So I managed to win 6k in October and 3k in November while writing up and submitting my chemistry thesis.
Even though 2 months and 100k hands aren't a lot, at times I can't help wonder -- can I make a living playing full time? I mean, I only stand to win more when I get better, learn to become more disciplined, and move up.
Barring a disaster I should successfully wrap up my oral defense in early January. And I have already applied for a post-doctoral position in Hong Kong starting March.
Chemistry isn't bad. Academics. Education. But these jobs all come with the pressure to perform.
Why bother with a real job when I can do something that appears easier, more lucrative and more fun?
But at the same time, my parents are going to kill me if they hear I am becoming a professional gambler. Especially when a close friend of theirs wrecked her family/life after losing tens of thousands playing sucker casino games in Macau.
The road to recovery includes some interesting hands:
Such as this: http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/323486 55 Against an in-line reg. I instant-called flop and small-value-bet river in an attempt to represent AK TPTK. One of the most well-played hands in my life.
~As an aside~ http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/323572 QTs I decided to take another shot at this predictable reg with a speculative hand that I have a soft spot for
To see my win rate steadily dwindle from 9 PTBB over 20k to 5.4 over 90k was quite depressing.
Sometimes I can't even perform 1st level thinking. To often I just didn't bother to do so. Like, I raised w/ AK, 4-way pot, ZOMG flopped top-2 on a 2-suit board. Tightie c/min-raised me, but no, top-2 is too pretty, he could be fucking with me with a flush draw, so I pushed. Sure enough tightie showed bottom set.
There were multiple times I ran really well. But then one big mistake, boom, back to square one.
I made 6k in October playing 100NL. This month I'm up like 3.5k with 4 days to go -- don't think I will be able to keep it up.
"Where is the passion when you need it the most?
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost."
--Taken from Bad Day, Daniel Powter
I just can't properly incorporate PFR into my game.
Never open limp. Raise all PP from any position. 3-bet with a wider range.
I tried many times. It didn't work. Pure spew.
Therefore I am reverting back to my old style:
[x] Run 20/8 preflop
[x] Play against passive regulars
[x] Avoid big pots with 1-pair hands OOP
[x] Make sharp postflop decisions
[x] Profit
I know stretching a PTBB of 9 (which I achieved after my first 20k hands) over 100k hands would be far-fetched. So how about 6? I am @ 5.9 over 80k right now.
Some memorable moments from the past week
Nov 15/16 Late night. Eventful night. Run like shiet for most of the night, and then made 3 BIs against regs at the same table over 6 hands (stacked another regular within another orbit)
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