I found a reg who is just a huge donator in steal spots, and 3/4bet pots in general. Its pretty sick. Also exploited this reg who was tilting was awesome.. Infact, almost 100% of my profits came from regs today. Pretty awesome..
I stopped playing today because I'm starting to feel mental fatigue... I might go for another session but we'll see.
Anyway, I'm super sick pumped. Obviously I'm running good, but I also think I am playing good
Today:
A couple of hands, feel free to comment if you think I played badly.. please
Tilting reg + Show Spoiler +
Submitted by : terrybunny19240
PokerStars Game #785011578000017: Holdem No Limit ($1/$2) - 2009/02/22 - 19:09:43 (ET)
Table Cake_ Seville 11578 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Ogib*** ($397.35 in chips)
Seat 2: Blin*** ($231.85 in chips)
Seat 5: babyhydra11 ($206.85 in chips)
Seat 9: Ekto*** ($266.24 in chips)
Ekto***: posts small blind $1
Ogib***: posts big blind $2
Blin***: posts small & big blinds $3
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to babyhydra11
Blin***: checks
babyhydra11: raises $8.00 to $10.00
Ekto***: folds
Ogib***: folds
Blin***: calls $8.00
Showdown babyhydra11: shows (Flush, Ace high)
Blin***: mucks hand
babyhydra11 collected $415.70 from pot
Summary Total pot $417.70 | Rake $2.00
Board
Seat 1: Ogib*** (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: Blin*** mucked
Seat 5: babyhydra11 showed and won ($415.70) with Flush, Ace high
Seat 9: Ekto*** (small blind) folded before Flop
So yeah, I really am thinking that I have a reasonable edge over the other regs at nl100. Today I felt really good. I, of course, ran good as well.. but I don't think I'll be dropping to nl50 really anytime soon.
Its a little early to pronounce my Feb goal of nl100 REGULATOR completed, but by the end of the month I will have a 20k+ sample here. Of course the next obstacle will be dealing with a real downswing
I 6tabled nl100 today and it felt really comfortable. I focused better and my attention was held for MUCH MUCH longer than when I play 4tables. I think I will 6table the rest of the weekend and see how it goes.
I'm going to start taking nl200 shots when the tables are soft as well. Oddly, I see a number of the regs from nl100 at nl200 too, so that's kind of interesting...
I woke up at 11.30PM today ROFL. Its 6AM now. I'd keep playing, but there aren't even 6 fuckin nl100 tables being played at right now LOL
This recovers me from my $491 "downswing"($200 of which was nl200, so I really lost like 4bi.. but I'm sensitive ok?)
I hope the rest of the weekend I can sustain a good 3-4BB/100
Also brief nl200 shot.. Was going ok for 300 hands. Then I literally got lol'd in every single hand/was completely card dead, so my showdown winnings just lolplummetted. Then I got stacked AA < KK.
I think I will grind nl50 all day tomorrow, hopefully win, and chill down a bit since I need to keep my profit above 2k atleast this month..
Then nl100 for the rest of the month to try and get a good samplesize there
It is important that I finish this month with 2k in winnings+bonus/rakeback, so that is goal 1.
COMPLETEEEEEEEEEEED!
-$275 in tournaments, +$200 live (oops I blew this money in a week, got too drunk at a club, shouldn't of carried my food money for the month w/ me LOL :X)
Now, hopefully I can stay above the 2k mark while I still try to solidify nl100 reg status. AKA Goal 2! I've been running really well, so I am not sure how big of a winner I am at this limit yet. I definitely think I have an edge over the field as a whole, but I still am working on how to beat up the regs better..
3rd goal, is I want to play as many hands as I can while playing nearly as well as I possibly can. I'm like 10k behind the pace I'd find most desirable, but I've also been 4tabling almost the whole month.
I logged a 1.5h 6tabling session at nl50 just a minute ago. I want to play more but I didn't sleep last night; so I don't think I'd play optimally I guess I will play simcity4 instead. AKA what kept me up all night lol... then my fucking city I played on for 9hours FUCKING RANDOMLY ERASED ITSELF.. I LOVED THAT FUCKING CITY WITH ALL MY HEART
Finally, if I get another $1k in profits this month, bringing my roll to 5k, I'm going to take a 3BI nl200 shot
I am still having trouble grinding for long periods. Today, I had a headache all day. I grinded 3-4 hours.
I'm really like wtf, because never in my life have I ever gotten headaches like I have for the past month and a half :/ I'm afraid I hurt my neck permanently or something.
Anyway today/the last 8 hours was a great success!
A great fail school-wise though. I don't know what I'm going to do atm, feeling so much like just saying "fuck it" and ..yeah. Ugh.
I've been quite the slacker in school since highschool rolled around. I am at a community college (going to the state university next semester) because of it, and here I've taken my sweet time (3years to get a 2yr degree :D).
The hard sciences have always been interested to me but never so interesting or have they come so naturally to me that I want to devote my life to them. I sit through my math classes, well except stats which was interesting/seemed useful, and when tests roll around I try to remember what I learned and cram it real quick. The result is obviously mediocre since I've really put no overall effort into them.
Liberal arts: History, psychology, philosophy, each of these are much more interesting to me. But still not interesting enough-- not to mention the job opportunities are rather bleak. I naturally take to knowledge in these classes. Too bad there's no real high-income way of using liberal arts degrees.
My enduring interest has always been in a general sense, "business". But not working for someone else's business. No way. I want to build, run, and work(for little while ) at something I OWN. I want to invest in businesses. Make decisions on where to allocate funds, where I can grow my money most effectively, and have freedom outside of that.
Maybe its just the economy affecting me in the short term, but on top of never, ever wanting to have a normal job since I ever became aware of the concept of "job".. Now I REALLY never want to have to worry about such a thing. Both of my closest friends have been laid off recently. My mom can't find work. And here I am spending half my week, every week on school, preparing to join them in their job-insecurity and inability to do much about it.
Its awful.
Considering what my friends were earning (one with a college degree, one without, both intelligent and hard working).. I already have (or am very near) the ability to make more than them this year even if I am stuck at nl100 for the entire year! And this isn't even atypical! Observe:
"…[a]verage earnings ranged from $18,900 for high school dropouts to $25,900 for high school graduates, $45,400 for college graduates and $99,300 for workers with professional degrees (M.D., D.O., J.D., Pharm.D., D.D.S., or D.V.M.). (US census bureau 2002)
With a 6 year degree, a Master's, the median income is just $62,300! A Professional degree takes atleast 8 years.
I understand and appreciate the self-enrichment of a college education.. Absolutely. I enjoy it. But I don't count advanced maths among them. These things don't enrich me for any of MY own purposes or interests. Humanities, language, etc. I can appreciate. Spending 1/2 the year learning about subjects I can't find a use or interest in.. Where's my benefit?
I know that having a degree opens your options, giving you more job potential in times of crises. Not that this is helping my friend and his bachelor's degree.
But damn it, I feel like I have an opportunity here in poker. A chance to spend a couple of years-- maybe longer, maybe not-- making good money on my own terms. Maybe a chance to make very significant amounts of money to build a healthy investment roll, so that I only rely on my own assets as backup in crises. Maybe a chance to set myself for life?
At the very least, to make more than enough money to set some aside for 4-6 years of college down the road?
Its a volatile and chance-y road to take, poker is, but people have gambled damn near since the creation of currency.
I can't find any reason to take more than 1 class a semester, until I'm done with poker or no longer wish it to be my job.
Lastly, I feel like now is my best chance at such a freedom. I can live almost entirely for free, though in reality I spend about $500 a month to stay comfortable and to reduce my mom's burden. I have no real responsibilities or expenses outside of car insurance and maintanence(wow I can't spell this word), and food costs. When will I have a better chance to chase a dream? Let alone one I think is very realistic and attainable.
Please let me know your thoughts, as this isn't something I've totally decided yet, and I think my results during this coming summer will make a big difference in my final decision. Until then I'm just going to try to force myself to finish up this semester with decent grades.
I feel a bit degen/tempted to donk off $215 in the super sunday mil tomorrow, I really probably shouldn't though lol. I have a ticket to a 100k gntd on cake tomorrow.. Perhaps I'll just satisfy my degen desire in that tourney lol (I satellited in, basically got a heavily discounted ticket). I'm just running so good lately it is so tempting ;p
Anyway, I'm really WTF'ing my red line. Luckily my showdown winnings are running hella good. Here's the month
I feel like my stamina pokerwise has dropped since december-jan. I keep putting in 1-1.5 hour sessions and then I'm kind of crapping out concentration-wise. I've been trying to combat this by playing 3-4 of these sessions a day. Not sure what's going on. My drive hasn't decreased at all..
I need to keep improving my game, and I ought to stop making certain mistakes that I know are bad as I'm doing 'em.. >
Today was gooood and, well, lets just say my EV has equalized for the month. LOL
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I guess I will play simcity4 instead. AKA what kept me up all night lol... then my fucking city I played on for 9hours FUCKING RANDOMLY ERASED ITSELF.. I LOVED THAT FUCKING CITY WITH ALL MY HEART 
) at something I OWN. I want to invest in businesses. Make decisions on where to allocate funds, where I can grow my money most effectively, and have freedom outside of that.
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