Hi,
After downloading Tiltbreaker (maybe someday more about my thoughts connected with this software) I've realised that sessions longer than 2 hours are bad for my winrate. This is because of losing concentration after a while and/or taking some bad beats/going into tilt mode. That's why my first non-removable option in this program was "session stop after..." it helped a lot even there are some dissadvantages dialed with it. More about it soon.
My even bigger leak was always starting the session. Day after day, with really close correlation my graphs looks pretty same. At the beginning stupid, costly mistakes then returning to my A-game (or going on 100% tilt and losing ever more bb's). I remember that one of my friends was shocked after seeing analise made by Hm's Leakbuster. Starting my session was always super bad. But I haven't done anything about resolving this issue.... till this week.
Pre-session rutine
If you want to be professional in any discipline you need to be focused, because your mistakes will cost you a lot. One spazzy call for 100bb is 2000 hands to play when you have your winrate stable on 5bb/100. Do you have so much time, really? I don't, so my new way of fighting with my own state of mind is to work more before playing.
Of course this is only first try, but I will share with you my "plan".
0. Turning off: Facebook, Skype, Phone.
1. Answer a really tricky questions - "Do I want to play poker right now, is my mood OK, my feelings not too high on emotions?" (cheers Chris de Burgh)
2. Quick warm-up for my brain. Push ups for ex. 15 is enought :)
3. Short game - thx too Robmaf. You can find it here
4. Reading on loud my sheets (with analized hands)
5. PLAY for 1h- 1h:30min
Will be back with results but after 4-5 sessions i like it a lot!
Do you have your own rutine? Share with comment pls.
Living on the Upswing
Poker enthusiast, former PStars/Pstrategy freelancer, artist, community lover, tattoo addicted, Trying to grind out his dreams. Welcome to my world!
12/07/2014
12/01/2014
November - sum up or spazz out?
Today I want to focus on announced
in the first post ending
summary of the month. Unfortunately, despite many positives, I can not recognize
that I am happy with the game, especially mindset.
Although I referred a month
with positive results as bad. I think that's a good omen before the next. But going into details.
I played less than expected by
10,000 hands. I've always had a problem with a typical grind , but the truth is
that by playing 4-6 tables you need a lot more hours spent in front of the
screen. Does not seem that I'll be rakeback machine in the future. And I'm okay
with that!
In addition to the changes introduced at the tables, which surely will describe in future posts, I would like to draw your attention to this aspect:
Result Visualization
Of course, I will not come into the
discussion on the line drawn by HM - EV . Everyone can think about it
what he wants . I do soaked in with my own way in the following manner .
I divided hands into the following
categories:
Variance UP - when I win and
played, both myself and opponent correctly . Here are the stacks AI , for
example AA vs KK , set over set , all of the equity of about 50 %
Variance DOWN - similar , but I lost
Unmarked - nothing special , simple
obvious valuebets , etc spots with less than 30bb's
Spazz OUT - hands that I played
badly aggressively or made too loosely calls
LuckyMe - when you win a hand with
less than 30 % equity , or when I'd a pretty great run out .
BadBeats - when I lose with more
than 70 % or a rival gets an amazing card on the river etc.
For Review - All hands I need to discuss with my coach
What it gives ?
First of all, illustrates just how
variation affects the game at shorter distances. An objective can tell whether
I have " upswing " or not. As I mentioned we usually think that we
are doing worse than expected, not seeking own unforced errors. And everyone
has a lot of those. After a cursory analysis of my November it's comes to me
that I lost on the category of Spazz out more than all my winrate , so despite
the fact that aggregating variation was negative, I have still a lot of doubts
to my own attitude.
Is it hard to do? Maybe now it
looks like hard work, but believe me - already in the game you can determined
hand by hand, and it is enough for an additional 5 minutes after the session to
complete all categories with a little of analise.
Try it yourself!
11/23/2014
Finally on my own!
How many times can
you start " from the scratch " ? Probably - by some older guys wearing
beards, who hadn't the habit of frequently dip feets in the cold river - you should not that often.
But we do not live
in ancient Greece , so I can afford it with a clear mind. As you've guessed
(or have read in the title of the blog ) I was in a couple of poker "
places " before. Why , so get down to writing again? It is at least a
couple of reasons.
Habit
Poker always
treated as an attractive way of spending free time, because specialization , which
with the help of fate, made my share , of creating content for several poker sites
. Typically, it was associated with running a blog on the page. It was pretty natural
for me . But as with the web sites , they always promote certain interests /
directions/philosophy . Such censorship imposed, often due to the commitment to
sponsor or antipathy towards other members of the community. Here I will write
everything that I think is valuable for me and maybe some day for you. That’s a big
relief!
Development
Furthermore, I
believe that every player should find a way to organize his thoughts on game . Not only that, just to delve deeper into the technical aspects of the
game , or - what is more popular - boast good results. The main driver behind
to keep records is developing a habit of " sincerity " .
Sincerity towards himself . Nobody considers himself lucky in this game, but
also sees itself always a little better than it actually is . Saving both
results and theory stuff is ok, but - which may at the present time the most important - also feelings. This helps to control the biggest rival , with whom we meet at the table. Us.
Creation
Aside from the
obvious reasons , I also need a place where I can be creative , which I
developed here and on Facebook . So far I can not disclose any details , but
one of my dreams has now become a huge priority , and I hope next year will see
the light of day. You’ll know first.
And what about the
blog ?
The update will
appear every Sunday . It will be an extension of my thoughts collected
throughout the week.
October was the
first seriously played month in my life, I was able to start cooperate with the
coach and give up activities , which limited my time . So next time will be
about October and changes in my game. Other topic, except poker? Hell yeah! Also some tattos, cooking and my life in general.
About me?
Not much at the
moment, but the subtitle shows who I am pretty good. It’s a perfect time to start
living on the upswing. Join if you want!
Cu sooon
PS: blog will be
in English , because most of the wording
is from this language. Moreover, it will help organize my own thoughts - it is
not my " best language " and I need to think about it more “how to
write it down”. I hope it will be easy for you to read – even there gonna be
some mistakes (sorry for that). I'm
waiting for feedback!
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