April Goals

Looking to play 3k games and profit 12k for April. I'm setting my goals a little lower than last month, though I'm pretty confident that I can exceed both categories. I'm going to focus a bit more on coaching this month, play Sunday MTTs and I expect to go golfing a few times this month, so that means less time to play sngs obv.

Going to buy some more clothes to cheer myself up from last month. I started running again b/c my friend is coming back from Med School in late April and a bunch of us are going to run 10k. I really doubt that I'll be able to keep up a good pace, but still going to try to train for it. I can barely run a bit more than a mile and I'm totally gassed. Going to try to make it a daily happening for the next few months.

Sundays and Prop Bets

I played mtts for the whole day for the first time in I think ever. Just trying to focus in a little bit more, play laggier than normal and try to judge how tough the fields were. I definitely got a lot of very tough/rough table draws in some of the higher ones, which I am unsure if the field is usually that tough or I just got unlucky. A lot of people on turbogrinders say basically anything under 200 is soft (obv not including sunday mil) and I guess I have to believe them till I play more.

I'd really like to hit a huge score in mtts, kinda break through a little bit more. I got some stacks in a few mtts but mincashed only a few, losing about $500. My table draws in the 109 1r1a were ridiculously tough and in the $55 3pm, I got sat next to teamwispy (110k profit) and nordberg. Usually the field is super soft and it was mostly, but lost a 60k pot aipf kk <>

I made a schedule that I'll try to play every sunday, that includes:

Sunday Warmup

2:15 pm $22 1r1a

3pm $55/200k guaranteed.

4pm $109 1R1A

4pm 11 R

4:30 pm $11 1/4 mil

4:30 $215 sunday mil

5pm $55 100k guaranteed

5:15 $55 1R1A

5:15 16.50/360 max

7pm $11/30k guaranteed

7pm $109 100k guaranteed

7:15 - $11 1r1a

Sunday 2nd Chance

I guess I could try to get staked for these, but I hate the idea of owing makeup and having to play for someone else, especially when I don't want to. Still I'm rolled for all of these anyways, so swapping pieces is probably enough.

I think next month I might still try to set up a prop bet, but reduce the terms as I obv didn't even get close to the profit bar. Even the 4k volume is a lot b/c I have commitments to private coaching and sngmentors stuff and I don't like to put that stuff off. Maybe I'll set my goal at 3k games, 12k profit minimum. Might be hard to get action on that, but games are harder and obv variance is sick in my games.

Also there are a lot of people on turbogrinders who are around 50-70k profit on sharkscope and I want to make a bet where whoever gets to 100k first wins like $100 off everyone else. We'd have like an extra 1500/2k incentive to play harder and have bragging rights. It's pretty sick b/c like 17 people's profit joined together on this forum tops 1 million profit.

This month has been pretty disappointing, but as a lot of said, making $60/hr compared to what else I could be doing with my BA in Philosophy is obvious awesome, so it's hard to stay upset.

I just want to come at poker even harder because of all of this month. Same with when I have bricked out so many live MTTs. I just want to keep playing and break through.

Cheers to that!

Last thing, weird observation, the last few times I've been to best buy or future shop, I get cashiers or salespeople who are young black women and they keep flirting with me. I am like the whitest person ever and it's just hilarious. I had to explain what "The Wire" was to one of them, lol. Weird, I thought it was just asian girls who liked me, or it could just be my ego lol.

I run horrendously

Lost about 1k today and am packing it in for this month most likely. So fucking disgusting to play 4k games and make about 8k... more like 6k after I pay out the prop bet loss. It was such an easy bet too, just needed volume. I guess this is how gross variance can be... that you can run at well below half your expected avg $/game. I really should be averaging between $4-$5 per game. 

Was just super pissed the whole day. Getting in big pots and getting 2 outed (I mean it's a race and I flop my pair). Didn't cash in any 60s and 1 min cash in a 38 in 5 hours.

Beats just getting to me even harder and I am so annoyed that my hard work hasn't paid off much at all. Granted I tightened up a little bit in spots that I shouldn't, but seriously, come the fuck on.

Looking at my numbers, I really didn't run well in anything. Every game I ran well below expected. In 180s my roi over 1500 games was 21% when it should be 50. That alone almost cost me the bet.

Least I am going to get back about 2k in rakeback (getting supernova 4k bonus), so I'll net about 8k after paying out 2k in prop bets...

If I feel like it I might play Sunday/Monday.

Comeback

Been running well the last 2 days, making about $3k in the last 400 games. I've found myself being a little too timid in spots and as a result I am not coming into 45s with as dominating chip leads as I used to. Definitely easy to start folding out thinner +ev shoves when running badly, so I gotta stop that. Even still it's difficult to know how wide to get when down to 2 tables b/c it's not exactly chipev but not $ev either.

I ITM'd so many times in 60s today but had a lot of subpar finishes which wasn't great. Felt it could've been an even more smashing day ($1700) but whatever, can't really complain because I ran hot in a lot of key spots. 

I am still seeing tons of regs making a lot of mistakes in the higher buyin 45s which is great since it just makes me feel more confident with my ICM sense. 

Not sure how to go from here. Going to play tomorrow and re-evaluate. I really don't want to have to play 50 hrs in the next 5 days since I'm getting tired, my neck and back ache and I just need some time off in general. If I book a 1k win tomorrow then I'll keep going, but if I break even or put in a loser, I'll probably just pack it in with my 4k games.

I'm at something like 3850 games played and +8900. Raked about $6700.

Running on Empty

Played about 3500 games and still around $6000 profit. I am getting very annoyed with my results because I really should be at around 15k profit by now. Obviously the prop bet is not going to happen and I have to pay out like $2k in bets... Hoping I won't end up with 4k games played and 4k net profit in the month because that'd be so pathetic.

Today was just frustrating... First all in pot I got set over set and got 1 outed in a 60/45. Had 10k stacks tons of times in higher stakes 45s and bubbled. Lost close to $900 playing 27/45, cashing in 2 of them for probably the min. I made a couple kinda thin 2 barrels and stuff liek that and people caught miracle cards. So many times I hit a card that makes me go broke... 

When I was playing today, I caught myself dropping a bunch of F-bombs, getting kinda tilted. Fortunately, when I tilt, it doesn't really make me play super loose or anything, I just get annoyed and beats hurt even more. Need to start relaxing more, not taking it so seriously. Looking forward to taking a few days off once I hit 4k games. 

So Fed Up

I've played over 3k games and have 5800 to show for it, which is so pathetic... I'm running at half my expected hourly and I just can't take it. I keep thinking I'm going to have a nice 2k+ session, which I have yet to have this month, but it's not coming. I've put in so much time to studying, plugging leaks, getting a better poker mindset, so this stretch seems even harder to deal with. Just ran into so many hands, I think KK into AA 5+ times today... making boats vs quads bvb, hitting basically the only card to make me go broke.

Still I'm not going to give up. There's more or less no way I'll win this prop bet, but I'm still going to shoot for another 1000 games this month and hopefully I can get the month's profit up to 10k. I've never played more games than this in a month and I still have 10 days left, so I can be very happy about that. Putting in my 7 hr sessions several times a week hasn't been that hard. I'm so comfortable playing 24 tables, I don't time out or misclick all that often. 

It's just one of those times where you say "what can you do." In retrospect it's funny to complain about running at $54/hr when that's obv way above what I could work for.

I started watching "Californication" and it's pretty hilarious so far. Only 2 seasons but it's entertaining and funny. Check it out.

Grrrr... so many 180 FTs that I couldn't close out.

Needing a Heater

Played about 2600 games this month, raked maybe 4500... Only 6k profit to show for it though. Trying to play about 40 hrs a week, not likely I will hit my goal unless I run hot. I don't want to do like 10 hours a day b/c if I do I'm more likely to get burnt out and not want to play much in April, which will cost me more money overall then having to pay out $1500 for the prop bet.

I guess I have 12 days to make 9k so if I run at $120/hr which is reasonable, it should be possible without losing my mind.

Can't Think of a Title

Not much to say, just an update on the bet. I played about 10 hrs since Thurs and am at 2020 games played, +4500ish. Still behind pace for profit but obv can't control that. I started off running super hot but that cooled off today, but still netted a +1400 session which was desperately needed. I think I posted wins in all my games except 6.50/45s and omg I run so badly in those. What a joke, I have like $150 in winnings in them and a 10 ROI. So sick... Obv I am kidding and don't care. I am running sickly hot in 12/45s which is kinda lol too, but it adds up.

I went snowboarding at my Dad's for 2 days this week. The mountain was in pretty bad shape, very icy, very uneven snow coverage, but that was expected. I saw "Watchmen" last night and thought it was ok, way too long, lots of boring filler parts, but the action scenes were mostly good and it had good cinematography so I'd give it maybe a 6/10. Not the best or the worst, I wouldn't recommend seeing it in theatres. It's kinda one of those vids you download the screener of b/c a cam version would suck with the action scenes.

I'm close to being done season 6 of 24. Not sure what I'm going to watch after I finish season 7. I've heard good things about Californication so maybe I'll try that.

Still Behind Schedule for Profit

DIdn't play this weekend b/c I went to cardlo's house for his birthday which was a great time. Usually I'm not crazy about board games and stuff but we played cranium and I got super competitive even though we lost it was lots of fun. 

I played about 6.5hrs today and was just running grossly. Never building stacks in 38/60s but I went on a bit of a heater at the end in some 180s and won 2 of them and got 2nd in another, so finally had a nice day in those. Did okayish in others games and ended up like +1100 which is my best session yet this month, which is kinda lol. I'm at about ~1300 games and +$2k so I am still running probably about $2.50 below expecation per game. I am sure things will pick up though. A few 2-3k sessions will boost my hourly/profit per game from $44/hr and $1.50/game.

I might go up to my Dad's to go snowboarding since the weather is supposed to get a bit colder in Toronto on Wed. I still need to average 130 games/day more or less so I might snowboard a few hours and put in 5hr sessions for a few days. If things are still going slowly I'll go apeshit towards the end and do 10-12hr days where I'll get in 300-350 games a day. Still nothing compared to Boku87 who is averaging 500 games a day which is so ridiculous.

2 of my friends have a bet on who can finish a 10k race quicker and I've decided to get in on it. Well, not the bet portion (whoever loses has to cook the other person's family dinner which I don't want a part of) of it. It'll be good to train toward something and it'll get me outside and exercising on a more regular basis. It was great last year to play 7-8 hour days, finish by 8pm and then exercise and clear my head/reduce stress if I had a bad online day. I'm weighing in around 140-142 lbs which is pretty decent but I have a bit of a flabby stomach. I haven't put on any weight since last summer which is great and from June 08 to like Sept 08 I lost about 15 pounds so if I exercise regularly when it warms up I think I should be able to get in even better shape.

Little Better with Random Thoughts

896 played, +$608. Raked like $1700 so far this month which is awesome so at least I am making a lot of fpps. Did okayish in a lot of games, but should have been a much better sesh than just +900. Been about 100 60/45s w/o a win. Bigjoe just seems to make every FT I make too and he always has a stack. Sometimes you make the softest 60/45s FTs too and today a guy made at least a -$24 call on me bvb 7 handed.

My debustifier hasn't been working lately when I start sessions, but if I close it and open it again after I've loaded tables it seems to work. Before you needed to run it before stars was open. Just weird, but playing w/o it is super tilting.

I am happy with the volume I am putting in but results are kinda trailing since I should be around 3-4k profit by now. Things will pick up, I'll run hot in 180s or 60/45s.

I've at least got some coaching in this week which is good, just lots of poker, I am still learning stuff everyday, fixing leaks. There are a few things I know I should be doing but am too nitty to implement them as my first response so I have to think about it before making the move.

I listened to the Two Jacks in the Hole podcast live last night and it was great. The chat accompaning it is hilarious, I have a new thing to do on Wednesday nights I guess. I'm glad Lost has gotten a bit less fucked up and spolier alert the time travel has stopped. Now they have plenty of stuff to go off of since they're back in the Dharma days. I haven't really gotten much into this Survivor season. Previous seasons sucked me in because I could relate to some of the contestants or they were hilarious like Jean-Roberte Bellande or Kenny from last season.

Today my cat did the weirdest thing. He doesn't drink much water in general so I don't usually see him drink. Today he was dipping his paw in his water dish and then licking his paw. He did this several times. So bizarre.

Anyways I am still in pretty high spirits despite a lot of disappointment for the last week (on top of Vegas I guess).

Slow Start to Prop Bet

Ran pretty bleh in everything, blew some CLs in 60s and 12/180s... so many I should've had first in 180s...

Something like 600 games played, +34 lol

I made more coaching tonight than I have over the last three days. Still nice to put in big volume at about 6-7hrs/day. Looking forward to the weekend that I am taking off for cardlo's birthday. Better start running better or else I am going to have to put in at least 40hr weeks.

Prop Bet

This starts tomorrow. I have to play at least 4k games and make 15k profit playing 180 mans and less. I have booked about 1500 action against me at 1:1 odds. I have been on vacation, sick, not wanting to play so often since last Oct so I have put in little volume and don't have much profit to show for it. I've had a lot of expenses so I am not doing well this year. Not stuck but barely up after Vegas went badly in terms of MTTs. I am probably going to have to play 40 hr weeks which should be easier once I get into the swing of things. It is freezing cold here which sucks, especially since Vegas had nice weather. I am hoping it warms up so I can go rollerblading soon.

I said I would do a bunch of coaching, but since I might be busy a lot with playing, I'm not sure how much private coaching I can do. I got season 5 of 24 and should be done that soonish. Survivor and amazing race started up again and I'm a sucker for some of those reality shows.

I still remember a bunch of hands from Vegas but I don't want to post them now because it'll take an hour to get through. I took zero pictures and bought nothing, came home 5k poorer and had about 10 hangovers. I am getting older and fatter and feel like shit. You young kids can drink and smoke all day... can't remember the rest of that Sage Francis lyric but I never used to be this bad when I was younger wrt hangovers.

I picked up a cold and hope this won't screw up my focus tomorrow.