Mattiesmat study center

Who am I?
I still consider myself mainly a SNG player and coach. I play part time, because I also study (full time) and do some other things on the side. I have been playing since 2007. I started out playing STT’s starting with a $13 deposit and playing the $1.2’s and played till I was rolled for the mid stakes SNG’s. Then after more than a year I switched to MTT SNG’s and have done pretty well at those too. After some time I also (accidentaly) started coaching after Rodolphe suggested me as a coach to a French player looking for coaching. Ever since I have really enjoyed coaching and I have had a lot of positive feedback. You can find out more about my coaching here.

For the last year and a half I also have been trying to get into the cash games. I started playing the cash games, because I kind of got tired grinding the SNG’s almost like a robot, playing 20 tables at once. I found cash games much more interesting and complicated. My goal was to eventually make enough money at the cash games to be able to fully switch. However things didn’t work out like I wanted to and I am still strugling. I have been playing heads-up, 6max and full ring NL and although I have been winning at the low stakes I haven’t had much luck moving up. Because poker is my main income I have to also keep playing SNG’s and because I also go to university I don’t have too much time to play and study cash. Lately things have been starting to ‘click’ and I hope to start doing well at the cash games soon.

Lately I have also got interested in other games. I have been playing and studying some of the stud games. Mainly because it is something fresh and fun to play and learn. Also I think the level of play is lower than in NLHE so if I get good at it I should be able to do well. I have noticed that it is helping my poker thought process in general and that it also helps my NL game. jjd323 has been of great help, because he helps me with stud (and NLHE) hands (and theory in general).

What’s the blog all about?
This will be my third attempt to write a blog. I am not a great writer and I was not very satisfied with my last two blogs and lack of updates. My last blog was mainly about my results every month and it had some coaching info. This time I am going to try to do it a little different. I got inspired about starting a blog by reading Rodolphe’s and jjd323’s blogs and by a comment of Balugawhale in a video where he said that the best way to improve your poker game is to write down your thoughts. So, that’s what I will try to do on this blog.

This blog will be about my learning process and not so much about my results. I have been playing and studying different games lately and I thought it would be good to write down the most important thoughts, hands and connections between the different games. For example I will try to post an interesting hand that I discuss with jjd323. Thay way I can reflect on the important things to learn from the hand and share it with you. Also I can look back on it later and I won’t forget it.

This is it for now. It took me quite a while to write. I will try to find and post an interesting hand or two in the next few days.