Goals Update

My mental game has somewhat slacked this month, both in terms of motivation and application when playing. I've been feeling EXTREMELY lazy, like I always do when I've been on a good run. Lots of life stuff is clicking into place though so hopefully now I can start applying myself some more.

On the mental side when I am playing, I've been too results oriented. This leads to all sorts of well documented complications, and I need to break this habit right now and get back on evaluating sessions based on quality of play.

A few technical things, and then I'll set some mental goals. I don't cbet very much these days, but 33 is still too low. Granted there are plenty of situations to check and win the pot later, but without a super clear idea for doing so I need to just be pretty unbalanced and go for the cbet. My 4bet stat is incredibly low through slowplaying PF, but people won't realise the 2nd part and simply think low 4bet = strong 4bet, so I need to start throwing in more 4bet bluffs. Finally, I'm probably being too loose with a few blind flats at 100bbs, things like 96s 3way I should only be flatting with a good reason..... fish involved and what not. In the BB, I should really up my 3betting to include loads of polarised stuff, K3s and the like. Finally, I'm probably folding a little too much to barrels when I should just apply GTO to a lot of spots where I'm unsure and be happy about it.

So yeah, cbet a bit more, 4bet a bit more, 3bet the BB a bit more have the mentality of winning pots, slightly tighter when calling PF. GTO calls when unsure.

Mentally, I need to remember to relax...... easier said than done, but a good way is to make sure that I take several seconds over most decisions, breathe a few times, make sure I'm taking in every detail, and then finally talk through the hand in my head like I would do in a video and apply all the 'snap' handreading stuff. I also need to trust my instinct virtually always, especially when I'm super relaxed.

So, mental goals, take time over decisions, relax, do the snap handread, trust instinct 100%.

I'm going to just play a short 20 minute session to grade myself on, review the hands, and hopefully get back onto a crushy path.