I feel that statement is true, and considering how lazy I've been the last two days there's no question I've been taking time off. I played a few hands of $10NL yesterday but that was that. I won't be hitting 10.8k FPPs for the end of the month, but that's not a huge issue. Tomorrow is a new month and if I'm up early enough I'll put in some $6.50s I think, if not I'll just have to do some insane volume on my ten day hiatus from work.
So I finally manned up and called to see if I was accepted to the university, and I was which is peachy. Now I have to focus my attention to getting my name in for some scholarships and student loans -- let the fun begin. I'm hoping that I won't have to work a part time job to make it happen. At this point I have zero intentions of getting a part time job for the first semester; that means I'll be unemployed from the end of June or somewhere in July through December for sure. I'll still be playing poker and my idea is that if I can scrape even a little bit out of poker each month then I'll be okay.
I've got an entire sink full of dishes to do shortly. Ugh. I'm a big advocate of using a dishwasher, but my girlfriend is afraid it will ruin our dishes (like they're some great gift from the Gods that we must protect and wash delicately; it's our first set of dishes from our old apartment, pleeease) and I ended up basically not doing them for like 3 days while she was gone. Ugh.
Anyways after I do that I may end up playing a 5400 FPP sat to the mill... not sure. I think the variance in those is just going to be sick, sick, sick but it's the only real way to attempt to generate any significant rakeback at Stars.
Another reason I'm taking today and possibly tomorrow off is I'm going to try to quit smoking weed so often. I've been on a multi-daily kick now weeks and I have to get out of that loop. I'm fully capable of functioning and doing my daily routine while smoking but it's got to the point now where I don't think I'm doing it only for the euphoria the THC brings but also just the general act of smoking something. I smoked cigarettes since I was 16 and quitting was so hard because I enjoyed having a cigarette, I enjoyed that act of smoking. Combine that with some insanely addictive chemical and you've got a recipe for lifetime addiction. But I've got that area beat now I feel, and weed doesn't fill me with near the level of angst that not being able to or not having a cigarette would. This shouldn't be a huge problem but a couple days off to let the edge of not smoking 4-5x a day wear off will be nice.
I'm so anxious to get these days off though. I have to go back home for some stuff this Friday but I'll be back Sunday. I'm hoping I can still log some hands and/or SNGs at night, which I most certainly should be able to. I may see if my buddies want to do anything. They're twins and they just lost their Dad and I haven't had the opportunity to chill with them in ages. I'm going to try and make a point of doing that this weekend if they're around also. Anyways, off to do dishes and shower. Later.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Patience Is a Virtue
That I sometimes lack. I can have amazing patience with regards to things I have control over, but when it comes to things that are out of my hands I get so frustrated, or doing this monotonous job of assisting people with their problems. That gets me also.
I just had a keen idea. I'm going to process a rebate form that's going to score $100 that I otherwise would'nt have, so I'm just gonna kinda count it as a write-off and decide how I'd like to pool another $100 with it and go to the local cardroom and try to crush. I figure if I run it up, great, and if I lost the buyin then it's a shot taken and failed, at least it's just money that I otherwise would'nt have been worrying about putting to use. Plus I'm itching to play some live poker again and I don't know when I'll be able to make it to the casino again.
If it went well I may even consider to use that money as a live bankroll and start visiting the card room more often and see what I can do. Not sure how soft the games are there, haven't ever played the cash just a couple tournaments. The tournament play wasn't anything special.
I'm just so burnt out on this job... gross. I think I got into school. I didn't call to double check everything, and I haven't received a letter yet, but I was able to login to my account on their site, which I haven't been able to do for the past year, so that looks good. I will still have to call and make sure though... I was initially nervous that I'd been turned down because I still hadn't received a letter but being able to login makes me confident I got it.
Still fighting with previous employer to get the correct T4 so my income tax return isn't fucked up. Ugh.
I just had a keen idea. I'm going to process a rebate form that's going to score $100 that I otherwise would'nt have, so I'm just gonna kinda count it as a write-off and decide how I'd like to pool another $100 with it and go to the local cardroom and try to crush. I figure if I run it up, great, and if I lost the buyin then it's a shot taken and failed, at least it's just money that I otherwise would'nt have been worrying about putting to use. Plus I'm itching to play some live poker again and I don't know when I'll be able to make it to the casino again.
If it went well I may even consider to use that money as a live bankroll and start visiting the card room more often and see what I can do. Not sure how soft the games are there, haven't ever played the cash just a couple tournaments. The tournament play wasn't anything special.
I'm just so burnt out on this job... gross. I think I got into school. I didn't call to double check everything, and I haven't received a letter yet, but I was able to login to my account on their site, which I haven't been able to do for the past year, so that looks good. I will still have to call and make sure though... I was initially nervous that I'd been turned down because I still hadn't received a letter but being able to login makes me confident I got it.
Still fighting with previous employer to get the correct T4 so my income tax return isn't fucked up. Ugh.
Good Game Sleep Schedule, Ye Never Stood a Chance
So I go back to work again today for four more days, then I get my ten day hiatus and say goodbye to all those lovely paid vacation and personal days. They will be missed, I'm sure. With my going back to work and me getting up super late in the afternoon (thank you 6am shift, I haven't been able to adjust back since we've met that one lonely night) then I don't have time to put in a session today. I plan to just watch a video or two and maybe read some of the PNLH book. I'm anxious to finish it and see if I can work the rest of the concepts into my game easily.
I slept for maybe 4 hours yesterday and played a session last night. It was succcch a good time to be playing, people were just paying me off with the most ludicrous hands. I ended up having a really nice session at $25NL. I would have been much nicer but I did get AA cracked, run into a higher straight in one weird spot, get drawn out on in a couple other pots. But, that's poker. Had it not been for those pots my session would have just been ludicrous. Even still I made a nice showing, if it continues over the next 3 days I'll make a nice outcome for my efforts in the month of March.
I'm still about 2600 from having 10.8k FPPs but since I said I'd like to have that many by the end of April 1st, it's a breeze. I've played close to 7k hands of $25NL alone in the last couple days. Assuming I play when I get home tonight (and I most likely will, it's Saturday night so it should be a good time to play, late or not) then between then and tomorrow before I go to work I'll probably earn at least 1k FPPs. I'm not at all worried about having that money at that time, but it's nice to have some sort of a goal to focus on.
Looks like I lost 4 buyins in the last 1k hands of my previous session. I think I remember pretty clearly they were unavoidable situations. I go over my sessions at the end to see where I won/lost the most, to see if I can win more/lose less in a similar situation again. I did see one hand from the session where I could've lost less, but I can't see myself ever folding K3 on an AKK board at $25NL, even if it was a regular (in this case it wasn't); I'd have to have a sick read.
If I make 10k hands for the month of March with having no intentions of playing any cash for the month, I'll be fairly impressed. Technically I'm already there counting $5NL and $10NL, I'm at like 9,800. I'll probably end up fairly close to 15k hands I think, which won't be bad for like 4 days of playing. If I continue to improve maybe I won't play as many SNGs next month and focus more on cash. I'm about 14 buyins from being comfortable to try $50NL. $50NL will be a completely different devil I think; more 3-betting light and the such. I'll just continue to focus on good table selection and avoiding regs unless I spy weakness in them.
Wonder how many hands of $25NL I'd have to play to make Platinum status? A ton I bet. I think I've only accumulated around 1k-1.5k VPPs since playing cash and that's over nearly 10k hands (mind you about 3k of them were at $10NL). I'll have to see what I'd like to set my hand # goal for the month to be. I imagine to make Platinum I'll have to play a ton of SNGs as well, which is fine. Maybe at the first of the month I'll put in some insane $6.50 volume to get a decent start.
Nearing the end of the month and I'm feeling pretty happy about my accomplishments this month in poker. Had I not started playing again (thanks sipp) then I would've been wasting time playing some stupid fucking game. I'll be excited to get to play the 5400 FPP sats at the end of the month to see if I can add any figures to what I'm seeing now. Those things would be a huge bankroll boost to me. Assuming I get two shots from what I've done this month (which is awesome because I only anticipated having one) and which the idea of playing enough for Platinum next month, that's 3 more shots for 5 total. Even if I placed once it'd be huge. If I whiff all 5 of them it'd kinda suck, but it's possible.
Alright, I'm gonna burn a bowl and jump in the shower then watch a video, two if I have time. I may make another post later this evening while at work just to keep my mind right.
I slept for maybe 4 hours yesterday and played a session last night. It was succcch a good time to be playing, people were just paying me off with the most ludicrous hands. I ended up having a really nice session at $25NL. I would have been much nicer but I did get AA cracked, run into a higher straight in one weird spot, get drawn out on in a couple other pots. But, that's poker. Had it not been for those pots my session would have just been ludicrous. Even still I made a nice showing, if it continues over the next 3 days I'll make a nice outcome for my efforts in the month of March.
I'm still about 2600 from having 10.8k FPPs but since I said I'd like to have that many by the end of April 1st, it's a breeze. I've played close to 7k hands of $25NL alone in the last couple days. Assuming I play when I get home tonight (and I most likely will, it's Saturday night so it should be a good time to play, late or not) then between then and tomorrow before I go to work I'll probably earn at least 1k FPPs. I'm not at all worried about having that money at that time, but it's nice to have some sort of a goal to focus on.
Looks like I lost 4 buyins in the last 1k hands of my previous session. I think I remember pretty clearly they were unavoidable situations. I go over my sessions at the end to see where I won/lost the most, to see if I can win more/lose less in a similar situation again. I did see one hand from the session where I could've lost less, but I can't see myself ever folding K3 on an AKK board at $25NL, even if it was a regular (in this case it wasn't); I'd have to have a sick read.
If I make 10k hands for the month of March with having no intentions of playing any cash for the month, I'll be fairly impressed. Technically I'm already there counting $5NL and $10NL, I'm at like 9,800. I'll probably end up fairly close to 15k hands I think, which won't be bad for like 4 days of playing. If I continue to improve maybe I won't play as many SNGs next month and focus more on cash. I'm about 14 buyins from being comfortable to try $50NL. $50NL will be a completely different devil I think; more 3-betting light and the such. I'll just continue to focus on good table selection and avoiding regs unless I spy weakness in them.
Wonder how many hands of $25NL I'd have to play to make Platinum status? A ton I bet. I think I've only accumulated around 1k-1.5k VPPs since playing cash and that's over nearly 10k hands (mind you about 3k of them were at $10NL). I'll have to see what I'd like to set my hand # goal for the month to be. I imagine to make Platinum I'll have to play a ton of SNGs as well, which is fine. Maybe at the first of the month I'll put in some insane $6.50 volume to get a decent start.
Nearing the end of the month and I'm feeling pretty happy about my accomplishments this month in poker. Had I not started playing again (thanks sipp) then I would've been wasting time playing some stupid fucking game. I'll be excited to get to play the 5400 FPP sats at the end of the month to see if I can add any figures to what I'm seeing now. Those things would be a huge bankroll boost to me. Assuming I get two shots from what I've done this month (which is awesome because I only anticipated having one) and which the idea of playing enough for Platinum next month, that's 3 more shots for 5 total. Even if I placed once it'd be huge. If I whiff all 5 of them it'd kinda suck, but it's possible.
Alright, I'm gonna burn a bowl and jump in the shower then watch a video, two if I have time. I may make another post later this evening while at work just to keep my mind right.
Friday, March 28, 2008
It's Been Days Since You Checked Back In
Over the last few days I continued to play some $5.50 regulars and some $3.40s. It was an up and down situation for the $3.40 turbos but the $5.50s appear very consistent in profit. It's a slow, steady grind with many exploitable points along the way. I don't mind them nor do I adore them.
My friend's father passed away earlier in the week so I went back home to pay my respects on the 27th and it's 4 hours of driving in total so I read a lot of Professional No Limit Hold'em by Matt Flynn, Sunny Mehta and Ed Miller. It's a good book, I've almost finished it before and got sidetracked of course. I think I'll successfully finish it this time as the application for the material is just so easy in most cases. That said I ended up logging 2,755 hands of $10NL and then 3,927 hands of $25NL. It was a nice session overall, it makes me realize how much I'd prefer to be a cash game giant than a SNG grinder, but it's nice to be versatile as well. If I'm not feeling one game I can jump into something else, which is why I also want to eventually broaden my horizons to limit and PLO, despite hearing horror stories about the swings.
Right now I'm running on about 4 hours of sleep over the last 33 hours or so. I'm surprisingly not tired but I don't feel great either. I'm cooking some boneless chicken which I'm going to enjoy with some fries and (!!!!!) homemade gravy, for a delicious homemade poutine that would put any self respecting cheese fry business to shame.
As for month end goals, I really don't have anything else driving me right now. I'm still shooting to have ~9k-10k FPPs accumulated by the end, I'm at 7,487 right now so I don't think that's a terrible stretch at all. If I could be sitting at like 10.8k at the end of the first day of April I'll be so satisfied. Two shots at the sats is nice.
Something else that would be nice is making Platinum THIS month. I'm 4900 VPP off though. That's 980 $16 SNGs and god only knows how many hands of $25NL. I'd seriously look it up as being doable if I didn't have to work for the last few days of the month. It's going to be super frustrating to be like 2500 away on the last day or something. Ugh. Hopefully I can at least make it next month.
This food cannot be cooked fast enough, I'm really hungry. In the meantime I think I'm gonna smoke a bow (I really need to invest in a vaporizer) and maybe read some PNLH or watch a video or something.
My friend's father passed away earlier in the week so I went back home to pay my respects on the 27th and it's 4 hours of driving in total so I read a lot of Professional No Limit Hold'em by Matt Flynn, Sunny Mehta and Ed Miller. It's a good book, I've almost finished it before and got sidetracked of course. I think I'll successfully finish it this time as the application for the material is just so easy in most cases. That said I ended up logging 2,755 hands of $10NL and then 3,927 hands of $25NL. It was a nice session overall, it makes me realize how much I'd prefer to be a cash game giant than a SNG grinder, but it's nice to be versatile as well. If I'm not feeling one game I can jump into something else, which is why I also want to eventually broaden my horizons to limit and PLO, despite hearing horror stories about the swings.
Right now I'm running on about 4 hours of sleep over the last 33 hours or so. I'm surprisingly not tired but I don't feel great either. I'm cooking some boneless chicken which I'm going to enjoy with some fries and (!!!!!) homemade gravy, for a delicious homemade poutine that would put any self respecting cheese fry business to shame.
As for month end goals, I really don't have anything else driving me right now. I'm still shooting to have ~9k-10k FPPs accumulated by the end, I'm at 7,487 right now so I don't think that's a terrible stretch at all. If I could be sitting at like 10.8k at the end of the first day of April I'll be so satisfied. Two shots at the sats is nice.
Something else that would be nice is making Platinum THIS month. I'm 4900 VPP off though. That's 980 $16 SNGs and god only knows how many hands of $25NL. I'd seriously look it up as being doable if I didn't have to work for the last few days of the month. It's going to be super frustrating to be like 2500 away on the last day or something. Ugh. Hopefully I can at least make it next month.
This food cannot be cooked fast enough, I'm really hungry. In the meantime I think I'm gonna smoke a bow (I really need to invest in a vaporizer) and maybe read some PNLH or watch a video or something.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Drastic
I played a really horrible session earlier. 170 games and it was just gross. I ended up down like 15 buyins or something, definitely could've salvaged myself a few buyins at the end but I just played poor. I started tilting so I finally stopped...
It makes me not want to play anymore $6.50s right now. It was that bad. I obviously will but if I have another session like that I don't have any choice BUT to step down and rebuild. I'm still learning so I'm quite comfortable doing that. I'm considering playing a short session of regular speeds right now while I wait for a buddy to get off work and blaze with me, then I might put in more $6.50s.
Yeah... I think that's what I'll do. Put in some work at the $5.50 regulars for a couple hours. Ciao.
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For some reason I thought there was a 24 table cap on Stars, but it doesn't look like it. I just 30 tabled some $5.50 regulars. Those things... appear to be really soft. I'd be interested to see a large sample of them. Maybe I'll play a bunch of those over the next few days just to get an idea... it's not that I'm burnt out on turbos I'm still just not comfortable with the swings that the $6.50s are bringing. I feel like I need to have an even more padded roll because when I drop below my 100 buyin "safety net" I feel like the perfect storm is just around the corner, which obviously isn't true but it upsets my relaxed mindset.
I'm also interested to see how many regular speed SNGs I could get in while 24-30 tabling. I'd be increasing my tables by at least 6 to 24, possibly more, so the number I was playing will increase but also the number I'm reopening will decrease significantly per hour I believe.
Oh well, the month's goals are met almost, so whatever I decide to play from here on out isn't a huge issue. My next session will put me into Goldstar and most likely break 5400 FPPs for a chance to play the sat (rah rah). I can just putt around in the regulars for a bit and see how it goes and then reassess the situation for trying to get Platinum next month. If I don't feel adequately rolled to play $6.50s then I'm not going to kill myself and my roll trying to get something that will be moot if I go bust or start playing poorly due to being uncomfortable playing with what my roll has.
As a note, I don't feel bad about taking the shot at the $6.50s. I'm playing makeup now because of it but I was and still am rolled for them and if it had been a better session I wouldn't even be having any sort of regret. It was just one of those sessions, throw in the poor play near the end and that's that. I'll just grind it out a bit more at the $3.40s if I have to, if I don't feel the $5.50s are enough for me. We'll see. For now I'm gonna go find my buddy then put in another session of $5.50s I think. Ciao.
It makes me not want to play anymore $6.50s right now. It was that bad. I obviously will but if I have another session like that I don't have any choice BUT to step down and rebuild. I'm still learning so I'm quite comfortable doing that. I'm considering playing a short session of regular speeds right now while I wait for a buddy to get off work and blaze with me, then I might put in more $6.50s.
Yeah... I think that's what I'll do. Put in some work at the $5.50 regulars for a couple hours. Ciao.
For some reason I thought there was a 24 table cap on Stars, but it doesn't look like it. I just 30 tabled some $5.50 regulars. Those things... appear to be really soft. I'd be interested to see a large sample of them. Maybe I'll play a bunch of those over the next few days just to get an idea... it's not that I'm burnt out on turbos I'm still just not comfortable with the swings that the $6.50s are bringing. I feel like I need to have an even more padded roll because when I drop below my 100 buyin "safety net" I feel like the perfect storm is just around the corner, which obviously isn't true but it upsets my relaxed mindset.
I'm also interested to see how many regular speed SNGs I could get in while 24-30 tabling. I'd be increasing my tables by at least 6 to 24, possibly more, so the number I was playing will increase but also the number I'm reopening will decrease significantly per hour I believe.
Oh well, the month's goals are met almost, so whatever I decide to play from here on out isn't a huge issue. My next session will put me into Goldstar and most likely break 5400 FPPs for a chance to play the sat (rah rah). I can just putt around in the regulars for a bit and see how it goes and then reassess the situation for trying to get Platinum next month. If I don't feel adequately rolled to play $6.50s then I'm not going to kill myself and my roll trying to get something that will be moot if I go bust or start playing poorly due to being uncomfortable playing with what my roll has.
As a note, I don't feel bad about taking the shot at the $6.50s. I'm playing makeup now because of it but I was and still am rolled for them and if it had been a better session I wouldn't even be having any sort of regret. It was just one of those sessions, throw in the poor play near the end and that's that. I'll just grind it out a bit more at the $3.40s if I have to, if I don't feel the $5.50s are enough for me. We'll see. For now I'm gonna go find my buddy then put in another session of $5.50s I think. Ciao.
To Be Determined
The time is dragging it's feet along for the evening... almost through this shift, then I get a cool four days to grind. I'm having some considerations of playing some volume in regular speed games as well. I figure I can probably comfortably 24 table them so my $/hr may not take as much of a hurt as I may think it would (not that it's anything special right now, but it's something to be concerned with when you're playing for a high stake).
After reading a few things I think I may give them a shot, but we'll see. I'll most likely play a large number of $6.50s before giving it a shot. When I go for it I'd like to do at least 1000 games, so I'm not sure I'll be able to do this for the month of April, it might interfere with my Platinum Star goal. Then again if I were properly rolled for the $11s on Stars and playing 24 tables... might make some nice VPPs. Don't think it would be of pace to make 10k in the month though. I guess it's only 2000 $11 regulars... probably doable. We'll see. I'm more interested in putting in some $6.50s these next few days, and then playing my first 5400! Ooh.. it's also only 124 Regular $11s to Goldstar. Interesting. I think I'm underestimating the blind level increase difference though, I think it would really affect the number I could play per day.
I'll still give it a shot from a project perspective at some point in the future. I could switch my focus to them after I get more padding and maybe just feel like trying something new. I have set a monetary goal in my mind where I'd like to be financially by September; that figure has nothing to do with my poker bankroll however.
I had planned to go over some hands when I get home but I'm pretty bushed.... starving though, gotta at least eat something when I get home so I might check out a few spots while I do that. I seriously wish I had the chance to put in this crazy volume that I feel the desire to put in. Everyday I feel interrupted by work that I can't sit and grind all day. It's so weird. I used to hate putting in big numbers, I used to dread reviewing hands, not understand what I was looking for. Now I feel like I'm spotting weaknesses and truely building on my game. I feel like putting in 200 games a day the next few days. That would be so sickening. It'd be even more sickening if I had nice results.
I'm looking at having played about 2500 SNGs by months end... that's not bad for not intending on doing anything of that nature whatsoever. That makes me feel even more confident about playing enough in April to make Platinum Star. That would work wonders for my FPP accumulation and thus playing more sats, thus the shot at more results from those. It's basically my best option for creating a sort of rakeback. I even crunched some numbers on getting to Supernova this year. It's... surprisingly possible. Leaving this entire month as a bankroll builder month at the $6.50s plus whatever I may accumulate through the 4 FPPs I'll have likely played/be able to play by then, I'd have to play 2150 SNGs per month for the last 8 months of the year to make Supernova. That's even doable with school. Ahhhh that makes me want to do it so bad.
We'll see how this month goes for playing the $6.50s first. My game still needs a ton of work before I'm comfortably playing $16s. Here's to busting my ass off in April.
After reading a few things I think I may give them a shot, but we'll see. I'll most likely play a large number of $6.50s before giving it a shot. When I go for it I'd like to do at least 1000 games, so I'm not sure I'll be able to do this for the month of April, it might interfere with my Platinum Star goal. Then again if I were properly rolled for the $11s on Stars and playing 24 tables... might make some nice VPPs. Don't think it would be of pace to make 10k in the month though. I guess it's only 2000 $11 regulars... probably doable. We'll see. I'm more interested in putting in some $6.50s these next few days, and then playing my first 5400! Ooh.. it's also only 124 Regular $11s to Goldstar. Interesting. I think I'm underestimating the blind level increase difference though, I think it would really affect the number I could play per day.
I'll still give it a shot from a project perspective at some point in the future. I could switch my focus to them after I get more padding and maybe just feel like trying something new. I have set a monetary goal in my mind where I'd like to be financially by September; that figure has nothing to do with my poker bankroll however.
I had planned to go over some hands when I get home but I'm pretty bushed.... starving though, gotta at least eat something when I get home so I might check out a few spots while I do that. I seriously wish I had the chance to put in this crazy volume that I feel the desire to put in. Everyday I feel interrupted by work that I can't sit and grind all day. It's so weird. I used to hate putting in big numbers, I used to dread reviewing hands, not understand what I was looking for. Now I feel like I'm spotting weaknesses and truely building on my game. I feel like putting in 200 games a day the next few days. That would be so sickening. It'd be even more sickening if I had nice results.
I'm looking at having played about 2500 SNGs by months end... that's not bad for not intending on doing anything of that nature whatsoever. That makes me feel even more confident about playing enough in April to make Platinum Star. That would work wonders for my FPP accumulation and thus playing more sats, thus the shot at more results from those. It's basically my best option for creating a sort of rakeback. I even crunched some numbers on getting to Supernova this year. It's... surprisingly possible. Leaving this entire month as a bankroll builder month at the $6.50s plus whatever I may accumulate through the 4 FPPs I'll have likely played/be able to play by then, I'd have to play 2150 SNGs per month for the last 8 months of the year to make Supernova. That's even doable with school. Ahhhh that makes me want to do it so bad.
We'll see how this month goes for playing the $6.50s first. My game still needs a ton of work before I'm comfortably playing $16s. Here's to busting my ass off in April.
Monday, March 24, 2008
In The Market For Time
I wish had more time to play today. Ugh. The games seem pretty fishy considering it's Monday and I'm not running too shabby to boot. However I gotta eat and then get ready for work... not much I can do about that. Today is my Friday in a sense though, and I'm getting a four day weekend, two days paid. Love booking paid time off, it's the nuts.
I'm hoping to play some insane volume over the next few days but I'm also going to be practicing some heavy table selection, especially since I just saw Albatross77 of all people playing the $6.50s also. I waited until he was done loading games before I started loading any of my $6.50s up. No point in getting involved in a game where a known solid grinder is when the $6.50s are constantly loading fast anyways.
By the end of my set I had all $6.50s loaded up. My general plan right now is if I can have a full session loaded for my normal level, and still have 100 buyins in my account for the next level, I'll play a few of the next level as long as I stay above 100 buyins for that level. It worked well. I played 76 games, no huge profit or anything but it's a start. The session ended up yielding 32 $6.50s played. Showed profit for both the session and the $6.50s played.
Next session I may consider playing a full set of continuous $6.50s but start loading $3.40s if I drop below 100 buyins for the $6.50s. I have enough right now to load my full set and still sit with 100 buyins but once I bust a few and open a few more I'll end up dropping below. I don't mind putting in more $3.40s anyways, I may just load half and half. Haven't really decided for sure how I'll end up doing it, but I'm comfortable to say I'm rolled for the $6.50s, I'm just a super nit when it comes to BR management. The swings can just hurt your game mentally which in turn is also a financial disaster so if you're playing and run into a horrible then my management technique allows me to still be comfortable without sweating moving levels.
My feeling is that if you're serious about grinding up a roll then what's the big deal of spending a few hundred more games at one level before taking a full shot at the next level. Rather than taking that shot early and possibly having that dreaded session and end up having to drop back down a level for more games than you may have had to play initially to be more comfortable for playing the next level in the first place. Maybe I'm just too anal about my roll. Oh well, it works for me.
I'm 208 $6.50s from Goldstar and 312 $3.40s. There's zero question about me making it, the only question is how will I fare in my first 5400 FPP sat to the million and if I can pound out enough games to make Platinum next month. I'm saying yes. That's a fully achievable goal at this time. I've got 10 straight days off in April and I should be able to put in like 1500 there alone, there's no excuse for not doing 150 a day (unless I stop because I'm tilting, that's just good sense). That would leave 100 a day for every other day of the month, but some of those days are gonna be my days off too, which will allow playing a bigger number than I may otherwise play. It's gonna be a tight goal overall...
I've been steering clear of setting monetary goals because so much can happen in a month. My only goal monetarily for the month of April is profit. I'd like to profit more than whatever I end up profiting this month and I can't see why I shouldn't be able to do that considering I mostly played $3.40s. I've gotta remember to ask around about the best time to play the 5400 FPP sats too, the softer the better. Man if I can place in that this month I'd be ecstatic. Only time will tell. If I play $6.50s for the next two days then I should be able to play one Thursday, but I may wait 'til Friday as I said. Just can't wait to get this shift done at work tonight so I'll be free for four days.
I'm hoping to play some insane volume over the next few days but I'm also going to be practicing some heavy table selection, especially since I just saw Albatross77 of all people playing the $6.50s also. I waited until he was done loading games before I started loading any of my $6.50s up. No point in getting involved in a game where a known solid grinder is when the $6.50s are constantly loading fast anyways.
By the end of my set I had all $6.50s loaded up. My general plan right now is if I can have a full session loaded for my normal level, and still have 100 buyins in my account for the next level, I'll play a few of the next level as long as I stay above 100 buyins for that level. It worked well. I played 76 games, no huge profit or anything but it's a start. The session ended up yielding 32 $6.50s played. Showed profit for both the session and the $6.50s played.
Next session I may consider playing a full set of continuous $6.50s but start loading $3.40s if I drop below 100 buyins for the $6.50s. I have enough right now to load my full set and still sit with 100 buyins but once I bust a few and open a few more I'll end up dropping below. I don't mind putting in more $3.40s anyways, I may just load half and half. Haven't really decided for sure how I'll end up doing it, but I'm comfortable to say I'm rolled for the $6.50s, I'm just a super nit when it comes to BR management. The swings can just hurt your game mentally which in turn is also a financial disaster so if you're playing and run into a horrible then my management technique allows me to still be comfortable without sweating moving levels.
My feeling is that if you're serious about grinding up a roll then what's the big deal of spending a few hundred more games at one level before taking a full shot at the next level. Rather than taking that shot early and possibly having that dreaded session and end up having to drop back down a level for more games than you may have had to play initially to be more comfortable for playing the next level in the first place. Maybe I'm just too anal about my roll. Oh well, it works for me.
I'm 208 $6.50s from Goldstar and 312 $3.40s. There's zero question about me making it, the only question is how will I fare in my first 5400 FPP sat to the million and if I can pound out enough games to make Platinum next month. I'm saying yes. That's a fully achievable goal at this time. I've got 10 straight days off in April and I should be able to put in like 1500 there alone, there's no excuse for not doing 150 a day (unless I stop because I'm tilting, that's just good sense). That would leave 100 a day for every other day of the month, but some of those days are gonna be my days off too, which will allow playing a bigger number than I may otherwise play. It's gonna be a tight goal overall...
I've been steering clear of setting monetary goals because so much can happen in a month. My only goal monetarily for the month of April is profit. I'd like to profit more than whatever I end up profiting this month and I can't see why I shouldn't be able to do that considering I mostly played $3.40s. I've gotta remember to ask around about the best time to play the 5400 FPP sats too, the softer the better. Man if I can place in that this month I'd be ecstatic. Only time will tell. If I play $6.50s for the next two days then I should be able to play one Thursday, but I may wait 'til Friday as I said. Just can't wait to get this shift done at work tonight so I'll be free for four days.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
The Numbers Can Attest To My Insanity
Just finished a set a little while ago. Played a ton of games yesterday. 140 something total. Just played 57 now. It was horrible yesterday. I kept my cool through the ordeal and played well, probably a bit sloppy in some spots, but overall I wasn't bleeding money. It's been an up and down ordeal for the last few hundred games, bouncing between being up 35 buyins in one session to drop 22 buyins the next session, winning a few next, dropping a few, winning a few. That basically describes the last little while. I'm not upset about it, I'm playing well enough to damper the downswings and I'm still working on my game.
I tried dropping the number of tables I've been playing by two but it seems to bore me playing less. I seem to focus a bit better when time is of the essence. Most people find it affects their ability to make critical decisions without running into time issues but I feel I get my spots clearer because I don't have time to second guess myself. I could probably attain a higher ROI% if I played few tables, but I'd also be getting in less volume and overall less $/hr so I think I'll stick with playing many tables as long as I can.
Wow, I've been trying to finish this post for 3 days. Wow. I had some other crap I wanted say but I forget what exactly. Anyways I'm going to put in a session right now, going to start throwing in a few $6.50s to my sessions. My roll is padded enough to do it, I'm about to start a 4 day weekend and I'd like to get start diversifying to the $6.50s smoothly by April 1st if possible, so a bit of play in them now would be a good plan. Anyways, going to get at it.
I tried dropping the number of tables I've been playing by two but it seems to bore me playing less. I seem to focus a bit better when time is of the essence. Most people find it affects their ability to make critical decisions without running into time issues but I feel I get my spots clearer because I don't have time to second guess myself. I could probably attain a higher ROI% if I played few tables, but I'd also be getting in less volume and overall less $/hr so I think I'll stick with playing many tables as long as I can.
Wow, I've been trying to finish this post for 3 days. Wow. I had some other crap I wanted say but I forget what exactly. Anyways I'm going to put in a session right now, going to start throwing in a few $6.50s to my sessions. My roll is padded enough to do it, I'm about to start a 4 day weekend and I'd like to get start diversifying to the $6.50s smoothly by April 1st if possible, so a bit of play in them now would be a good plan. Anyways, going to get at it.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
The Will
Since I didn't work today until 9:30pm I had a bit of time to sleep in a little later than normal and still have time to review a bunch and still play a solid session. I was forget what time I ended up waking up but I reviewed hands all afternoon. I ended up spotting a lot of things I didn't like about my game and after reviewing other hands I saw I was missing a lot of value in some spots. I then played for about 3 hours, all $3.40s, and had a nice little session. Ended up playing 88 games total and booked a nice little win.
I work until 6:00am and it's really dead here overnight so I brought my laptop so I can go over more hands when it dies down. There's a huge bulk of hand histories I've been meaning to go over since before I started playing; about 500 of them total I think. It's going to add a lot to my game to go over them all, I started today and did a chunk of 15 games before I started playing so I'll continue going over those this evening. I've already adjusted my play a bit because of it. It's probably going to be quite tempting to play an MTT when it gets dead... I might, we'll see. I'm not a horrible MTT player but I wouldn't like to get sidetracked by the idea of playing them frequently again, especially since I'm just trying to pad my roll a bit and MTTs are so swingy. I guess it might be possible to four table some $3.40s or something. We'll see how dead it gets.
Why does chocolate milk leave such a shitty taste in my mouth? Almost like metal. Wtf. Is white milk the same way? I never drink it...
Oh yeah, walking home last night I saw some tickets laying on the ground. At first I thought they were lotto tickets, which struck me as funny because just before leaving work some co-workers were discussing some funny occurence in a local lotto. So I decided for some reason to grab them and check them out (it's the middle of winter and to see that sort of litter is just odd around here). Turns out it was $50 worth of Pro-Line tickets, two $25 parlays. I checked them when I got home and checked but whoever had bought the tickets had taken Washington to win at Chicago (hockey), and Chicago murdered Washington; so both tickets were auto losers.
I also ran out and bought a new glass pipe today. It's pretty fricken awesome. It's translucent green and the bowl itself shapes into a subtle skul shape and the nose itself works as the choke. The shaping is perfect and it's not a bulky pipe at all.
Fuccck, just turned my laptop on while on lunch and realized I need the network key to attach to this network, which I don't have and nobody is around to provide. Somebody else told me I'd just need to use an ethernet cable to hook into the main network but I obviously don't carry one with me. Fuck that sucks... I can't even use the hand history replayer I use because it's web based. Lame. On a positive note it is my lunch and we are in queue, so at least I'm missing all those retarded calls that are coming through for some random reason. I didn't even take a call for the last 45 minutes of my shift last night, which would be the time I'm signing back in. Hopefully that's the case tonight from then until 6am.
Ooohhh the fatigue is already setting in and I have a bit over 3 hours to go. This sucks... the tools go down in 11 minutes so I'll no longer to be able to do much troubleshooting, but that doesn't mean jack if the calls keep flowing in steady. Hopefully they don't. Gonna start going over some hands soon. Poof.
I work until 6:00am and it's really dead here overnight so I brought my laptop so I can go over more hands when it dies down. There's a huge bulk of hand histories I've been meaning to go over since before I started playing; about 500 of them total I think. It's going to add a lot to my game to go over them all, I started today and did a chunk of 15 games before I started playing so I'll continue going over those this evening. I've already adjusted my play a bit because of it. It's probably going to be quite tempting to play an MTT when it gets dead... I might, we'll see. I'm not a horrible MTT player but I wouldn't like to get sidetracked by the idea of playing them frequently again, especially since I'm just trying to pad my roll a bit and MTTs are so swingy. I guess it might be possible to four table some $3.40s or something. We'll see how dead it gets.
Why does chocolate milk leave such a shitty taste in my mouth? Almost like metal. Wtf. Is white milk the same way? I never drink it...
Oh yeah, walking home last night I saw some tickets laying on the ground. At first I thought they were lotto tickets, which struck me as funny because just before leaving work some co-workers were discussing some funny occurence in a local lotto. So I decided for some reason to grab them and check them out (it's the middle of winter and to see that sort of litter is just odd around here). Turns out it was $50 worth of Pro-Line tickets, two $25 parlays. I checked them when I got home and checked but whoever had bought the tickets had taken Washington to win at Chicago (hockey), and Chicago murdered Washington; so both tickets were auto losers.
I also ran out and bought a new glass pipe today. It's pretty fricken awesome. It's translucent green and the bowl itself shapes into a subtle skul shape and the nose itself works as the choke. The shaping is perfect and it's not a bulky pipe at all.
Fuccck, just turned my laptop on while on lunch and realized I need the network key to attach to this network, which I don't have and nobody is around to provide. Somebody else told me I'd just need to use an ethernet cable to hook into the main network but I obviously don't carry one with me. Fuck that sucks... I can't even use the hand history replayer I use because it's web based. Lame. On a positive note it is my lunch and we are in queue, so at least I'm missing all those retarded calls that are coming through for some random reason. I didn't even take a call for the last 45 minutes of my shift last night, which would be the time I'm signing back in. Hopefully that's the case tonight from then until 6am.
Ooohhh the fatigue is already setting in and I have a bit over 3 hours to go. This sucks... the tools go down in 11 minutes so I'll no longer to be able to do much troubleshooting, but that doesn't mean jack if the calls keep flowing in steady. Hopefully they don't. Gonna start going over some hands soon. Poof.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Variance Swap To Cop Millions Of SNG Buyins
So I've finally broke the 1k mark for $3.40s. Ended up with a grand total of 1107. I didn't get to play any yesterday but just finished a 153 game session right now and ran absolutely HORRIBLE. I ran good the other day so this kinda makes up for it; and then some. It was real bad. Just cooler after cooler. I played well, I know there's a few spots I messed up for sure but I don't think anything got too out of hand. I have a few hands to go over from the session so we'll see. I don't think the fact it was a really long session had anything to do with the results, I just couldn't dodge their outs. It happens.
Over 1107 SNGs I ran at 8.96%. Before these last 153 games I was at over 12%, so the games are beatable for far more than that. This was a brutal session of epic proportions and I don't think you see too many of these sessions in general; I think it was one of the rarer downswings.
That all being said, I'm still rolled for the $6.50s but I think I'm going to continue to put in more $3.40s over the next few days. I work tonight and then don't work until 9:30pm tomorrow night, so I'll have a few more hours to put in volume. I'm on pace to make Goldstar even if I only play $3.40s until the end of the month; I'll possibly even finish it off with $3.40s just to see what I run at over 2k games. At that point I'd be very well rolled for $6.50s to boot. That would also give me one buyin for the 5400 FPP Sat to the Sunday Mill.
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So I'm at work now, doing the real grind. Ugh... seriously it's so sick how I can play SNGs for 5-6 hours and not move my ass from the seat, but it drives me so fucking crazy to sit here and do this for 8.5 hours when I get breaks regulalry. Bewildering. It would be so awesome if I could play 150 SNGs per day and still work fulltime though. I could if I stopped having friends I guess... I wouldn't even mind doing 150 a day five or six days a week. If I did two of the days on my days off then I'd only have to do three more while working; I think I could swing that easily enough, especially considering I'd be playing more than 150 on my days off most likely.
I was talking tonight with sippin_criss who crushes the $16s for like 13% and I was asking him what he thought he could beat the $3.40s for longterm and he shot me a number that threw me off but made sense. He said he figured 20%+. Then I felt shitty about what I'm beating them for since, although I'm going over hands etc., I couldn't really understand what it is I'd be missing that would leave such a gap. I have a feeling that over a larger sample I'd be beating them for at least 10%+ but if it's true that he could do something that high with them then I won't have a chance in hell to survive the $16s, would I?
So what I have to do now that I can consistently beat the game (for what appears to be the minimum) over a sample of 1k hands, is adjust my calling ranges and perfect my 3 handed play. I feel confident enough about my early game, mid game, etc. to get me TO the 4 handed and 3 handed play, so now I need to perfect those points of my game. I think that will open up so much. Other than that I'm just going to keep reviewing my own hands as well as others. It isn't rocket science, I can do better than I'm doing and I plan to do just that.
Regardless of how well I'm doing, as long as I'm in the black it's a more productive past time than fucking video games and it brings me just as much pleasure (although I did feel tilt setting in a bit today, but it cooly slipped away at the end of the session which is showing growth in me as a person I feel). I'm hoping I can do well enough to support myself financially for a couple months this summer because I would legitamently like to take a some time away from work assuming I get into school to just enjoy life again, like I did last spring. I reflect on that time and envy my willingess to take a shot at it then... I don't know what's stopping me now. Maturity? Responsibility? I had all of that before. I had things that had to be paid, and I didn't miss a beat during that time; but it was close for awhile.
Freedom is what I want. My initial plan was to say fuck work after April and do it. then I got to thinking; the income is good, the job is relaxed (even if I do get stressed, just because I dread the thought of taking every single call), and I get discounted services. So if I gave it up my bills are going to increase and my income will undoubedtly decrease. I'd basically have to be making about 2500 a month playing poker to be able to be scott free about the situation. If I could beat the $6.50s for 10% then that shouldn't be a problem... beating the $6.50s for 10% shouldn't be a problem... I dunno.
If I don't get into school this year I'll be at a real crossroads though. I won't be living here so jobs like this won't be so easily attainable and the ones I can get, I'd truly be able to make more playing poker. Maybe that's not such a bad thing I guess... but I really want to go back to school. But yeah, come to think of it if I don't get back into school this year then I most likely will try to play for a living again. I think I'll have the experience by then to make more than what jobs would be paying me in that area easily.
If that were the case I'd absolutely have to broaden my horizon in poker though; I'd have to get better at cash because it's where the real money is, and if I don't get back into school then I have to start making real money. Cash is something I want to get back into anyways, for the reason I just stated. It's in the back of my mind on my ToDo list. I no longer have my Cardrunners account but I wouldn't hesitate to reactivate it if I planned to play cash again. I think what I'll do is continue to work on SNGs until my bankroll is padded, I've put away some money into savings, and I'm consistently beating the $16 level. At that point I'll look into transitioning slowly into cash.
Cash games were a fun thing for me. I liked putting in volume with them too, but it's obviously different. I can't just robot it and win, it requires thought. I can beat $10NL over 40k hands I think it was, but it was low. I should be KILLING $10NL for like 5PTBB+++ but I was doing like 2.5 or something miniscule. I could work through that as well though, I'd say.
Another hour and a half and I'm outta here... I kinda feel like going home and playing some. Whatever this is getting loopy and pointless, it's just filling time until I get the fuck out of here. Poof.
Over 1107 SNGs I ran at 8.96%. Before these last 153 games I was at over 12%, so the games are beatable for far more than that. This was a brutal session of epic proportions and I don't think you see too many of these sessions in general; I think it was one of the rarer downswings.
That all being said, I'm still rolled for the $6.50s but I think I'm going to continue to put in more $3.40s over the next few days. I work tonight and then don't work until 9:30pm tomorrow night, so I'll have a few more hours to put in volume. I'm on pace to make Goldstar even if I only play $3.40s until the end of the month; I'll possibly even finish it off with $3.40s just to see what I run at over 2k games. At that point I'd be very well rolled for $6.50s to boot. That would also give me one buyin for the 5400 FPP Sat to the Sunday Mill.
So I'm at work now, doing the real grind. Ugh... seriously it's so sick how I can play SNGs for 5-6 hours and not move my ass from the seat, but it drives me so fucking crazy to sit here and do this for 8.5 hours when I get breaks regulalry. Bewildering. It would be so awesome if I could play 150 SNGs per day and still work fulltime though. I could if I stopped having friends I guess... I wouldn't even mind doing 150 a day five or six days a week. If I did two of the days on my days off then I'd only have to do three more while working; I think I could swing that easily enough, especially considering I'd be playing more than 150 on my days off most likely.
I was talking tonight with sippin_criss who crushes the $16s for like 13% and I was asking him what he thought he could beat the $3.40s for longterm and he shot me a number that threw me off but made sense. He said he figured 20%+. Then I felt shitty about what I'm beating them for since, although I'm going over hands etc., I couldn't really understand what it is I'd be missing that would leave such a gap. I have a feeling that over a larger sample I'd be beating them for at least 10%+ but if it's true that he could do something that high with them then I won't have a chance in hell to survive the $16s, would I?
So what I have to do now that I can consistently beat the game (for what appears to be the minimum) over a sample of 1k hands, is adjust my calling ranges and perfect my 3 handed play. I feel confident enough about my early game, mid game, etc. to get me TO the 4 handed and 3 handed play, so now I need to perfect those points of my game. I think that will open up so much. Other than that I'm just going to keep reviewing my own hands as well as others. It isn't rocket science, I can do better than I'm doing and I plan to do just that.
Regardless of how well I'm doing, as long as I'm in the black it's a more productive past time than fucking video games and it brings me just as much pleasure (although I did feel tilt setting in a bit today, but it cooly slipped away at the end of the session which is showing growth in me as a person I feel). I'm hoping I can do well enough to support myself financially for a couple months this summer because I would legitamently like to take a some time away from work assuming I get into school to just enjoy life again, like I did last spring. I reflect on that time and envy my willingess to take a shot at it then... I don't know what's stopping me now. Maturity? Responsibility? I had all of that before. I had things that had to be paid, and I didn't miss a beat during that time; but it was close for awhile.
Freedom is what I want. My initial plan was to say fuck work after April and do it. then I got to thinking; the income is good, the job is relaxed (even if I do get stressed, just because I dread the thought of taking every single call), and I get discounted services. So if I gave it up my bills are going to increase and my income will undoubedtly decrease. I'd basically have to be making about 2500 a month playing poker to be able to be scott free about the situation. If I could beat the $6.50s for 10% then that shouldn't be a problem... beating the $6.50s for 10% shouldn't be a problem... I dunno.
If I don't get into school this year I'll be at a real crossroads though. I won't be living here so jobs like this won't be so easily attainable and the ones I can get, I'd truly be able to make more playing poker. Maybe that's not such a bad thing I guess... but I really want to go back to school. But yeah, come to think of it if I don't get back into school this year then I most likely will try to play for a living again. I think I'll have the experience by then to make more than what jobs would be paying me in that area easily.
If that were the case I'd absolutely have to broaden my horizon in poker though; I'd have to get better at cash because it's where the real money is, and if I don't get back into school then I have to start making real money. Cash is something I want to get back into anyways, for the reason I just stated. It's in the back of my mind on my ToDo list. I no longer have my Cardrunners account but I wouldn't hesitate to reactivate it if I planned to play cash again. I think what I'll do is continue to work on SNGs until my bankroll is padded, I've put away some money into savings, and I'm consistently beating the $16 level. At that point I'll look into transitioning slowly into cash.
Cash games were a fun thing for me. I liked putting in volume with them too, but it's obviously different. I can't just robot it and win, it requires thought. I can beat $10NL over 40k hands I think it was, but it was low. I should be KILLING $10NL for like 5PTBB+++ but I was doing like 2.5 or something miniscule. I could work through that as well though, I'd say.
Another hour and a half and I'm outta here... I kinda feel like going home and playing some. Whatever this is getting loopy and pointless, it's just filling time until I get the fuck out of here. Poof.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Lucrative Use of Undetermined Levels of Intensity
So work didn't turn out to be bad as I had expected; the new program really isn't in full force yet. As of right now it's basically a GUI over top of the old program but all of the customer's accounts haven't been converted for use in the new program yet, so basically it's just a glorified interface until they make that adjustment; take your time guys. I didn't even have to use the program for a single call, not one account that I handled yesterday had been converted yet. Ship it.
I thought I had to work until 6am Friday night but it turns out that I work THURSDAY night until 6am (still one of my standard days off, but I have to do the overlap into Good Friday due to my lack of seniority). So that's kinda cool I guess since now I'll have Friday night off to play. I also took the initiative to book my last week of vacation too... 3 weeks from now. ?!?! I figure if I get into school then I'll be leaving this city, this job, so I might as well take advantage of getting all of my vacation off considering it's paid time. So yeah... I'm gonna be able to put in more crazy volume during that period.
Speaking of volume I just finished playing 103 games. It was a lucrative session, felt that I played very well and I ran so fucking hot at the end it's sick. I've got a few hands to go over, not sure if I'll do that now, after work, or tomorrow... only time will tell. My buddy wanted me to go play Super Smash Brother's Brawl at his place today but I felt the need to put in some games and I'm thoroughly satisfied I did. I committed that I'd go play with him tomorrow though. We didn't do anything during my break 'cause I was so zoned, then I went home, so it's been awhile since we've really done anything. I would, however, like to get in 50 games tomorrow. That would break me through 1000 games of $3.40s. That's a milestone.
So at this point I'm rolled for the $6.50s but I can't decide what I want to do from here. I know I want to finish getting 1000 games for $3.40s but I haven't decided to continue with $3.40s for this week and start $6.50s next week as planned or start them after the milestone. Regardless of what I do I'm going to get Goldstar this month. That's satisfying. I'm hoping to go fucking bananas on volume next month but we'll see... I'm actually shooting for Platinum Star. I think I can pull it off since I'll have 9 straight days off of work plus I plan to book another 4 day week sometime in April, so that's 13 days of no planned obligations. It'll take me 3334 $6.50s to get to Platinum. If I can put in that kinda volume I'll be very impressed with myself. It works out to 117 a day roughly but I'll be able to put in more than that on my days off most likely. It'll be really close to hitting it I think. If I'm ridiculously close near the end of the month and my bankroll is padded then I may decide to finish it off at $16s to ensure I make it.
For now I've gotta jump in the shower and get ready for work. Gonna go straight to bed after work probably... that way I should be up early enough to put in volume before I go to get my ass kicked at a game I'm not a huge fan of. Maybe I'll learn to like it but fuck I didn't enjoy SSB: Melee.
I thought I had to work until 6am Friday night but it turns out that I work THURSDAY night until 6am (still one of my standard days off, but I have to do the overlap into Good Friday due to my lack of seniority). So that's kinda cool I guess since now I'll have Friday night off to play. I also took the initiative to book my last week of vacation too... 3 weeks from now. ?!?! I figure if I get into school then I'll be leaving this city, this job, so I might as well take advantage of getting all of my vacation off considering it's paid time. So yeah... I'm gonna be able to put in more crazy volume during that period.
Speaking of volume I just finished playing 103 games. It was a lucrative session, felt that I played very well and I ran so fucking hot at the end it's sick. I've got a few hands to go over, not sure if I'll do that now, after work, or tomorrow... only time will tell. My buddy wanted me to go play Super Smash Brother's Brawl at his place today but I felt the need to put in some games and I'm thoroughly satisfied I did. I committed that I'd go play with him tomorrow though. We didn't do anything during my break 'cause I was so zoned, then I went home, so it's been awhile since we've really done anything. I would, however, like to get in 50 games tomorrow. That would break me through 1000 games of $3.40s. That's a milestone.
So at this point I'm rolled for the $6.50s but I can't decide what I want to do from here. I know I want to finish getting 1000 games for $3.40s but I haven't decided to continue with $3.40s for this week and start $6.50s next week as planned or start them after the milestone. Regardless of what I do I'm going to get Goldstar this month. That's satisfying. I'm hoping to go fucking bananas on volume next month but we'll see... I'm actually shooting for Platinum Star. I think I can pull it off since I'll have 9 straight days off of work plus I plan to book another 4 day week sometime in April, so that's 13 days of no planned obligations. It'll take me 3334 $6.50s to get to Platinum. If I can put in that kinda volume I'll be very impressed with myself. It works out to 117 a day roughly but I'll be able to put in more than that on my days off most likely. It'll be really close to hitting it I think. If I'm ridiculously close near the end of the month and my bankroll is padded then I may decide to finish it off at $16s to ensure I make it.
For now I've gotta jump in the shower and get ready for work. Gonna go straight to bed after work probably... that way I should be up early enough to put in volume before I go to get my ass kicked at a game I'm not a huge fan of. Maybe I'll learn to like it but fuck I didn't enjoy SSB: Melee.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Dreadful
Today is the day I go back to work. There's nothing worse than having a really long break and then going back to the daily grind. I'm going to have a rough time tonight probably. That new program we're using is utter garbage in my humblest of opinions.
In the back of my mind I wanted to play about 750 $3.40s. I'd say I broke that easily. I don't have all of my numbers because they rest of my database is at my apartment but I had over 500 played there and something like 3o0 or so on here (too lazy to check). When I played my first session yesterday it came to a quick end. I felt tilt coming on due to being pressed for time and some other stuff that got on my mind; like oh shit did the university not contact me because they didn't receive the rest of my papers? Anyways I noticed it quick (trust me it was evident) and just stopped opening games and finished what I had up. I don't think I played horrible but I didn't feel up to playing.
Last night however, I did play bad. I picked up this retarded thing of shoving something mediocre after a limper for some fucking retarded reason. Dunno where that came from but I think it's easy to work on. I think I'm over thinking spots sometimes and make silly plays as a result. I ended up about even for the day, I might have been up a buy in at the end of the night.
I had somewhat anticipated being rolled for $6.50s as of yesterday for some reason; mostly due to a combination of my volume and results (er, guess that's a pretty obvious reason). I'm really close but not quite there. I haven't decided if I'll try to make the transition at 100 buy ins or take a shot once I have a bit more padding in the roll. We'll see. I considered running a session now before we leave to go home but I decided I wouldn't, and I work until 3am so it's doubtful I'll get a session in after that unless I'm feeling spry. Most likely I'll go to bed and wake up semi-early to play a decent session before work. It's gonna suck having to schedule my play around work though. Ugh. Such life occurrences.
Another realization hit me yesterday, and that's that I have to work until 6am Friday and then again at 6:30pm on Saturday. So much for getting any fucking play there. Pisses me off so much. I'm gonna make out really well pay-wise on Friday though; Good Friday so it's holiday pay + time and a half plus premiums for working after midnight so it will be a very healthy day for the bank account which is copasetic. That's quite the dictionary Google is using here... it's telling me copasetic isn't word. It also refuses the variation copacetic. Whatever.
With any luck it will be really, really slow at work tonight. To say I'm unprepared to use this new program would be an understatement. All I can hope is that my buddy is there early enough to give me a crash course on everything I forgot in the last two weeks. I plan to crunch some numbers tonight and put some thought into how many SNGs to try to squeeze in during the work week. Before I was just playing games anyways since the gf is always at school so time won't be an issue. Assuming I'm up by 12 each day then that leaves me about 6 hours to play in. I have to be done my 6pm so I can get ready/leave for work. I'm usually up before 12 but throw in the odd day I'm not and the fact I have to eat. I'm gonna say I can probably allot about 4 hours a day to putting in volume. That may get cut into if I have a lot of hands to go over but that's decent. With that in mind I should be able to do about 100 SNGs a day.
So much for crunching numbers tonight looks like I'm about to do this now. Okay, assuming I can get 100 a day then this week I could play like... wow probably like 700 games by Friday night. 400 on my days I work, can probably do 150 on Thursday and I don't work until 9:30pm Friday night so I can probably get another 150 in that day. So let's say I'm rolled for the $6.50s and ready to play my first session Sunday (because I won't have time Saturday). That leaves me 9 days to get the remainder VPPs for Goldstar. I think it's 2 VPP per $3.40 so assuming I play 700 this week that's another 1400 VPP. Hahaha I'm gonna get Goldstar for sure. That's flipping awesome. I'll only have to play 220 or so $6.50s after that to get Goldstar and I'll have 9 days to do it in. Ship the Goldstar. I think that also equips me with enough FPPs to play a Sunday mill satellite after this month's play. Awesome.
Assuming all goes well I should be comfortably rolled for $16s at the end of next month. If I don't do as well at $6.50s than I'd like to than I'll be rolled for $16s but not comfortably. If I could take a shot at $16s at the end of next month that'd be cool. We'll see! It's all volume. Just wish I didn't have to work so much... wish I was part-time. Oh well. Guaranteed money is always nice even if the new tool RUINS MY FUCKING JOB.
I'm going to get food and head home.
In the back of my mind I wanted to play about 750 $3.40s. I'd say I broke that easily. I don't have all of my numbers because they rest of my database is at my apartment but I had over 500 played there and something like 3o0 or so on here (too lazy to check). When I played my first session yesterday it came to a quick end. I felt tilt coming on due to being pressed for time and some other stuff that got on my mind; like oh shit did the university not contact me because they didn't receive the rest of my papers? Anyways I noticed it quick (trust me it was evident) and just stopped opening games and finished what I had up. I don't think I played horrible but I didn't feel up to playing.
Last night however, I did play bad. I picked up this retarded thing of shoving something mediocre after a limper for some fucking retarded reason. Dunno where that came from but I think it's easy to work on. I think I'm over thinking spots sometimes and make silly plays as a result. I ended up about even for the day, I might have been up a buy in at the end of the night.
I had somewhat anticipated being rolled for $6.50s as of yesterday for some reason; mostly due to a combination of my volume and results (er, guess that's a pretty obvious reason). I'm really close but not quite there. I haven't decided if I'll try to make the transition at 100 buy ins or take a shot once I have a bit more padding in the roll. We'll see. I considered running a session now before we leave to go home but I decided I wouldn't, and I work until 3am so it's doubtful I'll get a session in after that unless I'm feeling spry. Most likely I'll go to bed and wake up semi-early to play a decent session before work. It's gonna suck having to schedule my play around work though. Ugh. Such life occurrences.
Another realization hit me yesterday, and that's that I have to work until 6am Friday and then again at 6:30pm on Saturday. So much for getting any fucking play there. Pisses me off so much. I'm gonna make out really well pay-wise on Friday though; Good Friday so it's holiday pay + time and a half plus premiums for working after midnight so it will be a very healthy day for the bank account which is copasetic. That's quite the dictionary Google is using here... it's telling me copasetic isn't word. It also refuses the variation copacetic. Whatever.
With any luck it will be really, really slow at work tonight. To say I'm unprepared to use this new program would be an understatement. All I can hope is that my buddy is there early enough to give me a crash course on everything I forgot in the last two weeks. I plan to crunch some numbers tonight and put some thought into how many SNGs to try to squeeze in during the work week. Before I was just playing games anyways since the gf is always at school so time won't be an issue. Assuming I'm up by 12 each day then that leaves me about 6 hours to play in. I have to be done my 6pm so I can get ready/leave for work. I'm usually up before 12 but throw in the odd day I'm not and the fact I have to eat. I'm gonna say I can probably allot about 4 hours a day to putting in volume. That may get cut into if I have a lot of hands to go over but that's decent. With that in mind I should be able to do about 100 SNGs a day.
So much for crunching numbers tonight looks like I'm about to do this now. Okay, assuming I can get 100 a day then this week I could play like... wow probably like 700 games by Friday night. 400 on my days I work, can probably do 150 on Thursday and I don't work until 9:30pm Friday night so I can probably get another 150 in that day. So let's say I'm rolled for the $6.50s and ready to play my first session Sunday (because I won't have time Saturday). That leaves me 9 days to get the remainder VPPs for Goldstar. I think it's 2 VPP per $3.40 so assuming I play 700 this week that's another 1400 VPP. Hahaha I'm gonna get Goldstar for sure. That's flipping awesome. I'll only have to play 220 or so $6.50s after that to get Goldstar and I'll have 9 days to do it in. Ship the Goldstar. I think that also equips me with enough FPPs to play a Sunday mill satellite after this month's play. Awesome.
Assuming all goes well I should be comfortably rolled for $16s at the end of next month. If I don't do as well at $6.50s than I'd like to than I'll be rolled for $16s but not comfortably. If I could take a shot at $16s at the end of next month that'd be cool. We'll see! It's all volume. Just wish I didn't have to work so much... wish I was part-time. Oh well. Guaranteed money is always nice even if the new tool RUINS MY FUCKING JOB.
I'm going to get food and head home.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Huge Leak
So I've found a huge leak in my game that has cost me at least two buy ins in the last little while. That leak is registering for the incorrect SNG. I've got my filters set but I still managed to register for a 6-max SNG last night and previously a $3.40 while playing the $1.20s. Not a huge deal but I'd rather not be doing it because it is costing me money. I don't know how I didn't notice a 6-max SNG open. Oh well.
I ended up playing over 150 games yesterday. I wish I could put that kinda volume in while working too. Work... ugh. We were trained on a new tool and I had my vacation before the tool became active. Tomorrow I start work again and this tool is now in use, the main tool we'll be using now, and it's fucking horrible in my opinion. My job was so easy up until now but this tool really throws a fucking wrench into the way I handled each call, it was usually just bing, bang, boom and the caller's issue was resolved. Now we have to verify every call that comes through and make more notes than a fucking paralegal. It sucks. There's nothing I can do about it, obviously, but I wish it hadn't changed.
During my last session last night I hit Silverstar status. It's cool but it's not a huge deal for the levels I'm playing. My only plans for my FPPs are the sats to the Sunday Million and I'm a stretch off playing those consistently... or even playing one for that matter. I think if I end up moving up to $6.50s I may be able to knock out Goldstar this month. I'm close to being able to give $6.50s a shot based on my BR management, so it's foreseeable. I have 16 days not counting today to play about 800 $6.50s to clear through it. I'll end up playing more $3.40s today, probably won't be able to play tomorrow because we have to drive home and I have to work tomorrow night, so that limits things. If I get up early tomorrow then I might be able to put a few in before we leave, we'll see.
As I've been playing these marathon sessions I've been savings various hands I'm curious about to go over afterwards or before my next session starts. I saved soooooo many hands during last night's session. It will take me forever to go over them all but it's so worth it, it opens up so many spots and clarifies so many others.
With that I'm going to eat some tacos, shower and then go over those hands.
I ended up playing over 150 games yesterday. I wish I could put that kinda volume in while working too. Work... ugh. We were trained on a new tool and I had my vacation before the tool became active. Tomorrow I start work again and this tool is now in use, the main tool we'll be using now, and it's fucking horrible in my opinion. My job was so easy up until now but this tool really throws a fucking wrench into the way I handled each call, it was usually just bing, bang, boom and the caller's issue was resolved. Now we have to verify every call that comes through and make more notes than a fucking paralegal. It sucks. There's nothing I can do about it, obviously, but I wish it hadn't changed.
During my last session last night I hit Silverstar status. It's cool but it's not a huge deal for the levels I'm playing. My only plans for my FPPs are the sats to the Sunday Million and I'm a stretch off playing those consistently... or even playing one for that matter. I think if I end up moving up to $6.50s I may be able to knock out Goldstar this month. I'm close to being able to give $6.50s a shot based on my BR management, so it's foreseeable. I have 16 days not counting today to play about 800 $6.50s to clear through it. I'll end up playing more $3.40s today, probably won't be able to play tomorrow because we have to drive home and I have to work tomorrow night, so that limits things. If I get up early tomorrow then I might be able to put a few in before we leave, we'll see.
As I've been playing these marathon sessions I've been savings various hands I'm curious about to go over afterwards or before my next session starts. I saved soooooo many hands during last night's session. It will take me forever to go over them all but it's so worth it, it opens up so many spots and clarifies so many others.
With that I'm going to eat some tacos, shower and then go over those hands.
Friday, March 14, 2008
I Got That Volume-Like Style
I've Got That Volume, Ya Hear?
So in 7 days I've put in 800 SNGs, about 250 of which were regular speeds which killed my number per hour. I'm going nuts with it, never felt like putting volume in like this before. And reviewing hands, either after or before every session. I just want to get so good at this. I don't know why I keep coming back at this but I've never come at it like this before, equipped with what I need to succeed. Four and a half months before I'll be most likely quitting work (assuming I get into school). My current work schedule will allow for plenty of volume I think, and come the end of July I'll have an entire month to mostly grind and enjoy the summer.
That'll be nice, putting in volume and just chilling for a bit. Only real obligations in that time frame will be finding a place to live for school and arranging stuff to be hooked up and figure out living expenses for the year. Again, assuming I get into school and get offered a good enough student loan to afford the startup.
Last time I was on a free ride and I fucked up. So I've learned from my mistakes and I'm planning a re-up. It's gonna be a clean run through with sick devotion. I'm done wasting time. I wasted a year more than I had initially wanted to but it's fine, I've saved a little bit of money and will with any luck get a good student loan to support myself through the battle. I'm hoping to catch up on some lost time by taking some courses in summer but we'll see how things go. I've got this hunger. I just gotta focus on that and I think good things are inevitable. I could be wrong but I feel pretty confident about my instincts.
Right now I'm in the Escape beside the gf, she's driving us back to our hometown for the weekend. Standard procedure for her, a rare occasion for me. It's not I don't like home but it's inconvenient to me. My parent's place can't get high speed because of location (real fucking out of the way place) so I'm forced to do anything internet related including poker at her parent's. Which is fine but I'd prefer to comfort of my own quarters and surroundings.
The sun is so hot. I love it. I wish it was the truth outside but there's more snow around me than most of you have ever seen in your life. This road is shit. There are washed out pot holes and water laying on the road everywhere. It's retarded. I guess it doesn't get enough traffic to warrant being fixed? Who knows their reasoning but my gf has busted two windshields on her parent's vehicles so far. She's a pretty dedicated homebody that's for fact.
I'm gonna try to grab a few winks for the remainder of this suicide flight home.
So in 7 days I've put in 800 SNGs, about 250 of which were regular speeds which killed my number per hour. I'm going nuts with it, never felt like putting volume in like this before. And reviewing hands, either after or before every session. I just want to get so good at this. I don't know why I keep coming back at this but I've never come at it like this before, equipped with what I need to succeed. Four and a half months before I'll be most likely quitting work (assuming I get into school). My current work schedule will allow for plenty of volume I think, and come the end of July I'll have an entire month to mostly grind and enjoy the summer.
That'll be nice, putting in volume and just chilling for a bit. Only real obligations in that time frame will be finding a place to live for school and arranging stuff to be hooked up and figure out living expenses for the year. Again, assuming I get into school and get offered a good enough student loan to afford the startup.
Last time I was on a free ride and I fucked up. So I've learned from my mistakes and I'm planning a re-up. It's gonna be a clean run through with sick devotion. I'm done wasting time. I wasted a year more than I had initially wanted to but it's fine, I've saved a little bit of money and will with any luck get a good student loan to support myself through the battle. I'm hoping to catch up on some lost time by taking some courses in summer but we'll see how things go. I've got this hunger. I just gotta focus on that and I think good things are inevitable. I could be wrong but I feel pretty confident about my instincts.
Right now I'm in the Escape beside the gf, she's driving us back to our hometown for the weekend. Standard procedure for her, a rare occasion for me. It's not I don't like home but it's inconvenient to me. My parent's place can't get high speed because of location (real fucking out of the way place) so I'm forced to do anything internet related including poker at her parent's. Which is fine but I'd prefer to comfort of my own quarters and surroundings.
The sun is so hot. I love it. I wish it was the truth outside but there's more snow around me than most of you have ever seen in your life. This road is shit. There are washed out pot holes and water laying on the road everywhere. It's retarded. I guess it doesn't get enough traffic to warrant being fixed? Who knows their reasoning but my gf has busted two windshields on her parent's vehicles so far. She's a pretty dedicated homebody that's for fact.
I'm gonna try to grab a few winks for the remainder of this suicide flight home.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Developing The Sickness
I didn't make 200 SNGs yesterday but I came close. The final results were 183 SNGs; I played 122 of those in one sitting. I enjoyed it, it was a very dry session and a few coolers but I kept my cool cooler. I'm still just enjoying putting in volume. I think I'm on a nice pace to make 750 before work Sunday... one issue is I might be going back home for the weekend which will cut into my playing a lot I imagine. Plans of getting a little twisted on Saturday... not really much interested in it. Don't think many people are gonna be going that are of much interest to me.
Anyways... right now I'm setting up stuff on my laptop so it'll be equipped to play and be up to date on my records at all times. I'm seriously in need of some new music while playing. These long sessions have exhausted what I've got on this system right now. Awhile back I had to format and install a legit copy of windows because I was tired of being unsupported and open to disaster and decided to start fresh. I didn't have time to back anything up so I just formatted everything. My collection has been slowly growing but now I'm blowing through it all while playing these long sessions. The repetition is getting dull.
Bingo, just found something that will fill a bit a few moments of audio obsession. Looks like things aren't going to be registered and ready to use on my laptop in time for me to play a session on my uncomfortable futon. Unfortunate. Oh, one down as I was writing this. If I can get the other registered in the next 30 minutes then I'll run it on the laptop probably.
Scratch that, I'll start a session after this music is downloaded. Or something. Wish they'd just send the damn registration code. Holy crap, processing 595 files in Poker Tracker v2, talk about a test of strength. Ahhhhhhh it's been 11 minutes and it's still going. This sucks. I'm going to cruise some forums while waiting.
Anyways... right now I'm setting up stuff on my laptop so it'll be equipped to play and be up to date on my records at all times. I'm seriously in need of some new music while playing. These long sessions have exhausted what I've got on this system right now. Awhile back I had to format and install a legit copy of windows because I was tired of being unsupported and open to disaster and decided to start fresh. I didn't have time to back anything up so I just formatted everything. My collection has been slowly growing but now I'm blowing through it all while playing these long sessions. The repetition is getting dull.
Bingo, just found something that will fill a bit a few moments of audio obsession. Looks like things aren't going to be registered and ready to use on my laptop in time for me to play a session on my uncomfortable futon. Unfortunate. Oh, one down as I was writing this. If I can get the other registered in the next 30 minutes then I'll run it on the laptop probably.
Scratch that, I'll start a session after this music is downloaded. Or something. Wish they'd just send the damn registration code. Holy crap, processing 595 files in Poker Tracker v2, talk about a test of strength. Ahhhhhhh it's been 11 minutes and it's still going. This sucks. I'm going to cruise some forums while waiting.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Do You Think I Could Pay a Maid In $EV?
'Cause I've gotta clean this fucking apartment and I ran like shit today. So I ended up having 100 buyins in my account for $3.40 turbos so I decided to play a session or two and see how things felt. I enjoyed playing a faster paced game and I think it actually puts me in a good position to make Silverstar very easily this month, which is cool. Goldstar is still somewhat of a reach while playing $3.40s. I played 156 yesterday and 61 so far today. Yesterday was really good and I ended up having a very nice day, this last session I dropped 10 buyins. I would certainly say there's more variance to the $3.40s but I the yield will obviously build me up faster than the $1.20s and I'm not rolled for anything else right now.
Over 218 games I've ran at 8.88 ROI%. Not too bad but I ran at over 19 ROI% over 156 games yesterday. That's poker. I'm getting more comfortable with going over hands and spotting places to exploit and spotting hands that I'd like to review. I'll hopefully put in another session after supper. I'd like to play 200 games today. I've never felt like putting in games like I do right now. It's weird but I'm glad I do.
I'd like to try to play 750 games before I go back to work. That's another 400 assuming I play 200 total today. That's only 130ish a day for the remainder of my break; I think I can do that. We'll see. As soon as I've got 100 buyins for $6.50 turbos I'll take a shot at them. With any luck I'll be there before April. If I do end up there for April then for April I'll be shooting for Goldstar.
At this point in time I don't have any intentions of withdrawing for anything so I'll be interested to see how much volume and study I can get in to see what I can accumulate by summer.
Anyways. Gonna go get some things done.
Over 218 games I've ran at 8.88 ROI%. Not too bad but I ran at over 19 ROI% over 156 games yesterday. That's poker. I'm getting more comfortable with going over hands and spotting places to exploit and spotting hands that I'd like to review. I'll hopefully put in another session after supper. I'd like to play 200 games today. I've never felt like putting in games like I do right now. It's weird but I'm glad I do.
I'd like to try to play 750 games before I go back to work. That's another 400 assuming I play 200 total today. That's only 130ish a day for the remainder of my break; I think I can do that. We'll see. As soon as I've got 100 buyins for $6.50 turbos I'll take a shot at them. With any luck I'll be there before April. If I do end up there for April then for April I'll be shooting for Goldstar.
At this point in time I don't have any intentions of withdrawing for anything so I'll be interested to see how much volume and study I can get in to see what I can accumulate by summer.
Anyways. Gonna go get some things done.
Monday, March 10, 2008
How Time Flies...
I can't even believe it's been 3.5 months since I've updated after that last post. Things really seemed to get scrambled. The shift I picked up at work once I got out of training really sucked; it was midday so I didn't have much time before work and found myself being sucked in by a coworker friend to play WoW again. That fucking game is so counter productive to advancement of an individual's goals and aspirations. You can't juggle as many goals at once 'cause you're so motivated to attain pointless fucking goals in a virtual world. I'm seriously considering breaking the discs and uninstalling the game.
That aside, I have finally completed the entire process for applying back to university and I'm just waiting now to hear something back. I should know something within the next couple weeks. I'm trying not to think too much about it but I really want to get back in. Work is easy, I can surf the web etc. but I'm feeling anxious to make up some lost time at school and hopefully get on a path to be making at least twice what I am now within the next few years. I think that's a reasonable goal with a little smart thinking and hard work.
As of yesterday I'm on a seven day vacation from work, paid. Whee. I've decided that in that time I'm going to start playing some poker. I've decided to try and just grow a small bankroll for the bottom up. I'll be at work until the end of July at the earliest (early plans for moving to a new place for school) so I have a steady income for the important things and I've got some to play around with as well. I've decided I don't want to risk any large amounts because I don't want to be in bad shape financially when school comes. So instead I just want to see how much I can build up using very tight bankroll management and just grinding it out.
I've thrown on $300 and have been playing... $1.20 SNGs. I've played 179 so far, also accidentally played a $3.40 turbo at one point; accidentally registered for it. My sessions have been lasting 40ish games so far but that could vary. With them not being turbo SNGs that's quite a lot of volume. Playing 18 tables continuous right now. I'll take stabs back at turbos soon. I'm kinda killing myself with rake right now; 20%. So far I've had impressive results; 23.18% ROI thus far. I haven't really decided how to take shots at the next level I'm interested in grinding out. As sick as it might sound I'm feeling interested in seeing how I'd fare over 1000 $1.20s.
After one of my sessions I jumped into a $10NL table and was up a few dollars at the end of the session and ended up 4 tabling it at another time and now sit a half a buyin in the red. I'm leaning towards either playing 1000 of the $1.20s or grinding them until I make $100 profit off them. If I ran at 10% over 1000 games that's $120 profit. Surely $1.20s are beatable for more than 10%.
We'll see. For now I'm just gonna plug away at it and see what it leads to me doing. For now I'm just gonna shoot for putting in several games over next several days while I'm offffffffffffffff work. Mmmm.... no work. Getting paid to grind micro SNGs. Life is good.
That aside, I have finally completed the entire process for applying back to university and I'm just waiting now to hear something back. I should know something within the next couple weeks. I'm trying not to think too much about it but I really want to get back in. Work is easy, I can surf the web etc. but I'm feeling anxious to make up some lost time at school and hopefully get on a path to be making at least twice what I am now within the next few years. I think that's a reasonable goal with a little smart thinking and hard work.
As of yesterday I'm on a seven day vacation from work, paid. Whee. I've decided that in that time I'm going to start playing some poker. I've decided to try and just grow a small bankroll for the bottom up. I'll be at work until the end of July at the earliest (early plans for moving to a new place for school) so I have a steady income for the important things and I've got some to play around with as well. I've decided I don't want to risk any large amounts because I don't want to be in bad shape financially when school comes. So instead I just want to see how much I can build up using very tight bankroll management and just grinding it out.
I've thrown on $300 and have been playing... $1.20 SNGs. I've played 179 so far, also accidentally played a $3.40 turbo at one point; accidentally registered for it. My sessions have been lasting 40ish games so far but that could vary. With them not being turbo SNGs that's quite a lot of volume. Playing 18 tables continuous right now. I'll take stabs back at turbos soon. I'm kinda killing myself with rake right now; 20%. So far I've had impressive results; 23.18% ROI thus far. I haven't really decided how to take shots at the next level I'm interested in grinding out. As sick as it might sound I'm feeling interested in seeing how I'd fare over 1000 $1.20s.
After one of my sessions I jumped into a $10NL table and was up a few dollars at the end of the session and ended up 4 tabling it at another time and now sit a half a buyin in the red. I'm leaning towards either playing 1000 of the $1.20s or grinding them until I make $100 profit off them. If I ran at 10% over 1000 games that's $120 profit. Surely $1.20s are beatable for more than 10%.
We'll see. For now I'm just gonna plug away at it and see what it leads to me doing. For now I'm just gonna shoot for putting in several games over next several days while I'm offffffffffffffff work. Mmmm.... no work. Getting paid to grind micro SNGs. Life is good.
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