PP#1B.4 – Update w/ curses

I will not play on CENSORED for at least a week (01/11/2011 – 06/11/2011) for site-related & site-specific tilt issues resulting in an already tilt-prone mind-set even before sessions.
I have problems w/ CENSORED's software (cumbersome), number of players playing at my level (not enough),  table player / flop seen % (too low), table animation (irritating), design (tiring to my eyes), (short) time left to think - I think that's all. Everything is cluttered, messed up, unclear and all the players seem to be regulars {regs}; I turn out to be the fish b/c nothing I do is good enough to fucking win (typical irrational tilt thinking).

I have free will. I do not have to play on CENSORED, or on any other site. I am free to do whatever the fuck I want. I do not even have to play poker. I must develop a fucking mental resilience.
I just don’t want to play on that site. I developed a paranoia, a fear, a negative anticipation of doom, an “I know it”, an “I can’t”, a self-fulfilling vision of self-sabotage even if I just think about playing on CENSORED. All these smaller rooms have a fucking poor software and shitty player base.

Study & Programming (2011.10.29)

Below is my Study & Programming {prog} plan / schedule and achievement list, kept independently from PPs as of today. Most probably I will completely or partially censor my prog plans, not to mention my actual program (most probably to be written in JAVA), b/c, well, I am pro-closed source when it comes to profitable (and entirely legal - no irony implied) ideas and b/c I am just a frugal, greedy fellow.

PP#1.4

Well well, number of tables played simultaneously {simul} and # of Hs just keep growing. Progressing towards my goals in a steadfast and diligent manner.

PP#1A.4

Duration: from 29/10/2011 (Sat) until I reach CENSORED = $116.18 in clean profit on CENSORED

Goal: to start and keep playing iff I am able to play my A-game && to continuously improve my A-game @ the fastest rate possible

Specs: IFF I am able to play my A-game && I have the necessary BR → 7 * 9 * 2 * 3 = 378 H/week (min. 9 H/day, max. 9 * 2 * 3 = 54 H/session) max. 2t playing (w/ constant table selection) 9M $0.02/$0.05 NLHE ns || fs @ CENSORED (5+ min.)

PP#1B.4

Duration: from 29/10/2011 (Sat) until I reach CENSORED = $114.44 in clean profit on CENSORED

Goal: to start and keep playing iff I am able to play my A-game && to continuously improve my A-game @ the fastest rate possible

Specs:  IFF I am able to play my A-game && I have the necessary BR → 7 * 9 * 2 * 3 = 378 H/week (min. 9 H/day, max. 9 * 2 * 3 = 54 H/session) max. 2t playing (w/ constant table selection) 9M $0.02/$0.04 NLHE ns || fs @ CENSORED (5+ min.)

PP#1A-B.4

BRM:

-  Step up / step down: when I reach my clean profit goal as stated in Duration / if my ΣBR falls under $30.00

-  BI rules: as written in the 1st (Basic) article of PS’s NLHE MSS

-  Session stops: when I am no longer able to play my A-game

Review & Analysis: jot down thoughts & feelings of hands of interest during play and analyse tilt situations right after the fact

Remark: Study and Programming Plans are to be separated from PPs as they run independently from them.

PP#1 - Week 2 (16/10/2011 - 22/10/2011)

Seriously is there any need for explanation? Numbers speak for themselves, ain't they? :)

PP#1.3

PP#1A.3

Duration: from 18/10/2011 (Tue) until I reach CENSORED = $118.54 in clean profit on CENSORED

Goal: to start and keep playing iff I am able to play my A-game && to continuously improve my A-game @ the fastest rate possible

Specs: IFF I am able to play my A-game && I have the necessary BR → 7 * 9 * 2 * 2 = 252 H/week (min. 9 H/day, max. 9 * 2 * 2 = 32 H/session) max. 2t playing (w/ constant table selection) 9M $0.02/$0.05  NLHE ns || fs @ CENSORED (5+ min.)

PP#1B.3

Duration: from 11/10/2011 (Tue) until I reach CENSORED = $116.45 in clean profit on CENSORED

Goal: to start and keep playing iff I am able to play my A-game && to continuously improve my A-game @ the fastest rate possible

Specs: IFF I am able to play my A-game && I have the necessary BR → 7 * 9 * 2 * 2 = 252 H/week (min. 9 H/day, max. 9 * 2 * 2 = 32 H/session) max. 2t playing (w/ constant table selection) 9M $0.02/$0.04 NLHE ns (having no name on CENSORED) || fs (called ‘speed’ on CENSORED) @ CENSORED (5+ min.) 

PP#1A-B.3

BRM:

-  Step up / step down: when I reach my clean profit goal as stated in Duration / if my ΣBR falls under $30.00

-  BI rules: as written in the 1st (Basic) article of PS’s NLHE MSS

-  Session stops: when I am no longer able to play my A-game

Review & Analysis: jot down thoughts & feelings of hands of interest during play and analyse tilt situations right after the fact

Study: 

-  Articles: extract and internalise 1 MSS article (2/2 Bronze + 1-4/4 Gold = 5 articles) / (3+4n)d and 1 Psychology & Didactics article / (2+4n)d (4-5/5 Basic + 1-2/14 Bronze = 4 articles)

-  Books: 1 page of "Kill Everyone (2nd edition)" by Lee Nelson, Tysen Streib and Steven Heston starting from p4 / (1+4n)d

-  Videos: extract and internalise 5 min. of 8FP2PE starting from 15:00 of Episode 1 / (4+4n)d

Programming: complete 9M $0.02/$0.05 NLHE CENSORED- and 9M $0.02/$0.04 CENSORED-specific HEM-integrated SSHC filtering program based on PS NLHE MSS SSHC in 7 * 4 – 3 - 7 = 18 days, or by 04/11/2011 (Fri)

A Change of Pace

Sigh... it is impossible for me to post my daily results regularly since doing all the necessary hassle takes too much time. Plus I have a lot of other things to do, to which I give higher priority. So for now I will only post my PPs and my weekly results.
I reckon that only after I made a usable poker hand history {HH} analyser program will I start posting posts of worthy content (H analysis, psychological {psych} considerations, statistics {stats}, strategies {strats}, etc.).
But I guarantee it will be well worth the wait.

PP#1 - Week 1 (08/10/2011 - 15/10/2011)

Along w/ my daily results I am going to post my weekly results as well (and then monthly and annual ones - could have you guessed? If you did so, then you won yourself this luxury mansion in Potomac worth $10,000,000.00. Now go and enjoy it fool!). So where was I...? I do so not because {b/c} I am profit-oriented, but b/c I like to keep track of where I stand. No great business can do without {w/out} diligent accounting, right Mr Madoff? If happen to be Mr Madoff, then you won yourself this nice prison cell. Yeah, my reaction time to news is pretty darn slow :)

Explanation of abbs: #d = day number (continues the next week)

PP#1 - Day 7 (15/10/2011 - Sat)

PP#1 - Day 6 (14/10/2011 - Fri)

PP#1 - Day 4 (12/10/2011 - Wed)

PP#1 - Day 3 (11/10/2011 - Tue)

PP#1.2

PP#1A.2

Duration: from 11/10/2011 (Tue) until I reach CENSORED = $122.68 in clean profit on CENSORED

Goal: to start and keep playing iff I am able to play my A-game && to continuously improve my A-game @ the fastest rate possible

Specs: IFF I am able to play my A-game && I have the necessary BR → 7 * 9 * 2 * 2 = 252 H/week (min. 9 H/day, max. 9 * 2 * 2 = 32 H/session) max. 1t playing, max. +2t waiting (w/ constant table selection) 9M $0.02/$0.05  NLHE ns || fs @ CENSORED (5+ min.)

PP#1B.2

Duration: from 11/10/2011 (Tue) until I reach CENSORED = $?.?? (oh yeah, I forgot to check my current BR after finishing PP#1B.1, so I couldn't calculate how much money I need for the $CENSORED to reach) in clean profit on CENSORED

Goal: to start and keep playing iff I am able to play my A-game && to continuously improve my A-game @ the fastest rate possible

Specs: IFF I am able to play my A-game && I have the necessary BR → 7 * 9 * 2 * 2 = 252 H/week (min. 9 H/day, max. 9 * 2 * 2 = 32 H/session) max. 1t playing, max. +2t waiting (w/ constant table selection) 9M $0.02/$0.04 NLHE ns || fs @ CENSORED (5+ min.) 

PP#1A-B.2

BRM:

-  Step up / step down: when I reach my clean profit goal as stated in Duration / if my ΣBR falls under $30.00

-  BI rules: as written in the 1st (Basic) article of PS’s NLHE MSS

-  Session stops: when I am no longer able to play my A-game

Review & Analysis: jot down thoughts & feelings of hands of interest during play and analyse tilt situations right after the fact

Study: 

-  Articles: extract and internalise 1 MSS article (1-2/2 Bronze + 1-4/4 Gold = 6 articles) / (3+4n)d and 1 Psychology & Didactics article / (2+4n)d (2-5/5 Basic + 1-2/14 Bronze = 6 articles)

-  Books: 1 page of "Kill Everyone (2nd edition)" by Lee Nelson, Tysen Streib and Steven Heston starting from p2 / (1+4n)d

-  Videos: extract and internalise 5 min. of 8FP2PE starting from 5:00 of Episode 1 / (4+4n)d

Programming: complete 9M $0.02/$0.05 NLHE CENSORED- and 9M $0.02/$0.04 CENSORED-specific HEM-integrated SSHC filtering program based on PS NLHE MSS SSHC in 7 * 4 - 3 = 25 days, or by 04/11/2011 (Fri)

PP#1 - Day 2 (10/10/2011 - Mon)

PP#1 - Day 1 (09/10/2011 - Sun)

PP#1 - Day 0 (08/10/2011 - Sat)

I'm going to post my results daily, weekly, and monthly, usually without any comment. Interesting hands and intriguing thoughts or ideas will go into separate posts.

Explanation of abbs: s# = session number (continues the next day), ∓ = profit, ∑∓ = total profit (continues the next day), BB/100H = profit in BB/100Hs, ∑BB/100H = total  profit in BB/100Hs (continues the next day)

Remark: even though I play sessions w/ max. of 18 - 1 + 9 = 26 Hs w/ 5+ min. of refreshing, non-computer breaks in between as described in PP#1.1, sometimes HEM bundles one or more of my sessions into one session.

Captured by HEM

Explanation of abbs: EV = expected value

PP#1.1

PP#1A.1

Duration: from 08/10/2011 (Sat) until I reach CENSORED = $123.48 in clean profit (definition: {:=} profit without rakeback and bonuses) on CENSORED
Goal: to start and keep playing iff I am able to play my A-game (:= to make the best possible decisions relative to my knowledge in every street of each hand during all my sessions, i.e. to have the ideal poker mindset while playing) and to continuously improve my A-game @ the fastest rate possible

Specs: IFF I am able to play my A-game AND {&&} I have the necessary BR → 7 * 9 * 2 = 126 H/week (min. 9 H/day, max. 9 * 2 = 18 H/session) max. 1t playing, max. +2t waiting (w/ constant table selection) 9M $0.02/$0.05 No-Limit Hold'em {NLHE} normal speed {ns} || fast speed {fs} @ CENSORED (5+ minutes {min.})

PP#1B.1

Duration: from 08/10/2011 (Sat) until I reach CENSORED = $109.99 in clean profit on CENSORED

Goal: to start and keep playing iff I am able to play my A-game && to continuously improve my A-game @ the fastest rate possible

Specs: IFF I am able to play my A-game && I have the necessary BR → 7 * 9 * 2 = 126 H/week (min. 9 H/day, max. 9 * 2 = 18 H/session) max 1t playing, max. +2t waiting (w/ constant table selection) 9M $0.02/$0.04 NLHE ns || fs @ CENSORED (5+ min.) 

PP#1A-B.1

BRM:

-  Step up / step down: when I reach my clean profit goal as stated in Duration / if my ΣBR falls under $30.00

-  BI rules: as written in the 1st (Basic) article of PokerStrategy’s {PS} NLHE Middle StackStrategy {MSS}

-  Session stops: when I am no longer able to play my A-game

Review & Analysis: jot down thoughts & feelings of hands of interest during play and analyse tilt situations right after the fact

Study: 

-  Articles: extract and internalise 1 MSS article (3/3 Basic + 1-2/2 Bronze + 1-4/4 Gold = 7 articles) / (3+4n)d and 1 Psychology & Didactics article / (2+4n)d (1-5/5 Basic + 1-2/14 Bronze = 7 articles)

-  Books: 1 page of "Kill Everyone (2nd edition)" by Lee Nelson, Tysen Streib and Steven Heston / (1+4n)d

-  Videos: extract and internalise 5 min. of The Eightfold Path to Poker Enlightenment {8FP2PE} starting from 5:00 of Episode 1 / (4+4n)d

Programming: complete 9M $0.02/$0.05 NLHE  CENSORED- and 9M $0.02/$0.04 CENSORED-specific Holdem Manager {HEM}-integrated static starting hands chart {SSHC} filtering program based on PS NLHE MSS SSHC in 7 * 4 = 28 days, or by 04/11/2011 (Fri)

Remark: I CENSORED some information (the sites I am playing on and the way I calculated my goal amount of clean profit) in order to protect my (poker) identity.

General outline of Poker Plans {PPs}

PP(numero OR {||} number){#}# of PP in order

Duration: [on date to undertake PP for 1 day] || [from start date of PP until [end date of PP for duration of PP in days] || [goal to reach starting from start date of PP]]
Goal: overall non profit-oriented goal
Specifics {Specs}: IFF condition(s) to be fulfilled (then || therefore) {→} # of hands {Hs} per { / } week (minimum {min.} # of Hs/day, maximum {max.} # of Hs/session) max. # of table(s) {t} played simultaneously in one sessiont, +max. # of ts waiting simultaneously in one sessiont  [limit || [Buy-in {BI}+rake {r}]] [number of (total || sum) {Σ} players in Sit & Go's {SnGs} - only in case of SnGs /]t size(max. players at {@} a t){M} [abbreviated game type] [abbreviated speed] [table or tourney type] @ abbreviated site name where I play the sessions (min. non-computer active rest time between sessions)
Bankroll Management {BRM}:
-  Step up / step down: above what bankroll {BR} to step up / below what BR to step down
-  BI rules: how much big blinds {BB} to BI with {w/} plus-minus {±} stack to refill to original BI / stack to sit out w/ 
-  Session stops: under which conditions and after how much hands, win or loss to terminate a session; listed in priority
Review & Analysis: schedule to review & analyze my hands
Study: books, articles & videos to internalise w/ corresponding deadline(s) || schedule
Programming: relevant programming tasks to finish w/ corresponding deadline(s) || schedule

The text written in blue is an explanation and will be replaced w/ actual data in actual PPs.

Don't worry if you have no clue of what you have just read... I don't have either!

Abbreviations {abbs}

I tend to use a lot of abbs in my technical writings because it saves me a lot of time and makes my posts more concise. However, too many abbs can make my writings nearly incomprehensible for newcomers and a nightmare to read for those with lesser lexical memory.

Hero: But worry not my readers, for I shall compile a list of abbs regularly.
Chorus: Comile, oh he will!

Usage: non-abbreviated form of a word or expression followed by the abbreviated form enclosed in curly brackets, for example {e.g.}

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