me think about how strong his inner motivation and dedication to the game was. All these years, poker changed so much, so drastically after the internet boom, and still he hasn't lost that passion.

And that should be a very good lesson for everyone who takes poker seriously - don't look at it like a short term goal set and achieve thing. If you want to play with the best, you should have that inner drive in you always.

Played 33k hands in the past 4 days, and while I'm in the midst of a huge downswing I'm really happy about my improvements and everything. I wish I could follow more than 4 zoom tables, but for now tabling too much would be more detrimental than anything

edit: these are my overall thoughts about Day4 that I wrote on BPC forum:
Day4 was great. Not because I won a lot of money, in fact it was my worst day ever at NL10 since I started poker. I am just happy I was able to play for 10 hours without tilting or getting sad about the downswing. I also feel like it will greatly help me in the long run, because losing is more stimulating towards improving, and I am putting a great deal of effort into studying when I’m not playing. I feel like poker will be great towards my lifelong goal of becoming the best version of myself, and I am really glad I chose this path

On October 28 2014 18:58 ClouD87 wrote: I'm going to play and study poker with all my passion and might and I will run towards my goal at the cost of killing myself. I just don't care anymore about RL, games, stupid shit and free time, all I desire at the moment is achieving the success I deserve and prove everyone I'm capable of great things at poker aswell.

haha i guess everyone here has felt this before. i dont exactly have life figured out but what i did find is that doing this turns into a chase for a fleeting feeling. if you manage to 'get there' you have this amazing feeling of winning and being good but it doesnt last long at all, and the chase resumes. in the beginning the chase itself is pretty good fun because there's a lot of novelty and rapid rate of improvement, but over the years the chase becomes increasingly unbearable and soul-crushing. enjoy the early years but don't expect lasting happiness to come out of this

On November 01 2014 09:08 Romm3l wrote: Show nested quote + On October 28 2014 18:58 ClouD87 wrote: I'm going to play and study poker with all my passion and might and I will run towards my goal at the cost of killing myself. I just don't care anymore about RL, games, stupid shit and free time, all I desire at the moment is achieving the success I deserve and prove everyone I'm capable of great things at poker aswell. haha i guess everyone here has felt this before. i dont exactly have life figured out but what i did find is that doing this turns into a chase for a fleeting feeling. if you manage to 'get there' you have this amazing feeling of winning and being good but it doesnt last long at all, and the chase resumes. in the beginning the chase itself is pretty good fun because there's a lot of novelty and rapid rate of improvement, but over the years the chase becomes increasingly unbearable and soul-crushing. enjoy the early years but don't expect lasting happiness to come out of this

I'm already happy, I don't need poker to become happier, but just to stay the way I am now.
What I am looking for is challenge and improvement. When it will be over with poker in a few years I will move to something else like I always did.

On November 01 2014 09:08 Romm3l wrote: Show nested quote + On October 28 2014 18:58 ClouD87 wrote: I'm going to play and study poker with all my passion and might and I will run towards my goal at the cost of killing myself. I just don't care anymore about RL, games, stupid shit and free time, all I desire at the moment is achieving the success I deserve and prove everyone I'm capable of great things at poker aswell. haha i guess everyone here has felt this before. i dont exactly have life figured out but what i did find is that doing this turns into a chase for a fleeting feeling. if you manage to 'get there' you have this amazing feeling of winning and being good but it doesnt last long at all, and the chase resumes. in the beginning the chase itself is pretty good fun because there's a lot of novelty and rapid rate of improvement, but over the years the chase becomes increasingly unbearable and soul-crushing. enjoy the early years but don't expect lasting happiness to come out of this

yeah but that's life

On November 02 2014 13:28 Santafairy wrote: Show nested quote + On November 01 2014 09:08 Romm3l wrote:   On October 28 2014 18:58 ClouD87 wrote: I'm going to play and study poker with all my passion and might and I will run towards my goal at the cost of killing myself. I just don't care anymore about RL, games, stupid shit and free time, all I desire at the moment is achieving the success I deserve and prove everyone I'm capable of great things at poker aswell. haha i guess everyone here has felt this before. i dont exactly have life figured out but what i did find is that doing this turns into a chase for a fleeting feeling. if you manage to 'get there' you have this amazing feeling of winning and being good but it doesnt last long at all, and the chase resumes. in the beginning the chase itself is pretty good fun because there's a lot of novelty and rapid rate of improvement, but over the years the chase becomes increasingly unbearable and soul-crushing. enjoy the early years but don't expect lasting happiness to come out of this yeah but that's life

not necessarily.. plenty of research out there suggests you can get longterm lasting happiness from things like good relationships, helping others / positive societal contribution, etc etc.

might be hard to see if you're a young misfit gaming nerd (which sums up the typical background here), but there are likely to be more things that make life seem worthwhile than improving your own skill at games, beating others at games, and being recognised for your skills at games. there's also a good chance those other things create more longterm lasting happiness as well.

it doesn't have to be games but men need to be good at something

I say, go for 50k instead then put it all on red!

On November 03 2014 19:13 Poirier255 wrote: I say, go for 50k instead then put it all on red!

Right, and in case I lose I can just do everything from scratch again but faster with all the gained knowledge.
You sir are a genius.


edit: thinking about it, wouldn't casinos sue me if I win too much money?

On November 03 2014 20:17 ClouD87 wrote: Show nested quote + On November 03 2014 19:13 Poirier255 wrote: I say, go for 50k instead then put it all on red! edit: thinking about it, wouldn't casinos sue me if I win too much money?

Only if you're Ivey

Thanks guys!

I had my first introductive lesson today and I was super happy and excited. I am pumped and I see myself playing at the highest stakes in a few months from now!

We start from NL25. Hans did a great job helping me out in the short time he saw my game and it really helped me performing much better today than I did in the past days. I was able to play 9 hours while keeping high concentration and I will definitely do more meditation every day to have more energy for this.

Here are the reports and graph of today:






I’ll work and put more attention on my preflop game right now. I still feel I have a huge problem with deep stack pots and big pots in general, but I am sure we will fix it as soon as it needs to be adressed. See you guys in the next update!

Put the EV line as well

And moar updates :D

Days 2/3/4 are over and here is my second update. I am really happy with my game. Of course it's not the best and I'm not crushing the field but I was a big loser at NL25 just a while ago and I started playing cash exactly 10 weeks ago, so I am glad I am doing this good right now. I am learning a lot from Hans and he's putting a lot of work and effort into making me a great player, and this makes me grateful for having found such a great coach. I will keep working a lot on my game so I can soon display the results I want.
Overall I would say that, other than the challenge, I am having a lot of fun, which makes everything more interesting.
Here are reports and graph for days 2/3/4:





I'll keep you updated at the beginning of next week. My goal is to reach NL50 as soon as possible, and to do so I will need to have a good winrate at NL25 first. Let's see how the situation evolves in the next days!

On November 27 2014 08:41 napoleono wrote: Put the EV line as well And moar updates :D

All in EV? I will do it next time. What is the line supposed to mean exactly and how high should it be compared to winnings?

About the updates, I wanted to do them every day but I didn't know the coaching would be so intense and time consuming. I will do it twice a week though

Yeah, all-in EV. That shows how much you should have won based on your equity when going all-in. E.g. 100$ pot and you go all-in PF with AK vs underpair. Your expected winnings is ~45$.

On November 29 2014 15:10 napoleono wrote: Yeah, all-in EV. That shows how much you should have won based on your equity when going all-in. E.g. 100$ pot and you go all-in PF with AK vs underpair. Your expected winnings is ~45$.

Alright next one will be with the line

nice to hear, but dont update here, make new blog posts or nobody will be able to read unless they click POKER BLOGS ( nobody does i think )

gl

On November 30 2014 00:52 drone666 wrote: nice to hear, but dont update here, make new blog posts or nobody will be able to read unless they click POKER BLOGS ( nobody does i think ) gl

Thanks
I see your point and I agree on the visibility aspect, yet having things in a single thread looks way better to have a good report from start to finish, and I also don't think it's nice either for the other users to see a new blog post every 3 days with updates and graphs.

If you make 2 blogposts one after another, the older one will disappear. So its OK, imo, to make a new post each 3-4 days/1 week. We need some activity anyways

^ah yes the 2primenumbers feature