Sorry for not updating the rest of that month. Had a lot going on and I kinda forgot about the blog.
I ended up playing over 1,500 games across all sites. I was up around $13k at one point but finished the month something like +5-6k after rakeback and bonuses.
I was on a little hiatus from playing my normal games on FTP for the past few months, I was doing some other things that treated me well. I'm pretty sure I am making my Ali-like return to the games now tho.
Played for about 3 hours today, games were loading slow only played 35 games but managed to end up on the +side somehow to the tune of $1,850. Not a bad start imo.
See you at the tables.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Day 13?
I forget what day I'm on. I hope 13 is right.
forgot to update last night so I'll include those results with todays.
Played: 66
Profit: -$766
Games to go: 1,071
Profit to go: 9,541
Today I played 50ish games, but they weren't loading very fast so I'm not upset. I feel like I played very well almost the entire session and even tho I lost I strangely don't feel bad at all. It's like finally my brain was going "you're running bad and if you keep playing this good you'll be fine". I hope I can keep that mentality up.
Killa moves in on Friday, I think it's going to be fun to sit down 2m2mm style and just grind out poker for hours. My game also improves when I coach him so that will be great for both of us.
I just got back from the pool hall and I'm exhausted, I'm going to pass out. Gnite world.
forgot to update last night so I'll include those results with todays.
Played: 66
Profit: -$766
Games to go: 1,071
Profit to go: 9,541
Today I played 50ish games, but they weren't loading very fast so I'm not upset. I feel like I played very well almost the entire session and even tho I lost I strangely don't feel bad at all. It's like finally my brain was going "you're running bad and if you keep playing this good you'll be fine". I hope I can keep that mentality up.
Killa moves in on Friday, I think it's going to be fun to sit down 2m2mm style and just grind out poker for hours. My game also improves when I coach him so that will be great for both of us.
I just got back from the pool hall and I'm exhausted, I'm going to pass out. Gnite world.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Day 11
got like 3 hours of sleep, then woke up to go with killa to get some shit for the place. mattress, computer furniture etc. Bought myself a few nice colognes while at the mall, ship.
I started playing some $220+$16 sngs today. They don't run a whole lot so I didn't get much volume in.
I was doing so well up until I got the cold, now I'm behind pace and it's going to be a bitch to catch up.
Games: 37
Profit: $289
Games to go: 1,137
Profit to go: $8,775
I started playing some $220+$16 sngs today. They don't run a whole lot so I didn't get much volume in.
I was doing so well up until I got the cold, now I'm behind pace and it's going to be a bitch to catch up.
Games: 37
Profit: $289
Games to go: 1,137
Profit to go: $8,775
Monday, January 11, 2010
Day 10: the return.
Finally getting over the cold. Hollaaa.
Don't take being healthy for granted, being sick is a bad beat :(
Poker went bad. Just running so horribly.
It saddens me to admit it but I am really weak minded when it comes to variance. I get really upset and have one or two poker buddies I'll vent over AIM with about how bad I run - 5 minutes later I calm down and feel like such a tool for getting so upset. I'm really trying to work on the mental side of my game.
I've been going off in chat more often then normal lately, I had two different players bring it up today which is kind of embarrassing :(.
Right now I feel like that is easily the biggest leak in my game (having 0 ability to deal with bad variance), it stops me from putting in a lot of volume and it makes me much less of a poker player imo. I am going to try to find out some way to work on it. If any of you have recommendations let me know. Books, coaches, etc.
Killa still hasn't moved in so I've been all alone in this apartment for the last 2 weeks. Getting kind of boring tbh. I've gone out a few times since I've been here but still. Maybe I just need a TV :p (how do I not have a TV?)
Games: 80
Profit: (1,332)
Games to go: 1,167
Profit to go: $9,064
Siiigh.
Don't take being healthy for granted, being sick is a bad beat :(
Poker went bad. Just running so horribly.
It saddens me to admit it but I am really weak minded when it comes to variance. I get really upset and have one or two poker buddies I'll vent over AIM with about how bad I run - 5 minutes later I calm down and feel like such a tool for getting so upset. I'm really trying to work on the mental side of my game.
I've been going off in chat more often then normal lately, I had two different players bring it up today which is kind of embarrassing :(.
Right now I feel like that is easily the biggest leak in my game (having 0 ability to deal with bad variance), it stops me from putting in a lot of volume and it makes me much less of a poker player imo. I am going to try to find out some way to work on it. If any of you have recommendations let me know. Books, coaches, etc.
Killa still hasn't moved in so I've been all alone in this apartment for the last 2 weeks. Getting kind of boring tbh. I've gone out a few times since I've been here but still. Maybe I just need a TV :p (how do I not have a TV?)
Games: 80
Profit: (1,332)
Games to go: 1,167
Profit to go: $9,064
Siiigh.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Day 6: Sick
I've got a fucking cold. This sucks.
I didn't play today. I may have to adjust the goal based on how many days I feel this shitty for. Going back to sleep.
I didn't play today. I may have to adjust the goal based on how many days I feel this shitty for. Going back to sleep.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Day 5
Just finished playing poker for the day.
The regs are getting insane. There are two regs who just seem to really not care who registers behind them, and they are playing 10+ tables for hours on end, and there are loads more who will reg even behind those. None of them have to be very good to hurt the games, and all of them combined can make the games very dry or even unprofitable.
Today I spent 6 hours just to play 48 games. I'd usually get nearly double in that time, but I had to game select around everyone else. I also included some 45 and 90 man sngs just to keep more than one screen up when the regs were at their worst.
The MTTsngs went pretty gay. I only played 5 of them. I busted 4, and in a 90man KO I got to 3rd place and lost AA < J8o allin pre-flop for what would've been a pretty hefty chip lead. 3rd was $250ish for the $26 buyin. I ran pretty decent in the STTs, which was surprising because it felt like I was getting crushed the whole time.
Games: 48
Profit: $957
Games to go: 1,247
Profit to go: $7,732
I'm just slightly ahead of pace for 1,500 games this month, which is disappointing because I wanted to get a nice lead going.
It may prove to be difficult to get the right amount of volume in playing just these games with how the regs have been this week, but hopefully that's just a phase they are going through because of the new year and they'll start falling off soon.
Oh, and some more fun news. I've got a cool little star by my name on SS now. I made the Turbo 101-300 leaderboard (currently 15th).
This really doesn't mean much at the moment, and I'm likely to go up and down on and off the list for at least a few months, but one of my goals for the year of 2010 is to end up with my name in the top 10 or top 5 (unless I make a move to a different game).
(that's a bad screenshot, but you get the idea).
Time for some AD, oreos, and then sleep.
The regs are getting insane. There are two regs who just seem to really not care who registers behind them, and they are playing 10+ tables for hours on end, and there are loads more who will reg even behind those. None of them have to be very good to hurt the games, and all of them combined can make the games very dry or even unprofitable.
Today I spent 6 hours just to play 48 games. I'd usually get nearly double in that time, but I had to game select around everyone else. I also included some 45 and 90 man sngs just to keep more than one screen up when the regs were at their worst.
The MTTsngs went pretty gay. I only played 5 of them. I busted 4, and in a 90man KO I got to 3rd place and lost AA < J8o allin pre-flop for what would've been a pretty hefty chip lead. 3rd was $250ish for the $26 buyin. I ran pretty decent in the STTs, which was surprising because it felt like I was getting crushed the whole time.
Games: 48
Profit: $957
Games to go: 1,247
Profit to go: $7,732
I'm just slightly ahead of pace for 1,500 games this month, which is disappointing because I wanted to get a nice lead going.
It may prove to be difficult to get the right amount of volume in playing just these games with how the regs have been this week, but hopefully that's just a phase they are going through because of the new year and they'll start falling off soon.
Oh, and some more fun news. I've got a cool little star by my name on SS now. I made the Turbo 101-300 leaderboard (currently 15th).
This really doesn't mean much at the moment, and I'm likely to go up and down on and off the list for at least a few months, but one of my goals for the year of 2010 is to end up with my name in the top 10 or top 5 (unless I make a move to a different game).
(that's a bad screenshot, but you get the idea).
Time for some AD, oreos, and then sleep.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Day 4: what goes down must come up
Woke up at like 5pm today, oof.
Ate some cereal and went straight to studying for about an hour and a half. After reviewing my hands I went to fire up a session.
Lately I've been feeling a little sluggish so today I decided to 6-table.
Games: 42
Profit: $1,861
Games to go: 1,295
Profit to go: $8,689
Obviously pleased with today's results.
I've got a coaching session tomorrow with one of my favorite students SlideBy (PokerStars). He's really made heaps of progress since I first started working with him. He's going through a rough little patch right now but hopefully he reads this blog and sees that it actually can turn around :)
Time for a movie and a nice warm bottle of Tylenol PM
Ate some cereal and went straight to studying for about an hour and a half. After reviewing my hands I went to fire up a session.
Lately I've been feeling a little sluggish so today I decided to 6-table.
Games: 42
Profit: $1,861
Games to go: 1,295
Profit to go: $8,689
Obviously pleased with today's results.
I've got a coaching session tomorrow with one of my favorite students SlideBy (PokerStars). He's really made heaps of progress since I first started working with him. He's going through a rough little patch right now but hopefully he reads this blog and sees that it actually can turn around :)
Time for a movie and a nice warm bottle of Tylenol PM
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