Hey everyone:)
1. INTRODUCTION:
My name is Martin, I am currently 22 years old guy from
Slovakia. I have always been passionate 🍎 about the game, grinding zynga poker :D, but
given the fact that my country is so small (5.5mil) it was 🍎 kinda hard to start playing
"professionally" since you need someone who shows you the fundamentals (even the forum
like this 🍎 is almost impossible to find for a recreational). However, I got lucky since
friend of mine (from chess which I 🍎 was playing for almost 7yrs) introduced me to online
poker for real money as well as my first poker forum 🍎 where I have registered -
pokerstrategy.
I was totally overwhelmed, excited.. when I saw some beginner strategies
(not limping preflop, regggs 🍎 tags, nits, lags type of players..) esp. when I looked at
play money poker and there were all recreational doing 🍎 those wrong things, so I could
test it and see if it works.. Surprisingly it worked really well!
I literally spent 🍎 2
months prob like 4h+ a day on that forum, reading articles, watching videos.. basically
trying to grasp the fundamentals 🍎 and to be well prepared for the real money games. Its
hard to describe, but I was incredibly motivated.. (it 🍎 was actually during summer
holidays 2024)
I still remember the amount of excitement when I first time opened the
pokerstars real 🍎 money tables... the main obstacle I had was my secondary grammar school
(since I was attending one of the best 🍎 ones in my country) so it took me a decent
amount of time and I also have had lot of 🍎 different activities going on.
I have been
playing poker for 3 years (mostly 6max cash game), but have had some breaks, 🍎 because of
school, friends, my free time activities etc etc. Currently playing nl50 6max on
pokerstars/gg. I used to dream 🍎 to become a poker pro, so I hope that one day, my dream
come true! Thats why I decided to 🍎 go to uni only for students benefits, so I have got
"gap year" as a trial to see whether I 🍎 am able to make it as a poker pro, but also if
this is something which is really fulfilling me.. 🍎 That said, if after this year I wont
be able to make it as a pro or I will find 🍎 that poker isnt the way to go, I will go to
the uni next year and study either math or 🍎 psychology+statistics.
My approach to poker
as some of you might have seen on this forum is highly exploitative.. I was inspired 🍎 by
Nick Howard and his free youtube content. His approach really resonates with me esp.
because I think there are 🍎 very few coaches who are talking about that stuff (if you
know someone else, please let me know:)
Besides technical part, 🍎 I am also trying to
work on my mental game, I believe I can gain additional edge at the tables 🍎 by
meditating, exercising, having a cold shower, eating healthy stuff.. For me, its really
important to listen to people who 🍎 I regard as successful and trying to take from them
good habits, because I think those rooted habits makes them 🍎 better than the others
bottom 80%
I am more of a sport type person enjoy being around people and having a 🍎 lot
of fun! However, currently due to lockdown in my country, I am forced to exercise only
at home and 🍎 meeting most of my friends just online, but still its better than
nothing:)
Outside of poker, I am currently in 3-year 🍎 leadership program (Nexteria).
Which is really cool, since its pretty hard to get there and I found the community
being 🍎 so great, esp. because people out there really wants to become better as a
person. The vision of that non-profit 🍎 organization is to have competent and fair people
on important positions in Slovakia
My life philosophy is basically enjoying life at 🍎 any
given moment, because life is too short.. thats why you would see me smiling most of
the time:)
PURPOSE
keep myself 🍎 accountable
inspire some (microgrinders) that its
possible to get there
DAILY GOALS
some sort of exercise
meditation
intentions and
gratefulness (I have a notebook where 🍎 I write on a daily basis my intentions and few
things for which I am grateful)
book reading (currently reading 12 🍎 rules for life by
J.Peterson)
morning cold shower
checking out my vision
FOCUS
thinking in terms of
ranges in every single spot
trying to enjoy 🍎 the process of learning and playing as much
as possible
HOBBYS
chess
table soccer
football
swimming in cold water
walking
math /
logical problems
table games
I will be 🍎 updating this journal on a weekly basis, trying
to bring at least one thing which I have learned/wanna share with 🍎 you
sorry for my
English and grammar mistakes, I am far from being a native speaker:)
Enjoy reading! :)
