Grind Time

So this entry was going to be all about poker goals & stuff and then I saw I had been beaten to the punch by Bazclef with a cool post on said topic: Clicky

Bugger.

With the end of summer I’m knuckling down to some grinding. August and September were below-par volume wise and on reflection I have realised that I let my routine slip a bit. A little checklist of stuff that I got wrong:

• Despite the low volume I missed reviewing some sessions.
• Some regs in my games have 400 or so hands in my DB but not a single note – not good enough!
• I didn’t always run the table selection software before sitting
• A couple of videos that I intended to watch remain unwatched and a few more strat posts could have been read on poker forums

To fix all this and kick myself back into gear, I’ve knocked up a daily ‘grind’ schedule for October. It’s nothing too overexerting – all reasonable daily hands totals and plenty of days off pencilled in which I can move around if stuff crops up – but it will fix the above list. I’m not allowing myself to even start a new session before the previous one has been reviewed (and notes taken) and the first piece of software open is the table scanner. I have a few regs pencilled in for a full doggystyle review of their play and those videos will get a viewing shortly.

So far it’s worked a treat. I’m well ahead of volume and have a booked a few greenies as a bonus. I’ve even dipped my big toe into the murky unspoken world of Full Ring. I followed a couple of droolers there and found the shortstacker situation to be better than I remembered (It used to be 6 or 7 20bb’ers and a few full stacks). Could be worth checking out every now and again, especially now that a few FR buddies have been made.

I might blog something about longer term poker goals in the near future. I wasn’t going to, but that link in the first paragraph has made me think maybe I should jot it down. Join me next time for dreams of hookers and blow.