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Posted: Mon, 26 Oct 2009, 9:14pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 24 Sep 2004
Posts: 1553
WPP: 132
Location: Nest of Douchebags
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Posted: Tue, 27 Oct 2009, 1:13am Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 10 Aug 2007
Posts: 3388
WPP: 82
Location: the ether
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| bjsaust wrote: | | Also, any suggestions for a secondary target, similar to my vids one in Oct. Maybe a certain amount of review, or maybe certain stat targets for the month, or something? Throw some ideas out guys. Stuff that should help me with improvement. |
yeah. Got some ideas. Don't set volume targets, don't set $$ targets.
4 suggestions.
100% of sessions playing a solid game - quit if you feel you're playing poorly.
x sweat sessions, either playing or being sweated.
x hours study for every y hours playing.
1 thorough hand analysis (reads/ranges/% stuff/etc) posted from every session. |
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Posted: Wed, 28 Oct 2009, 7:46pm Post subject:
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Straight Flush
Joined: 04 May 2007
Posts: 5681
WPP: 126
Location: Ballarat, Australia
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I like.
I think I've come up with a compromise thats a good target which should help me with my game.
My targets for November:
- Start a session at least 4 days per week.
- Only play A-Game poker, if I'm slippping and cant get it back, just quit. Even if that means I only play 5-10 mins.
Hopefully that should get me back into the habit of just sitting down, and force myself to just toughen up and get into the game, and also make sure I'm really focused and trying to play my best when I do sit-down.
Some leeway allowed for if I'm away from home too much in a week. |
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Posted: Wed, 04 Nov 2009, 7:14am Post subject:
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Straight Flush
Joined: 04 May 2007
Posts: 5681
WPP: 126
Location: Ballarat, Australia
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Was away for 4-5 days, so missed the first few days of the month. Was sitting at the computer with no real motivation to play (bit under the weather as well) but remembered my target so forced myself to open up some tables. Made 1.5 buyins in 150 hands. Hit some hands obviously, but also made good value bets v's the right people, and getting a fish set over set for half a stack didnt hurt either.
Played a freeroll to sat into Aussie Millions qualifier. Party have a different type of structure for this one. Lots of cheap sats into $140 weekly qualifiers, and then certain number of people from those go into a single $640 MTT qualifier with min 20 packages but above that based on entries. So theres only 2 (1 international, 1 Aust/NZ) tourneys that actually give entry packages. Got deepish, think I finished about 120/1750 but only 10 tickets to qualifier given. No cards really, but fact is I'm pretty bad at MTTs lately I think. I just let myself blind down too much.
Not a lot to report, just a happy start to my monthly targets. |
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Posted: Wed, 04 Nov 2009, 11:29am Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
Posts: 3037
WPP: 73
Location: Not Giving In
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| I'm glad your making yourself play but by doing this you're not playing worse than your A-game? Just making sure. |
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Posted: Wed, 04 Nov 2009, 7:13pm Post subject:
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Straight Flush
Joined: 04 May 2007
Posts: 5681
WPP: 126
Location: Ballarat, Australia
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| If I cant play A-game then I just quit. The main thing is to force myself to sit down and start playing. Like yesterday, I wanted to give more focus to my tourney so I closed down the cash games even though that left me single tabling a freeroll ffs. |
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Posted: Tue, 17 Nov 2009, 12:18am Post subject:
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Straight Flush
Joined: 04 May 2007
Posts: 5681
WPP: 126
Location: Ballarat, Australia
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Not meeting my targets. I did a time management plan, and worked out I'm not just being lazy with regards to poker, I really just dont have much time available. I have a lot less now than I used to. Still playing a couple times per week, but not getting many hands in. I think for now I'll stop trying to force hands and hope things turn around time-wise in the new year.
I think I might end the Op for now. Maybe for good. See how I feel later. |
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Posted: Wed, 18 Nov 2009, 9:51pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 10 Aug 2007
Posts: 3388
WPP: 82
Location: the ether
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| bjsaust wrote: | Not meeting my targets. I did a time management plan, and worked out I'm not just being lazy with regards to poker, I really just dont have much time available. I have a lot less now than I used to. Still playing a couple times per week, but not getting many hands in. I think for now I'll stop trying to force hands and hope things turn around time-wise in the new year.
I think I might end the Op for now. Maybe for good. See how I feel later. |
life and time and whether poker (and the $$ you may receive from it) is worth the life and time that it costs. Good question to ask, and good not to try and force it! play when you feel like it, don't force it, and enjoy all the extra spare time! |
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Posted: Thu, 19 Nov 2009, 6:07am Post subject:
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Straight Flush
Joined: 04 May 2007
Posts: 5681
WPP: 126
Location: Ballarat, Australia
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| I wish :p. All that extra time is now full of work and travel. Clears the head a bit though to realise its just how things are. For now I can just enjoy the times I do play and see how things go. |
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FTR $200 Freeroll at ChiliPoker, November 22nd 14:00 ET
