The Drive to $10K

M2M, for what it's worth, I pretty much have done just that. I have already moved my BR to Stars for the time being( I've been killing $25NL for 3 whole days). I have decided to forgo the rakeraces, rakeback and bonus's and re-grind the roll. After losing what amount's to $11K in 4 months, that doesn't really leave any to withdraw and start again. I'm gonna play the small stakes games and make sure to be a winner again. Getting in the hands is never a problem and I don't think I have much to worry about as far as gaining it back. Hell I had a $200 BR last January too after playing for a living and pulling out everything to start again last year when I went back to work. I am a little tired of starting again though.

So this is where I am at, I am playing on Stars, I am 4 tabling, no more no less. I have no RB, no bonus and so no need to grind the hell out of the games. I need to find the problems in my game outside of the tilt issues because I think I have put most of those behind me. I practice my anti tilt exercises, I go to the gym regularly (last week and this week were tough because of the condo search) and I sleep more now. I know I have 3 problems to fix that cause me to bleed money. 1) I call too much from the blinds because I know I can outplay bad players postflop, but I am not outplaying them when playing with scared money OOP and with marginal reverse implied hands. 2) I C/C too much, I need to focus on this, because this is one of those auto pilot leaks I have where I just start trying to get to showdown and not think about ranges and textures. 3) I call way too many 3 bets. Calling with marginal hands that are ahead of a 3bet range is no way to see a flop. I need to 4bet or fold way more. I am sure I have others , but these are the ones I am aware of that I still do month after month.

So let's see how things go, I'm giving myself this year to become a winning $200NL player or higher. After that I am throwing in the towel and finding a new hobby since that would just be about enough. I do think I have it in me to grind a $500 BR into $5K+ for a third time so it's time to take the next step.

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04-01-2009 09:18 PM #11
jyms View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Bankroll Lag Join Date Sep 2005 Posts 10,877	M2M, for what it's worth, I pretty much have done just that. I have already moved my BR to Stars for the time being( I've been killing $25NL for 3 whole days). I have decided to forgo the rakeraces, rakeback and bonus's and re-grind the roll. After losing what amount's to $11K in 4 months, that doesn't really leave any to withdraw and start again. I'm gonna play the small stakes games and make sure to be a winner again. Getting in the hands is never a problem and I don't think I have much to worry about as far as gaining it back. Hell I had a $200 BR last January too after playing for a living and pulling out everything to start again last year when I went back to work. I am a little tired of starting again though. So this is where I am at, I am playing on Stars, I am 4 tabling, no more no less. I have no RB, no bonus and so no need to grind the hell out of the games. I need to find the problems in my game outside of the tilt issues because I think I have put most of those behind me. I practice my anti tilt exercises, I go to the gym regularly (last week and this week were tough because of the condo search) and I sleep more now. I know I have 3 problems to fix that cause me to bleed money. 1) I call too much from the blinds because I know I can outplay bad players postflop, but I am not outplaying them when playing with scared money OOP and with marginal reverse implied hands. 2) I C/C too much, I need to focus on this, because this is one of those auto pilot leaks I have where I just start trying to get to showdown and not think about ranges and textures. 3) I call way too many 3 bets. Calling with marginal hands that are ahead of a 3bet range is no way to see a flop. I need to 4bet or fold way more. I am sure I have others , but these are the ones I am aware of that I still do month after month. So let's see how things go, I'm giving myself this year to become a winning $200NL player or higher. After that I am throwing in the towel and finding a new hobby since that would just be about enough. I do think I have it in me to grind a $500 BR into $5K+ for a third time so it's time to take the next step.