Finally reached supernova! Worked hard for it, fortunately for a good cause, because I made it =)
Will take off for 2 days (reached it yesterday), to load up the battery a bit for next year to start beasting from January!
I will probably stick to the same games that I'm currently playing, aiming to stick to a higher ABI.
If the first months go well (read: volume wise) I may go for SNE. We shall see though how things go.
I hope everyone reached their own targets!
Happy new year to all of you and a "booming" 2012!
vrijdag 30 december 2011
zaterdag 24 december 2011
Merry Christmas!
Just like the title suggests- merry christmas everyone! I hope you all have a good time, and spend some quality time with your family. At least, that is what I have been, and will be doing during the upcoming days.
I still need to reach supernova, got like 3k left. This should be done in 1 or 2 (short) sessions!
When this is done, I will prepare and rest out for next year!
From next year on, I will start adding 200$ 18s as well.
In short, the 2011 recap has been as following: I decided that I wanted to invest into my game, and study a lot more about my game. I definately achieved this- I think my overall level game has elevated a lot and is so so much better than at the beginning of the year! In terms of volume I have had some rough times, because of motivation and dedication.
The route to my targets (reaching mid/high stakes) has gone way differently than I imagined- I am very glad though that I went through a rough patch to reach what I'm at. I have said it before but it's gotta happen to every pokerplayer that you experience a rough time in your career, where you have to decide what you want to do. Do you either switch plans/career, or pursue your long-term plans where you want to improve.
In short: I had to quit moaning ,and start grinding. Because in fact, that is what I forgot to do- I was worrying too much about my short-term variance, in both positive as negative ways. I have had plenty of sessions where I experienced "positive tilt", as in quitting sessions where I was up. I will definately try to limit these a lot next year. Overall I am very satisfied about the last too months (november in particular) where I have shown that I've got the heart to go all the way in terms of value and mental state.
2012 targets:
-Less wasted time behind my screen! I spend far too much time in the lobby, just railing pointless games and/or wasting time browsing. I am not saying that I want to quit this, but I certainly gotta limit this a lot
-At least 2500 games per month, especially during the period that I will have practically no uni (march-sept)
-Succesfully beat 60-200$ 18s and up my ABI
-Start transitioning to other formats as well, to up my ABI. That includes fifty50s (beat them pre rakeback), 9max (KO) and eventually 6max. I definately gotta work on my 6max (bubble) game.
-Less affection with daily results and learn to really look at the bigger picture. In theory I practice this very well. At the tables though the length of my sessions still depend too much on results other than a planned idea.
-If the first months go well, go for SNE. However, this is NOT an explicit target, but more or less the result of my hard work and dedication. The same goes for money targets: in my head I want at least 100k profit over the year, although that may have its negative consequences. Therefore, I do not mark them as explicit targets.
-Start to coach and make my students successfull
-Being ready for highstakes SNGS at 2013
This will be it for now!
Best regards and cu in 2012!
I still need to reach supernova, got like 3k left. This should be done in 1 or 2 (short) sessions!
When this is done, I will prepare and rest out for next year!
From next year on, I will start adding 200$ 18s as well.
In short, the 2011 recap has been as following: I decided that I wanted to invest into my game, and study a lot more about my game. I definately achieved this- I think my overall level game has elevated a lot and is so so much better than at the beginning of the year! In terms of volume I have had some rough times, because of motivation and dedication.
The route to my targets (reaching mid/high stakes) has gone way differently than I imagined- I am very glad though that I went through a rough patch to reach what I'm at. I have said it before but it's gotta happen to every pokerplayer that you experience a rough time in your career, where you have to decide what you want to do. Do you either switch plans/career, or pursue your long-term plans where you want to improve.
In short: I had to quit moaning ,and start grinding. Because in fact, that is what I forgot to do- I was worrying too much about my short-term variance, in both positive as negative ways. I have had plenty of sessions where I experienced "positive tilt", as in quitting sessions where I was up. I will definately try to limit these a lot next year. Overall I am very satisfied about the last too months (november in particular) where I have shown that I've got the heart to go all the way in terms of value and mental state.
2012 targets:
-Less wasted time behind my screen! I spend far too much time in the lobby, just railing pointless games and/or wasting time browsing. I am not saying that I want to quit this, but I certainly gotta limit this a lot
-At least 2500 games per month, especially during the period that I will have practically no uni (march-sept)
-Succesfully beat 60-200$ 18s and up my ABI
-Start transitioning to other formats as well, to up my ABI. That includes fifty50s (beat them pre rakeback), 9max (KO) and eventually 6max. I definately gotta work on my 6max (bubble) game.
-Less affection with daily results and learn to really look at the bigger picture. In theory I practice this very well. At the tables though the length of my sessions still depend too much on results other than a planned idea.
-If the first months go well, go for SNE. However, this is NOT an explicit target, but more or less the result of my hard work and dedication. The same goes for money targets: in my head I want at least 100k profit over the year, although that may have its negative consequences. Therefore, I do not mark them as explicit targets.
-Start to coach and make my students successfull
-Being ready for highstakes SNGS at 2013
This will be it for now!
Best regards and cu in 2012!
maandag 19 december 2011
VPP Update
Been grinding a lot lately- in comparison of course with what I used to do. Currently I'm having 93.5k VPP, so only 6.5k to go for Supernova. Just a few small bumps left and I have made it!
Lately I have been (slowly) adding new formats, such as 9max/KO sngs. Today I also tried a few fifty50 sngs to see what they were like for next year. They seem beatable and are a lot easier to multitable than other turbo's, because you never play shorthanded. Occasionally it does get tricky though when you are all very short- it basically becomes an ICM war then.
I have played DoNs in the past, which seem to differ quite a bit with these Fifty50s. You need to be far more aggressive and try to pick up a lot more chips. I'll see how it ends up- I expect a lower avg roi, but I expect smaller swings in them. Also they run in higher formats which is good if I want to up my avg buyin. I'll see how it goes.
I'm still awaiting the vip programme update for pokerstars, and base my grindscheme/targets on the update.
GL at the tables!
Lately I have been (slowly) adding new formats, such as 9max/KO sngs. Today I also tried a few fifty50 sngs to see what they were like for next year. They seem beatable and are a lot easier to multitable than other turbo's, because you never play shorthanded. Occasionally it does get tricky though when you are all very short- it basically becomes an ICM war then.
I have played DoNs in the past, which seem to differ quite a bit with these Fifty50s. You need to be far more aggressive and try to pick up a lot more chips. I'll see how it ends up- I expect a lower avg roi, but I expect smaller swings in them. Also they run in higher formats which is good if I want to up my avg buyin. I'll see how it goes.
I'm still awaiting the vip programme update for pokerstars, and base my grindscheme/targets on the update.
GL at the tables!
donderdag 1 december 2011
Update: Reaching Supernova
It has been a while since my last update.. mainly because of pure laziness and other activities.
In the previous months I had to get my mind straight about a few things and how I wanted to pursue in the following months. I pretty much took a pokerbreak and barely played since the summer.
I decided to focus more on my uni and a business that I recently started with a couple of good friends. Currently I am responsible for the retail in the Netherlands for Gunnar Optiks, a company specialised in computer eyewear. I am sure that a couple of you who read this are familiar with these (also available in the pokerstars store). For the ones who aren't: make sure you check out www.gunnars.com or www.gunnaroptiks.nl for the dutch version. It has been a lot of work to get things sorted (a lot more than expected). It still takes a lot of mental energy to fix things in regard to it.
Since the 11th I decided to team up with a new backer, giving me improved oppurtunities. I am very thankful for all the oppurtunities Bigbluffzinc & Push0rdie gave me, they improved my SNG game to the next level. I don't blame them in regard to my previous mentality (being a lazy grinder) that they let me move down a limit or two to get my results/confidence back up again. I found it very hard to move down though, as I had the feeling that I could beat the higher games as well. I just never put in the sample to prove it (long term). In all honesty, I wouldn't have let myself move up before grinding hard for a month or two either.
Hence I decided to put my money where my mouth is, so to say. Last month (since the 11th) I grinded more than ever, with proven results. I had my best month ever, and made over 10k in just 2 weeks, more than I made during the year. I ran better than ever (I am the last to deny it), but it's a lethal combination with playing your A-game. I decided to mix in a few 100s and 60s, and it went prosperous so far.
My targets around may were to move up to the mid-high stakes @ SNGs. Now it actually looks that I have achieved my targets, just in a very different way. The paradox is that I am happy I went through such a poker depression/ "downswing" and decided to take a long break, to see the fun and the freedom of it again. It isn't a pain to play: it is a blessing. It is just hard to remind yourself to this when you are losing time after time.
Since the 11th of november I needed ~45k vpp to make Supernova, as a preparation for next year. It is also as a trial to see whether I am capable of putting in the volume required to play poker seriously next year.
I only need 20k vpp for supernova, so it should be very doable in 2 weeks or so. I just don't want to be a breakeven rakeback grinder- I want to win pre-rakeback in the games up to 100$. Next year I won't have uni for a pretty long time, which I want to fill with grinding. I wanna start great during january- if things go in the right way I want to give SNE a shot. It just doesn't need to be for the sake of it (aka rakeback whore), I want it to be profitable.
Sorry for the long piece- from now on I will give more frequent updates :)
I am also available for coaching- hit me up if you are interested.
In the previous months I had to get my mind straight about a few things and how I wanted to pursue in the following months. I pretty much took a pokerbreak and barely played since the summer.
I decided to focus more on my uni and a business that I recently started with a couple of good friends. Currently I am responsible for the retail in the Netherlands for Gunnar Optiks, a company specialised in computer eyewear. I am sure that a couple of you who read this are familiar with these (also available in the pokerstars store). For the ones who aren't: make sure you check out www.gunnars.com or www.gunnaroptiks.nl for the dutch version. It has been a lot of work to get things sorted (a lot more than expected). It still takes a lot of mental energy to fix things in regard to it.
Since the 11th I decided to team up with a new backer, giving me improved oppurtunities. I am very thankful for all the oppurtunities Bigbluffzinc & Push0rdie gave me, they improved my SNG game to the next level. I don't blame them in regard to my previous mentality (being a lazy grinder) that they let me move down a limit or two to get my results/confidence back up again. I found it very hard to move down though, as I had the feeling that I could beat the higher games as well. I just never put in the sample to prove it (long term). In all honesty, I wouldn't have let myself move up before grinding hard for a month or two either.
Hence I decided to put my money where my mouth is, so to say. Last month (since the 11th) I grinded more than ever, with proven results. I had my best month ever, and made over 10k in just 2 weeks, more than I made during the year. I ran better than ever (I am the last to deny it), but it's a lethal combination with playing your A-game. I decided to mix in a few 100s and 60s, and it went prosperous so far.
My targets around may were to move up to the mid-high stakes @ SNGs. Now it actually looks that I have achieved my targets, just in a very different way. The paradox is that I am happy I went through such a poker depression/ "downswing" and decided to take a long break, to see the fun and the freedom of it again. It isn't a pain to play: it is a blessing. It is just hard to remind yourself to this when you are losing time after time.
Since the 11th of november I needed ~45k vpp to make Supernova, as a preparation for next year. It is also as a trial to see whether I am capable of putting in the volume required to play poker seriously next year.
I only need 20k vpp for supernova, so it should be very doable in 2 weeks or so. I just don't want to be a breakeven rakeback grinder- I want to win pre-rakeback in the games up to 100$. Next year I won't have uni for a pretty long time, which I want to fill with grinding. I wanna start great during january- if things go in the right way I want to give SNE a shot. It just doesn't need to be for the sake of it (aka rakeback whore), I want it to be profitable.
Sorry for the long piece- from now on I will give more frequent updates :)
I am also available for coaching- hit me up if you are interested.
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