I demolished my hands goal by quite a bit, which I am really happy about. Cutting out the distractions has been huge. I am currently at 37,200 VPPs, while Supernova Elite pace is just 19,100. I have been playing about twice SNE pace which I would like to continue doing all month. Unfortunately my results have not been great, primarily due to a couple horrible sessions in which I lost about 300 big bets.
Looking back and referring to the chart in my previous post, I can attribute at least some of this downswing to a couple of weaknesses:
These two factors combined helped inflate the effects of running bad at the tables.
(Lack of) good sleep: I got woken up early by Nala (see below) pawwing at our bedroom door. I tend to get annoyed / bored laying in bed awake in morning, so I usually just opt to get up and start my day. That is one skill I need to work on – falling back asleep in the morning if I wake up too early. Any tips for quieting your mind in this situation?
Quitting as soon as you stop playing your A-game: There were a few occasions where the action was on me on the flop at 3 different tables, and I had know idea what the preflop action was. Ack! This was definitely related to my poor night of sleep. If this happens in the future I need to insta-quit all my tables and take a break, and maybe even take a nap.
Week Two
For week two I’d like to continue with the same approximate schedule. I am going to up my hand goal to 20,000 hands for the week. I also want to reinforce my strict no-distractions policy until it becomes a no-will-power-required habit. Here is an interesting article on creating habits.
Good luck at the tables, and thanks for reading!
Try ear plugs-that could help you sleep a little later. It works for me with our kitty situation, too! Great blog-I’m learning from you, SIL 🙂
Sick grind…
Did you do a pretty good job sticking to your schedule, or were you extending sessions?
kc
ps. Badass PP sweatshirt! I’ve still got a long sleeved, denim button-up that I like to wear on special occasions!
Hi kc,
I stuck pretty closely to the daily schedule. My nights were more go-with-the-flow, and I played if I felt like it.
Yeah that PartyPoker hoody is old-school
Enjoy!
Great start hands wise. I’m always playing catchup it seems, would love to get ahead of pace like you.
One thing that might help for sleep is a set of earplugs and a sleeping mask. I have them at home though I rarely use them – they take some getting used to I think.
One last scheduling question:
Do you ever take days off?
Thanks!
Thus far I have not taken a day completely off, but yeah certainly a couple days where I just play 1 session in the evening or something like that.
I think I will need a complete day or two off soon though, I’m feeling a little bit run down lately. 😐