[Ballerholic]

Yearly Update


Bankroll: (~$338/200,000)

Poker Profit:$557



Hey guys, 25 year old who has been playing poker for about 4 years now. Currently at a place in life where I need to start setting myself up for the future and get my life on track. Poker at the moment is one of the most fun ways of making and income and so I’m going to really pursue it. I also am working part time for the next couple months and will also be sports betting. This isn’t just a poker thread, but also a general life progression/motivation thread for myself. Lately, I’ve been reading/listening to a lot of material around productivity and one of the most important aspects is keeping yourself accountable. Over the past few years in poker I've built up my bankroll so much, but I've always withdrawn from it. I've made thousands playing this game, but only have a few hundred at the moment to show for it. I'm going to use this thread to keep myself accountable with not only poker, but all other aspects of my life which I will list below. My life just needs to change that's all. Volume is one of my biggest issues that I plan to work on.

Weekly Goals are...


Poker


[ ] Play 30 hours of poker each week- Definitely achievable and just determination.

[ ] Watch 2 poker training videos each week and take notes- I like to watch about 10 minutes of a training video before I play a session so shouldn’t be too difficult.

[ ] Rate each session on a mental game grade of 0-5 - Goal here is for the average for the week to be 4 or higher.

[ ] Analyze/Discuss poker hands once a day - Can be through going over own database or commenting on 2+2 threads with player whose game I respect.



Mental


[ ] Meditate 10 minutes before each session- This is part of my pre-session routine anyway, but I don’t always do it.



Health


[ ] Lift 4x a week - Doing a 4 day split at the moment (Chest/Back/Legs/Arms).

[ ] HIIT 3x a week- I plan to do these on my off days.

[ ] Track and hit macros - Just learned how to track macros and man it isn’t the easiest thing. But it is very important to getting in shape.

[ ] Stretch 2x a day- I am so tight everywhere and I don’t want this to become a problem later in life.


Other

[ ] Read 20 minutes every day - I plan to do this before bed. At the moment I am reading the “Intelligent Investor”.

[ ] Start playing some PLO - I think this is the poker game with the highest edges and has potential to be the future of poker.

[ ] Post in this thread at least once every 2 days - I really want to keep accountable and this will be the best way to do so by making sure I see these goals every day or two.


Ultimate Goal

[ ] 200,000 Bankroll by end of 2023 - If I look at the life I want to live, my daily life would be something like:

-Wakeup
-Golf
-Sport Bet/Trade Stocks
-Workout
-Poker
-Bed

Now I’m nowhere near achieving this lifestyle anytime soon. But I would love to have it by the time I am 30 years old. This gives me about 4 years to achieve this. I’m thinking I’m going to need to have at least $200,000 to do this comfortably. Assuming expenses are $100k over these 4 years I need to make $300,000 total.


GL to us and everybody following!

[mpaschal34]

I hate to be rude baller...but didn’t you start a very similar thread last year? It looks like you are pretty much in the same spot...ground zero.

Time to try and start a career. Get somewhere in life. Poker should just be a hobby to have fun with when you have spare time from work/family.

[blankoblanco]

I hate to be rude baller...but didn’t you start a very similar thread last year? It looks like you are pretty much in the same spot...ground zero.

Time to try and start a career. Get somewhere in life. Poker should just be a hobby to have fun with when you have spare time from work/family.

I get where you're coming from, but all of this negative feedback (in this thread and others) seems kind of unnecessary to me, man. I'd prefer this forum to be a place of encouragement personally

[mpaschal34]

Negativity or reality?

[Fidel_CashFlow]

the Im Going To Win millions of dollars by poker and poker only speech by Ballerholic

except this is the 2019 edition

2018 was so ....... 2018

[eaglesfan371]

Feel free to hmu if you have PLO hands you'd like to discuss.

[pablo222]

Good Luck Baller. But after readimg the bumped threads, i think you should look to start your career with the college degree you EARNED. It is not easy to win money playing poker like it was a decade ago. If you get a good job, you should have the time to play poker and golf. If you are good with your money you should be able to study and then afford to play higher stakes where it might be realistic to run a bankroll up to 200k.
I wish you success in whatever you do.

[Crusherrr]

How about you try to make $20,000 first. Be realistic. You've been stuck in the micros now forever. Doesn't seem like you really want this.

[leetreaper]

just stop

[Ian]

GL Baller. I hope you can stick with it better this time around. If I may make one unsolicited suggestion, eliminate the financial goal and replace it with a goal of enjoying life.

Let's say you hit all your exercise goals, meditate daily, play 30 hours of poker a week, but run bad and only grind out a profit of minimum wage. If you have a goal of a 200k bankroll you'll feel like you completely failed. If you instead hit all those goals, make only minimum wage, but also make a point of living a happy fulfilling life, at the end of the year you'll (if you're like me) feel successful.

I've been grinding out a living gambling for almost half my life. I have had months/years where I've put in crazy hours. Some of those times were amazing, and others I felt like poker was grinding me instead of the other way around. I can't choose whether my sets get cracked, but I can choose the attitude I have when I'm on an inevitable losing streak. Prioritizing having a good life is how I do that. Building a bankroll is just a bonus.

That's the end of me ranting at you. Good luck. Run good.

[Ballerholic]

I hate to be rude baller...but didn’t you start a very similar thread last year? It looks like you are pretty much in the same spot...ground zero.

Time to try and start a career. Get somewhere in life. Poker should just be a hobby to have fun with when you have spare time from work/family.

You're not being rude, and you are right if I could start a career right now I would. At the moment I am in limbo doing some part time work while also playing poker on the side. I started this thread because I want this to be my final thread for years and to stop constantly making new ones. Unfortunately, I keep withdrawing from my bankroll due to not having a job so at least with this part time job I should be able to keep my bankroll intact.

I get where you're coming from, but all of this negative feedback (in this thread and others) seems kind of unnecessary to me, man. I'd prefer this forum to be a place of encouragement personally

Thanks Blanco, it's all good though nothing that isn't true.

the Im Going To Win millions of dollars by poker and poker only speech by Ballerholic

except this is the 2019 edition

2018 was so ....... 2018

LOL Fidel you know I appreciate you and you are correct here. Why don't I let the results do the talking from now on?

Feel free to hmu if you have PLO hands you'd like to discuss.

Thanks eagles, will definitely try to do that. What sites/stakes do you play PLO on?

Good Luck Baller. But after readimg the bumped threads, i think you should look to start your career with the college degree you EARNED. It is not easy to win money playing poker like it was a decade ago. If you get a good job, you should have the time to play poker and golf. If you are good with your money you should be able to study and then afford to play higher stakes where it might be realistic to run a bankroll up to 200k.
I wish you success in whatever you do.

Thanks Pablo. Yea the earliest I could possibly be starting a career is around June if I choose to at that time. I do agree it is the smart thing to do, but let's see how far we can get first thru poker.

How about you try to make $20,000 first. Be realistic. You've been stuck in the micros now forever. Doesn't seem like you really want this.

Just stuck in micros because I'm always withdrawing from my bankroll. Hopefully that won't be the case anymore.

just stop

Lol

GL Baller. I hope you can stick with it better this time around. If I may make one unsolicited suggestion, eliminate the financial goal and replace it with a goal of enjoying life.


Let's say you hit all your exercise goals, meditate daily, play 30 hours of poker a week, but run bad and only grind out a profit of minimum wage. If you have a goal of a 200k bankroll you'll feel like you completely failed. If you instead hit all those goals, make only minimum wage, but also make a point of living a happy fulfilling life, at the end of the year you'll (if you're like me) feel successful.

I've been grinding out a living gambling for almost half my life. I have had months/years where I've put in crazy hours. Some of those times were amazing, and others I felt like poker was grinding me instead of the other way around. I can't choose whether my sets get cracked, but I can choose the attitude I have when I'm on an inevitable losing streak. Prioritizing having a good life is how I do that. Building a bankroll is just a bonus.

That's the end of me ranting at you. Good luck. Run good.

Very smart post. I 100% agree with you here. Originally I wasn't going to put a financial goal as I think it can be detrimental to mental game while playing, but everybody following these threads wants a financial goal so I put it in. Honestly, I don't know how I'll feel when I do get to that point in poker, but hopefully I can get thru it. Again, I don't want to be in this game forever as my main source. Ideally, I start a business or find something else along the way. Just at the moment I want to do this.

[Ballerholic]

Hey guys quick update...



Bankroll: ($316/$200,000)



Profit: $-22



Only played about 5 hours this weekend. I'm still a jet lagged from traveling. Got the bankroll up to $380 and then had a pretty unfortunate session. That combined with some PLO variance pushed me down into negative. Not bad at all and the tables are just lol soft. Will hopefully be able to put a ton of work in this week before I leave for Las Vegas on Thursday. I'd like to start with the weekly goals on a Monday as that is when I feel the week really starts. GL everybody!

[Frank Mills]

No comment

[pablo222]

Where are the updates?

[sinmiedo]

Baller, since you started to post again, I will share my experiences.
I decided to start a new parallel BR online, from a freeroll, and see what results I get.
5 dimes offer a good weekly 500 freeroll and some small daily ones that if you have a small amount of points could take you with some luck) to a positive start.
On February 26th I entered a $45 freeroll , finished 2nd and I was credited $ 8.30 , from there I was lucky to bring it up to $23 on a few hours. I run well for a few days till Friday last week when I almost crushed, but luck on my side took me back to a good end. So far I was able to average $80 a night.Last night my balance stands at $675 and 40000GGP ( evidence is available) that could translate from $85 to $170.
Good luck Baller, and try not to aim that high, I learned the hard way.

Best regards
Sin

[Ballerholic]

No comment

LMFAOOO

Where are the updates?

Sorry, coming in hot right now.

Baller, since you started to post again, I will share my experiences.
I decided to start a new parallel BR online, from a freeroll, and see what results I get.
5 dimes offer a good weekly 500 freeroll and some small daily ones that if you have a small amount of points could take you with some luck) to a positive start.
On February 26th I entered a $45 freeroll , finished 2nd and I was credited $ 8.30 , from there I was lucky to bring it up to $23 on a few hours. I run well for a few days till Friday last week when I almost crushed, but luck on my side took me back to a good end. So far I was able to average $80 a night.Last night my balance stands at $675 and 40000GGP ( evidence is available) that could translate from $85 to $170.
Good luck Baller, and try not to aim that high, I learned the hard way.

Best regards
Sin

Sin, I know you've posted many experiences like this in my threads in the past. I can only come to one conclusion, you are a crusher. I'm sure you play on various sites. How is 5Dimes compared to other sites you play?



Update on Year


Bankroll: (~$256/200,000)

Poker Profit: $475


So been running pretty poor recently. Games are amazing as as they always are, but anybody here who has played on Global Poker will know that the RNG is worse than SBR RNG. Ton of action flops and suckouts. It's actually insane. The amount of insane coolers is crazy. I can't complain because I've been on the right side of these as well with this gem:

https://play.globalpoker.com/gp/10/h...4b051a0b5dcbb2

Anyway, at the moment I am in Vegas baby! Unfortunately, my BR isn't big enough to really be playing these games, but I might throw $100 out of liferoll just to see how things go and to have some fun gambling. Will be here until Sunday and then back home and on the grind. At the moment I am contemplating moving to Bovada as I don't trust Global Poker 100% with this RNG, but we'll see. The games might be too good to pass up, but idk if the RNG is.

[sinmiedo]

I am only playing live, in private games, and the casino. Unfortunately online Bodog and PS, has not been kind, the last few months, so I decided to play where I have the edge, and avoid the grinders, there are plenty of games with fish like players, and I am in the look out for those.
Grand poker is an option, if you can stand the very low traffic and rules. I mostly play PLO and some holdem, a daily tournament that cost 5 bucks and some SBR. I only play on weekends the private games and at the casino.

[Ian]

Have fun in Vegas! For someone who plays online a lot you'll probably find the live 1/2NL games to be very soft.

[badgerguy]

Do you only play on global poker? That shit is too slow. No wonder your goal is by the end of 2023.

[sinmiedo]

March 7th update $ 745 , played mostly .25/.50 for about 2 hours on and off, some plo .10/.25 but quit when i lost i buy in.
i keep my buy in at 5% of br, or less.
i also earned another 3000 gpp.

[blankoblanco]

Do you only play on global poker? That shit is too slow. No wonder your goal is by the end of 2023.

What do you mean by too slow? Like the players are too tight? I have a balance on GP but haven't really played there in a while

[Triple_D_Bet]

...Update on Year


Bankroll: (~$256/200,000)

Poker Profit: $475


So been running pretty poor recently. Games are amazing as as they always are, but anybody here who has played on Global Poker will know that the RNG is worse than SBR RNG. Ton of action flops and suckouts. It's actually insane. The amount of insane coolers is crazy. I can't complain because I've been on the right side of these as well with this gem:

https://play.globalpoker.com/gp/10/h...4b051a0b5dcbb2

Anyway, at the moment I am in Vegas baby! Unfortunately, my BR isn't big enough to really be playing these games, but I might throw $100 out of liferoll just to see how things go and to have some fun gambling. Will be here until Sunday and then back home and on the grind. At the moment I am contemplating moving to Bovada as I don't trust Global Poker 100% with this RNG, but we'll see. The games might be too good to pass up, but idk if the RNG is.

If your poker bankroll is really less than $300, taking over a third of it out to gamble seems like a terrible idea. Also, how are you up $500 in poker with half that in your bankroll? I suspect its sports betting, which raises the question of why you're doing that in the first place, let alone out of a poker bankroll?

Being a winning sports bettor is harder than being a winning poker player, and you definitely don't have time to try doing both. Stick with poker and see if that works, instead of gambling and slowing down your progress.

[Ballerholic]

I am only playing live, in private games, and the casino. Unfortunately online Bodog and PS, has not been kind, the last few months, so I decided to play where I have the edge, and avoid the grinders, there are plenty of games with fish like players, and I am in the look out for those.
Grand poker is an option, if you can stand the very low traffic and rules. I mostly play PLO and some holdem, a daily tournament that cost 5 bucks and some SBR. I only play on weekends the private games and at the casino.

Oh ok. Yea I'll check it out soon. I've played a few hands on there before, but traffic was almost nonexistent.

Have fun in Vegas! For someone who plays online a lot you'll probably find the live 1/2NL games to be very soft.

Yea I've played live a good amount in Ireland and although I ran hot I was winning at $45/hour over like 100 hours. Very small and high variant sample, but you could tell the guys were not good at all.

Do you only play on global poker? That shit is too slow. No wonder your goal is by the end of 2023.

Haha, yea global is slow, but I play 5-6 tables. Will add more once I can add another monitor. I will say, it is almost as easy as live poker.

March 7th update $ 745 , played mostly .25/.50 for about 2 hours on and off, some plo .10/.25 but quit when i lost i buy in.
i keep my buy in at 5% of br, or less.
i also earned another 3000 gpp.

Nice, Well Done!

What do you mean by too slow? Like the players are too tight? I have a balance on GP but haven't really played there in a while

I've only played up to 50NL and games definitely are not tight. Maybe compared to live poker they are, but it is the closest thing to live poker you will find online. The software has a lot of animations and is slow.

If your poker bankroll is really less than $300, taking over a third of it out to gamble seems like a terrible idea. Also, how are you up $500 in poker with half that in your bankroll? I suspect its sports betting, which raises the question of why you're doing that in the first place, let alone out of a poker bankroll?

Being a winning sports bettor is harder than being a winning poker player, and you definitely don't have time to try doing both. Stick with poker and see if that works, instead of gambling and slowing down your progress.

I hear what you're saying. Basically, I've had to constantly take out of my bankroll over the years and I have done so before this thread started. That's why I have more profit this year than my current bankroll. I'm doing my best not to have to take from my bankroll though. Also, I stopped sportsbetting after the super bowl with real money. I'm trying to take a smart approach and only bet 1% of my BR on a game and there is really no point betting $3 a game at the moment so I'll hold off until I have at least $1000.

Update on Year


Bankroll: ($265/200,000)

Poker Profit: $389


So yesterday was my first night in vegas. All I can say is WOW! This place is actually magical. The best way to describe it is as an Adult Playground. I was in awe for the entire day walking around. Went through various casinos and I can't believe how normal gambling is here. In real life people think I'm weird for gambling lol. Anyway, played about an hour online before heading to gamble and won around $9. Played BJ for about an hour with my bro to get warmed up and ready to gamble. Made a small profit of around $15 and then headed over to the poker tables. I decided to go to Flamingo because that's where we had wondered. I also only wanted 1/2 and they had a good amount of tables. Only played for about an hour, but some interesting hands...

Literally the very first hand when I sit down after buying in for $100 (gambling responsibly)...I turn over 98 diamonds in the BB. I call a bet from UTG. Flop is 984 all spades. I x, UTG bets biggish. There is about $30 in the pot and I have about $90 left. So I jam over him. This foreign guy says out loud "man are you penetrating kidding me?!?". After 20 seconds he calls. Turn is 10 brick. And River is Q of spades bring 4 flush board. I think I'm done here so I say "if you have flush you win". He looks at me and says "I don't have a flush". So inside I'm thinking penetrate I can't believe I won. I turn over my hand and then he turns over 76 hearts for the straight. So he called my jam with an OESD. I literally had no words, but to be fair neither did he haha. Now I don't have much of bankroll. This money is just some spare money I had to "have fun" in vegas and use to gamble. It isn't part of bankroll. Anyway my limit to lose for the night was $100, but because that call was so bad I figured I had a big fish and money to make. So I put $100 more on table...then this happens....

Literally same orbit I limp/call 76s COvBB the same foreign reg who sucked out on me. Flop is 764 rainbow. He bets biggish, and I again Jam over top. He tank calls. Turn is 8 blank. River is K blank. I'm pretty sure I'm good here, but who knows anymore so I show and then he shows, A5o for a straight. Unbelievable. Sucked out on twice. So now I'm sitting there already way past my loss limit of $100 for the night and I just get thinking to myself 'scared money don't make money'. So stupidly, I give dealer my last $100. An orbit later...

I get AA CO. UTG limps, I Raise him, BTN Asian reg tight ass calls, and then UTG asian whale calls. Flop is A98r. Top Set baby. UTG checks, and I check too. BTN then bets and both UTG and I call. Turn brings the 5x. No a great card at all, but oh well could be worse. UTG checks and I don't have much money left, so I donk bet. BTN thinks for a bit and then jams all in. UTG folds and I obviously call happily. River is a blank. I ask if he has a straight because that is how the night is going and he turns over A5s. FINALLY! I win a big pot.

So ended up losing about $95 last night, but it was a lot of fun. Vegas definitely have more regs and play tighter, but the play is still really bad. Anyway, tonight I'm going to see the jabawockeez live (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa0TCf1pEWo&t=308s) and then will hit up a casino for some more poker. $100 is actually my loss limit for the night though I promise. I also played this gem as I feel like I had to do it for the experience in vegas:




Any Vegas tips? I'm here until Sunday...

[badgerguy]

What do you mean by too slow? Like the players are too tight? I have a balance on GP but haven't really played there in a while

No I just mean everything about it. The software, the players. I found it annoying.

I also have a balance on there. Awhile back they offered $2 for signing up. I played on there a few times but never went back until about two weeks ago. I tried signing on but couldn't. I emailed them and my account was locked due to inactivity. Apparently if you dont play for six months your account gets locked. I have not been able to get back in.

I have to agree, the games are very soft.

[sinmiedo]

March 8th update
I played some GPP tournament and got first that gas $50 value from 12500 points, and got crushed in the 1/2 nlo for 2 buy ins, but, the 3rd the villain got out of luck after sucking up in the 2 all ins hands, crushing my AA and river in another hand a second pair, after been down 400 cashed out 545, then i made some small profits on a full ring .25/50, BR $ 904 and still have some 47000 points that could be valued to $100 minimum up to $ 200. I expect some variance in the coming days and I may not be able to play a lot this weekend, if i do i will post daily activity.

[Ian]

Any Vegas tips? I'm here until Sunday...

Nice hit on the Clippers. What kinds of tips are you looking for? Food, activities, daytrips, casinos? I lived there for over a decade and I think some other posters live there now.

[jtoler]

gl you should get there in roughly 6 months

[Ballerholic]

March 8th update
I played some GPP tournament and got first that gas $50 value from 12500 points, and got crushed in the 1/2 nlo for 2 buy ins, but, the 3rd the villain got out of luck after sucking up in the 2 all ins hands, crushing my AA and river in another hand a second pair, after been down 400 cashed out 545, then i made some small profits on a full ring .25/50, BR $ 904 and still have some 47000 points that could be valued to $100 minimum up to $ 200. I expect some variance in the coming days and I may not be able to play a lot this weekend, if i do i will post daily activity.

Just some unfortunate variance. Good work though!

Nice hit on the Clippers. What kinds of tips are you looking for? Food, activities, daytrips, casinos? I lived there for over a decade and I think some other posters live there now.

Thanks! Yea just overall tips on what are some fun things to do or secret things tourist might not know about. Also, which hotels/casinos you recommend.

gl you should get there in roughly 6 months

Haha I wish.
Update on Year

Bankroll: ($242/200,000)

Profit this year: $266


So Vegas trip has ended. Again all I can say is...What a sick penetrating place to be! I cannot wait to go back. Unfortunately, results went a little south. Last night in vegas I buyin for $100 again as I'm trying to be smart with bankroll. Win a few small pots. Then this happens..

Around $120 effective. UTG limps $2, MP makes it $4 lol, I call in BB with T9o, UTG calls. Flop is 969r. I x, UTG x, MP bets 3x pot. I call and UTG folds. Turn is brick. I x and he says all in. I call and river brings a Q. I look at him and say I have trips. He literally takes 6 seconds to look at his cards and then shows them. QQ. FML he just rivered a boat. Anyway, kind of a slowroll, but w.e. I really don't care. Maybe he couldn't believe it. Really unlucky live poker this trip. I got in 4 times all in has huge lead and only won once. But we will keep grindin'!


At the moment I've withdraw my whole roll off of Global Poker. The site is just wayy to action rigged and I really don't know if the rng is fair or not. I'm up on the site by a few hundred, but if I cant trust it I better not use it. Also, the action leads to tons of chopped pots and all ins which increase rake significantly at these micro stakes. So...Will be moving over to bovada right now for the time being until I move back out to Europe.

[Ballerholic]

Update on Year

Bankroll: $342

Profit This Year: $367


Just started playing poker on bovada again and although it isn't as soft as global poker, the rake is way less and less action rigged. I had a look at both the rake system between the sites and wow is global poker the heaviest raked site by a long shot. I can't believe I was paying that amount or even profitable, but the games are insanely good. Anyway, bankroll/profit going the right direction. Only playing 10NL right now, but will hopefully be moving to 25NL soon. Trying to do this all the right way, slow and steady wins the race right? Anyway, just had 4 wisdom teeth removed yesterday so just been bed resting. Off for another 2 days so will try to grind out as much as I can.

Bovada so far this month

[pablo222]

Hows it going?

[Brooks]

i know a guy who did pretty much exactly what you did except made abit more money and faster. he ended up with a massive coke problem, obese and would penetrate a prostitute pretty much every day until it all came crashing down. he made exclusively bad investments and then the government seized the rest of his money; not exactly sure how or why. its been a few years but he was down in st petersberg florida living in a shelter around 2012. he planned on building up his bankroll again back then and he always used to say it was more fun making the money then having it.

[pokerdevil]

You are better off grinding a minimum wage job than grinding poker for less than minimum wage lol

[Ballerholic]

Hows it going?

What's up Pablo?

i know a guy who did pretty much exactly what you did except made abit more money and faster. he ended up with a massive coke problem, obese and would penetrate a prostitute pretty much every day until it all came crashing down. he made exclusively bad investments and then the government seized the rest of his money; not exactly sure how or why. its been a few years but he was down in st petersberg florida living in a shelter around 2012. he planned on building up his bankroll again back then and he always used to say it was more fun making the money then having it.

Oh geez haha. Well I feel like I'm nowhere near the level of a degenerate. For instance in vegas a few weeks ago the only time I gambled outside of poker (which wasn't even much) was to play BlackJack for an hour with my bro which was his idea. I will say though, a lot of poker players tend to isolate themselves and kind of go off the deep end in terms of physical and mental health. I'm going to do my best to not do that.

You are better off grinding a minimum wage job than grinding poker for less than minimum wage lol

Yea I completely agree. I have a part time job at the moment that pays pretty well. BTW are you pokerdevil on twitch?


Update

Bankroll: $800




Added some money from working to my bankroll this week so I'll probably be playing 25NL for the most part. In regards to the long overdue update, after I got my wisdom teeth removed I had a lot of pain because of it and I was in a constant state of nausea due to the medicine. So I didn't really grind much. Since then, and I know this is going to sound funny, but I think I might have lead poisoning? I've been doing some construction work part time and working on 100 year old windows inhaling tons of dust on an old house. I'm going to need to take a test for it, but again I've been extremely fatigued and have nausea/headaches all day long. However, I'm going to try and have a normal week where I get everything I need to get done which means back to the checklist...


Weekly Goals are...


Poker


[ ] Play 30 hours of poker each week- Definitely achievable and just determination.

[ ] Watch 2 poker training videos each week and take notes- I like to watch about 10 minutes of a training video before I play a session so shouldn’t be too difficult.

[ ] Rate each session on a mental game grade of 0-5 - Goal here is for the average for the week to be 4 or higher.

[ ] Analyze/Discuss poker hands once a day - Can be through going over own database or commenting on 2+2 threads with player whose game I respect.



Mental


[ ] Meditate 10 minutes before each session- This is part of my pre-session routine anyway, but I don’t always do it.



Health


[ ] Lift 4x a week - Doing a 4 day split at the moment (Chest/Back/Legs/Arms).

[ ] HIIT 3x a week- I plan to do these on my off days.

[ ] Track and hit macros - Just learned how to track macros and man it isn’t the easiest thing. But it is very important to getting in shape.

[ ] Stretch 2x a day- I am so tight everywhere and I don’t want this to become a problem later in life.


Other

[ ] Read 20 minutes every day - I plan to do this before bed. At the moment I am reading the “Intelligent Investor”.

[ ] Start playing some PLO - I think this is the poker game with the highest edges and has potential to be the future of poker.

[ ] Post in this thread at least once every 2 days - I really want to keep accountable and this will be the best way to do so by making sure I see these goals every day or two.




Anyway, how has everybody been?

[Ballerholic]

Hey guys, been a long time since an update. Poker is still going well, although I have not been playing as much as I would have liked. Everything was going well and then I stopped updating, but at the moment I am halfway thru vacation so I want to begin motivating myself to get back to studying/playing. At the moment I have been extremely into investing in stocks and currency. Anybody have any advice on this?

Also I've been thinking I'm going to begin playing Mtts. Going to be starting out at the smaller stakes, but then once I get to $10 MTTs and over I'll probably start streaming on twitch. I'm sure playing MTTs will definitely make this thread a little more interesting...

[Ballerholic]

Studied 2 MTT videos yesterday from RaiseYourEdge. Very good content and it's what all the pros use to learn. Played a little cash as well, but not too much volume. Still on vacation so I'm more concerned with just trying to learn as much MTT content as I can so that I can start playing MTTs next week and hopefully stream soon.