November plus new plans!

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Unfortunately i had a again a bad month so i'm forced to do some changes in my game selection,back to the roots is my plan.Running extremely bad in all the turbo games and that now to long.To avoid situations like this i will play for a while only non turbo games.So i took a challenge with a friend to play in 7 days 500 of the 45-180man sngs in non turbo format.With a small side bet for the extra kick :}
I hope i can find my a game soon again,because running like this is really not much fun.
It also will be a nice change because if i also run bad here i cant loose much money the downs are much more suitable for my bankroll and my psychology.
Good luck to everyone in the new month.
Heiko

Cant stop the bad run

The last 4 days i lost 2400$ every single session was a nightmare.I lost so many strong hands in important spots is against all math.For example i push my AA in a Turbo Mtt allin and had 2 caller.One with pocket tens and another guy with A 10.Of course the one outer came already in the flop,plenty of 3 outers on the river i think i never experienced so much beats in only 4 days.It feels like you go to work and everyone beats the crap out of you for hours.No honestly i dont want to be a cry baby but it goes like this now for weeks.I checked also my results for he last 3 month and i see now i did not make any money.Because of the Rake back i had a little profit but that never covers my costs for my living.So i got no choice need to go back to the low limits to recover my bankroll.Is pretty hard but i think i should done that move before 2 month already.My bankroll will look much nicer than it looks right now.
Think 8-12hour Sng grinding per night will be the best to get back in shape quickly.
I think that year was my worst poker year since i decided to make a living from it,the only thing that keeps me still confidence is that i really loose my hands because the donkey is playing terrible and get to often lucky.That have to change sooner or later again.Than poker will be fun again :}

Thanks for reading!
Heiko

And again break even :{

This picture shows perfect the emotions and my up and down feelings this month.I missed so many final tables,was so often close to the last tables but than i was getting all kind off setups and bad beats.Day for day and i ask myself why i got suddenly so much variance in my game.
The answer is my average buy in,this month the average is on 21$ and swings from 500$-1000$ are very normal.The thing is i really dont like it and also last month i didnt earned money.So i will step back again for a while and grind only games i really beat for sure.I want some result this month and i think i know what to do.In the past i done ok in the 45-180player games.With enough samplesize i should get some good dollars plus rake-back from that.
I start tonight with the sit and go grind,and i will only mix some of the low-medium turbo sngs in the programm.Tonight my upswing will start :}
Cheers all!
Heiko :}

October result

I tried my best and i was close to be even again but at the end it was not enough :}

But after i started up so badly at the beginning i feel good that i recovered close to all losses,this month i keep it simple no high-limits just the games i beat already.If im a couple of k ahead I will give the high limits some shots again.This are 3,4k vpp and i will do that in the daytime with the fifty 50 games which i try to beat longtime.This games are fantastic to earn quick points but still i dont beat them really so i need more samplesize first.Last night i went early to bed because today i have to welcome a old friend in the afternoon time.So my plan is to play a lot of the fiftys than i take the rest of the day off.
Have a nice week people ;}
Heiko
My first goal this month is to reach the supernova again before saturday

Very good days

In the last 8 days i recovered 3400$ from my losses,things look much better and i feel very good.Got plenty of winning sessions in the with the Sngs again,still  bust to many times close before the final tables in my tournament schedule.Doesn't matter i cant complain the result is good and my plan is working.It is a fantastic feeling to make money again,my only problem is my neck it is to stiff so after the weekend i need definitely a break and more exercise again.
Tonight i go for a lot of tournaments because they double the price pool on some games.I did not sleep long and well so i will need the help from my best friend Jonny Walker to stay alert and focus again ;}
Thanks for reading and good luck
Heiko

Fight back

After i lost a lot and very quickly on the high limits,i moved back to the medium and low limits and worked nearly daily.Very focused and motivated i was getting slowly some results again.Im very hot and motivated now,and i really look forward to play this Saturday plenty of tournaments because stars is doubling the price money for all the Saturday events again.I will start my session now,lets see what happened today :}
Cheers Heiko

Crazy upswing night after a long time of suffering

After last Sunday night i was so damn much on tilt like never before.4 K down this month and really upset about the way i was running.Every important hand was getting in important spots suck outed like never before.Also the pressure was higher on me because i played mostly high limit games.I should take it more easy after i was running from the first to the last day only absolute bad.
So after the first 3 weeks in that month i had only a single winning session and all the times bad downs.I decided it is impossible to play right now i need vacation.So i stopped playing from Monday to Thursday and came on Friday back to the tables.The same shit happen again but i was fresh in mind and took the beats with a smile.It have to turn sooner or later and i already moved back to the low-medium limit games.So the beats didnt bother me that much.
at a long night of playing i finally booked ny second winning session from that month.20 lousy Dollar.What a joke but still better than loosing again.

Saturday was definitely my day,i started up and was running so hot again.After a couple of hours playing i won a 180mann Sng.I checked my roll and was already 300$ ahead and still 15 tables open.Also some new one registered.I new that will be my night again.
So i went in plenty mtts deep in the money and i came  in 2 of the 50$ mtts close to the final table.i was 9 from 19 and find AQ on the button,had 25BB and i raised,the chi pleader went instant Allin but he always does that.This was my chance and i called.He showed me J10.I flopped the straight and was the new chip leader for less than a second because the crazy guy hit one more Jack and his Full House beats my Straight.

But no problem daddy had plenty other good tables running so i reached on the other medium Mtt the Final table.Here i done well but at the end the chip leader become to much power and i didnt had anything to fight back.So i went out on third place with a nice 1,6k amount.My biggest mistake was when the 2 other guys wanted a deal i told myself no,i will kick there asses easy.At the end the kicked my ass so badly :}
With a deal i will get 1k more for sure but who cares now.

I had a lot of other nice smaller cashes and finally i stopped.

Today is a German copy of a Oktoberfestival here in my town.So i will have fun there with my mates.Eating German snacks,and enjoy the good quality of the best beer in the world.
I also know there will be a drinking contest,what nobody know is that im not easy to beat in games like that hehe.
So at least im favourite on this contest :}
Enjoy your Sunday people.
Take care Heiko

Double Vision Sunday

Hi guys this Sunday poker stars will double the Major games,i think it will be extremely fish infested so i will give it a shot.I opened on a staking site my offer where i sell some of my shares.If you are interested to buy some of them please contact me so i reserve it for you.

http://www.chipmeup.com/event/107900/heikon-pokerstars-sunday-double-vision
Thanks Heiko

2 Final Tables in a session

Last night i was sure i will get a good pay day.Was running very good on the Mtts.Reached to the same time 2 final tables,one was the 55$ 10GTD and the 54$ Turbo Knockout 20k GTD.
After i lost with Aq again the button raiser (he had KK)  i was short with 6 BB.So i lost a flip with pocket 99 again AJ,.Ace on the river of course :{ so i got 374$ for a 8 place.No problem i got still the other table and i got also a good stack there.
After 20 minutes on the turbo table i found Aq in the small blind.With 12 BB left i got a very good spot.A good regular raised 2 blinds from a steal position.i went instant allin because i was sure he will fold and if not i still got AQ in diamonds.So easy desicion.But ups ,big blind called instant and he showed me AA.Very nice setup.I went out place 9.something over 400$.
On the other tables i did not do well  my last table was the 55$ 100k Gtd .120people left i was in the midfield.Also here i went out in a terrible way,lost with QQ a preflop allin again 7 10,he hit a straight.
Hope Stars will be more nice in my next session :}
Good luck to everyone .
Heiko

Not so much fun !

I started high motivated in the new month.Saturday i played a lot of Mtts in a mix with the 180s Sit And goes.After 9 hours getting raped from the first hand to the last i finally gave up and decided to start on Sunday fresh up again.The last table on Saturday gave me hope to get maybe a small final table.So i had to chance to get deep again.the last 40 people and i was involved in a funny hand.
I had aj on a board J 9 6 .I checked to the aggro fish,my plan was a check raise.Plan was working,but after my check raise he went allin.The guy had a vpip from 72% and a preflop raise from 30%.He can have everything so easy call.He showed me 5 4 offsuit.If i win that hand i got finally a chance to get at least one good table.But after the 5 came up on the turn i was sure im out.He hits also on the river and i was smiling.The first day and the first session was over i jumped to my bed.
All the hands from the day came up in my dreams,i think sometimes this Job is the worst in the world.
First day i was down 550$.

Day 2 ,i started up fresh and still motivated.after 3 hours i was thinking maybe is better to find a Job again.6 Hours later i was screaming and finally i just left my last table and went to bed.
to describe all the beats it will take hours.We all have beats and bad runs and i will not complain to much because i still do ok with this games.But sometimes is amazing how bad we can run.But i will stick to my plan this month.Monday and Thursdays a re my day offs and the other 5 days i will grind.

It feels funny,down over 1000$ this month.Is the same when you need to bring money to your office only that your Boss will let your work ;}
At least i think is a good challenge,try to get some winnings this month.

Today i meet some friends,will relax.Is a nice day here so lets make the best out of it.
Thanks for reading
Heiko

Bad combination

In the last couple of weeks really nothing works out for me,its just a bad combination between useless,Lacey and sickness and the worst thing is a can only blame myself for it ;}
First i bought a camera to make pics from my house.than  i find out there is no chance to put the pictures from the camera to my computer.....of course my fault because im always in a hurry when i buy something.i just hate shopping,this is why i always end up with buying some crap.
Got still a eye infection which heals to slowly and long sessions on  the computer are not easy.Yesterday i felt very good so i started up a Sng session,it was a very ugly session and i ended up after 3hours with a 500$down.I took a small break and opened up some new tables ,than the Internet crashes.Normally i switch to my Internet stick than,but of course i didnt find the damn thing in my new home.Of course i have to blame myself again for that,bad organised.I'm a totally unprofessional freak!!!

Angry and disappointed i gave up for the day,i done that what i can do the best.Visit a local Bar and get happy again :}
That's one of the nice things down here,is easy to find a happy end,after bad session or a bad day.Meeting up some friends is one of my favourite hobby's.

Today i also took a day off,organised a new Internet stick,so im safe the next time again when i play.And i also organised some professional cleaners for my house.Needed to get that done,because soon i will invite some of my friends for a small party.
I will lend a better camera from a friend.So i can put some pics on this damn computer.

Today i went also to a shopping center,i bought myself a nice bottle of Red Wine (Rioja) a bottle of Ouzo,some cheese,olives and a couple of wine and shot classes.
It was a good decision to take the house,it really feels like a home already and i got a lot of space now.My financial situation looks also good right now.the only thing i need to do soon is to get some discipline back.Before January i will make some extra money,Maybe i can afford  a trip to vegas than.

Pokerstars arranged everything for the trip already,each member got 2500$ for a ticket,we are allowed to take a friend with us to our room.So they can stay with us for free,also we get 1000$ extra pocket money for food and drinks.Im really looking forward to make this trip.It will be a nice change to the online poker.
Cheers guys
Heiko

Morning session with final table :}

This month i was permanent sick with something else,first i had a bad eye infection,than a little flu.So i went early to bed and woke up inn the night time 2clock.Was still not so well so i opened only some Turbo Mtts and watched on the other screen a couple of movies.
Now 6 hours later im up 2,8k Us $$$$$$.
Very happy because i still didnt had any good results this month.
Because of the sickness im afraid,but i think i will loose my Supernova Vip status this month.Need 15000Vpp and im still not 100% fit for long and focused grinding sessions.
But latest in the middle of next month i will get my status back.

I try to grind 5 days per week,my main focus will be the mtts now and i actually really dont need the Vip status because i dont produce a lot of rake anymore.
But it still looks nice with the 5 stars to my Santa Claus Avatar :}
I will update a little more soon and i also will post some pics from my House.
I wish you all well.
Heiko

PokerStars Tournament #539011272, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $40.00/$4.00 USD
707 players
Total Prize Pool: $28280.00 USD
Tournament started 2011/09/20 18:30:00 ET


Dear Niedman,

You finished the tournament in 3rd place. A USD 2,828.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

You earned 399.87 tournament leader points in this tournament. For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/tournaments/leader-board/



Congratulations!

Thank you for participating.

History moment

Went out for drinks with friends but decided to come back quickly,it was 3 in the night Thai time when we was sure we beat ,Switzerland,England,Ireland,Serbia,Czech republic,Bulgaria,Romania,Poland,slowakei!!!!!!
It was really so much fun and the excitement was big to see me other teammates playing against the other guys.
It was a big day on sunday when(today) we started the second and last day,still good players left and also everyone still had a chance to beat us.. Our Goalie Cnu1 from Korea won the first match against the other goalies on saturday.,,Day 1!
Owe you a drink in the Bahamas :}


Our defender was number 2 from 10 and he also  get a very good drink,maybe a hug also hehe...

I watched the midfielder live hes name was Eittak ,he done some crazy moves ,but also he played good.There was a lot of people in the chat they say he was just lucky...well i tell you guys!i play poker 8 years and i life my life many years on that ....luck is a factor but he played also hes cards right and please life with it...he kicked all of you out.He won the game and he deserved it for sure!!!!
fact is i promised him a lot of drinks,but is maybe cheaper to get some bottles because the team done it without my help ;]


The last match was the strikers, it felt already like a freeroll again.Was qualified before we start as a striker and now i didn't have to do anything again :{ but we only can loose when uk wins and i go out number 10 ;[
Everyone was in the school before for sure hehe.I fold also my aces allin when 10 people left .
Is all about math,and yes i suck in math .....
i needed the 9 place that we are fly for sure to the Bahamas.Well after the first couple of hands i ended up number 5 no big deal.

So all the respect goes to my team members and new friends.Congratulations i owe you all some drinks :}

Soon we will update here how we do on our preparations :} because we are the coolest Team.Rest of the World !

Im proud ,happy and surprised!!!!!

Who needs football when you can enjoy us on a World cup soon :}

Small update,Bahamas we are coming :}

Sorry not in the mood to writhe much,will make that tomorrow after my hangover hehe.
My team is pretty cool and all of them done very well!
I actually didnt need to do anything.My coolest freeroll ever!

World cup of poker

There is a big game going on tonight,is a qualifier for a team package to the Bahamas.Im a little exited because of that because it will make a nice change right now.
I was not very familiar with the rules but it looks like that i got a team now.
I introduce you to the goalie first.Hes name is Cnui1 from South Korea he qualified for that team very hard and won against 2000 people to be in that team.He also played our first match against ten people and he took the Sng down.So we got a lot of points in the first match against the other goalies.Well done Sir!


Big resect also to the defender in the team ,hes name is peffort he played also a qualifier against 92 players and he took it down.The good man had Thai nationality (on stars) and he played today our second match.He done against 10 players a second  place so we are in a good position now.

ROTW 35pts
Bulgaria 24pts
Romania 18pts
UK 16pts
Czeck 13pts
Slovaquia 12pts
Switzerland 11pts
Poland 7pts
Serbia 2pts
Ireland 2pts

We are leaders Team Rotw means rest of the world ;}

Today we got the last 2 games,first our midfielder will play against 9 other guys.Hes name is eittak from Hong Kong,he qualified against 50 players and hes turn will be 2 hours before i start the last game.If he can make some points it will be great and it will take the pressure from my shoulders.Good luck to you ;}

I play the Striker and i didn't needed to qualiy,i was set last week and needed only to play against 4 other guys.So the other guys in my team get my respect.

Only problem in my sit and go group tonight are really some experienced touch players.
The best winner is a Pokerstar Member calls j Thaddeus from Ireland,good that hes group didnt done well in the first two games.This guy won already very big in hes online career 1,2million dollars.Checked the others already and there is not much i can say negative against them.So it will be fun to play tonight against some of the online Elite in the world.
If we qualify tonight the first drinks on the Bahamas are on me for sure ;}
Cheers Heiko

Moving soon in a house

Last night i had a terrible bad beat before the final table.On the big 55$,so i went out and get drunk :} find a very beautiful house and plan to move in there on the 4.September.
5 Rooms,big terrace and nice furniture.The price is very cheap 15000baht which is 500$.After i move in i will post some pics and a video.
Cheers Heiko

Most expenisve bad beat in my career

Just finished a final table in 5 place.Lost the final hand after the  noob pushed hes Kj against me.I was holding the Queens.
Flop 7 5 10  the turn brought the gutshot which is one of my queens 2 out!
Of course the ladys always come when we dont want to see them :}
 First place was 12k and im sure if i dont get this beat i take will take the mtt down.With that chip stack easy against the other guys,nobody was very experienced.
So at the end i took 3484$ with me.
Good start after my long holidays.So i will keep on playing the rest of the month.

PokerStars Tournament #434010643, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $10.00/$1.00 USD
2474 players
Total Prize Pool: $76590.00 USD
Tournament started 2011/08/17 16:00:00 ET


Dear Niedman,

You finished the tournament in 5th place. A USD 3,484.84 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

You earned 447.27 tournament leader points in this tournament. For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/tournaments/leader-board/



Congratulations!

Thank you for participating.

Lets go

I had a very long time out from poker,and unbelievable lot of fun.But right now i open my first sngs and the plan is daily 500-1000vpp at day.It will be hard to get back to work but after a couple of days the routine should be back!
yesterday i bought a camera,to get you guys some nice shots from the party but unfortunately the battery was to low and i didn't saw that.Will try to get some pics from a friend.For sure in the future i will blog with more pics from here.
Thanks for reading.
Heiko

Big party night today

One week after my last post,i only played 10 Sngs,if i think back before a couple of month.i played 200-300 each day.So i realised that i waste to much time with party's.Is so unprofessional.So i stop that now!Tonight i will go for the last party,my good friend a professional singer is doing a show tonight.I will not miss that,and will have fun tonight for sure.But than tomorrow the poker world will have me back :}
No drinks for long time,need to look more after me.I buy a camera later,if i can get some good shots tonight i will post them here.I realised that my last girlfriend was big plus Ev :}
Im really to crazy when im single,but i think i find a new nice one.We will start up slowly but we already spend some time togeter and i really enjoy that.


Need to grind 25k vpp to the end of september or i loose my Supernova vip status what will be very silly.
Updates and pictures are coming soon.
Cheers

Battle of the Planets

This week Pokerstars is doubling the prize money in the leader board races on Stars,i think i will try to play in 4 different leagues.
The first 100 games are important so i try to play them with less tables but with A game.
I will choose the 18player Sngs for the race and i will start after dinner :}
Also some of the Big Sundays mtts are in my plan for today.
Good luck for tonight!
Heiko

Back on Earth

Finally i managed to be a good boy again,the last 48hours i was playing a lot and yesterday i was so close to hit a final table on the Eliminator again.At the end it was a 15.place and im 100 up the last 2 days :}
I get badly beaten in the Sngs but in the mtt i done some money so tonight on my main program will be Mtts  and of course the new Red spade open.
Which is a new big Tournament with 1 million prize pool.
Tomorrow i will come with my end result from the month,doesn't look so god this time :}
Good luck to you if you plan to play tonight.
Heiko

Hopeless

Well guys i didn't update that blogg for a while,because there was not much i can writhe about Poker.Before 3 weeks i wrote i had some crazy days and there is only one more birthday to celebrate before i get serious again.Well like i said it is 3 weeks ago and it was a fu....lie.
The truth about me is:i lost absolute the control.I dont know me like that,i just dont play poker anymore.When i play i loose because im not really with my brain on the tables.I think my brain is somewhere lost,i might find it in one of the nice a Gogo bras here!
Yes it is sad in one point, because i break all my good rules,Close to 3 years i survive on poker.I do actually well,i never spend more than i earn,well a short look at the new numbers this month should teach me different.Lost in poker 1500$ and lost 7000$ in Pattaya :[
But like my friend says,who the fu.... wants to work and we have only one life.
Honestly guys i got the time of my life.But i also know i cant carry on like this.No one can,also when i ship the sunday million,i'm able to spend that money here in a year or maybe quicker.
Talking about my other crazy friend he just knocked my door with a nice Lady in hes arm,well he plays also poker so something we must do right or not?
I actually sleep alone tonight,and im very proud that i can manage that.Well i dont wanna tell to much about my private life only my close mates got more in formations :]

My Thai lessons went very well at the beginning of the month,but the second part of the month my teacher lost it a bit on me.Must be the drinks and not enough sleep,i just cant pick anything up....
I promised him to be a good boy soon again,he is a nice guy and i really dont want to waste hes time.
By the way i also lost some money because i staked a guy,on chipmeup.He took all togeter 8k from people from me 400$....We all was getting scammed.
That means he took our money and buggered of.He created a account ,took a profile from a good winning player.Told us to ship the money to chipmeup and not to stars because he is afraid to loose money there.Hes excuse was the Black Friday,well we all believed him and we are all a little smarter now hehe.
Whatever i cant be angry ,there are to many luckhormons in my blood :}
I wish you guys all the best,have fun and never forget.We all life only one time!
Cheerio Heiko

To much crazy days

I dont know what happened to me and my good friend Nick,we both lost control the last few days.We are out to much again,and we spent also to much money.For sure we had some big fun with going Crazy in all kind of differnt Bars and places but it is so unprofessional.Se we both talked serious about that and we will get more organized and disciplined again.

Unfortunately there is one more birthday party this week from a Danish friend from us so we really dont get a big break from drinking.After this day i will not have a drink for a while.I loose to much control,but im proud that i dont take the ugly once home when im drunk. Which means  there are still some braincells working  when im out :}

Thai lessons

It is not a big surprise for me that the new games and the medium -highlimitgames are bringing me much more variance that i really like.But right now i will stick to this plan.Weekend and my last sngs sessions didn't went well but i also started the month good up so now after 5 days im even again.
Played less than 200 games which is nothing but right now im to busy to get a higher volume.50games per day is i think the maximum i can reach because i started on Monday my first Thai lesson.Now i got a daily 2hour appointment with a very sympathetic good teacher.Very experienced and he got a lot of patience with me :}
We meet everyday from monday-friday for two hour sessions and i also need alot of time to repeat all that stuff at home otherwise i cant keep up with the speed we plan to go.
It is very hard to stay focused and be back in a school again,but it is also fun to learn something new again in life.
We talk also about the Thai culture and about some private stuff.Really a nice guy!

So poker will be for a while only second priority to me,i will try to make a couple of dollars to protect my roll but it is right now not really that much important to me.
Need to stick to a better rhythm which means i will wake up early to play a few sngs,learn some vocabulary and do my exercise.Than afternoon a small rest before i meet my teacher.
The drinking i keep for the weekend,when i play my Mtts ;}
Cheers guys
Heiko

Sunday night Mtt and a important Goverment change in Thailand

First to the news about Thailand,last night the first time in History Government gets a woman as a Minister dont know if she look so foolish like Angela Merkel but is not so important.These Lady is the sister from Taxin the ex minister from Thailand.He lives over 6 years in exile now after the Military done a push against him.
But he remains still powerful and now he got hes comeback!
Well im not a political guy and there to many people with different story's about him,everybody talks like an expert,i really dont have any idea what the change will bring.
But one of hes promises might be specially for poker players and tourist a wonderful thing.He will get the exchange rate for the Dollar up which means that your dollar will be 30% more worth in Thailand.Hes plan is to bring more tourism back.If that will work every 2k cashout in the future will be 2,6k $ worth :} so we players got more options .
option 1= cashout less to let the bankroll grow.
option2= cashout the same but get much more fun for your money :}
lets see what they really change,this guy got definitely a lot of power and im sure he got a plan already!

Now to my Mtt report:
Started up early last night and qualified with my points for the Sunday Warm Up and the Sunday Million.
Run very deep in the Sunday 109$ Kickoff but lost a flop with JJ vs AQ the Ace came on the river,if not i will be in the top 3 from chips.60Players left and i still had 9 BB.I managed a nice comeback.Had a4 on the button and done a resteal against a loose raiser,the Small Blind woke up with A10 and he took me out.
Place 45 and 400$ price money was ok.

In the Sunday Warm Up i was holding pocket AA and i ended up in a big Pot because the fish who was already 40k lifetime down was not able to fold hes 88.
Flop 10 7 4    he went instant allin,of course i called him but the turn brought a 9 and the river 6.
Thanks and again 215$ torunament dollar wasted.

In the 109$ Daily Big 100k GTD i busted with Ak again AQ


Had a couple of more High and medium Sngs but i was not able to cash somewhere,than the Million started and i was already to tired.next time i will unregister i was far from my best A game.Anyway i lost a big Pot with two pair again a straight on the river the rest of my chips i just pushed allin.Cant even remember which hand :}
So after all i was down 130$ but richer in my bad beat experience :}
Doesn't matter now im a little exited to go after long time again to school,my first lesson in the Thai language starts in 2 hours.
Maybe i get myself a job than in the politic,with the poker experience i should be able to lie and bluff which is one of the most used skill the politicians got :}
cheers Heiko

Saturday night and sunday morning session

After i had some big fun on Friday night i needed to get serious again,so i prepared everything to get ready for a long mtt night.But this night was so crazy and i surrendered after 5 hours and stoped open up new games.Run very bad and all the weekend donks gave me a very hard time to win any hand.I managed on my last tables to recover a few dollars but at the end i was 500$ down.Not a big deal after the last weekend i really will not complain.
Slept very well after the night session so it was easy to start up some sngs in the morning,this was a very lucky decision and after 18games my roll recovered 470$ from yesterday.Not so bad for 2 hours of work.Went with a good friend for lunch and smalltalk.
Now i will relax a bit get maybe 1-2 hours more sleep.Tonight i mix the new daily bigs plus the Sunday million in my program.
Good luck to everybody.
Heiko

First Day

Run very good on my first session in the morning,my only problem was that the 9 player Sngs between the 30$and 60$ limits didnt open up quick enough.So i mixed in the new Fifty50.
Played only a few but i did run good and that was important for me to start in the month with a positive balance.
It looks like when i play 8-10 tables to the same time i really play close to 100% correct.I see much more than i saw before when i played the games in one Stack and i pick up many good reads.I will stick to this less tables and try to play 50-100 games at day.If im really sure that i beat the games i might move up to the 100$ limit or i try to increase a bit my tables.
Is afternoon time here in Thailand i slept again for 2 hours,tonight i promised a friend which always takes care my visa that i take him out in town tonight.
I will spoil him with a nice meal and than i get him a lap dance in one of the GoGo clubs in the walking Street.Is always good to keep useful friends close and small gifts are extend the friendship for sure :}

Saturday and Sunday i go only for Mtts in the Nightime and than on the week i try to get all my work in the daytime done.Feels much better to get some good sleep in the night.Got much more energy in the day,and i also start with my Thai classes at Monday afternoon.
Busy Busy Busy i hope i dont burn out :}
Cheers guys and happy weekend!
Heiko

New month goals

The last couple of days i played the 30$and 60$ single table Sngs.I got only a small Sample Size there and i run in some bad setups,but after i done many notes and saw a lot of loosing players im sure i can beat this games.My bankroll can take the swings and i will play at the beginning very careful with only 8 tables max.On the weekends i will focus on medium and a few High Limit Mtts like the Sunday Million.
With less Volume but better quality and focus on the tables i should get some results.
Poker is not the only thing i will focus this month,i just registered for some private lessons in the Thai Language.I booked 30 hours for the first month and if i can get some results there i will have some more hours.Im already close to 2 years in that country and i got some Thai friends but most of them are suck in English.There is so much will  free time so i better do something useful again.And it might opens the door to closer and better relations to the Thai people.

I done a big mistake after i won this month i send some money to Full Tilt Poker to split the bankroll and get for the weekends some mtts from this site in my program.Yesterday they lost there licence and it is not possible to connect to the server.Si i get that strange  bad feeling the money will be lost too.
Pokerstars looks still safe to me but we never know what happends in the future.
Thanks for reading guys
Heiko

I need a plan

After this Saturday and 3 days of drinking i feel very sick today ;}
But i realise more and more that the mass grinding the last weeks and month is not really that what works out for me.I think it will be the best to play with less tables and less hours per week but with higher quality.I will check out what games i will play,for sure on the weekends i will stick to the Tournaments.
I will also try to study again a bit,this month i will give the 9man Single Table Sngs a shot again.With good table selection the medium limits are still beatable.
Also a mix session between 45 and 180 player Sngs in all different limits will be for sure profitable but it brings again big variance and i was running in this games to long to bed.

Besides of poker i was thinking to study a new language,Thai can be the key to get closer relations to the people here but the problem is that this language only helps me in this country.
Spanish makes a lot of more sense and it is also a beautiful language.
I will think about this too before i make a decision.
thanks for reading this guys.
Heiko

Saturday result

I will try  to describe my feelings which i had today,i checked my graph from the year and i done before 2 days a big check in Pokertracker togeter with a good friend.He showed me everything about Allin luck and stuff.
Well i was running so unlucky and it gave me again a little more confidence.
It is not always the feeling that you have to pay bills,also when you run bad.Oh my god i choose this job and i got the advance that i only have to take care myself.Of course i will get in exchange no help too but to be honest i will be also to proud to take it.I never asked for a staking or when somebody won something i rang him and was extra nice to him.

Lets face the truth i was this time after running so long so bad not really prepared to keep my lifestyle up.And god knows i had nightmares to come back to germany only that a student who never worked in his life will tell me how to do the Job.A kid spoiled all hes life from mum and dad,and when he once stays on hes own toes he will just fuck up hes life more than my gay neighbour done it when he falls in love :}

This time guys i didn't joke and i was more down that you all will imagine and when you know me and read that blog you also will know i just recovered from India.
The biggest joke was this time that people which i know from poker,and yes they are skilled too done some jokes because i only get small money out of it.
Guys believe me,with a small bankroll and my history you all will just run back to mama or ask daddy for some help.
Whatever today i proofed when i play focused and when i get also my luck again it will be not easy to beat me.
I done not only one Final table,no it was two tonight and i also cashed close to every single one ;}
And now before i go to sleep i just show you my last game ....

PokerStars Tournament #404554112, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $20.00/$5.00/$2.00 USD
7119 players
Total Prize Pool: $142380.00 USD
Tournament started 2011/06/25 10:00:00 ET


Dear Niedman,

You finished the tournament in 1st place. A USD 19,581.57 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

You earned 2,026.89 tournament leader points in this tournament. For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/tournaments/leader-board/

You have also received USD 90.00 in Knockout Bounties for this tournament. You won bounties for the following players: 6pokep, chriskelly82, stvteam, sasagete, tr0f1m, Pete81, Kapam6a, sup-sport777, rh300487, legobaby, Martagaby, mikes_572, OV_8, le pistash, markoni84, athos.adr, luckymo32, Niedman
Note: As you won the tournament, you also won your own bounty.



Congratulations!

Thank you for participating.

By the way it will be this time really nice if nobody ask me for staking or lending some money because i really hate it when people only call when they want something.
Thanks for your fu.... attention :}
Heiko

Mtt Plan

Yesterday i had a good Sngs session and i will invest all this winnings for sure in a lot of mtts tonight.Done already my plan which games i will play and i think it will be between 15-20 tournaments.If i got to many mtts open i will not register to micro or low limit tournaments than i only play the medium limits.I canceled out of my plan the 2 new games like the 6 max 22$ and the 3.30$ 30Gtd micro limit game.Both price pool are nice but the games start up to early and i will when i get in one of the other games deep to be tired already because the session will be to long.
I start up my program tonight with the new 27$ elimination Mtt which starts at 9 o'clock in the Thai evening time.The last one i will register is the 100K Guaranteed Vip Freeroll which starts already late at 2 o'clock nigh time.I'm a little sad about the new 33$ Turbo this one starts up in the morning time 6 am and i will only play it when i got a couple of mtts deep left.

I also went after breakfast to the pharmacy to get something because i always feel at the moment to often to tired and that will be not a big help when i play a long session.I'm to much used to coffee and after 3-4 cups at day its impossible to drink more.So i asked in the pharmacy and she was really not a big help.She offered me vitamins but i take them already daily.So if i get tired in the night i need to go back to my old strategy which worked out in the last year very well.I just open a Bottle of whiskey.I dont know why but this drink works better than anything else for me,last year i felt once in the night time tired so i drunk a little over a bottle and shipt the 5.50$ 40Gtd rebuy with a winning from 7560$.So why not stick to that good old strategy.I think i will spoil myself a little bit with good quality and i saved up 33dollar because i dont play the Turbo tournament in the morning.This amount is exactly a Black Label my favourite Whiskey :}

If i dont come back to the tables after the 5 minute breaks maybe i got the same problem than this guy!

Saturday mtts action

Im really looking forward to play this Saturday a very long tournament session,we got a new schedule with some new Games and they start very early It makes it also much sweater that you get if you dont cash in any of this games the buyin back to try it next week again.
Also it is the last Saturday of the month and we all get a 100k freeroll.So it will be a very long session and i better get some good Snacks and enough coffee ready.
Nice change to all this Sngs i played this month and for sure there will be a lot more players because of this promotion from Stars.
Good luck to everybody if you give the games a shot.
Heiko

up and downs

 (7$ 45 player )

(3.50$ 45player)









Got a very nice upswing on the 3.50$ 45player, i was running to good on this limit.But the bad news was always when i took the 7$ games in i was getting all my bad luck and setups in this higher limit.so i got a 100 Buyin downswing there. I really like to play the 45 player games because when i mix different limits i can easy multi table 20-25 comfortable.This year i beated the 6.50$ dollar games very well which is now replaced and the new buyin level is 7$.Im little sad that i started so badly and i was not sure is it a normal downswing or did i forgot to play poker :}
Well i googled the 45 man Sit and goes and find in a forum something about downswings.
Pretend you are a 20 tabler you will have plenty of 30 bi downs.Better we call it variance because im used to loosing 30 buyins.Most of the time i dont feel it because i try to keep up 20 tables and with all the new Tables i dont feel this looses.if it get to 50 bi than we talk about running bad.
75-100 buyins now that is a downswing or i just suck,we will see it after more sample size :}
The Sharkscope leader in the 45 player rankings got also a couple of times a 100-150bi downswing which i on the 7$ over 1k.
So i should be out of that down sooner or later.also i collect some Fpps which i can always use for instant cash rakeback.With this boni i can always pay rent and motorbike so my fix cost are always paid off with that.
I planned absolut different this year and my plan was also to play much higher but so much went wrong and my bankroll suffered as well.I will grind me up again but i need first a good run.In my life as a poker player i had a lot up and downs this one feels not more ugly than the other one but it goes to long.This is why i will check my game and play for some days with less tables again.Maybe some of your guys are also run not so good since Black Friday.If yes please let me know.
Thanks for reading.
Heiko
Some guys got a couple of times 75b

Half year gone.

I woke up before two hours and checked the Calender,oh damn again a half year gone in my life.Time really goes to fast down here in Thailand.But there was something with a 100k challenge if i remember right?well i think i need to get realistic that i cant handle this year because i really have definitely the worst half year in life.I really got to much health problems and the only person i can blame for that is myself.
I had a couple of crazy good days and really guys i had a lot of fun but now i need to get really some discipline again.Not only in poker also in my lifestyle.I started already today with a small walk and believe me or not i still Limp and i think i look a little bit like quasimodo when i try to get more speed lol.
But whatever i have not much of a choice i will eat better and drink maximum once per week.

Im also Single again and i really tried to figure out why,maybe it was the think when my Girlfriend bought some turtles and gave it to a monk in a sea.Set them free and i will have good luck again,also she bought some Bird and released them out of the cage (yes also for good luck)
Thais and Western people believe in different things,i know this is only a business.So they make money with that.She told me so happy that my luck will change now,and i told her i will actually more happy if this wasted money is still in my wallet hehe.
She didn't liked that and i guess i hurt her feelings to often.
Maybe it was the future teller which she visited,before she left me.Dont know what this witch told her lol.

Well Pattaya is definitely not a place to get bored or stay alone,so if i really wanna find a new nice lady it is easy but im actually happy to be alone again.Think some people are not born to have a relationship,and if i be honest i really suck in be a good Partner.Single life is much easier,and it is also more easy to look only after myself.

Good funny story from yesterday,i drunk on a Bar with an Australian guy he really looked like Tommy lee Jones.He was a fun guy,he told me about hes friend Steve a professional Gambler.He said he knows everything about Poker i introduce you.So i went with him to a Place where i met Steve.He opened hes Pokerstars account.I saw in the Lobby exactly one Star in the Vip Status so i smiled had a drink and left quickly again.Professional?kiss my a.........
Alright guys need to relax a bit before i start grinding.
Good Luck to everyone!
Heiko

May result plus end graph

My winnings this month are not that nice,but after the first downswing because of the blind changes on stars it took me to long time to recover.Also after they changed everything back i had the feeling that i lost to many hands unlucky.Now the last week i done over 1k winnings again and it looks like that i still can play a bit of poker :]
I dont have a big goal for the new month will not force me in to high goals because the last two month teached me a lesson.Black Friday and the rake and blind changes hit me hard and unprepared i also was for a while on tilt.It is a big different when you do a living out from playing or you just do it for fun.Poker can be so a beautiful dream job and also a big Nightmare.Think the most guys who do a living out of it know that feeling or have similar experience.I will take it easy at the beginning of the month if i feel that my stress level is down and i enjoy the game more again than i will play more and move up in limits again.
Wish you all the best for the new month!
Heiko

Small Mtt STory from Stars

Last night i played a couple of Tournaments and after longtime i was getting in the 11$ 20k gtd under the last 100 guys.Was always over average in chips and i tried to play loose to see many flops.Also i had a soft table to this point and i managed to accumulate some chips because of the weak play from the most of the guys.
Some of the Key Hands are a resteal allin from me with Aj against a very good mtt player.He was sitting to me on the right side and we was fighting a lot.Think we both had something between 25-30 BB.Always when i tried to 3 bet him he went instant allin.So my plan was this time to push direct allin but this time he instant called again with AK :{
But last night my luck was back and i managed to 3out him.Forgot that feeling because the last weeks it happends much to often to me.

After he left the table i took control over the table,the next Key Hand was a crazy and i was close to call the heart ambulance!

AA on the button what a dream,i had a new Supernova player on my table we both had around 55 BB.He open raised KQ of course i done a 3 bet to play a big pot in position.
Flop was not so nice K Q 3 ,he was thinking very long than he checked i had the feeling that im beat already a check should be the best  but i didnt listen to my thoughts and i done a big bet.Nice checkraise from him and i pushed allin.The turn brought one more K and i was sure is bed time for me :}
But not this time a 2 outer came on the River and i really sucked out this poor guy so badly my apologies for that!.Wow it was morning time in Thailand and for sure with my very Loud JAAAAAAAAAA i woke up some of my neighbours.....now i was leader 1from 23 players with a double bigger chip stack than the second leader.


I played many hand and it was easy to bully the other players.Now we moved to the last two tables,i checked all the other guys but really there was only 2 good winning players left.I should be favourite.I really was exited and sure i cash today,but im not sure what happened.Some guys stood up against my raises and the shortys always went allin.I never had the odds to call with my craphands i opened raised ;}
So finally i lost a very important flip against a russian player who was on tilt.not sure my call was so good when i think after but he also tilted me a bit after he restealed always allin.This time i called him with Aj hes hand K7,my luck run out and i was quickly the new short stacked player :]
Managed a small comeback but than i run after i restealed with J10 suited in Aq.Short Story my luck run out and i was ready for my bed :]
11.place 193$ of course not so nice like the first place with 4,9k$ but at the end i had some fun again in playing tournament poker.Will play now often mtts again and also my motivation is back.
Hope you guys do well,and thanks for reading!
Heiko

They changes on Stars and what to do now?

I Think Stars is finished now with the changes they done on the Sngs and if you ask me and some of the other regs they really done a not so good job.They done it really good on the 180s but they messed up my main income on the 45s.
Now im still confused,i spent some time on checking the stats from the other regulars and the most of them dont have a good month like normal.The 45s dont look so attractive anymore and i will not play so swing games like the 180s this days because im still on a bad 2k downswing there.The solution is maybe the 18player games.The buyins are closer and is possible to climb up faster there.Also the games are shorter and i can gain quicker some points.Other wise there are no breaks so i need to open up tables and finish them all to get my break.
I also played some mtts this weekend and it was fun,run in some of them deep but in important spots i run to often out of luck.The variance on mtts is of course the biggest but will take on weekends some night session in  my program again.One hit and i can smile again ;}
Right now i dont no what i will do and we really dont know what changes in poker will come in the future,so i need to find my motivation quick again and build up a bigger bankroll which gives me some more confidence for the future.
The month is soon over and i didn't played much,so i will try to play 1k games more before the month is over.After that i will figure out a plan with realistic goals for the next month.
Thanks for reading
Heiko

Having tough times right now

At the moment really everything in my poker career sucks pretty much.It feels like my worst run i ever had,all this trouble the last few week plus to many downswings.At the moment i run over 4k games breakeven which means besides from rakeback there is no income for long time now.I always was good prepared for times like this but with the Black Friday and all this stupid changes on Pokerstars i really lost to much time and income.Specially in my case when you just recover from a really bad year in India and just build up the new bankroll again.
This all went to long and to bad and sometimes it also feels that i get to many bad beats in important situations on the table.Now i had always bad runs since i started with poker but right now it feels like i cant beat anything.
I will cut my first sessions in the day  time and focus for a while on long session with mtts and non turbo Sngs.Got much more skill in this games and hopefully i can recover and find self confidence there again.
I hope also that Stars stop now changing daily the Sngs Schedule is really a shame how unprofessional they work as the biggest site on Internet Poker.
I found a very funny story on 2+2 will copy that inside here.
Have fun with it.
Heiko

Originally Posted by Nivvy101

Lol at the way this has all been handled. Just who the hell came up with these crazy ideas, and then who the hell approved them. I mean, what was the process?

(Late night High level board Meeting, Pokerstars headquarters)

"Right guys, the DOJ are crawling all over us, we are either gonna have to shell out Billions in fines or Billions doing a deal just to stay alive. And we just lost the whole of North America. We gotta raise more revenue and fast! Any ideas?"

(Guy mopping the floors in the corridor)

"Er, excuse me but I think I can help"

(Chairman of the board)

"Let's hear it!"

(Guy puts down mop)

"Well, you know those Sit n Go thingy's? This is what you need to do. You need to raise the rake %age on all these games with lower buy ins and at the same time lower the buy in"

(Chairman)

"I see, so that way not only do all our winning regular players take a drastic pay cut, but we also get less revenue, because for example, every $6.50 game where we used to earn 50 cents we now earn just 43 cents, thus losing 7 cents for every game played at that level. Interesting, tell me more"

(Mop guy)

"OK. Next you need to radically alter the structure of all these tournaments and put in a 45 second time bank to confuse the hell out of everybody and radically decrease traffic in these games. This way your loyal regular winners will make even less money and you will lose even more rake revenue"

(Chairman)

"Brilliant. Anything else?"

(Mop Guy)

"Just one more thing Sir. Get that Steve fella to put his job on the line by telling all these really smart poker players, that all these changes are a great benefit to everyone. And make sure he mentions a number of times that Pokerstars is decreasing the rake!"

(Chairman)

"Genius!", "Oh young man, I didn't catch your name?"

(Mop guy)

"My name Sir?. Er, it's Lederer Sir, Howard Lederer Sir"

(Chairman)

"Well Lederer, I'll see to it that you get a promotion. These new ideas of yours are really gonna sink that Full Tilt mob!"

The Micros 5

After all that stress the last weeks ago,the micros are back with a lot of good jokes about things happened.Enjoy this one ;}

Again we have some new changes on Stars.

Last night i only played some mtts and non turbo Sngs.I will do that for a while because it was fun again.Always playing the Turbo Sngs had nothing to do with playing poker.To much push or fold and also the big variance sometimes.On Mtts yesterday i felt more excitement again,there was more decision the make and i needed to think again a little more.
Nice change ;}

So Stars changed now the 45 and 180 turbo buyins again.
On the 180s it makes more sense and the prizepool and rake looks better than before.
On the 45s they messed it up a bit.For example:

The rake increase on the 45s 7$buyin (before6.50$)  is really too big.I got on the 6.50s a 18% roi in this year which is 1.15$ per game.If i grind 3k games next month they cut 390$ extra rake from my winnings.
In my case im a supernova and i get 40% from this cut back,but the lower rank vips will get cheated here again and we have the same problem is harder for them to build a bankroll to move up in the limits.They will stuck in the same limit or maybe give up sooner.
If Pokerstar will listen to us more and decrease the rake a bit everybody will make more money.Also the break even players who only grind for rake back can get some winnings.The bad loosing players can stay longer in the system before they go broke and of course the Greedy Poker Sites will gain long term more money because the traffic will increase again and also new players get attracted!



It looks for me like a easy decision,so why they will not do this?
My theory is that the have agreements with other sites already,after they higher the rake the other sites will follow...Pokerstar is a company and they lost money because they lost the Americans.So now they try to get more money from the other players.
Reminds me on our Government they also steal more and more money daily from us ;]

I know it is not nice but we have not much choice,it will be definitely harder in the future to make a living out of online Poker.Maybe i will get better in mtts so i still can make good money and let them earn less,i dont have a better idea right now ;}
Wish you all well!
Heiko

Updates (Ger)

Ok Leute ich will es heute kurz machen,seid Samstag bin ich wieder zurück auf Stars.Inzwischen wurde die alte Blindstruktur wieder eingeführt.Buyins werden auch noch bearbeitet,ich denke das war der erste versuche der Pokerseiten uns Spieler tatsächlich um etwas mehr rake zu berauben.Die meisten Veränderungen waren wirklich unter aller Sau und hatten absolut keinen vorteil fuer uns Spieler.
Ich wuerde gerne etwas mehr dazu schreiben ,allerdings bin ich momentan etwas zeitlich eingeschränkt und ich muss versuchen die verlorene zeit die mich die letzten Wochen gekostet haben wieder rein zu holen.
Sobald ich wieder etwas zur ruhe gekommen bin werde ich etwas ausführlicher berichten.
So lange wuensche ich euch guten Karten und viel Spass beim Pokern oder was auch immer ihr gerade vor habt.
Schöne gruesse Heiko

Holiday!

OK just let us do a small review about the last couple of weeks.
First there was the Black Friday which took all the Americans from us,we lost on pokerstars 25% traffic and i needed to quit working in the morning time,i shifted back to evening and night work.

2.All the poker players in Thailand have to pay for every money transfer to the bank account a extra fee which is not small!

3.After everything was looking ok again,i find myself in the trouble which caused from Pokerstars.They changed the rake system and blind structure what makes it impossible to beat the games like before.It feels like your Boss tell you do the same job or more for the half hourly rate or less!!!

4.Traffic went more down and i cant get sample size or any winnings ;{


Pokerstar will change things now on Wednesday after everybody was complaining,i will wait till this day.If the change will not suit me i will transfer my bankroll to Full Tilt.I gave the games in the afternoon a shot and they look profitable enough for me to make a living out of it.

After i went to the mirror that afternoon i was sure that i need some holiday,i will stay away from poker to wednesday.

I'm so much disappointed from Stars that they treat us players like this and i think the best is we show them that we dont need them.There plenty of other sites and we can make the choice.

It really feels like that they try to let us bleed for the income they lost the Americans.

I pray that i have some good news next time when i writhe something here.
Thanks guys!
Heiko

Really good Post from a other Player

Hi guys i really think this man hit the needle on the head!!!
Check out the Blog he says the right thing about the changes on Stars!
http://www.atkinator.net/

Im so tired of that!

As i promised on the beginning of the month i will play 5 k games without any excuses from my side!
But guys this graph is sick and its not my doing.I started up on the beginning of the month with a big motivation and i played on one of this days 270games.But i tell you the story about the 2 crazy downs in that sick Graph.
The first bad down happens last evening I'm in a middle of my session,will open new tables but i dont find my buyins in the Lobby.There was this new crap instead.5.43$ and 10.85$ buyin.
Also 45 nd 180 players like i always play.Ok little confused i took them inside my program didn't wanted to stop my session.I felt quick that i was not the only one guy who was confused.The traffic was terrible down.Stars told us now that they changed something,i was thinking thank you very much for the Information.(i really think it is absolut unprofessional to doing changes in that way) I played and played and find quickly out is not only the buyins that changed also the blind structure was new.
I stopped after i went terrible down,sometimes really my stack was ok and than boom i was blind dead.
The reason is the new blind structure changed every 3 minutes instead from 5 minutes before plus people having a 45sec. Time Bank before only 15 sec.
This slows all the other player who are not mass tabling to steal time.
One time i was before a final table and the blind went 2 times up i didnt had any changes to do anything.Stack went down from 9 bb t 3or 4 in no time.


Ok what can i do,i studied the new blinds and the price structure,calculated the new rake and started on the next day a new session,extra less tables was the plan but anyway if i wanted to play more it was not possible.People a day later still dont register much.

I played really a pretty good A game,done all good calls and pushes but i tell you i experienced today that a good winning player will loose Roi because of this changes.Everyone in forced to gamble more and on the Final tables you also loose some edge because of this new blinds.

I need first some sample size because i also was getting a lot of bad beats but I'm sure the games will not be so profitable like before and it will be impossible to grind like before.

Don't know why changes have to be so bad,for sure there done some other good stuff but in my case it will be the best to bring the old games and old structure back.

I'm sure they loose at the moment rake because of the less traffic and i cant get my sample size.And if i cant beat the new games i need to find something else,for sure i cant keep my promise with the sample size this month.I'm actually happy when i can make some Dollars again first.

Thanks for reading guys and i really hope you do better than me.
Heiko

May

I worked out a plan for my sessions to reach this time my target from 5 k games.
25X 200 and i got also 6 day offs.I run good on the first day so i took on Monday my first day off.Yesterday i also run good again.In only two working days i played 539Sngs if i keep playing like this i will gain some extra free days!
actually i need to play today only 61 games to stay in target but i will do a little more.
I increased also my tables again because i feel it is more easy again,so yesterday i had for sometimes 27-32games open.In a 6 hour session i played 169 games which is fantastic so 200 games at day i do in two 4 hours session.I think to playing session from maximum 6 hours allow me always to stat very concentrated.I get some problems with the right and quick decisions after more than 6 hours grinding.
I'm top motivated again and happy that i started with a good profit in the new month.I still run so ugly on the 180player Sngs since the Americans are gone,the downswing is something like 2k now.From some really good regs i saw similar swings some of them had 2-3k swings as well so i pray i will go up there soon again :]
Thanks for reading my minds.
Heiko

I need a Boss or motivatin trainer ;{

Alright,the month will end tonight and i will set some new goals,
first I'm not happy about my sample size and work i done in this month.My goal was 5 k games but i done only 3k.I had 2 not so nice downswings and also the Black friday took a lot from my playing motivation.
Now in May i will really do it better,no excuses anymore i need to hit my goal from 5 k games.

Also we lost a lot of traffic because of the Americans.So i will change and grind now also the 18player Sngs.They fill up quick in the afternoon time and i can easy play in 3 hours 50 games.
The profit and roi will be not so high like on the 45s and 180s but I'm sure i make some extra rake points and money.

I know I'm far behind my goals i set for the year,and i not feel good because of that but sometimes poker can suck so much specially when you do a leaving out from it.I took to much breaks and i wasted to much time.I really need more discipline again.

So my goal is again 5k games on may,no excuses this time!!!not much party!!!!and less drinks and maybe not so much girls! :}
Niedman

Anti Tilt strategys

After playing so much poker the last years i often had like everybody else some very ugly downswings.
It is always important to handle them right because it will hit everyone of you one day.The worst enemy for a poker player is it to go on tilt.For professionals it takes mostly longer but everyone experienced that before.
i remember my good old times on Party poker long time ago,i played highlimt Sngs and like my good old mate Volcan said before,on this good old days also hes Dog had a good return of investment with playing poker.
My worst down to this times was 3k-4k or something like that but i got a really good rake back and downs like this happened on the 109$ and 55$.It never feels good when you loose money but you also should keep in mind that you are a winning player and the money you loose you won before.
I had now the last 700 games a downswing,when i look back I'm 1300-1500 games break even.This Multiplayer Sngs are new for me but it looks like this are normal swings and i will be ok sooner or later for sure.Still I'm up 1700$ this month which is still ok money for Thailand.
I will share some of my experience with you guys,maybe you can pick up something if you dont know everything already :}

.The first thing when you run bad for a while is to be honest with yourself,your doing any mistakes or you play different than before?Maybe the other players are getting better?

I was playing today more carefully,didn't played so much tables like normal and run pokertracker to see stats from the others.I was thinking maybe because of the lost of the American fishes my roi went down.
OH guys I tell you all, there still enough bad players for all of us.In every country every day a moron awakes so the lost from the Americans is not so bad.

Second thing from the most of us is,we try to win the money back!
This is the worst thinking you can have and it is already a signal for you to finish your session and take a break.Most of the time you will be on tilt already and maybe your game has changed .You play more aggressive,you push and call more!
If it goes down you cant stop it,safe your bankroll and take a break.And if you run really long bad than take a longer break and do something different.Sports or hanging out with friends is always the best thing to relax your mind and forget about poker.(you can believe me I'm in a good place to forget everything soooo quickly  hehe)

The third thing is when your sure that you not on tilt,take the help from a other player you thrust and let him watch your game,or maybe you can play together it also will help you to play calm and relaxed.If you still play correct than you can carry on.

With the time you  know poker is a lot of varianz and you will take swings more easy.I still have some days like at the moment where i need to take breaks for some hours,but if i feel I'm ready again i start a new session.

There is lot more to writhe but im not in the mood right now,im enjoying a glass of wine and a nice German Brotzeit ;}

All the best
Heiko

Update

Hi guys sorry i didn't update for a while,my situation at this days is not so nice and I'm not happy with the result of my last games.I got now exactly 10 sessions where i only loose money.I very important spots i loose the flips or get suck outed from really everybody ;]
The graph shows now again a 1500$ downswing after the 1000$ downswing i had before hehe.In this month a lot of things went wrong and it was impossible to reach my goal from 5 k games.After the Black Friday i was shocked,didn't really know what happens in the future.Than everything was looking ok again and i started grinding.The downswing was not helping to feel better and i lost to much players in the morning session which was always very profitable for me against the Us players.Now i need to find a new rytmus and also some other games to get more sample size again.I will start with the 18mans.Maybe 50-100 in the daytime and 100-150 45-180 players Sngs in the evening.
From the winnings i expected in this year I'm far behind my goals.Specially the Mtts gave me nothing else than headache ;} I'm 2677$ down with the mtts this year.Ok one hit and I'm up but i will keep them for some days out of my program.Will try to update soon again,but please guys understand i hate to update always with bad news.Hope Hope you guys run better.
All the best Niedman

Pokerstars update

After all the problems we had in the past couple of days i was a bit worried because my cashout was to long on pending.But finally today a lot of people was getting paid again,my money went straight back to my account and the service told me they cant send any longer Dollars to Thailand.Need to send payments now in Euro.So they send 500$ back to my account.I was confident and felt thrust again so i start after a couple of days break playing again.Which was a bad idea :{
I went exactly 450$ down today lol thanks that's so funny !
Whatever shit happens but I'm sure now everything will come slowly ok  and i can focus again more on playing poker.I did not reach my goals this month and  i lost some days with all this trouble caused from the American goverment but I'm glad to present still my good roi the last 8weeks i played and changed my choice of games.It looks great and I'm looking forward to writhe more about poker soon again.
Will try to play over 1k games more to the end of the month and than i post my monthly graph.
Cheers everyone
Heiko

Morning time is dead now

The bad news is that when is will start up morning time to afternoon,i got to less players.The cash game Fix Limit Tables are complete dead.There was a single player sitting on the 5-10$ Fl table i think he waits for a miracle ;}
I also need to mix different games again in my session to become enough sample size and to keep up my goals.Right now i start 19\8 players Sngs.They still open quickly.45 and 180 players are more recommend for my evening or night job.I had a good weekend with a profit from 1680$ so I'm sure i will survive for a while longer :}

Upswing started after my break and without the americans

My first fazit after we lost the Americans

Tonight i was grinding and i actually had a good session.Was afraid that we loose to much traffic but everything was fine.Maybe it was ok because of the weekend.Is still very profitable to play and i saw some really bad players tonight.I feel very sorry for the regular American grinders there work all day so hard to get Supernova Elite and now they cant play.Hopefully everything will come soon ok again.
my first fazit is:
+still enough bad players left!
+traffic was still ok and we reached 250k players in the main play time!(guess over 40-60k players from Us we lost.
+maybe because we not only loose bad players we also loose good regs can still keep the Roi up.But i really dont want to think like that because this guys are in the same business like me and maybe they get some existence problems.

-Tournament Guaranteed money was dropped.!
-Some Sngs dont fill up so quickly like before!
-The most of my marked fishes disappeared :}

All together I'm sure is still ok to play on stars,maybe some of us who want to play more need to mix in some other  sngs in our session to get enough sample size.
lets hope the best that we Poker online players still can work for a bit longer before our goverment also starts to threat us like Crime people.
Still cant believe what happens on this Black Friday ;{
Heiko

Reminds me on my ex girlfriend :}

Good players always know there odss

Good Players always play there cards right ;}

Good Player always know when to fold :}

We lost the Americans again

What can i say this really keep me awake today i didnt sleep well.we lost a lot of americans and it will not make it easier in the future to make a lifing out of poker :{

Missed a final table very close today :{

Today i was running good in the turbo 11$ 10k gtd.30 people left and i was in the Big blind.Suddenly on the button i spotted Phyrrus a other Poker player from Thailand(also German same same me :} Some people may know him as the author of the book The microgrinder ) Phyrrus had a good run this days and of course he open raised from the button,lucky that i found pocket 10s and i restealed allin.Of course he had nothing ;} so he found hes fold quickly.After that we took a lot of chips from the other donks on the table :]
The last 2 tables left and we both was dreaming to play a final table together,he found Aq and lost a flip again a guy who was holding JJ.So Phyrrus was gone i saw it with a crying and a smiling eye :} the last good player was gone and i had a bigger chance to make some good money.10 Players left i found 5 handed a10 with a m from 4 a easy push.but by Jupiters Cock the gods gave the same guy who took the life from Phyrrus Aq and i also found myself out of the tournament.Maybe next time we have more luck.
Cheers everybody
Heiko

What the f......

I still hope somebody wake me up soon and tell me that is only a bad dream :{

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Still got some tables open will try to finish before i go absolute mad. Absolute impossible to make money get really my arse kicked from everyone and with every hand.For example my AA hand which i lost again Aq
Flop 5 8 q turn brings the next queen and the river gave the guy quads :}
For sure i will not cry but i have no motivation to carry on today if i dont feel better tomorrow i take another day of and start Friday again hopefully with a normal luck again.Really big respect to some of the other regs they still carry on and get the sample size.I'm to much human for shit like that ;]
Good night guys
your donkey Niedman

Running bad!!!!

I'm back but with not so nice news this time,first i played 600-700 games break even and now im the last 300games in a downswing.Im not tilted but a bit frustrated get a lot of beats and it feels like i win less coinflips.Checked out some good regular players and they also got this sings so it looks like it is a normal thing if you play a lot.More tabeles open more swings in the game.Of course i think also that i picked up some leaks again so i will play my next session more carefully.My Return on the 45mans this month is still fantastic got 1023games with a roi from 27% but i got a bad down on the 180 man so after 602games my roi went down to11%.
Im still not used to this swings since i done the change from the non turbos to the turbos but i will work harder to beat the games in the long run.
Good luck to all the others.
Heiko

Inet problems again

Started up my session in the morning but was getting again to many problems with my connection.This people here sometimes really cant manage anything right so i played with my stick and finished my tables.180$ up is the result but I'm not happy about the sample size.Need to play much more to reach my goals.Think i will really soon move out and look for a nice small house,than i organise 2 good connections and buy me a really nice poker setup.Paid already for the full month my rent so i will make the best out of it.If my month goes ok i will look around and check out some places.Always wanted to have a nice little home ;}

Back on my working place

Had a lot of day off now and feel very relaxed again.Went to bed early last night to be fit on monday morning.Will now try to play 200games average per day to the end of month.I finish my first session soon,will do some  shopping for the week.Tomorrow starts Songkran the Thai new year,everybody goes mad on these days.It was nice on the first time i was here,people always attack you with water but after a couple of days it gets pretty annoying.Also my foot is still bandaged so i think is better when i hide myself at home and play more.Every year on this time a lot of accident happens so is safer for an old man like me at home :}
Good luck for the new year guys and happy new year from Thailand!!