First of all, thanks a lot for all the feedback I have received from my last post. I'm glad people enjoyed reading about my poker aims, and it will be interesting to see if they develop/change over the next few months!
I've been trying to get some volume out since my last post to reach the FPP target...I have all day tomorrow to get 7osngs in to get the 350FPPs, shouldn't be a problem.
As expected, after I posted last, the next day I quickly went $200 down, though an 8-win streak helped me get back up to nearly evens. I then ran very averagely for 70-80ish games, being outdrawn a fair amount and struggling to break even. Then tonight, after over 100 games for less than $50 return, I hit run-like-God mode just as I was getting tired to take home 11 in a row. 12 is my record and I will be hoping tomorrow to smash it!!
My roll is $12 short of my target of $3500 for moving up, so I might mix in some $35s soon. I'm not convinced I've beaten the $23's well enough, and my ROI of 6% confirms this, so this makes me more reluctant but I would love to see a 33% increase in my hourly so know I have to move up. With xmas/anniversary/gfs bday on the horizon and my bank accts so drained, I think I'm going to have to take a little money out of Stars soon. I hate to do this and will take out the minimum I can to get by...it's just a nightmare but shouldn't be too much.
Stimulated by Isaac's post, I thought I would have a check how much I've lost from not having rakeback on Stars...from my nearly 6200 games I have paid over 3.5k in rake...that's sick, and with 30% rakeback I would have an extra $1000 to my name...fk stars for not having rb!!
Since my last post my stats have been...
154
$1.86
$22
8%
$286
which again is down to my big win streak tonight and still doesn't convince me I'm ready to move up. I'm such a nit (!!!) but I don't feel good enough to crush the $35s yet...maybe I'll start December at the $35's and see how it goes!!
Gnite
2:54am_star,xxxx
Saturday 29 November 2008
Tuesday 25 November 2008
I like two at a time baby, yeah!!
Have been down in Brighton with the gf the last couple of days, and whilst she has been at lectures, I have been either 1-tabling or 2-tabling heads up, and I have to say, I have much preferred it and feel I can win a lot more by doing it. I am going to keep with 2 until I feel my game is where it was at it's peak, and then I will move back up to 4 and hope to crush it!
I haven't put in much volume since last post, what with a dissertation synopsis and a few pool money matches (only really small amounts...but hopefully = free pool for me if I win!) I have been restricted to 146 games, which is actually so low for me! Luckily, I have been running well (plsss for once don't let me run bad after posting!!) and my stats are...
146
$3.52
$22
15%
$514
I am hoping that if I 2-table, my ROI will be up around 13-15%, so that could make me around $33/hr...if I can achieve this I might wave 4-tabling goodbye until I can hit above 8% when doing it!
Roll = $3201
FPP to get before 1st Dec to get $100 bonus = 1100
Days left to do that = 5!...gonna be tight!
POKER AIMS!!!
My poker aim is to hit Vegas in 2years time (with the gf on a holiday probs) and play in some WSOP events/cash games/deepstack tournies...it's a very big ask, but if I can keep working my roll up and NOT WITHDRAWING, and make at least $1k a month which can hopefully shoot up as I move up (+ taking shots at sats for the WSOP etc), it's a possibility, and if I ship a big tournie could even be for the 2009WSOP.
I recognise that for me the idea of being a poker pro is more than likely unattainable, so I am trying to work my roll up for a few amazing trips of a lifetime or maybe towards a house/car/anything expensive. If I manage to fall into earning a few $k a month whilst grinding away over a sustained period, I may give full-time a shot, but for the time being I think I'm going to have to get my degree and will maybe go straight in to work. Maybe, IF I CAN KEEP MY ROLL AND NOT WITHDRAW, I might take the summer to play poker if I can get a job that starts in September. Unlike last year, this will hopefully be off of a much larger roll and I'll see how I can fare.
The idea of studying for extra qualifications whilst playing poker for the next couple of years seems tempting, and with my lack of idea as to what I want to do could happen...though poker is a fickle business and I don't want to miss out on any secure opportunities for the risk that is poker. It just seems a shame to play the game for two and a half years solid, get to a level where I can win, and then have to let it slide...the reality is that's probably what's going to happen!!
I think over Christmas, with my gf working a lot of the time, I will be able to play nearly full-time....maybe I'll use this as an indication as to what I should do...
Hmmm the post descending in to rambling...never mind...if you've read this far....wp and ty...if u skipped to read this last bit...u take the moral highground and win the ultimate prize...vwp.
155_star
I haven't put in much volume since last post, what with a dissertation synopsis and a few pool money matches (only really small amounts...but hopefully = free pool for me if I win!) I have been restricted to 146 games, which is actually so low for me! Luckily, I have been running well (plsss for once don't let me run bad after posting!!) and my stats are...
146
$3.52
$22
15%
$514
I am hoping that if I 2-table, my ROI will be up around 13-15%, so that could make me around $33/hr...if I can achieve this I might wave 4-tabling goodbye until I can hit above 8% when doing it!
Roll = $3201
FPP to get before 1st Dec to get $100 bonus = 1100
Days left to do that = 5!...gonna be tight!
POKER AIMS!!!
My poker aim is to hit Vegas in 2years time (with the gf on a holiday probs) and play in some WSOP events/cash games/deepstack tournies...it's a very big ask, but if I can keep working my roll up and NOT WITHDRAWING, and make at least $1k a month which can hopefully shoot up as I move up (+ taking shots at sats for the WSOP etc), it's a possibility, and if I ship a big tournie could even be for the 2009WSOP.
I recognise that for me the idea of being a poker pro is more than likely unattainable, so I am trying to work my roll up for a few amazing trips of a lifetime or maybe towards a house/car/anything expensive. If I manage to fall into earning a few $k a month whilst grinding away over a sustained period, I may give full-time a shot, but for the time being I think I'm going to have to get my degree and will maybe go straight in to work. Maybe, IF I CAN KEEP MY ROLL AND NOT WITHDRAW, I might take the summer to play poker if I can get a job that starts in September. Unlike last year, this will hopefully be off of a much larger roll and I'll see how I can fare.
The idea of studying for extra qualifications whilst playing poker for the next couple of years seems tempting, and with my lack of idea as to what I want to do could happen...though poker is a fickle business and I don't want to miss out on any secure opportunities for the risk that is poker. It just seems a shame to play the game for two and a half years solid, get to a level where I can win, and then have to let it slide...the reality is that's probably what's going to happen!!
I think over Christmas, with my gf working a lot of the time, I will be able to play nearly full-time....maybe I'll use this as an indication as to what I should do...
Hmmm the post descending in to rambling...never mind...if you've read this far....wp and ty...if u skipped to read this last bit...u take the moral highground and win the ultimate prize...vwp.
155_star
Saturday 15 November 2008
p0kers0c sh1paments-
Boom, managed to win the Poker Society's Saturday tournament for a solid £58 today...no real interesting hands to speak of, just a bit of aggression, a few good hands and aggravating people into calling me with my big mouth! :P
This aside, heads up online hasn't been all too pretty. I had a $300 downswong on Monday, which made me decide I was going to have a break for a while, maybe a couple of weeks or so. However, by Thursday I felt ready to play, and despite getting filthed a few times (Gamble and Isaac being witnesses to how much I whinge!!) I started clawing back the buy-ins. As I post, I have reversed it, with my roll just above what it was before I started losing. It took me 4sessions to do, running average imo just having some hands that hold to win games. The standard really isn't good at all so I shouldn't swing as much as I do, though I do find when I'm multiing so much I often get owned by aggro people early on.
6-tabling for a large part made getting unstuck a lot quicker and in terms of volume, I basically spank out around 22/hr when I 6-table, and when I'm tuned in, if I can get just 5% ROI this is around $26/hr...any more ROI and this is a sick hourly for the level I play at. Maintaining focus/playing optimally does get tough when 6-tabling, but I hope to see my ROI tend upwards for the rest of the month!!
Tonight, whilst I ended up winning $65 from 47 games, this doesn't tell any of the story. I lost like 7/8 of my first 2 sets, starting $150ish down so early on, and making the rest of the night a struggle. i started like an aggro twat and really have to learn to play my normal game from the outset otherwise a session will be a rescue mission instead of a winning opportunity!
In terms of strat, I keep finding that I work people down to 800ish and then they double up to get back in it, so I'm going to see if I can work on my weaknesses here to close games out. Also, I'm going to have a super-hot run soon and sore above $3k...plzzzzzzz! 2540 FPPs earned and 1460 to go to get goldstatus on stars and a free $100. Should be on!
Roll- $2896.
Moving up at- $49596969200506.23
Fatigue- 100%
Fkmylifeithinki'vehitthefunnynamewall_star.
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This aside, heads up online hasn't been all too pretty. I had a $300 downswong on Monday, which made me decide I was going to have a break for a while, maybe a couple of weeks or so. However, by Thursday I felt ready to play, and despite getting filthed a few times (Gamble and Isaac being witnesses to how much I whinge!!) I started clawing back the buy-ins. As I post, I have reversed it, with my roll just above what it was before I started losing. It took me 4sessions to do, running average imo just having some hands that hold to win games. The standard really isn't good at all so I shouldn't swing as much as I do, though I do find when I'm multiing so much I often get owned by aggro people early on.
6-tabling for a large part made getting unstuck a lot quicker and in terms of volume, I basically spank out around 22/hr when I 6-table, and when I'm tuned in, if I can get just 5% ROI this is around $26/hr...any more ROI and this is a sick hourly for the level I play at. Maintaining focus/playing optimally does get tough when 6-tabling, but I hope to see my ROI tend upwards for the rest of the month!!
Tonight, whilst I ended up winning $65 from 47 games, this doesn't tell any of the story. I lost like 7/8 of my first 2 sets, starting $150ish down so early on, and making the rest of the night a struggle. i started like an aggro twat and really have to learn to play my normal game from the outset otherwise a session will be a rescue mission instead of a winning opportunity!
In terms of strat, I keep finding that I work people down to 800ish and then they double up to get back in it, so I'm going to see if I can work on my weaknesses here to close games out. Also, I'm going to have a super-hot run soon and sore above $3k...plzzzzzzz! 2540 FPPs earned and 1460 to go to get goldstatus on stars and a free $100. Should be on!
Roll- $2896.
Moving up at- $49596969200506.23
Fatigue- 100%
Fkmylifeithinki'vehitthefunnynamewall_star.
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Tuesday 4 November 2008
High volume...lowish success!
Hi, the same as the last time I hit the $23's, I am having spells of running as well as Christopher Reeve (post-death --- see it's not a wheelchair gag!) whilst enduring more swings than Gary Glitter has masturbated over. Anyways, exotic and enticing imagery aside, I have basically been playing at least 15 an hour in the sessions I have played, for probably a combined time of a day over the last 8 days...
The other night, whilst reversing a $250 downswing, I played 98 games in 5 hours, which was pretty sick and intense!!
I have basically been running at around a 4-5% ROI, with an average profit of around $1.20...this is annoying because I keep getting anally penetrated by nobheads floating on all sorts of boards and hitting some rank outs!! Ghost surfer porn aside I keep getting outdrawn at poker as well!
As I am planning to crack out the volume this month, and am due a collosal upswing imo, I am going to attempt to make $2k profit from heads up games alone in November. It's just about the 5th now, and my stats for Nov read as follows...
190
$1.31
$22
6%
$250
I am probably just on target atm, but with a couple of trips home on the horizon, it may be tight...but I'm hoping I can give it a good shot! I should be able to play 1.25k games (unless my mind is fucked by then!!), so if I can up the avg prof I may have a chance!! It will be fun to see how I do! :-)
WonForeSevern_star
The other night, whilst reversing a $250 downswing, I played 98 games in 5 hours, which was pretty sick and intense!!
I have basically been running at around a 4-5% ROI, with an average profit of around $1.20...this is annoying because I keep getting anally penetrated by nobheads floating on all sorts of boards and hitting some rank outs!! Ghost surfer porn aside I keep getting outdrawn at poker as well!
As I am planning to crack out the volume this month, and am due a collosal upswing imo, I am going to attempt to make $2k profit from heads up games alone in November. It's just about the 5th now, and my stats for Nov read as follows...
190
$1.31
$22
6%
$250
I am probably just on target atm, but with a couple of trips home on the horizon, it may be tight...but I'm hoping I can give it a good shot! I should be able to play 1.25k games (unless my mind is fucked by then!!), so if I can up the avg prof I may have a chance!! It will be fun to see how I do! :-)
WonForeSevern_star
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