MCKROGH

Blog is dead?

2012-02-15T02:57:00.003-08:00

Nah not yet. Its just that not much have been going on since newyear.

Have been working so hard on my game. Spend more time study than playing. Still I manage to go on a 185 buyin downswing in 3$s 45man. GG Morten :)

At least I did rungood in the few 15$s I played. And in the 6 and 7$ it seems my results getting better. Heres results for the last 727 games from 6$ up to 15$.

Theres only one thing to do. Just need to keep working on my game. Im not gonna quit those 45man, I will beat them someday, somehow!

Also I think its a matter of time now. I really feel good about my game and even tho running bad I manage to BE, show a small profit in 3$. Not bad at all.

One thing I really need to work hard on is my mental game. Im such a huge mental game fish. Its not even funny.

Lets fix this!

Cheers Morten

Get ur arse to work!

2011-12-31T03:25:00.000-08:00

This is so awesome. I just realized (after chatting with personangrta) that all the hard work the last 6 months is now starting to pay off! We just took a look at our sharkscope grahp for the last two months!

Take a look at this graph. 99% of the games is 45 mans. Im pretty happy, but still not satisfied. Theres bunch of things in my game that still need to be better. And im so motivated to plug those leaks in 2012!

(Almost a 1$/game)

As Mavs wrote on his blog "Stay hungry, not only for money, but for knowledge as well". This is exactly how I feel right now, im so motivated to learn and expand my horisont! 2012 bring it on!

Goals for 2012:

Stay hungry for learning and developing my pokerz
Get a Goldstar on sharkscope in 4-6 tables, 2-5$
Get a star on sharkscope in 4-6 tables, 5-15$
Get a star on sharkscope in 4-6 tables, any stakes
Beat 15$ 45mans

Oh and ofc happy newyear guys! Talk to u in 2012.

mckrogh

Improvements - reflects in the finish distribution!

2011-12-23T01:14:00.000-08:00

What a month! Been learning so many great things this month.

Like if u remember my finish distribution graph for some time ago, it looked like this:

As some of u may know, we had a pretty nice discussion on sngprotege.com about a KTo hand (UTG). Stacksizes was like this:

There where many pros and cons for wether we should shove or not. I did some intense math on this. And while the math leads me to believe this is a shove, there where several other reasons to me. Before u all say, yeah standard, ez shove, dont overthink ect. I can truly say, that the oponions given to why we can pass up this spots was good.

But now to why i post this! See ive been going over a million hands with Matt. And one of the things I did miss out was these kind of spots. What this has cost i dont know. But im pretty sure that after I did start shoving these type of hands my results improved. Let just see how my finish distribution has turned out since:

Well, as u can see i improved on a ton of areas. Firstly and most important, i get a lot more 1st. Second i have turned up the aggression 10 to 16 handed, which u can only see reflected in my 10th raising. But that has also lead me to coming more comfortable to the final table. Which also have me busting less 6th and 7th for a mincash. And i think the KTo (UTG) is a great example of why my finish distribution is getting better. Its obv. not the hole reason. But i think shoving these has some kind of a reflection in the finish distribution.

I could go on for days talking about this hand (most of u probably find that crazy), but i will save it for the members on sngprotege.com

Well, thats all for now guys. May u all have a merry christmas and a truly awesome newyear!

mckrogh

Another month!

2011-12-02T01:36:00.000-08:00

Another month gone.
Another month losing at the 7$ 45man.
Another month crushing at the 3$ 45man.
Another month for awesome learning.
Another month losing my sanity at the 7$ 45man.
Another month with profit.
Another month with 7$ 45man destroying my soul.
Another month with great coaching.
Another month with lots of tumbleweed at the 7$ 45man.
Another month really motivated.
Another month learning to play real poker.
Another month - just another month.

Another months goals:

[ ] Keep going to the gym!
[ ] Play 1000 45man
[ ] Keep working my arse off to beat 7$ 45man

Another time guys!

mckrogh

lolsample - but here are results from first 2k games at 3$ 45man!

2011-11-07T08:07:00.000-08:00

So here are my results for exactly 2002 games at 3$ 45man since joining sngprotege. If I could just pull out the same at 7$ 45man I would be very happy! Now lets do it - Hard work and I will hopefully crush 7$ 45man someday! Cya later guys!

[ ] cool sample!

Summary Of October! (Tumbleweed)

2011-11-01T04:01:00.000-07:00

My worst month ever (profit) BUT, at the same time best ever (learning)! Weird right!

The thing is when I go on a bad run, I go on a study and review madnessmode! I have review almost every single hhs I played this month.

- I and Personangrta have gone over thousands of hands over skype.
- I have Markusvic and Mavs looking through some of my hhs.
- I had talks with Whyme and a skype session with him and FC Prospekt
- I have worked for hours with Matt for more than over like 100 hhs all together!

And yesterday we went over 421 hands from blinds 600+ and above. My "decisionrate" was at 92%. So theres still room for improvement! Ofc Matt had "decisionrate" at 98.8%, who said genius?

Besides that Bigniux and Dodi helped me with various spots in our skype chat lol (tumbleweed).

(Its like a symbol for me tumbleweeding into the sea like a fish, thats how I felt in october)

TY guys for keep helping me! Hopefully all my work and all ur help will get better results soon.

So while this was not a good month profitwise this was for sure on of the greatest month for learning and fixing leaks/flaws in my game!

Now its November, new month, new attitude, new goals, new mind, new everything! Bring it on!

mckrogh

1 goal this month was 1 goal to much!

2011-10-22T07:03:00.000-07:00

Dont read, if u hate whinning!

Yes, even tho the month isnt done, ive already missed my goal! Here was my goal:

[ ] Dont cry this month

And I have been nothing but a crybaby. But this is really getting ridic. I work my ass off so many hours a day to turn this around. Still I manage to go on my biggest runbadstreak ever....

Currently im down 177 buyins.

Currently downswing at 7$ 45man is: 140 buyins
Currently downswing at 3$ 45man is: 54 buyins
Total downswing in buyins for 45mans: 194 buyins....

Only a few deep run in some 180man got me only 177 buyin downswing! lololololol

Also on top of that my girlfriend fucks up her hair so it gets yellow (pics coming..... maybe lol)....

What will be next?

On positive thing tho, thanks to the people who keeps having faith in me! I cannot believe how friendly people are at sngprotege.com! U are the best! TY! And ofc a big thanks to Matt - u keep inspiring me!

mckrogh

Its official! Im a breakeventard!

2011-10-01T04:52:00.000-07:00

Done 905 games. 95 games to short for the month :(

Goals for september was:
- 1000 games at least! FAIL
- Min 200 7$ 45man. DONE
- Min 100 3.50$ rebuy. FAIL
- Stay focussed, learn and review a lot! DONE

This month should have been the month where i start crushing the 7/45! But that was not the case.

Instead they crushed me! Lost 64 buyins in these games this month.

Hopefully october will be better.

Only positive thing this month is that i did not end in a minus - almost breakeven lol.

Profit made mostly bye the 180mans id played and 3/45 man! Maybe I should play more 180 mans!

Goals for october:
- 1000 games at least!
- Min 200 180man!
- Stay focussed, learn and review a lot!

Guess this is it for now. GL everyone! Bring on october!

mckrogh

Second month done - 1500 games played

2011-08-31T14:10:00.000-07:00

Sooo first two months now over. As u might know im not playing 9mans anymore. Instead im playing 45 and 180mans.

Ive done 1500 games now. Not a huge sample, but im satisfied. The last session on this month was pretty bad. But whatever, shit happens - and im pretty glad with my results so far. Heres a quick overview of my results so far:

$2.50 - 180 man - ROI - 59.7%
$3.50 - 45man - ROI - 15.8%

From tomorrow im gonna add $7 45man and im also planning on playing $3.50 rebuys.

Goal for september:
- 1000 games at least!
- Min 200 7$ 45man.
- Min 100 3.50$ rebuy.
- Stay focussed, learn and review a lot!

Also, this goes out to Matt and the rest of the crew! U are all awesome! :)

Bring on september!

mckrogh

1st month with mtt/sngs

2011-08-01T03:50:00.000-07:00

1st month with adjusting to new games. Only played 14 9mans, rest was 45, 90 and 180mans.

It went pretty well. Overall im pretty happy with my results this month. It took a lot of study and review to transit into mtt's instead of 9mans.

The biggest difference was to adjust my ranges. Next biggest problem is to get the needed volume in.

My goal this month was 1k games. And ive manage to get in 860 - guess its kinda okay.

Goals for august is almost the same as for july. But im done with 9mans. So the games ill be playing will be 45 and 180mans. Hopefully i can mix in some rebuys too.

Volume goal is 840 this month as im 1 week at mallorca at holiday.

For study and review goes the same as last month. Always review hands and study after each session.

Take care!

mckrogh

Wazzzzzzzzz Uuuup

2011-07-21T12:07:00.000-07:00

So far this month has been running well for me.

Im off to a good start at the new games im playing. Great coaching and lots of hard work have done it.

MY biggest prob is how to get volume in. Im really struggling between getting lots of volume in vs improve as a player. Have to figure out how to balance those two things.

I need to do at least 400 games before the end of this month, and with a fulltime job aside this could be tough.

If any of you have any tips for how to combine volume with improving as a player it would be awesome!

Cheers mckrogh

1st post on my new blog!

2011-07-20T07:26:00.000-07:00

Hey Guys,

Blog is up :)

This is mainly going to be a blog about poker and how I develop as a player.

Ive played a bunch of 9man sngs with on ub.com (yes screw me!). Early 2011 I did move to fulltilt. So I have a roll locked up in there at the moment.

Currently im playing on stars... And since the switch to stars ive also been playing other games than 9man. Mainly been playing 45 and 180mans with moderate succes.

Thats all for now. Gonna be back very soon with a more interesting post :)

Cheers mckrogh