RESULTS:

September turned around from -600$ to +1850$. 850 or so came from bonusses/rakeback.

Im pretty happy with that as i´ve been playing as low as 20NL and havnt been playing much for the last part of September because my parents was visiting.

I´ve decided to get rid of my apartment here in Barcelona and move to a cheper town. This decision should reduce my minimum expenses/month from 2500$ to 1300$. Thats a pretty big step, when you wan´t to be able to make a living playing poker at the mikros/small stakes.

GOALS:

Play 100.000+ hands

Im planning on playing 4*6h/day + 3*12h/day. Multitabling FR most of the time.

Im currently playing 8 tables and im going to try to increase this at smaller stakes, and play fewer tables some 6 max under non-prime hours.

I hope to clear at least 2 500$ bonusses and hopefully 3.

Would like to have a high winrate but anyting > 0 is fine.

Post 4 hands/week

Watch 4+ Videos

Finish reading the FR micro master sticky at 2+2

Read Harrington on Cash vol 1

That it

GL

Im a poker-pro but i have a few problems

1. Im incredible lazy.

2. Im almost broke

3. I moved down from 200 to 50 NL but im still breakeven.

If things/ i dont change ill be force to take a real job and earn money the hard way again.

Actually its not really "hard" - they tell you what to do and when to go to work.

A pro-poker player actually is his own boss and that really nice but unfortunately you have to have some kind of dicipline.

The last six month ive been playing less than 2 hours/day - ive not done the "improvement" part - reading/posting and ive only watch a few videos in that time. But its effecting everything - I find it hard to do the dishes 1/month - or go down to the shop etc. Ive spend the time in front of the TV or in bed. Doing absolutely nothing.

Its pretty scary as ive had a 5*12 hour workweek for years.

So should i go broke and return to real life its hardly that bad.

Still im giving this 1 more shot and by the end of november illl take a desicion poker or something else.

Plan:

1. Get active again - not just in poker

2. Improve

3. Play 6+ hours/day

4. Grind out a few signup bonusses.

Last 3 months my expenses has been bigger than my income.

Actually i've been losing/breakeven in 2 of the months - thats just a road to busto.

Im up a little this month but the good news is that i've started to get some hours in.

Planning to play 2-5 tourneys/day. 1 table the tourney and then play 3-5 cash game tables and then take a break when i bust the tourney.

Hopefully that should mean more or less 4 to 8 hours/day of playing :)

GL!

Lately I seem not to be able to play more than 1/2 hour to 1 hour a day. Its pretty odd because I can sit an play som cold computer game live CIV for hours and hours. Things are going somewhat better now, meaning im winning (smallish) and maybe started to play a little less overaggro. This week I have actually been able to put in a few hours of work each day + video and forum/internet reading. Thats a pretty big step in the right direction :) I am trying to make a living playing poker and without an effort im not going to succeed. Anyway I can't keep on having breakeven/losing/small winning months - I need to make more than I spend. The hand isnt very important - just showing that im running good atm :) Free hand converter brought to you by CardRunners

Seat 1: 1porkchop1 ($114.50) -
Seat 2: bowler888 ($169.20) -
Seat 5: GoCart_Moe ($145.90) -
Seat 6: axl380 ($101.75)


PRE-FLOP:

bowler888 posts small blind $0.50
GoCart_Moe posts BIG blind $1
Dealt To: GoCart_Moe


FOLD axl380
CALL 1porkchop1 ($1)
CALL bowler888 ($0.50)
CHECK GoCart_Moe


FLOP:

Pot: $3


CHECK bowler888
BET GoCart_Moe ($3)
FOLD 1porkchop1
CALL bowler888 ($3)


TURN:

Pot: $9


CHECK bowler888
BET GoCart_Moe ($7)
CALL bowler888 ($7)


RIVER:

Pot: $23


CHECK bowler888
BET GoCart_Moe ($134.90)
CALL bowler888 ($134.90)


SHOWDOWN:
GoCart_Moe:

MUCK bowler888

GoCart_Moe collected $290.8 from main pot with four of a kind, Sixes

SUMMARY:
Total pot: $292 Rake: $2

Final Board:


Seat 1: 1porkchop1 button folded on the Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($-1)
Seat 2: bowler888 small blind mucked [Td 7s] - a full house, Sixes full of Tens - Net Gain/Loss: ($-145.9)
Seat 5: GoCart_Moe big blind showed [Ac 6c] and won 290.80 with four of a kind, Sixes - Net Gain/Loss: ($144.9)
Seat 6: axl380 didnt bet folded - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)


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Havnt played that much but im being pwned ;(

Im pretty sure its mostly because of bad plays but right now nothing seems to work, hopfully moving down will help some

Going to blog and post more, i need to step up and take tha game serious again.

Later

So ive been running good the last two days.

Getting the money in ok and more importantly winning a lot

pokenum -o kc qc qd 7d - kh kd jc tc - 8h 7s 6h 5d -- 6c 5c 2h
Omaha Hi: 666 enumerated boards containing 6c 5c 2h
cards win %win lose %lose tie %tie EV
Kc Qc Qd 7d 235 35.29 431 64.71 0 0.00 0.353
Jc Tc Kd Kh 77 11.56 589 88.44 0 0.00 0.116
7s 5d 8h 6h 354 53.15 312 46.85 0 0.00 0.532

and on Party i had two hands vs a lag villian

bvb He raises from sb w Ad 7d i Reraises w 88. Flop comes K87 with two spades. He goes ai (100bb) i call and hold

hand directly after he raises to 5xbb I Reraise w AKs. He 4b ai (100bb) i call and hold.

there has been more like this both in NL and PLO and it just couldnt come at a better time.

A lot of these situations could easily have gone the "wrong" way and at some point you just have to win some money or you are going broke.

I been losing confidence, been playing badly tilty, move up to chace and got smacked, so even if the last couple of days only have brought relatively small winnings compared to my big losing day it really feels good.

I've recieved Mathematics of Poker, the Land of second chances and Elements of Poker should arrive tomorrow..

My promo-monitor has propably been returned :( Im just not answering the door, if Im in the middle of a couple of hands..

Plz just ship evrything with normal mail so I can go to the post-office and collect when I have the time for it!

When i get to 1 mill$/year im getting a maid :)

Lost half my bankroll playing 200, 400 and 600 PLO the other day..

need to move down, rebuild and regain confidence

the HH isnt a bad beat, just an example of whats wrong with my PLO game atm.

FullTiltPoker Game #5773490463: Table Racine (6 max) - $3/$6 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 2:30:55 ET - 2008/03/25
Seat 1: x_dahui_x ($762.50)
Seat 2: scatterbrain123 ($600)
Seat 3: Angel Aces ($581)
Seat 4: unobservable ($274.35)
Seat 5: ByTheBy ($473.40)
Seat 6: GoCart_Moe ($2,413.75)
x_dahui_x posts the small blind of $3
scatterbrain123 posts the big blind of $6
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to GoCart_Moe [6c 2c 6s 2s]
Angel Aces calls $6
unobservable folds
ByTheBy folds
GoCart_Moe raises to $27
x_dahui_x calls $24
scatterbrain123 adds $6
scatterbrain123 folds
Angel Aces calls $21
*** FLOP *** [Qh Ad 4h]
x_dahui_x checks
Angel Aces checks
GoCart_Moe checks
*** TURN *** [Qh Ad 4h] [6h]
x_dahui_x bets $87
Angel Aces folds
GoCart_Moe calls $87
*** RIVER *** [Qh Ad 4h 6h] [Qd]
x_dahui_x bets $261
GoCart_Moe calls $261
*** SHOW DOWN ***
x_dahui_x shows [Kh Qc Ah 3s] a full house, Queens full of Aces
GoCart_Moe mucks
x_dahui_x wins the pot ($780) with a full house, Queens full of Aces
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $783 | Rake $3
Board: [Qh Ad 4h 6h Qd]
Seat 1: x_dahui_x (small blind) showed [Kh Qc Ah 3s] and won ($780) with a full house, Queens full of Aces
Seat 2: scatterbrain123 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: Angel Aces folded on the Turn
Seat 4: unobservable didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: ByTheBy didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: GoCart_Moe (button) mucked [6c 2c 6s 2s] - a full house, Sixes full of Queens

So im doing fine, but results are not there

Played some PLO live at the Casino. All the games there are to high for me, but Id like to get out more and get to know a few ppl in my area, so im going to continue with 1 visit/week and basicly play with a 1 buy-in stoploss each day.

Im doing great at PLO. Its over a very small sample but im going to continue playing as long as im winning.

Got a Coach for my 200NL game, its just a coincidence that ill get one know as ive decided 5 month ago id try get a coach. Has to deal with a lot of computerstuff which always anoys me, but im really looking forward to this.

Mars so far:

NL: - Stars - 900$ 100NL/ Party -1.500$ 100NL / Full tilt + 900$ 200NL

Staking: + 1.000$

Coaching/CR renewal/Books/PT Omaha: - 1.000$

Rakeback/bonusses + 2500

Live: - 800a‚¬

Just withdraw 6K from Online which leaves me just enough for 200NL. If things don't change ill have to move down regardless if "i know im a winning player"

Currently reading: "The Poker Mindset" and even if "its nothing new" im pretty happy with it so far. Im going to make a review when im done with it.

Im going to stick with 4 hours of play 4 hours "improvement" a day - this really don't leave much time for reading forums/posting but a 56 hour workweek will have to do.

I had a "bad beat" at the Casino. Lost a 2000a‚¬ pot getting it in 4 way on the Turn - not best when your on a breakeven/losing streak but I don't mind that much, hopefully thing will turn around and ill start on my journey again to become a 10.000+ $/month winning player.

Mostly im posting the hand just to try if I can get the my cardsymbols from word to work so I can post hands from live play and minor things more genaral concepts than just one particular actual hand.

Never mind didnt work out..

GL

with no stopping.

Been losing again. Something like 2.000$ in the last week. 800$ was in Tourneys were I busted before the moneys.

I feel like im playing better, but that im being killed in NLHE. Getting reraised, floated, donked into and basicly never wins a pot.

On the other hand in Omaha i feel im running like a good. Oh sir you have nut flush - I have middle set, lets get it in and when I have the flushdraw and my opponent has the set we gets it in to. Ofcourse I win every time..

Finally got the 6700 FPP on Stars needed for my Amazon gift card > "Elements of Poker", but as its not sold directly from Amazon I can't use the gift card.

Instead i bought "mathematic of poker" (cts vid) Hwang PLO book (jti99 from PLO forum) and "the land of second chanses" (non-poker recommended by Zimba)

Need to play ~20h more on Stars to maintain "Gold Star" status so im trying to finish that and then return to Full Tilt and some Party/Crypto by the end of the month.

Im still in green for the month, but it doesnt feel right atm.

Total Winning 2008: 17.000 Goal 10.000/month Net -13.000$

GL all

Finally I had a nice winning day won like 4 Buy-ins at 200NL, but its actually a little more becuase I lost money in Limit; PLO and Tourneys.

Up to 2 videos/day and trying to get into some kind of steady reading habit.

Total profits 2008 : + 19.000$ / Goal Jan-Mar 2008 30.000 $/ Balance - 11.000$

I been thinking about my poor results at Party/Stars 100NL and im going to try move up to 200NL and only play 2-4 tables instead.

I messed the Photo of the beach up in my last blog, but now its in my avartar!

Really feel like playing and doing the homework.

GL!