Rough time

Yo everyone

Rough time last couple days. I said I would end the month up pretty easily. It probably won’t happen like promised. I lost close to 16k in the last 4 days.

At the beginning, I decided to take a small shot at plo1k (games were very soft) but I literally got crushed. Not that I played bad (probably by the end, I admit) but I ran terribly and could not force myself to quit the games (which is understandable when you are sit with 4 fishs and 1 reg on each of your 6 tables).

This episode highlighted one thing : I have some serious issues with my self control. More I lose, more I play and this is wrong. Big issue requieres big fix : instead of turning off my laptop and take a walk I self exluded myself for 24 hours on stars. It ends today but I probably won’t play much til tomorrow.

Also, this downswing affects my bankroll. I’m not broke – yet – but for the first time ever, I have a bankroll problem. So what ? It was not to be easy when I decided to go pro and I read every pro has been broke at least once. But still, this swing seems to be affecting me, my confidence, more than ever. Maybe because I just started to play PLO. I’m going to force myself not to play more than nl/pl400 until I rebuild a roll which is going to be hard but I’ll do my best. This is it for my poker mindset of the week.

I still don’t know what I’m gonna do next year. I have ideas but nothing set in the stone. I would like to move in another country but I don’t know 1) where 2) with who. Thailand ? Las vegas ? Anywhere else ? I still have a couple month to plan that. My criteriums : cheap and nice girls, that’s it.

In France, there is this summer reality show called Secret story. This is the third season and it’s the first one I assiduously watch. Usually, I don’t really like this kind of show but it’s actually very entertaining. The concept is easy but efficient : stereotyp guys (the black gay –ish- guy, the long blond hair “ken” guy who has sex with the big boobs “Barbie” girl…) living together in a house recorded 24/24. It seems this year, the game is on and there is a ton of strategy and engineering. I really enjoy watching daily episodes and it definitely is taking part of my daily life, as much as poker.

I’m done for today.

Robin, live from the train from Rennes. By the way, the more I take the train, the more I think our railway in France is very good : quiet fast and cheap (unlike Netherlands where they are slow and ugly).

Buenos aires cancelled

Heyyyyyy, ADZ "TheOnlyOne" 122 here blogging from Paris.

So in the last entry I told I was about to go in BsAs but I had to cancel because of the swine flue. Several contacts I know who live over there told me government was about to close ALL closed public places (clubs, bar, theater...). Going to BsAs without clubbing is like going in Paris without climbing the Eiffel tower.

I decided to go in Greece instead but I have issues going on concerning my BsAs payment with the travelling agence (basically they took my $$ and don't want to give me them back, FUCK opodo.fr).

Concerning poker this month, I think I'm down a bunch (maybe 6k, I don't know coz I have like 3 differents databases). I hope I can end in the green which should not be hard coz I now enjoy playing.

Next couple days I hope I can fix that issue with opodo so I can relax in Athen.

that's it for today

take care and gl to Ludovic cutsss Lacay who is crushing in the ME.

also a shootout to my buddy Rui gohanounet Cao : rent me your house.

10 days in Buenos Aires

Hey, it's me ADZ 122.

Long time no see. Indeed, I have not posted an entry for like 2 month and a half. At this time, I was chipleader of a donkament hosted in Mar del plata, Argentina. Obviously, I did not take it down and I ended #22 (or #17 I can't remind) for like $14k. At this time, everything would suceed. I was to be, and I'm 100% honnest, the best at this game.

Long story short, since April, NLHE has fucked me up so FUCKING HARD. I can't even look at this stupid game played with only 2 CARDS. HOW THE FUCK CAN YOU OFTEN HIT A FULL HOUSE AT THIS GAME ? Ok, you got me, I now play PLO. And I seriously love it. This damn game is fun and being better day after day highlighted one of the reason I had hated poker so much lately : I had lost my desire to progress.

Today, after some bulshit happened with family/friend, I just wanted to get the fuck out of here and go back in Paris, alone in my aprtmt. And soudelainly, I reminded I was a pro poker player and so I was like "WOOT, Robin, wake up seriously, why would you grind in a empty flat in Paris if instead you can take a flight in 4 days and go in Buenos Aires ?". Here I'm, I booked my train ticket vannes => paris and also booked a 10 days trip in Buenos Aires.

I will stay in this hotel. I pretty much picked him "au hasard" and I just saw a guy on 2+2 recommends it so I run good so far.

Why do I tell you this ?

I'm gonna post some goals for that trip, poker and non poker stuff related.

Poker stuff :

- 2 sessions of maximum 3 hours a day
- game will only be PLO (6max - PLO200 up to PLO1k)
- 10k profit
- get coached by KasinoKrime (just a small word about him, I started to play PLO like a month ago and we started to work together for ~3 weeks now, he helped me a ton with my PLO game and I owe him much)

Non poker stuff :

- One hour of cardio a day. I gained - too - much weight lately, obviously linked with poker (junk food, sleep schedule fked up...).

- Wake up at 10 MAXIMUM everyday but more allowed if good reason (getting laid with a hot local chick or if I'm ill of that swine influenza (Argentina is full of that crap)

- Hang out with a nice guy I met when I was in mar del plata nammed Ricardo (he helped me to get my flight on time when I was heading back to Paris), he is a individual golf coach. It will be an occasion to learn to play golf. I'm told golf has helped ton of players to get better with non poker stuff (like poker, personnal life...).

- Relax and enjoy what my "job" allows me to do

Well, I guess I'm done for now. I will take a ton of pictures during my whole trip, will post them here for sure. Also, daily updates will be done with graph/my poker mindset/my life mindset and so on.

I hope you guys will enjoy