Hello, so judging from the post title, it can be understood that the week wasn't the best in terms of poker. Summarizing the entire past month (I won't upload all the different graphs as it would take up too much space), in tournaments up to 9 euros (including satellites and rebuy tournaments), I managed to earn 707 euros over 257 tournaments. In tournaments from 9-12 euros, over 111 tournaments, I lost 256 euros, and in tournaments with a 12+ euro buy-in, over 28 tournaments, I lost 521 euros. So, in total, it comes to -70 euros for the month. However, I must say that the run in the more expensive tournaments was really tragic (although I don't know any poker player who would say they are running well), and since I played very few of them, it strongly affects the results (by the way, I started joining 30e tournaments and satelliting into some 100e ones). In the short term, MTT variance is huge, but of course, my own mistakes also played a part, which I want to emphasize this time. As hard as it is to admit, I probably burned around 300-500 euros this past week due to tilting. And I'm not talking about the “monkey tilt” where you just start doing anything, ATC all-ins, but rather about how the game's result and the current state of mind (I had a few sessions where I felt really exhausted at the end, one day I even managed to spew a 10 euro tournament two-table where the first place was 2.2k euros. At that moment, I was playing in “robot mode” and instinctively pressed call on an opponent's donk shove when a backdoor flush closed) influence decisions at the table. In other words, mistakes are made not out of ignorance but out of carelessness, negligence, and not thinking. However, today I took a day off and thought that if I burn around 500 euros a month just due to fatigue, “psychological instability,” and “robot mode” during the game, maybe it's time to start solving these problems. So I thought I should set up some kind of schedule and routine (although it's very difficult when playing MTT) to fix my sleep pattern. The next thing I think is necessary to stay alert during long sessions is physical activity, and I don't think I have any dietary problems because we eat quite healthy and light food here. Since the beginning of the month is the best time to promise yourself all sorts of things (apart from the beginning of the year), from tomorrow I will try to wake up at around 11 AM our time (which is 6 AM after the clock change in Lithuania), buy food during that time, swim in the pool for at least 15 minutes (maybe I'll even manage to force myself to run), review the unclear spots noted from the previous day and/or watch training videos before the session to get my brain working, and start grinding at 1:30 PM. Of course, many people I talked to said that morning sessions are not very profitable, etc. (because 1:30 PM LT time is 10:30 AM), but I think everyone has to find the most convenient/acceptable time to play for themselves. So, looking at the tournament schedule on winamax/ps.fr/ps.eu, I really don't see a problem gathering 6 tables (I don't join more at the moment). By the way, I am currently very motivated to grind (which hasn't happened in a long time!!!), and after not playing for one day, I already want to sit at the tables, so I believe that next month I might manage to play even 600-700 tournaments not counting satellites, which is a lot for me. I hope my regime plans won't end after the first 3 days, as it has been until now 😉 By the way, I will also start recording how much time I spend on poker and what my hourly rate is, because poker tracker messes up the hourly earnings, sometimes duplicating the time of one session and so on. Also, I received a request from people to write down the expenses of living here, so I will try to provide an approximate cost of everything, including rent, internet, food, visa, and everything else, at the end of next month. And I don't have any other interesting news from here because I practically spent the whole week playing poker, and today I took a day off and went to play a live tournament… 😉 If you have any questions, it's best to write a private message on Facebook (because I don't keep track of all the comments, as I try to use FB as little as possible, and I don't turn it on at all during sessions) and next week I will prepare a video with answers for the report 🙂 Until then, may the run be with you 😀
