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Well, I failed horribly at keeping this up to date :'D. But this time I'm going to make it ;)

What happened since my last blog post?

I applied to the cfp from freenachos and got accepted! Started in like June last year and besides failing multiple shots at NL100 - things went great! Unfortunately German regulations of online poker are just a pain in the ass and they cut rakeback for Germans in ~February this year, which let to us ending the staking agreement, because it just seemed highly unlikely now that I'd make it under these circumstances.

But I've only great things to say about the guys at NachosCFP and I recommend everybody who struggles in their poker journey to apply. All around great guys over there, who genuinely care for you!

After that I felt like either I switch to PLO (only format which wasn't completely fucked for germans) or give up. At the time I struggled to see myself pulling it off and gave up. But in April this year I just got the urge to try one last time. Made the promise to myself that I gave it my all for one year and with that trying to move to Austria by june next year. Bought myself the Carrot Corner Grade 1, deposited 500$ onto pokerstars and started going.

For the last 1 1/2 months I've been sloppy tho. Studied really in depth until mid July, when the games on stars even on NL50 turned to pretty much shit. Also had a bit of a bad run and yeah just lost discipline. Booked an hour of coaching with aner0 (or Donk Orleone, coach on GTOw and 1k NL reg) and we checked my DB for some leaks. Found them, listed them all out there and I'm now eager to work on those mistakes. I've also read the book "The Chimp Paradox" by Prof. Steve Peters, which clearly showed why I've some tendencies in my mental game and why I give up at certain points. But, this time I'm well prepared :)

Results so far:

goals for september:
- drill 2h in GTOw every day BBvBU
- grind 30h per week
- meditate every day with Primed Mind
- update this blog at least weekly

Hope you guys are having a good time as well :) cheers!

great video! Helped me a lot :)

Time for a recap on week 1 :)

as for the goals, I only managed the daily meditation one and failed the rest.

I got sick on friday, so I decided to skip the water fast. I did a 5 day water fast two weeks earlier, but ate carbohydrates again, so the idea was to do another 3 day fast so my body naturally turns into keto mode, but yeah, didn't feel like it once I got sick. That's why I didnt read either, I got a bit lazy due to being sick and I decided to spend more time with my child :).

Poker itself it progressing great. Cleared a 20$ challenge on stars and got lucky in one of the GGcare freerolls, which netted me another 33$ rakeback. Also running good on the tables, which means I've already doubled my bankroll and I'm already playing NL5.

But what's most important is the study, since results are out of my control. So I started with the PIO analysis of the boards, but I don't feel like it's the right thing to go for right now. I'm only noting heuristics but I do not know why solver chooses to do things, so it feels like it's the type of study with the most potential, but I'm not yet able to translate that into creating strategies.

Drilling against GTO wizard, aswell as checking HH's in GTOwizard has so far be the best value to me. I already have spotted a ton of leaks I have and I'm more aware ingame to avoid these mistakes. I think combining the RYE course with drilling the spot of the week in GTOwizard is the best move to progress right now.

I've noticed 4 major leaks so far:
- I call to wide on the flop
- I call draws to wide OOP on the turn
- I valuebet to thin really often on drawy runouts on the river
- I construct my bluffing ranges to equity driven, which leads to me having the wrong combos on the river + I've to many c/f hands on the river

Are these common leaks of lowstakes players?

weekly goals:
- daily meditation
- execute a clean keto diet
- drill 500 hands on gtowizard BUvBB SRP
- read the book "Poker with Presence"

Hope you guys are doing well :) gl to all of you!

Hey there :),
would love to read your blog aswell! Maybe we can also get in touch and work together :)

Keto+fasting I think is the best way to lose weight without fucking up your maintenance calories + I feel amazing on keto. Also your brain runs better on ketones, so usually I'm more focused when I'm on keto and I do intermittent fasting.

Do the water fasting bit, I think it is really healthy for both your physical health but also your mental health to fast 3-4 times a year. I did one 5 day fast two weeks earlier, so I didn't so it this week but yeah, I like it and it is got for the body to cleanse itself.

So I've been grinding Zoom the past 2 days for 4 hours each day, while focusing on the topic presented in the RYE course but tbh, it just doesn't feel worth it. I'm grinding in a state of insecurity at a stake, which won't make me much money anyway. So I decided to also invest into GTOwizard and start looking at the each spot presented in the course for 2 weeks at a time.

My plan is to study six times a week for 2 hours each, using the following method:

I'm going to analyse 1 of these boards in depth for 1 hour, trying to understand all flop and turn nodes and I'm going to try to come up with heuristics I can use while playing.

After that, I'll check similar boards to the one I studied that day for 30 minutes, to see if my heuristics keep recurring on those aswell.

Last but not least, I'll just use GTOwizards practice tool for 30minutes to just drill the spot in general.

If anybody has input on my training method, please let me know!

Topic for this and next week will be BUvBB SRP and I'm excited to learn and improve my game.

In addition I'll switch to normal tables. I don't feel comfortable at Zoom at the moment, so I'll bumhunt on normal tables while improving off the tables.

Goals for this week:
- daily meditation
- do a water fast for 3 days from friday until sunday
- finish the first 6 boards
- start reading Poker with Presence from Jasun Su

gl to all of you guys :)

Thanks Geo :) yeah it's a big one for me to not give up, I'm doing my best!

gl to you aswell :)

really inspiring journey! Will follow your journey and hope to be able to move out of the micros just like you did :)

gl to you!

Thanks so much for your insights bambi99333

Would you be interested in studying together? I'm starting with the Preflop section aswell, I'd like to share thoughts ideas with you guys :)

I'd also be interested in joining your studies, also starting from scratch again with this course + his book, pm me if I may be able to join!

hey,

I'm new to PLO, switching from NLH and I've purchased the from the ground UP course for PLO - would I be able to join aswell? I'm not playing NL10z yet tho :P

best regards!

I agree, a good practice would be to count how many combos of Value you triple barrel there, and get into a Ratio of 2:1 Value:Bluff OTR. Also, consider how Villains Callingrange looks like on flop+turn, so you have his Range OTR aswell. Now you not only know your range, so you know how many bluffs you need. Additionally, you also know Villains range, you see how it is constructed in your opinion and now you can construct your bluffing range accordingly.

I'd be interested aswell!

Your folding to cbet stats are also way too low. Generally speaking, the further down people cbet (turn/river), in most cases people underbluff heavily. So look to find more folds. Also, I'd advice to play 3bet or fold from the SB and cut away all the coldcalling there.

Preflop seems to be the easiest way to fix some of your leaks, so I'd advice to watch Patrick Sekinger vids about Preflop, as well as the vids from Francesco Lacriola.

I'd also be interested in joining a group! Hit me up or lets create a new one? (:

I'd be interested aswell!