The Aspiring Stacker

Thanks for the encouragement guys!

Results orientation is defo not beneficial, Ima have to find out how to customise my sessions tab in PT3 so I can review without knowing how it went overall. Regardless, moving back down to 5NL was a humbling experience and I'm changing my focus from bankroll size as a sign of improvement to how I feel I've been playing during the session and while reviewing.

Originally Posted by courtiebee

What's your PhD focus? Sounds like it's environmental science

Environmental science is right, coming from a molecular biology background. Currently doing lab rotations to determine who I want to work with and on which project so no idea yet of the exact focus but something to with plants and/or bacteria to clean up environmental pollutants.

Originally Posted by Petulie

Currently doing lab rotations to determine who I want to work with and on which project so no idea yet of the exact focus but something to with plants and/or bacteria to clean up environmental pollutants.

that sounds really interesting. be sure to post when once you've picked your project cuz i'd really like to know for some reason (living vicariously through you or something)

an interesting way to deal with results orientated stuff is something i'm trying out again
1 - set a start date
2 - remove $$ won/lost and EV$ etc from all reports that you look at
3 - don't open cashier until you have played 10k hands
4 - repeat

for me this also acts as a grind incentive. I play the first few thousand hands in lazy mode, then i want to know my results so i end up actually getting in the hours for a while so i can see whether i should move up/withdraw.

Hey dudes. Been quietly grinding the 5NLs, ez game. I took at shot at 10NL when I was re-rolled just to boost my VPPs and secure silverstar status for this month and unfortunately I encountered a badass run bad and so had to move back down and rebuild. Nearly rolled for 10NL again but Ima stick to my plan of achieving 2.5BB/100 on ptr before moving up.

Life has been pretty crazy. I've been mad busy juggling lab work, background reading, bf and social life. Doesn't leave much time for the pokers which saddens me a bit. Did manage to get some good volume in over the weekend thanks to this nasty cold giving me a good excuse to stay in. Haven't reviewed at all, but I've got loads of hands marked so will eventually go through them and post some up.

For those of you interested in my scientific endeavours and other general interests, I've started a new blog at Madsen MA Just got it up and running today so it's pretty bare apart from my long ass introductory post. Much more to come in the next few weeks providing more background on interests etc. Still need to come up with a decent title, ideas welcome!