The Drive to $10K

So, this month I am still running about $17/hr which is one of the stats I am watching for reasons stated farther back in the thread. I plan on taking this back to playing for income and once I am making double my income for a significant amount of hours I will up the hours and stop going to the shitty job. For now I continue to treat this as a training course (thanks Ben).

I have had some brutal days this week.

July 10 I was up 3.5 BI's and ended up down 3/4 of a BI
July 11 I got up another 2.5 BI's and saved almost a BI
July 13 I wa again up over 3.5 BI's and managed to lose all but 1/4 of a BI.

This has to be a lack of concentration and fatigue. The brain is quitting on me before the will to play. It has always been an issue with me, I will play whenever there is time, and will play when tired, hungry or supposed to be doing something else. I need to work this schedule so that I have gym time, sleep time and obviously family time. Most of the playing comes at the sacrifice of sleep, and lately again to the expense of the gym. I need to look at these graphs long and hard and realize, playing less is more. I could be up another $1K this month and could have had 4 or 5 hours more sleep or gym time.

I really think I am not staying fit enough mentally for the game. Look at my graph since I started back at party. First 14K is $50NL, the rest is $100NL

I am getting called down a little lighter obv, but I am bet/folding a lot more. the adjustment they seem to have made is not folding as often, so I need to adjust my ranges a little stronger and have it more often I think. I also may need to pay attention to bet sizing again, I may be losing a bit there. Any other thoughts on why the Showdown still climbs up but the non showdown is starting to drop off? Here are the stats for the first 24K and the last 8K. I haven't even looked myself so I will hold most judgment until there is some feedback to not jump to conclusions in my own mind.

LOL at griffey going on tilt because of the call 3bet starting to rise.
It appears my aggression is slipping more than I thought. I am obviously playing more passive and most of the preflop stats would definitely translate to postflop.

I have 3weeks until vacation which is a poker vacation. I have BFP now and will be trying a dry run of how I could live with poker as a living again but this time with actual upgrading my skills during the week and not just grinding the shit out of hands. I will do a small separate OP for that week, and see what I can learn.

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07-13-2009 03:41 PM #11
jyms View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Bankroll Lag Join Date Sep 2005 Posts 10,877	So, this month I am still running about $17/hr which is one of the stats I am watching for reasons stated farther back in the thread. I plan on taking this back to playing for income and once I am making double my income for a significant amount of hours I will up the hours and stop going to the shitty job. For now I continue to treat this as a training course (thanks Ben). I have had some brutal days this week. July 10 I was up 3.5 BI's and ended up down 3/4 of a BI July 11 I got up another 2.5 BI's and saved almost a BI July 13 I wa again up over 3.5 BI's and managed to lose all but 1/4 of a BI. This has to be a lack of concentration and fatigue. The brain is quitting on me before the will to play. It has always been an issue with me, I will play whenever there is time, and will play when tired, hungry or supposed to be doing something else. I need to work this schedule so that I have gym time, sleep time and obviously family time. Most of the playing comes at the sacrifice of sleep, and lately again to the expense of the gym. I need to look at these graphs long and hard and realize, playing less is more. I could be up another $1K this month and could have had 4 or 5 hours more sleep or gym time. I really think I am not staying fit enough mentally for the game. Look at my graph since I started back at party. First 14K is $50NL, the rest is $100NL I am getting called down a little lighter obv, but I am bet/folding a lot more. the adjustment they seem to have made is not folding as often, so I need to adjust my ranges a little stronger and have it more often I think. I also may need to pay attention to bet sizing again, I may be losing a bit there. Any other thoughts on why the Showdown still climbs up but the non showdown is starting to drop off? Here are the stats for the first 24K and the last 8K. I haven't even looked myself so I will hold most judgment until there is some feedback to not jump to conclusions in my own mind. LOL at griffey going on tilt because of the call 3bet starting to rise. It appears my aggression is slipping more than I thought. I am obviously playing more passive and most of the preflop stats would definitely translate to postflop. I have 3weeks until vacation which is a poker vacation. I have BFP now and will be trying a dry run of how I could live with poker as a living again but this time with actual upgrading my skills during the week and not just grinding the shit out of hands. I will do a small separate OP for that week, and see what I can learn.