Moving down to the $7s

BetMagicMoney · Moving down to the $7s

Brag: really happy with how i've been playing and don't even mind i have to move down and happy i have the restraint and control to move down
Beat: having to move down to the $7s, 2 months ago i throught i might be at the $60s by christmas
Variance: im constantly on the wrong side of it!!!!!!!!!! Evil or Very Mad

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so what do you reckon guys, should i just gg at this point or keep going?

chesslw

Chin up bro. Take a break or w/e. Or at least concentrate on uni for now and wait until that finishes?

sandman369

Keep go go going! Can't wait for when you earn $10k in the month when the train gets switched back to the right track. Cool

Maybe take a week off for the holidays though Wink

aggsyb

keep going , single table , get coaching.

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chesslw

What kind of coursework do you do?? I've got one a week and I normally end up doing it the day/2 days before... Although it involves some lack of sleep Smile

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Idk also if you are running shit at husngs, try to play some other things. E.g. from what I've heard the 7 dollar 27man tourneys are extremely soft (unlike the 9man sngs). Just need to play tight early game and play the jam/fold stage well etc.

When i run bad in one format of poker I'll play some other format for a bit since I think it can change my "tilted" mentality- particularly with husngs.

This may not work with you but w/e.

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@sandman
thanks bro Smile

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Brokerstar

Why don't you try an experiment and one table for two weeks. I bet you'll be surprised.

golden

U Cook Socks

Two tables is an unnecessary evil, that really shouldn't be used until you are at a real high level imo. I have tried it, and done okay, but it stunts your growth no end.

I don't know how to put this without sounding offensive, so lets just say, anything I say below applies to me too, and probably 90% of the players on here trying to get good at HUSNG/POKERZ

You need to change your mindset, you shouldn't be happy with your play, I don't think you should ever be. If you are, then you really are missing out on that 1 or 2% that could make you better. You can always improve, no matter how good you are.

I have been fortunate enough to have coaching from Red_Dog, Broker, Borg, and Kierk, I feel quite privilaged actually. The one thing I note from all of them, they always knew what to do. That may sound like a stupid comment, but it is very true, quick scan of board texture, quick think about the villain, and a plan for all 3 streets was in place. I am no where near that level yet, I doubt you are either, so two tabling is a waste of time in an attempt to push out volume (Don't worry I've been there and done it) You really need to focus on getting better.

Changing your mindset towards learning is also something worth thinking about. I have recentely, I don't put half as much time in to poker now. I refuse to do it when I am tired, or emotionally drained (this happens .a lot when you have a family) When I am doing poker, I am fully focused. Even when trying to learn, I only do it in half an hour bursts, but what I do, I give my full attention. I can still do better, but it's a gradual process.

If you want to be the best (and you should do or why bother ?) You need to put your heart and soul in to everything you do regarding poker, it's not an easy way to make money, infact it is getting harder by the week. I never actually realised how bad I was at poker, until I really started looking in to my game. It is bad, maybe not as bad as some other fish, but it's still bad, and only I can change that. When I was learning from Borg, I honestly questioned if I can ever get to that level, to be so far infront of myself, but then I told myself, I wont get there by being lazy.

There is a new year coming up, and it is a good time to set out some more goals, milestones, and rewards, not only in poker, but life goals too. Strive to be the best, always question yourself, never think you are doing okay, but strive to be better, it's the only way.

forced

blazing....

post of the week!

Brokerstar

kolonel

kolonel

He gets it every time he posts.

BetMagicMoney

thankyou blazing as all ways Smile

i defiantly agree with what your saying. but i don't say anything lightly or without reason,

when i say im happy with my play, i actually mean that i didn't spaz, i didn't tilt, i had a reason for every play i made and i felt i was focused and played to the best of my ability.

As to work ethic, focus, having a plan and putting my heart and soul into this, trust me im doing this. im not saying im perfect or i can't get better (lol i know soooo little compared to the people you mentioned) or i've solved NLH Razz

im saying that everyday im reviewing games, playing games, trying to learn as much as i can about the game and taking in everything i can.

But as you said there is a new year coming, i need to keep focused, keep powering on, keep getting better and keep working as hard as i can because your right know one ever got anywhere by being lazy.

<3 BMM

chesslw

Bmm your English/spelling is just... makes me lol everytime.

I used to think you were a foreigner tbh until I watched one of your videos of your play and you just sounded so posh.

Anyway gl in the coming year and I think I owe you some money?

kierkegaard1

the spelling is infinitely better

kolonel

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sandman369

Program this into your spellchecker: defiantly != definitely Razz

www.dictionary.com Wink

n1ghtah

playing two tables meh.. try 1 as others mentioned.. Do you remember when i was sweating you and we were talking. even though you said you couldn't concentrate when talking i noticed in your two tabling that you sometimes didn't consider their flaws which a few times backfired .

And i know that you say variance is bad to you and its been like that for a long while.. You know i strongly disagree with the existance of the EV line. I think its like denying your results and hang on to what your results SHOULD have been if there were no luck factor in this game. There is and we all need to aknowledge that. look at your green line, thats the only line you can expect anything 100% on since that is 100% pure fact on how you are doing.

kolonel

YATHINNK

I will only ever one table. I'm pretty certain of that. If you're happy doing two then carry on going with it, but make sure you're thinking ahead of yourself at all times.

I find one tabling makes the game more profound in that it allows you to, literally, commit your mind 100% to beating the guy in front of you. Even though it's still the same game, I think that just playing one on one, with a HUD, so you have all the information you can get your hands on, will not only make you a better player, but will also yield the best results for you.

There's a certain trait I notice in every one who can play a lot of tables at the highest limits, they always seem to be absolute machines. Personally, I'm not a machine, I can't focus on lots of games and totally rip through volume targets, but I know I have strengths in other areas. I know I don't tilt, I know that I have enough detachment from my emotions that I can alienate myself from my surroundings and just have tunnel vision when it comes to the guy/girl I'm playing. Plus, I know that I'm a reasonably clever guy, I love using my logic and, without sounding pretentious, I have an IQ of 151 on a Cattell III B test, which I know is better than the majority of these guys. So I find it easier to just play them as they come.

I don't know how you can apply this to yourself but I know that, underneath it all you're infinitely better than some of the idiots that play this game.

Imo I think your best bet would be to step back. One table, and throw everything you have at each game, one knobhead at a time.