Slevins: One day at a time

I couldn't sleep. Not sure why, I felt tired. My mind was too active. So I decided to do a little bit of study. I'm going to slowly work my way through the BC digest, I've read most before but have forgotten 90% of what I read. So am going to focus on one or two articles every couple of days.

Notes and thoughts to take forward from the reading

The Newbie Circle of Death

Do not allow yourself to move away from solid TAG poker. Just because your opponents are catching every miracle flop in existence, this doesn't make it profitable to play trash.

[1.] I'm going to keep tight to keep my edge.

Do not allow your confidence playing a TAG style delude you into thinking you're suddenly a great player capable of reading everyone.

[2.] If I'm not getting the right odds I'm folding. The strength of my hand is relative to the flop texture and my opponenets likely range. Even bad players hit the nuts.

Moving up and you

You need a large scale of hands before you can verify if you are beating a level. 20k of hands are needed at a minimum. At the microstakes 2.5BB/100 is a solid win rate.

[3.] I'm going to add a rule that I need at least 20k of hands at a stake before I move up, and I have to be beating that stake for an average of at least 2.5BB/100 otherwise I stay there until I am.

You need to ensure you move down when your bankroll dictates. Moving down is as important (probabally more important) than moving up.

[4.] Whenever I only have 30BI's for the previous level, I'm going to drop down to that previous level.

Some random thoughts at 5am

It's funny I'd like to play more poker now but have not allowed myself too. I played a fair bit yesterday and at 4am seen as I was awake and just finished some studying I wanted to play again.

Despite how keen I am to push on with the OP and get some hands in, I'm reminding myself all the time that this OP is about discipline first and foremost, before number of hands played, or winrates. Yeah the disciplined thing to do is to go to bed and sleep.

On a related note It's interesting that 99% of the times I've tried to build my bankroll in the past, I've played until I pretty much was completely tired, went to bed, and then started again the next morning. Not exactly a recipe for success! Also a little bit of Slevin trivia... in the eight months I've been playing I can't remember keeping a bankroll since depositing it for more than 3 days. Yes I think 2 days was my record - not something I'm proud of, but I think it all ties in with discipline.

I'm realising in this OPs infancy that having the discipline not to play until your burned out and taking regular healthy breaks is just as important as having the discipline to fold when you're beat and play solid TAG poker.

Goodnight !

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02-26-2009 12:27 AM #11
LuckySlevin View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries Join Date Jul 2008 Posts 1,189 Location Live Poker Room	I couldn't sleep. Not sure why, I felt tired. My mind was too active. So I decided to do a little bit of study. I'm going to slowly work my way through the BC digest, I've read most before but have forgotten 90% of what I read. So am going to focus on one or two articles every couple of days. Notes and thoughts to take forward from the reading The Newbie Circle of Death Do not allow yourself to move away from solid TAG poker. Just because your opponents are catching every miracle flop in existence, this doesn't make it profitable to play trash. [1.] I'm going to keep tight to keep my edge. Do not allow your confidence playing a TAG style delude you into thinking you're suddenly a great player capable of reading everyone. [2.] If I'm not getting the right odds I'm folding. The strength of my hand is relative to the flop texture and my opponenets likely range. Even bad players hit the nuts. Moving up and you You need a large scale of hands before you can verify if you are beating a level. 20k of hands are needed at a minimum. At the microstakes 2.5BB/100 is a solid win rate. [3.] I'm going to add a rule that I need at least 20k of hands at a stake before I move up, and I have to be beating that stake for an average of at least 2.5BB/100 otherwise I stay there until I am. You need to ensure you move down when your bankroll dictates. Moving down is as important (probabally more important) than moving up. [4.] Whenever I only have 30BI's for the previous level, I'm going to drop down to that previous level. Some random thoughts at 5am It's funny I'd like to play more poker now but have not allowed myself too. I played a fair bit yesterday and at 4am seen as I was awake and just finished some studying I wanted to play again. Despite how keen I am to push on with the OP and get some hands in, I'm reminding myself all the time that this OP is about discipline first and foremost, before number of hands played, or winrates. Yeah the disciplined thing to do is to go to bed and sleep. On a related note It's interesting that 99% of the times I've tried to build my bankroll in the past, I've played until I pretty much was completely tired, went to bed, and then started again the next morning. Not exactly a recipe for success! Also a little bit of Slevin trivia... in the eight months I've been playing I can't remember keeping a bankroll since depositing it for more than 3 days. Yes I think 2 days was my record - not something I'm proud of, but I think it all ties in with discipline. I'm realising in this OPs infancy that having the discipline not to play until your burned out and taking regular healthy breaks is just as important as having the discipline to fold when you're beat and play solid TAG poker. Goodnight !