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Great attitude Jon! Certainly inspiring me to put in some hours!

Jef147: Great attitude Jon! Certainly inspiring me to put in some hours!

Thanks man! Thats great to here. What is it you grind?

Just 20 and 30nl on sky at the moment! Trying to up my volume to take advantage of the rb and bonuses!

Jef147: Just 20 and 30nl on sky at the moment! Trying to up my volume to take advantage of the rb and bonuses!

Great site choice imo. Tons of recreational players on there for you to crush. Also with the rb and rake races you should make a hefty profit. Plus that gives you a nice cushion if you lose one month on the tables you may still even come out as a net winner.

Yeah thats why im making a real effort to up my volume! Didnt realise rb and bonuses cud be worth so much until this I saw your yellow line! Im in the top 150 on the rake race and have never been on the list before so getting there!

Jef147: Yeah thats why im making a real effort to up my volume! Didnt realise rb and bonuses cud be worth so much until this I saw your yellow line! Im in the top 150 on the rake race and have never been on the list before so getting there!

Yep it makes all the difference. Nice work on getting on the list! How many hands do you try play per month?

I am on sky so no way of tracking my number of hands! But have probably trebled my volume this month! I have tried to start logging again on my 'lost newbie' thread just to keep me motivated! Been playing around 15 hours per week this month 4 tabling which is about as much as I can manage with a fulltime job and girlfriend etc! Got to keep her sweet haha!

Jef147: I am on sky so no way of tracking my number of hands! But have probably trebled my volume this month! I have tried to start logging again on my 'lost newbie' thread just to keep me motivated! Been playing around 15 hours per week this month 4 tabling which is about as much as I can manage with a fulltime job and girlfriend etc! Got to keep her sweet haha!

Sounds like you are really trying so keep that up! The more you can grind the better but obv gotta enjoy life stuff. Nice brag on having a gf also

Sighhhhhhh such a bad end to what could have been an amazing day. Again 200nl grabs my balls and twists but whatever still a good day and i will not be sad about that. Volume was solid as was the profit. But yeh wish the last 1k hands went a bit better. Just kept smashing QQ into KK and JJ into QQ. Pretty fun for them i imagine.

So not far off the goal now. Like 37k hands away which should take a week or so. Really buzzing for it to be over and to see the overall stats and graphs.

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Onto the next one!

well done on your challenge jon its amazing to me the volume you put in u must be knackard lol ! I was wondering looking at your graph between 20-40k you hit a fairly brutal downswing, how do u deal with that, do u tighten up, take a break or just push on through and do you ever start to doubt yourself during these times?

Lopticus: well done on your challenge jon its amazing to me the volume you put in u must be knackard lol ! I was wondering looking at your graph between 20-40k you hit a fairly brutal downswing, how do u deal with that, do u tighten up, take a break or just push on through and do you ever start to doubt yourself during these times?

Interested in knowing this also.... I have an idea but wanna hear what Jon says..

Also, seriously sick volume

Also 4k in rake! So sweet!

I second that question i am no stranger to downswing`s myself and would like to know how you deal with them?

Hey thanks! Ha i am a little tired but ok overall :).

Tbh i cant really remember it effecting me. The volume is so huge that these things will happen. I just play as normal and dont think about it. I have played poker for such a long time that i know these things always come good so just power through. Also the overall amount i was down was pretty small so it didnt hurt as much as you may thing.

Basically its all about the end result and being able to think of the long term and ignore the short.