Aug1-3 - World War Z, Fireworks, Food, Food,

Wednesday was really my off day that I didn't put in any hands.  On the other hand I did have lots of fun  having this amazing lamb-chops at a restaurant near Coal- Harbour.

Afterwards had a chance to see fireworks with a couple of friends @English Bay.

Also had a chance to rock out the new 'Out Door' pianos near Science World which despite being abused by kids smacking keys randomly. . . is relatively in-tune . . .









A 'Jazz/Blues' band I believe self organized themselves and started playing after I came back from dinner... was quite interesting and spent some time watching them

                                                                                 

                                                                                    Thursday-

World War Z- went to theaters with friend of mine '' as it was her only day off.'' <--- psht. 9-5 jobs ;) .

To those who watch Walking Dead or zombie movies in general it's more or less same story line different actors different plot line kind of.

There were parts of the movie we burst out laughing. . . zombies can sometimes be very. . . 'DERP' & scary at same time.

Friday

._. last set always emphasize on the 'DEAD' in deadlift

Woke up super late as I was out late after fireworks with couple of friends afterwards. Decided to head to the gym and pump some iron and get the blood flowing before grinding it out. 

Since I'm working on a split; the routine for Friday was Back + Biceps. Exercises were; 

Seated Rows; Dumbbell Rows, Chinups, Deadlifts. Around 3-4 sets of each exercise.

In addition to my current 'cutting' diet once a week I do a 'Cheat-Day'/ kind of re-fueling glycogen storages and just helping me mentally deal with such shenanigans.

3 Piece Chicken + Large fries

Rack of Lamb

We start with; Post-Workout Shake, Post- Workout Meal. Post-Post workout meal. 

I think all in all consumed something like; 4k calories this day...

After washing down all those calories with a medium chocolate frosty; we're ready to grind. . . 

NOT.

Sugar/Carb Crashed hard. As you can clearly tell by the graph.

Was on fire mashing buttons and crushing everything in sight until 2/3 through the session when I started crashing, nearing the end of my session was feeling droopy and nearly fell asleep @ the grind station.

Lessons:

Never start grind session from 11pm-5am. . .

Never consume 2k calories just prior to grinding

Never continue grinding when already starting to crash.

August Goals- July Reflections

Poker

After filtering for just 7-9 players the downswing near hand 120k- seems less steep as well as the break-even stretch.

This was due to a spew session where I lost 6 bi's in a period of 1k hands at 6max zoom - 100nl; as well as playing poorly when starting tables and short-handed at the full-ring tables.

I was very satisfied with the overall results however both the volume as well as the

The Numbers

51828.96 VPP's
215,954 hands played
2948.83$ table winnings
1650 hands/ hr

Since I'm calculating SNE (1mil VPP's as a worth of averaged 100k)- 5182.96 VPP's would average out to approximately $5182 in RB.

$5182.96
$2847.83
________
$8030.72  - Net Profit for the Month ; the graph calculation is based off of 47% rakeback which is more or less 500-600k VPP mark.

The Game

The main reason why my graph would've been better but isn't is simplified through one phrase; The Pareto Principle.

Given that I'm playing close to 24 tables of just regular speed; or 4 tables zoom 12 tables regular; It's very difficult to try and squeeze the marginal value out of every situations.

The Mind is an exhaustible source of energy, and by using the majority of my energy constructing on where 80% of the profits come from ; "the big decisions" and 20% of the decisions on the "little decisions" not only would game-play be sped up but so would mistakes.

Very frequently I would tire myself out and fancy play in 'attempts' to get the marginal value out of a specific hand; whilst not seeing the obvious 'Fat Value' situation in front of me.

Life , because a  balance nourishes the mind. 

This month not only have I started on the nicotine patches; but have worked through the 'Habitrol' 3- step program to slowly reduce the dosage of nicotine which I am receiving.

Living on campus in university led to a huge diet comprised of McDonalds, Soft-Drinks, Coffee, and sour-keys. . . and complete lack of exercise.

Started on a relatively stricter diet comprised of high protein and lower amounts of fat, as well as regular workout routine throughout the week.

A side project was also started by myself in order to get closer to the less fortunate community of the beautiful city I live in; Vancouver. Interviewing homeless people, visiting the shelters, and handing out some food the homeless.

Goals For August

- Enforce better time management skills
- Interview few more homeless people
- Update blog more regularly to increase accountability
- Workout 3-4x a week
- Continue playing as much of my 'A' Game as possible
- Aim for 250k+ hands.
- 180h

Month End Review- July

Month Summary

Goal: 200/345k hands reached 

Hours: 121 hours put in                                         Money: ~7k          

Peak of the month was about half way through the month, at which point I encountered a downswing.

Took half a week off, and slowly climbed back up a tad bit.

Healthy Living

Started the month on Nicotine Patches as a method of trying to quit smoking.

Worked out 4-5x a week with heavy weights. 

Ate "relatively" clean, with the exception of 

Wings night out

Gelato 3-4x a week at most.

All you can eat sushi

A 'July Reflection; August Goals post will be posted tomorrow with in-depth' short comings will be discussed more thoroughly.

Time Management. Tilt Management. Table Selection. Self-Control.  

Saturday Mornin'

First session today, felt like the longest 3k hands I've played in my life. Took absolutely forever to get through.

Huge swing at the 1.5-1.7k hand mark,





Biggest Losing Hand: Just absolutely disgusting. . . was pretty happy when I got 3bet, was pretty happy to 4bet, was a tad nervous when they shove ''usually it's AK/QQ''.

For someone unknown reason the weaker players at this stake have no clue how to play AK when they don't make a pair in 3bet pots, and the same players are clueless in playing QQ on Ace or King - High boards. ~ And just plain shove.

A6s

Totally knew I had best hand ;)

Late Night Session-

Late night sessions. . . should probably be avoided.

Was about to call it a day after losing tree-fiddy. . . but figured a heavy bag session and a 3km jog will help lighten things up.

Also figured since I was already behind pace by a bit this month a little bit of extra volume can't hurt, and considering the 100nl-Zoom Fullring games were running at 1am pst. . just absolutely irresistible!

One of the worst sessions I've had in awhile, not only did I get cooler situations left and right, was definitely not playing my A-game.

This brings my total downswing for today to -10bi's. Despite how common a 10bi downswing is, I felt it could've been easily minimized had I played a lot better.

Few situations where I kept trying to turn hands into bluffs. . .


Note for Tomorrow
1. Focus more energy on getting Value
2. Focus more energy on not bluffing so much.
3. Try not to get into pre-flop wars . . . [post-flop's where the money's at]