Mindset

Slacking pretty hard as far as volume goes for this prop bet. My plan at this point is to book 300 games per day for the next week and just finish it off and get it over with. I just wrapped up a 141 game session and booked a solid enough win to be able to play 10s my next session. Assuming I crush the prop volume than I should be rolled for the 20s again by the end of the month.

Logged some cash hands earlier as well. Won about 3 buy-ins. As far as gameplay goes, I'm enjoying the intricacies of cash a bit more than the DoN grind right now. The DoN grind took a massive head-start with the last session, but I'm excited to get myself rolled for 25NL and start trying to crush that.

I'm not aiming for any particular sample size at any cash level. I'm aiming to build the bankroll to the point at which it as well as I are solid cash game earners. I've never really worked on building two separate rolls at once, let alone at two disciplines and I'm more than satisfied with the fact I chose to build from scratch.

It's interesting now, as I reflect back on what must now be three summers ago. I was splashing at 10NL and beating the game, but barely. I'm not even sure what my PTBB/100 was, but was it probably 2 or lower. I have no clue what it would be now, but I have a much deeper understanding of the game, even on a basic level. I've impressed myself with how far I've become, and I'm impressed not with the results but moreso with my comfort in decision making and my ability to learn.

Sometimes finding the correct material to learn from and deciding what to incorporate into your own game can be an oversight by many players. They take some niche of information as gospel but fail to realize alternate profitable lines. That's the beauty of poker, nothing is ever solidified as fact, at least permanently.

Aside from reading a lot about poker and playing, and wasting too many hours doing useless internet things, not much happening. I ordered Borderlands through seller online and hope to get it within a week at the latest. I checked around my city the day of release, and it was on for a bargain price of $40 and of course low shipment and sold out everywhere. Genius promoting by these guys, hats off. You created a buzz last minute surrounding a game that had little. I'm terribly amped myself.

I had to pay full retail $70 but got it free shipping, so it's even cheaper than getting it at the store once their restocked.

Gonna zone out right now, try to be up at a half decent hour in the afternoon to start the day. The goal... be on the felt by 9pm and log around 300 games by 8am. The felt do. Volume, money, whatever. Glad to get October finished just for the sake of needed volume, but it's a good motivator, I'll have a nice month to show for it overall.

It's been tough, though, some days. To get the mindset to load the games. That's usually all it takes, is getting the first several tables open, having your tools loaded correctly, shit working well. Get a vibe going. Jam some tunes, get into a show while things pick up. Things are usually fairly basic in the first levels so I like to relax early, your decisions come in middle and late game. By that time the music or show is background to poker, or at least if you're in the zone it should be.

It's tough to keep that focus though. It's an inane thing how it comes and goes. Learning new things is helping, and growing my game. All fun and games. I gotta sleep so I'll be up at a decent hour.