Went deep in another WCOOP. Busted 171 out of 1500+ runners in the mixed hold'em event. It was just a whatever spot, where if he didn't have what he had I get a ton of folds and I have a great chance to still hit and double in a great spot. But I whiffed and it's on to the next.
I played the $50 cubed on Stars that night too and bubbled the money when my AK couldn't outmatch KT all in pre-flop. Such is the nature of MTTs. I was left with 10BB after that hand but couldn't get it going again.
I'm a bit behind as far as grinding goes, and I'm way behind as far as being in shape and exercising goes. It looks like I might have to quit smoking weed because I'm just smoking way too much and my throat feels like shit, I think I may have an infection in my tonsils or something maybe. I'm just guessing, 'cause my throat isn' sore per se, but my adam's apple area feels irritated when moving my neck/head around... if that makes any sense.
I've grinded some but not much. Put in my first real sessions in any time last night, and basically broke even. I withdrew a lot of my roll and I'm playing my level on shorter buyins than I'd normally prefer, but it's fine for now. A bad run would suck right now, I'd probably have to move down and rebuild just because I wouldn't have enough online to grind with and I'm still going to be pumping dollars into the WCOOP.
Backing down and not playing the last bigger buyin WCOOP I want to play is an option, but I really want to take a shot at these last few I picked off the schedule. It's a bigger shot than I've ever taken but I definitely think I'm +EV in the games, they're just so soft.
Having to move down in stakes just would really suck a lot right now, so I'm not sure why I unnecessarily put myself into such a weird position, but it's fine. I have the next 3 days to get some decent volume at my grind stakes and see where things are at for the big sunday WCOOPs. Assuming I don't go on a vicious run at my grind stakes things should be fine.
I'm probably going to play a lot of the Mini FTOPs as well. It sorta slipped my mind that they started this week but I got in in time for the first event last night. I busted pretty early after flopping a set, getting it in, and getting rivered by a higher set. Seems really soft, no surprise.
I'm closer to Nova, but not significantly so. Making it in September is still an option I just have to go hard every day I'm not in a WCOOP. It will be nice making a lot more FPPs per game when I hit. Once I get Nova things won't slow down on the grind front, I'm hoping to actually pick the pace up significantly in October and make up for time "lost" on WCOOPs.
Surprisingly I'm still in a very dedicated grind mode, I'm just terribly distracted by all the shiny big-number tournaments Stars and FTP are offering right now. If this desire to grind carries over in October I expect a ton of volume. I'm still going for 200k VPPs total this year, so I really need to knock Nova out this month so that's still an option.
As for what's going on with regards to the new year, I haven't thought that far ahead yet. I don't know if high volume and a Nova Elite chase is in the works or what will transpire. I'm gonna get through the next few months and take it from there.
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