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Busto.

Yes, unfortunately today I went Busto.

Untill I'm able to re load substantially, I think I be taking some kind of break.

I just wanted to say a real Thankyou to everyone at HUSNG for helping, and giving so much time and knowledge freely in helping me along the way. I learned so much and perversely enjoyed the pain a lot.

Yeah a big thanks to Ryan, Barrin, Adam, Sentin and Sören.

Best Wishes,

TheCleaner01.

Go Forth and CRUSH !

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Thank you Cleaner. Very sorry

Thank you Cleaner.
Very sorry to hear about you going busto. If we find one of those no deposit bonuses, are you interested? Would that help you out?
There are deals where you can get $50 or so to play with as long as you are a new, valid account, and see how you do with it.

Sentin's picture
If you end up working this

If you end up working this out with ryan, I'd be happy to do a free leakfinder for you to see if we can sort out some issues you may be having.
Best of luck to you in whatever you choose to do.
S.

CRUSHING FISH LIKE A BOSS

COACHING

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Hey Ryan and Sentin, Thanks

Hey Ryan and Sentin,
Thanks for the offer.
I think I'd like to take some time off first. Its been 4 solid months of learning and playing and, as much as I want to continue playing I imagine a break might be a chance for some insight and thought about my life/game approach. 
Will post again in a few days once I have a new plan.

Go forth and CRUSH !

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Sad to hear this. I hope to

Sad to hear this. I hope to see you again soon. You seemed to have been very ambitious, asking lots of questions and not playing all to bad. So, might I ask if you went broke due to tilt - maybe?
All the best.

Hi.

TheCleaner01's picture
Thanks Barrin. I need to take

Thanks Barrin.
I need to take a couple of days off to think about how and why Busto happens for me.
I think there's a whole bunch of reasons that are all too obvious, but so difficult to avoid.
I will write them down of course and post them here soon.

Go forth and CRUSH !

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Reasons I go Busto..

Reasons I go Busto..
Ok, I still consider myself as a poker student at the begging of my game.
I will try and give an open reasoning for my explanation of going Busto it will help me and maybe it helps some newbies starting off in their game.
 
This is really only my idea of how to improve my approach to poker, I'm sure it isn't for everyone, but maybe someone might take something from it that helps them on their way. 
 
My reasons for starting playing poker seriously were financial with no secondary income to back me up. I thought "If this is possible to learn, I can learn it." "There is volumes of information out there available to you, you will be able to teach yourself."
 
With no real knowledge of Hyper Turbos, I began my study.
 
My initial goal and targets were wildly ambitious, which was a great idea in principle, but alas too lofty for someone starting from zero. Setting yourself unrealistic goals is not really going to help you perform free of  pressure. Better to set yourself quality goals like - Can I play my next session at my best ? If not why ? And how can I better myself next time ?
 
I started with a bankroll so small there was little chance of me floating through the hard times of negative variance whilst at the same time trying to educate myself. Basically I was always in fear of going Busto. In hindsight, and with more cash at my disposal, I should have started with at least 100bi, and a coaching deal to guide me through the first few months. 
 
The problems I see is that from the outside, Poker is a game of winning money but actually it's so much more than that. Sure we want to make money, but the thought of money is the last thing you need when playing poker. So your bankroll needs to be fat and you need some secondary income so that losing is not a tilt issue.
 
Unfortunately for me money would be really great right now, so it takes on too much importance in the game, meaning losses are much more painful than they should be. On the other hand it's a great stimulus for learning and working hard at your chosen subject.
 
I've only been playing HU for four months so I think for me a realistic estimate of a year of playing and study before I would see positive results. 
 
Naturally this time scale would be accelerated with the guidance of a coach. I read recently that he who teaches himself has a fool for a Master ! Or something along those lines.... Maybe that's too extreme, but for me after a downswing I would get completely lost and totally lose confidence in my game. A coach would help with the confidence you need to push forwards, knowing your doing the right thing and correcting your mistakes, basically keeping you on track.
 
I recently improved with my scheduling and warm up, alas really too late in the whole scheme of things, but this is a note to self for future corrections. Preparing yourself and preparing your environment so that you are ready to play goes a long way to making you really focused and relaxed when you play.
 
So a schedule really helps ? I would love to play poker all day long, but that's just not possible. With a family and a career as an artist there is also a lot to do and take care of, before there is any down time to have free head space for getting on with poker. In hindsight I would schedule one time per day to play poker, it would be after all the daily chores are taken care of, the kids are in bed and the wife has been sedated. Only then I think can you really focus with out distraction. 15-30 min warm up, play for an hour with a break after 30min. 15 min cool down period evaluating and reflecting on the session you just played. That's enough, if you can play great for that hour it's a real achievement. Also reviewing your hand histories for one hours play is more achievable when your starting out.
 
Hand Histories. 
Even though its really hard to do this, it's one of the best helps. To go through a series of games you played and discover all your crazy mistakes is an enlightening moment, it really helps you correct major leaks. 
 
Also, rematch ! Even if only for two games, see if you can get a feel for the other players game, see if you can exploit and adjust. One 13 game session I had recently was a really helpful session to analyse my play.
 
Leaks. 
My major leak was calling when the villain was onto a possible straight or flush draw. My biggest killer, you know he has it but your curiosity gets the better of you. 
 
Another leak of humongous proportions was to play when not prepared, playing when tired and fatigued. Playing when there was other things on your mind or to do. I hope I can improve on this discipline. 
 
To put that into perspective I think I have lost half of my bankroll to playing at a time of day when I could be disturbed, or should have been doing other things. Get that stuff out of the way before you sit down at the table.
 

I can't handle the downswings as I feel I am in the minus and have to grind my way back up to be in the plus. Every kind of tilt makes it harder to play at your premium. Therefore identifying and eliminating tilt where ever it appears is of paramount importance and shouldn't be over looked. 
 
I thought I had the perfect mentality for poker as I love to deceive and trick. Going Busto makes you realise some aspects of your personality are in need of some adjustments.
 
There's one more leak, but I don't know how to define it yet. Something along the lines of extreme competitiveness and the inability to believe your opponent isn't bluffing. 
 
Naturally I find it very hard to have a logic that can understand and not tilt because of the randomness and variance in Poker, positive variance is great, the negative kind is somewhat harder to deal with ! For a small sample I kept a tally on positive and negative outcomes of flips, I found it was approximately 50/50 so don't hate the variance, it's part of the game.

 
So where are we now after all of this. I think I can say HU poker has been an immense challenge, greater than anything I expected when I first started. It has so many levels of thought, so many reflections and contradictions to what you believe to be true, it's fascinating. I can't wait to return.
 
Big thanks again to everyone !
 
 

Go forth and CRUSH !