Road to being a pro

[KingPush]

IMO if you really desire what the title of your diary is then I would say Online ainec

You're probably right. Why do you think this though?


Lost 700 since the tourny win. Not playing well running fucking terribly live and also a bit of tilt.

Gonna grind 100 hours of 50 no and do a shit load of work off the table.

[Eso Kral]

IMO if you really desire what the title of your diary is then I would say Online ainec

You're probably right. Why do you think this though?

Sorry I should have expanded a bit more but am sure this convo has been done loads of times on blonde over the years.

Im sure I will be shot down if I am wrong but IMO feel that if you move up through the levels online you will get better fundamentals to start off with and can always move across to live at a later date when as long as you dont level yourself or come with too much ego should be a long way ahead of the curve in the games you play.

I dont think there are too many Alex Goulder's ( just plucked him out of the air as someone who started live and dont think there are too many like him around)around and even Alex has realised over time that Online needs to provide some of his income as unless you are prepared to move around you can find the games dry up plus add in expenses, travel etc your win rate will always be higher online.

I'm a rec at the end of the day but live vicariously through these others exploits and for me just enjoy turning up at decent events holding my own and enjoying the challenge but not relying (in before it's a good job) on poker to provide any part of my income and for us it is a completely different game/experience altogether.

In short I dont think you will realise your true potential (I dont know you personally so it would be unfair for me to judge) live as again IMO you will always be at the liberty of where you  are on the life/variance chart as it is a long game.

Just my opinion but keep up the work and keep writing....

[KingPush]

Finished top 500 in the Storm yesterday. Don't think I could ever play mtts full time. The structure of the pay outs is really fucking dumb, the variance is disgusting and the play after the first two hours is repetitive and boring.

That being said I'm playing the two 22 quid UKOPs and hopefully selling enough of the 55 to play it as well. Just need to win about 20 flips in a row and we should be golden.

[KingPush]

Been playing on stars just cos its easy at the moment. Just fire up zoom for however many tables you want and it pretty much never breaks. Don't think playing on there consistently would be a good idea though cos the rakeback scheme is terrible. A big help of it though is being able to track your hands, I'm not talking about using a hud I'm just talking being able to track your hands, statistics and red and blue line mean that you get a much more accurate picture of your play. IMO anyone who is creating or working with a poker site is making a massive mistake without allowing tracking sites, I agree huds shouldn't be allowed but no tracking sites is just cutting your nose off to spite your face.

[shipitgood]

hey mate,

All the best for 2015.

Are you still focussing on going pro?

You have a good game, and its cool you look for spots to 3 bet/ 4 bet preflop, hardly any regs at those levels do that kind of stuff.

[KingPush]

hey mate,

All the best for 2015.

Are you still focussing on going pro?

You have a good game, and its cool you look for spots to 3 bet/ 4 bet preflop, hardly any regs at those levels do that kind of stuff.

Yeah you too man, gl on the tourny grind. Have no job at the moment so just grinding for the minute. Cheers bro used to be much more effective than it is now though, feels like noone folds on sky to me anymore

[david3103]

hey mate,

All the best for 2015.

Are you still focussing on going pro?

You have a good game, and its cool you look for spots to 3 bet/ 4 bet preflop, hardly any regs at those levels do that kind of stuff.

Yeah you too man, gl on the tourny grind. Have no job at the moment so just grinding for the minute. Cheers bro used to be much more effective than it is now though, feels like noone folds on sky to me anymore

Not a problem if you always have it.

[KingPush]

Not a problem if you always have it.
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What a life that would be.

Lost 10 BIs today. Just gonna put up my biggest losing hands let me know if you see anything bad

GAME #6210509044: Texas Hold'em  NL €0.25/€0.50 2015-01-06 19:20:50/GMT
Table Speed Hold'em 4
Seat 1: cobobandit (€59.18 in chips)
Seat 3: iluvducks26 (€34.88 in chips)
Seat 5: KingPush1 (€65.39 in chips)
Seat 8: BrightSunrise (€20.50 in chips) DEALER
cobobandit: Post SB €0.25
iluvducks26: Post BB €0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KingPush1 [ ]
KingPush1: Raise (NF) €1.50
BrightSunrise: Fold
cobobandit: Raise (NF) €5.00
iluvducks26: Fold
KingPush1: Raise (NF) €9.50
cobobandit: Call €4.50
*** FLOP *** [ ]
cobobandit: Check
KingPush1: Bet €7.00
cobobandit: Call €7.00
*** TURN *** []
cobobandit: Check
KingPush1: Bet €10.50
cobobandit: Call €10.50
*** RIVER *** []
cobobandit: Check
KingPush1: Check
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot €52.50 Rake €2.00
cobobandit: Shows [ SA] Three of a Kind, Nines
KingPush1: Mucks [ ] Two Pair, Kings and Nines
cobobandit: wins €52.50


GAME #6210728605: Texas Hold'em  NL €0.25/€0.50 2015-01-06 20:31:45/GMT
Table Speed Hold'em 4
Seat 1: KingPush1 (€50.50 in chips)
Seat 3: Fukuj1ni (€40.88 in chips)
Seat 8: JayWise78 (€50.00 in chips) DEALER
Seat 10: PABLOOOO67 (€50.97 in chips)
PABLOOOO67: Post SB €0.25
KingPush1: Post BB €0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KingPush1 [ ]
Fukuj1ni: Raise (NF) €1.50
JayWise78: Fold
PABLOOOO67: Fold
KingPush1: Raise (NF) €5.00
Fukuj1ni: Call €3.50
*** FLOP *** [ ]
KingPush1: Bet €6.00
Fukuj1ni: Call €6.00
*** TURN *** []
KingPush1: Bet €11.12
Fukuj1ni: Raise (NF) €29.00
KingPush1: Allin €28.38
Fukuj1ni: Allin €0.88
*** RIVER *** []
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot €89.63 Rake €2.00
KingPush1: Shows [ ] Two Pair, Queens and Fives
Fukuj1ni: Shows [ ] Full House, Nines full of Fives
KingPush1: wins €9.62
Fukuj1ni: wins €80.01

iPoker Network Hand #6210904316 begins at 2015/01/06  9:35 pm
Seat 8 (Salarian) is the dealer
KingPush1 posts the small blind 0.25
Kasik25 posts the big blind 0.50

This ones weird af. Thought about bluff catching but decided against it with the diamonds.
GAME #6210782166: Texas Hold'em  NL €0.25/€0.50 2015-01-06 20:51:05/GMT
Table Speed Hold'em 4
Seat 1: sciusciainer (€50.75 in chips)
Seat 5: PABLOOOO67 (€47.73 in chips)
Seat 6: KingPush1 (€51.90 in chips)
Seat 8: Salarian (€45.09 in chips) DEALER
sciusciainer: Post SB €0.25
PABLOOOO67: Post BB €0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KingPush1 [ ]
KingPush1: Raise (NF) €1.50
Salarian: Fold
sciusciainer: Fold
PABLOOOO67: Call €1.00
*** FLOP *** [ ]
PABLOOOO67: Check
KingPush1: Bet €2.27
PABLOOOO67: Raise (NF) €8.50
KingPush1: Call €6.23
*** TURN *** [HJ]
PABLOOOO67: Bet €14.00
KingPush1: Call €14.00
*** RIVER *** []
PABLOOOO67: Bet €23.73
KingPush1: Fold
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot €69.98 Rake €2.00
PABLOOOO67: wins €69.98

Just looking over them now, think cbet with kq is bad. and should check call with qq on the turn.

[shipitgood]

Hand1, if you are going 2 4 bet, make the raise bigger. Hand 2, ott, bet for sure and fold 2 a raise.

[KingPush]

My ipoker and pokerstars graphs so far this month. I know there is a difference in quality in the two sites and sample size is tiny but fucking hell man.

[KingPush]

Hand1, if you are going 2 4 bet, make the raise bigger. Hand 2, ott, bet for sure and fold 2 a raise.

Would have to crev it but I think folding qq here is bad if he has anything over than the nuts in this spot. 4betting larger is unnecessary in my opinion unless your using weaker ranges.

[KingPush]

Haha the fucking turn

GAME #6215763474: Texas Hold'em  NL €0.50/€1 2015-01-09 03:18:33/GMT
Table Speed Hold'em 5
Seat 1: WoodElfZg (€96.12 in chips)
Seat 5: KingPush1 (€115.78 in chips)
Seat 6: LukasFlour (€78.40 in chips)
Seat 8: marjamirjami (€101.39 in chips) DEALER
WoodElfZg: Post SB €0.50
KingPush1: Post BB €1.00
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KingPush1 [ ]
LukasFlour: Fold
marjamirjami: Fold
WoodElfZg: Raise (NF) €3.00
KingPush1: Raise (NF) €9.00
WoodElfZg: Raise (NF) €90.00
KingPush1: Allin €106.78
WoodElfZg: Allin €6.12
*** FLOP *** [ ]
*** TURN *** []
*** RIVER *** []
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot €209.90 Rake €2.00
WoodElfZg: Shows [ ] Flush, Ace High
KingPush1: Shows [ ] One Pair, Tens
WoodElfZg: wins €190.24
KingPush1: wins €19.66

Then spewed it
GAME #6215770140: Texas Hold'em  NL €0.50/€1 2015-01-09 03:28:40/GMT
Table Speed Hold'em 5
Seat 1: KingPush1 (€101.00 in chips)
Seat 3: SHOCK0 (€104.00 in chips)
Seat 6: cuigege (€41.50 in chips) DEALER
Seat 10: zhanfagwei123 (€41.00 in chips)
zhanfagwei123: Post SB €0.50
KingPush1: Post BB €1.00
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KingPush1 [ ]
SHOCK0: Fold
cuigege: Fold
zhanfagwei123: Raise (NF) €2.00
KingPush1: Raise (NF) €6.00
zhanfagwei123: Call €4.00
*** FLOP *** [ ]
zhanfagwei123: Check
KingPush1: Bet €6.00
zhanfagwei123: Call €6.00
*** TURN *** []
zhanfagwei123: Check
KingPush1: Bet €89.00
zhanfagwei123: Allin €29.00
*** RIVER *** []
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot €140.00 Rake €2.00
KingPush1: Shows [ ] High Card, Ace
zhanfagwei123: Shows [ ] One Pair, Aces
KingPush1: wins €60.00
zhanfagwei123: wins €80.00

On the plus side I turned bottom quads v a reg on Sky earlier.

Back at 100nl tomorrow although I've got to do some "muggle" shit tomorrow. Anyone have any opinions on sleep schedules? People seem to say a lot of things on them without any of them being backed up by anything. Does it matter when you sleep if you get enough hours? Surely ten hours at 7 to 5 is better than 6 at midnight to 6?

Signed in twoplustwo for the first time in ages and saw some diary on there from mine in 2013. I was playing and losing at ipoker 5nl then and I was fucking awful. The hands I had posted were unbelievable. Hopefully I look back at this in 18 months and think the same.

[Ransom]

With regards to the sleep schedules, I think it's going to vary from person to person.

Some people can have four hours sleep and then truck on and work 12 hours without a problem, some people still feel knackered after getting 9 hours sleep in.

From my own experience, if you're sleeping through the day when it's winter and nights draw in early, it is going to throw your body off massively. We are predisposed to being asleep when it's dark, and awake when it's light. If you try and adjust this, it's going to be a pain to get back into a regular sleeping pattern and you'll probably just have to pull a 30 hour stint of being awake to force yourself back into a normal routine.

Personally because I work nights and rarely see sunlight, if I'm not in bed soon after it gets light right now then I am not going to be able to sleep until it starts to get dark again. My body thinks I should be up and about even after being awake for 17 hours already.

I've had sleeping tablets before (the prescribed kind) and while they made me pass out within 15 minutes usually, if you managed to stay awake through the pills kicking in you'd just trip your balls off on them. Don't really recommend going down that route if you can help it.

If you're only getting 4-6 hours of sleep a night, your body will soon adjust to it anyway. While the initial phase of waking up and hating life because you're shattered will still be there, it'll wear off much faster than it usually would and you probably won't feel bad at all. I guess you just need to ask yourself if you can sacrifice a couple of hours sleep to keep to a routine, or if you'd rather be less tired but have a more wonky schedule.

[KingPush]

With regards to the sleep schedules, I think it's going to vary from person to person.

Some people can have four hours sleep and then truck on and work 12 hours without a problem, some people still feel knackered after getting 9 hours sleep in.

From my own experience, if you're sleeping through the day when it's winter and nights draw in early, it is going to throw your body off massively. We are predisposed to being asleep when it's dark, and awake when it's light. If you try and adjust this, it's going to be a pain to get back into a regular sleeping pattern and you'll probably just have to pull a 30 hour stint of being awake to force yourself back into a normal routine.

Personally because I work nights and rarely see sunlight, if I'm not in bed soon after it gets light right now then I am not going to be able to sleep until it starts to get dark again. My body thinks I should be up and about even after being awake for 17 hours already.

I've had sleeping tablets before (the prescribed kind) and while they made me pass out within 15 minutes usually, if you managed to stay awake through the pills kicking in you'd just trip your balls off on them. Don't really recommend going down that route if you can help it.

If you're only getting 4-6 hours of sleep a night, your body will soon adjust to it anyway. While the initial phase of waking up and hating life because you're shattered will still be there, it'll wear off much faster than it usually would and you probably won't feel bad at all. I guess you just need to ask yourself if you can sacrifice a couple of hours sleep to keep to a routine, or if you'd rather be less tired but have a more wonky schedule.

Playing live for a couple of weeks solid completely fucked it. Haven't seen sunlight in a while now.

Moved back down after getting schmopped at nl100. Playing 4 tables of zoom and 3-5 tables on Sky. Graph is only of zoom where I've got a stupid win rate of 26 BB/100 at the moment.

Dip at the end is this

http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/12512891_D25F9840E4

[KingPush]

Forgot to put up my poker goals for the start of the year

Earn 10k
Be able to beat 200nl online