req

Hi folks,
last week I was affected by my huge monday tilt (ten buyins in 1.5k hands) and felt the need to reorganise things a bit. I arranged my duties, tried to figure out what exactly I'm looking for... One of the things I managed to do to help myself was to start posting here. And so far I want to continue.

I went to cinema last saturday and saw the new Tarantino's movie. I was really stunned in the end. It is one of the greatest movies I've ever seen... And Brad Pitt is simply excellent.

I have to grind out like 1.4k VPPs to become a gold star and I am not sure I will manage it. Will have to play a lot :/

This week, I want to:
- play a lot ((at least 8k hands) I know "my rules" in my first post tells me not to play long, but not reaching the goldstar status would clearly be a mistake)
- go to Berlin for the weekend (Berlin calling^^)
- maybe reach nl50 (doubt about it)
- not forget about my school duties

That's all for now, maybe I'll drop a line here again in few days, if anything interesting will happen.

req

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Today I managed to take my dog for a walk instead of running. It just came to my mind how rigged cities actually are. I'm so glad I live in a village. I went out to a forest near my place, it drizzled and the forest was all covered in fog. Amazing. I found out I ignore too many things in life.

I will grind outside probably.

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Hello,

I suppose it is polite to present myself before posting, so...

I, like most of you, consider myself to be a student. Both life and pokerwise. I am, by human measures, relatively young, on my way to graduate this school year. By now, I am well worried by my future education. Having been talented to understand most of things at its basis, but not going any further in any of them caused (and still causes) me severe difficulties in decision making. I quite like biology, adore chemistry, having no troubles seeing blood -> I should study medicine. And yes, I would like that. BUT-- here in Czech republic, it takes you six years to become a doctor. Literally. You are glad to have like seven hours to sleep, some time to eat. The rest of time you simply study. I think it is pretty much the same everywhere around the globe. To sum it up, medicine costs you hobbies, friends and a it definitely won't bring you the fulfilling life of a student. You really have to know-- "That's what i allways wanted. Being a doctor is my commission." --This is what I am not really sure of. On the other hand, I like english, french and am open to learn new languages. I wouldn't mind to study them further. People say "no good". Everyone reminds me of the fact that english, as well as any other language, should rather be a medium than a target. Basically, I should choose a specialization. And I hell don't know what it should be.

I enjoy sports, rather individual than collective ones (I am a loner), recently I started running on a regular basis, it helps me to deal with lots of problems-- I recommend it to everyone. I played the piano for like nine years, not really learned anything, but I can play some pieces. I like drawing and painting, despite my drawings really sucks. There are few things I have done before, all of them slowly started to bore me, except poker.

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Ad poker: I suck. I haven't ever been any good poker player, always bored by reading articles, searching for videos. Playing is just more fun. The main reason why I decided to drop these few lines here was to motivate me. I write this blog only for myself, because I really can't give advices since I haven't got any. All attempts to become a fluent, consistently winning microstakes grinder failed. This is a leap. I want to reveal myself, really THINK of my game, share my humble ideas and grow. I haven't got those precise "balla" needs, of course, I want people to admire me and blah blah blah, but I think I can be pretty modest. I also do not agree with most of poker players' excentric lifestyles. This life doesn't suit me. Poker is for me a mirror to myself, throwing all my frauds, mistakes right in my face. If I will be able to deal correctly with poker, then life will be much easier for me. I miss discipline, patience and wisdom. I tend to tilt, I am irrational most of time and my mood is a bit result oriented, which... just sucks.

I "grind" microlimits fullring (12tabling 9max 0.1/0.25$ at stars). I can say I am a winner, I play like 10/8 with aggresion of 2.5, beating the game for 8 BB/100-- when I am not on tilt. Tilt decreases my winrate to 2-2.5 BB/100. When I tilt, I tilt just badly, but there is a lot reading on chronic tilters so I believe you figure out what a fish I am. End of stories.

- My bankroll is (after a major downswing/tilt) currently at 25 BIs.
- Will play for maximum of 90 minutes per day, 12 tables.
- If even a slight sign of tilt occurs, I WILL stop after losing 2.5 BIs in a row (I know this can maybe sound unreasonable but it can prevent things).
- I will put a post in my blog every week, which will contain my game analyse, thoughts and questions.
- I will also post hands daily (five most interesting hands of the day).
- I will comment on other people's hands only if I will find my tip/advice/commentary good enough.
- I will do my best at other aspects of life. Every single thing is far more important than poker, this is a crucial thruth I believe many players (inc. me) underestimate.

That is all for now. I do not expect anyone read this all the way to here, if anyone did, I bow before him. I would appreciate any advices related to hands I am going to post/my game/stats I am going to post/anything else.

Regards, req

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