On my way to the local midstakes!

Hey guy's,

Been a while since i posted. Reason being that I withdrew my roll and partied it out once again! I was at my highest limits yet (R400nl on our local SA site)

I started playing +-  2weeks ago when i deposited 30bi's for R200NL and the doomswitch had been turned on me it seams as i am busy experiencing my biggest downswing to date. I however got one of my previous coaches and we are busy working on my game. I also am reading The poker mindset r, it's been a good help cause even thought I was stuck 15bi's I did drop stakes and kept on trucking. Playing R100NL now and things seam to be changing for the better in my results. I also jam some stars 5nl but thats just for coaching porpoise cause our local site doesn't support HEM.

Life has changed a lot for me since my last post, I have quit drinking ( Been sober 4weeks now) I guess it was one of my biggest life leaks ever. I actually went to see a shrink regarding my aggression when I get drunk and while we were having these sessions I somehow realized I cant really handle my alcohol and need to stop. Hasn't been to easy as yet, one trick I use to get my thoughts of drinking is to think about poker and how it has been one of the biggest reasons I have never really excelled in it so far. So I kind of feel super motivated to make a success outa this poker thing, sucks that I start of by hitting my biggest swing but hey I am still trucking.

Anyway's here are my goals for the rest of May Starting now :

- Play 2k hands on stars 

-Play 20h on local site (100nl 4-6 tabling)

- Lose 2kg's in weight.

- Read the poker mindset finished.

Hey grinders,

Jan has been a weird month, But most def a good one. Poker wise it was very swingy. I did however reach my goal of 25bi's for R400NL so am going to give myself a 5bi shot there, I have only played 2 sessions and booked a 50bb win lol so going up so far. Haven't done much volume yet but I plan to change that over the weekend. My reasons for little volume is of my life rungood. My brother and I run my father's electrical wholesaler, huge part of our job is mostly supplying the local mine's, and we recently landed a deal that in the near future will change our life's financially. So yhea that caused me to go on a huge binge drinking week.

January Pro's

- Reached 400nl

- Lost 3kg's of weight

- A lot more fit.

- Got into a daily scheduled ( Shuffle and flo's advice)

Con's

- Drank to much

-Could of played much more.

-Could of lost more weight.

February goals.

-Get in those hands!

-Follow my daily to do list.

- Keep on exercising 

- Lose weight.

- Study poker.

Will have ore precise goals as i go into the month but for now that will be the basic goals.

Run well grinders,

Cheers

New week , new challenges.

I started watching Eric Thomas the hiphop preachers motivational video's, excellent stuff, really get's me motivated and wanting to grind , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocT_cHGG1ik     have a look, it's honestly good stuff, i started season 3 cause the previous season's audio is very bad.

Ok to recap my week, Volume wise I could of done more but I had some stuff that needed doing, I got my coach and we doing my first session this week which I can't wait for because my game is super rusty. I lost 2kg's of weight and exercised 4 time's last week so health wise I completed all my goals there. Wealth wise my figure's wern't to good, I was up like 1bi with rakeback for the week, due to a lack of volume,bad play and some variance. I also started reading the mental game of poker, enjoying it so far, already made sticky note's and have a warm up routine before each session.

Goals for this week.

-Watch 1 episode of ET each morning

- Get to R400+ in rakeback ( I don't have a HUD on my site so kinda watch volume that way)

- get in my coaching session

Cheers people, GL for the week!

Hey guy's,

I decided to delete all previous blog posts because I could not stand how easy I gave up, every 2nd post was a different game,rant or me quitting. I have changed or so I hope. I quit poker July 2012 because I went on a 15+- bi downswing/Bad play streak. I could not handle it, and looking at it now I am ashamed at how quick I threw in the towel. Patience and hard work is key in this game, I struggle with both.

( I play on my local site so R400NL= $50NL +-) 

November 2012 came and my local site had a Movember deposit bonus, I decided to give it a go and withdraw when bonus is done cause it's easy to get. After clearing the bonus and finding myself rolled for 100nl , clearing the bonus at 50nl, and that  after withdrawing my initial deposit, I thought well lets give 100nl a shot and so I find myself today  7 x 200nl bi's away from taking my first ever shot at 400nl. 

So here is to a positive future, I still have a ton of leaks in my game and haven't really studied nor reviewed since I started. The site I play on however does not support HEM, so I play hudless. But have recently contacted a previous coach of mine and we should get  working by next week, I guess recording sessions for a start is the way we will go as I feel sweating is a waist of my money.

Goals for 2013

- Hit a 30k bankroll ( Currently 8,5K)

-Lose 15kg's. Weighing in on friday :-)

Obvs There are tons of smaller goals, like improving, getting coaching reading various books but I guess it's kinda boring for the reader so I will keep that to myself and hopefully just blog about the positive results.

Cheers, and here is to a great 2013 for all DC members!