Finally it is fucking time to get this over with, need 35k more VPP so about to start up epic last grind session here, will be live streaming it and can talk to whoever to help pass the time!!
6 more days to go!!! Here is last session of the day today that i just finished up, tried to play pretty conservitaeatete firs thalf of it and then went nuts last half of it trying new things, did a little video blog midway through session, someone in my 2p2 SNE prop bet thread was asking why i havent posted any graphs where I am running over EV lately and made a big deal about it so thats what I am talkinga bout in video, ALMOST DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 75ISH MORE HOURS TO GO!!
thanksss for the glll wishes in my comments when i update the blog for this challenge guys, def helps me get up that extra motivation when I read them all
Longest session of the month officially over, wanted to get to 800k VPP by the end of tonights session so would leave me with 10 days/200k VPP and I was successful. Played 29k hands with a 2 hour break in between so not actually sure if it all counts as one session but at least 20k of them were in one. Went through random spurts where I played terrible ie 3betting junk OOP and 3betting junk on BTN and getting it in with any piece, those times account for the random 5k dips and then i got refocused and those resulting 5k ups are from that. Finished it off with some deep table madness and a miracle of a hand to secure the win and up for the day. It is pretty sick that I made 150k fpps in one fucking session lol, thats like 2.5k/2.7k from that alone. Feel pretty great right now and don't think I'll have much of a problem getting there. I could have played a few more hours if i needed to so I know I have a potential 50k vpp session in me if I need to. Going to try to get some sleep now and wake up to do it all again tomorrow
O YEA and i banned my chat for a week because i tilt sooo hard when i start swearing at the god mode regs, i did it after the first session I lost 7k, probably should have done it alot sooner
Thought I was updating my blog then looked and realized it hasnt been since day 3/4. Im awlays updating my SNE prop bet thread on 2p2 pretty daily so if you want to follow more along with this then can do it there
brain feels dead, cant think, cant move, body sore, tired as fuck. Month started up up up then breakeven then up up and now down down down. Still up about 15k at tables for the month but can't think right now. I was sick for a good 4 day stretch and dont think i played much at all, was hanging out with a new person of interest here in vancouver as well during that time so combine those 2 and not a good recipe for the grind. Luckily I am all better now, the person of interest went back to states and now it is me back grinding 12 hour/20k vpp days for the rest of the month. 12 MORE DAYS, 12 MORE DAYS 12 MORE DAYS keep saying that its only 12 MORE DAYS lol w/e gridning is fun
there are some 2/4 regs i fucking hate and if i had the chance to beat them up or get beat up by them i might take it, for example, raymond wu (fuck u) podox (fuck u fuck u fuck u) , alex3344 (go fuck yourself in your moms basement), cantbeat (cheating piece of shit)
thats my rant
graph for this day, FOUGHT HARDDDDDDDDDDD to get back up
Looks like it happened again sooner then later. Wasn't expecting to have another session like the first day of the month but man seems like I could lose when I got it in today, although a majority of the time i was getting it in 60%+ after doing some hand review after but was playing my A A+ game most of the day. Day 3 was pretty meh for most of it, went on tilt a few times and ended up dumping a bunch toward the end of the day when I was super tired and not at all the the mood to keep grinding. Need to insta quit and take a walk when that happens because I CAN NOT be randomly launching off 3k chunks of money from time to time.
Obv ran like Tim Tebow in the 4th quarter. I had to mix 2/4 and 1/2 which I don't like to do because I play so much tighter at 1/2 and really don't focus to much on those tables/hands, just try to b/e. At 2/4 I'm battling with everyone for every hand. I've gotten super comfortable in my game lately and have been playing pretty much everyone (with the exception of a few of the goddest of god moders) to get tables started but most regs prefer 6 regs to HU for a bit then 1-4 fish joining. Only a tiny few of the regs will give me HU action now to start and usually it ends up being high stakes guys grinding some 2/4 or like 6ptbb guys. I really have no idea why they won't play to get games going, esp when im 24 tabling where there edge on me will be big . As a result when I wake up late in the day my time I have to mix in 1/2 and 2/4. I play like a massive asshat at the deep tables for an unknown reason so have not been grinding those in my daily mix. Sometimes those games have 1 huge fish but the other 5 players are like either random recreational guys who only play deep tables and like 50/38 with 15 percent 3bet or super winning regs who only play deep tables as well and have so much more deep experience then I do that I'm going to get my shit owned there so often. Even buying in for 100bb I don't feel comfortably at all in those games quite yet.
Day 3 I didn't quite make the 14.5k vpps but planning to make that up here in a bit for a few more hours of grinding for the night
Wow, what a start to this month! If I had to imagine the best case scenario for this month to start off with it would have not even been this great. I was in the f zone pretty much the whole first session and I don't think I ever really lost 2 big pots back to back until like 13k hands into the day. Seemed like everytime I 4bet AAxx, they would miss or I would get it in and hold. Everytime I called a 4bet with a rundown vs AA I would hit. Was my best day ever of poker only counting money made at the tables. Overall I made 42BI (13.5k), I got 1st for the day in the PokerStars grinding Leaderboard for extra 1.5k and I won bet with BallCup, he bet me 1k I couldn't get 1st place one of the days. Add in another 750/800 in fpp value (roughly) and overall not a bad day at all and a dream start. Had a tough time getting to sleep but finaly managed to late last night. My personal assistant/cook/pro helper I guess we can call her came over today and made me some lunch and then chicken/veggies/pasta for dinner, she is sure on top of things and has a really good plan for the month to help me stay fed. Well worth the money imo and probably will deserve a bonus at the end.
I finally woke myself up this afternoon and crawled over to the computer to get started. A part of me really didn't want to play for fear I would end up losing all of it back today and another part of me expected to make another 10k+ today. Eventually I was able to convince myself to get in a mindset where I try to forget about wins/losses and try not to tilt and play my A game. First session felt pretty good and I managed to go for 5 hours without looking how much i was up/down, eventually I caved because I thought I was doing really well and was only up a BI . After I looked it obviously effected how I was playing and I quit shortly after. The 4b pots weren't falling my way today and my top sets werent holding 90 percent of the time sadly but still did okay. Went to do a quick workout because that always gets me motivated to play poker and then was back at it. I went into reg-ware mode and my 3bet was hovering around 11 percent most of the session, usually it is 5 percent. More 3betting=more variance and session was rocky, finally quit down 4BI and went to dinner with ballcup. Just finished up final session for the day where I started down 4.5k and finally said stop playing like a fucking idiot and was able to end up a BI. Usually my problems during my session happen when I go 3bet happy, esp OOP and the BTN. When I finally calm the fuck down and start flatting in those spots on the BTN and flatting/folding those spots OOP is when I start winning again. I'm sure most PLO guys are of the notion that 3bet BTN is always +ev but I think for me personally I do better when I flat and play postflop in position with higher stack-pot ratio and also greatly lowers my variance during a long session. I am getting better in 3bet pots but I think its one of the weaker parts of my game right now. In some spots I should prob be cbet/calling it off I instead check back and wait for a safe turn in order to lower my overall variance which might not be +ev as far as overall profit at the tables.
Heres the graph for Day 2 overall, this is how I expect many of my days to end up.
started grinding right at midnight est, then a few hours later I finally looked at how I was doing for session, ive found not looking at my results helps me play longer, better, less on tilt. Maybe should have done this along time ago. 14.5k vpp done for the day but i want #1 on leaderboard for pokerstars so will get whatever I need to for that
It looks like the time is finally upon me, December 1st. Currently blogging from my December headquarters for the month located street level in a different part of Vancouver, a much easier place to sleep in during the day. I've been putting off all my crazy hours for the last 2 months in anticipation of this day to begin the end of my journey in 2011. This might not have been the most effective plan or way to handle things but my main goal for November was to build my online roll big enough to be able to handle the swings that December would bring. As a result of this November was my first real winning month after relocation with +5k at the tables and +13k from fpp's.
What exactly is on the line for me in December? I am currently at 550k VPP which means I need 450k VPP to achieve my goal. By doing this I stand to make $36,000 from FPP's along that way. $11,600 from 3 milestone bonuses, $20,000 bonus from when I do achieve SNE, $5,200 WCOOP ME ticket, an extra $24,000 if I were to hit SNE again next year. That is $96,800..... That is a pretty serious amount of money on the line. Add in an extra $45,000 from prop bet money and well you will see there is no room for failure.
What do I need to do to be able to achieve this? Well simply put, I will need to set a new record for most hands of PLO in a month. I'm pretty sure I have the current record but these hands will need to be played at higher/more challenging stakes. Ideally I would like to play most of my volume at 2/4 where I have been playing the last month. My vpp/hand their has been 1.09 with some of that coming during off peak hours when there are a few less games running but they are much better. I plan on playing most of my volume during the midday-night time hours of PST so I anticipate a lower vpp rate during that time. I need to get 14.5k vpp/day which if I am getting 1500/hr equates to just under 10 hours per day, assuming I play straight through. I anticipate a break at some point so that most likely will end up being 11+ hours/day with joing tables to begin each session taking longer. Before prop bet money I can lose 3k/day and actually still come out +ev in the end, do I anticipate losing that much money? No way, PLO is a game where even the unimaginable can happen. I feel very good about my mass multi tabling PLO game right now and have changed 2 things to my game that have not only made it much easier to grind long sessions but have improved my ablilty to actually win some money
My plan for December is one that I do not know as of yet. I did find someone here to help me with my meals/ie cooking/preparing them daily for me. Its a girl/woman I met randomly when I first moved here who I went to the nude beach with lol but she was telling me her ideas/plan and it sounded exactly what I was looking for and I think it will make my ability to put in the sessions and feel better good. I do have some ped's (aka grind drugs) on the table if I do feel like I need them but my plan is not to use them for whatever reason. Fridge is stocked with water/vitamin water, place to sleep is dark at all times, hooded shirts and sweat pants are lined up, and the money is there for the taking.
. As a result when I wake up late in the day my time I have to mix in 1/2 and 2/4. I play like a massive asshat at the deep tables for an unknown reason so have not been grinding those in my daily mix. Sometimes those games have 1 huge fish but the other 5 players are like either random recreational guys who only play deep tables and like 50/38 with 15 percent 3bet or super winning regs who only play deep tables as well and have so much more deep experience then I do that I'm going to get my shit owned there so often. Even buying in for 100bb I don't feel comfortably at all in those games quite yet. 
. After I looked it obviously effected how I was playing and I quit shortly after. The 4b pots weren't falling my way today and my top sets werent holding 90 percent of the time sadly but still did okay. Went to do a quick workout because that always gets me motivated to play poker and then was back at it. I went into reg-ware mode and my 3bet was hovering around 11 percent most of the session, usually it is 5 percent. More 3betting=more variance and session was rocky, finally quit down 4BI and went to dinner with ballcup. Just finished up final session for the day where I started down 4.5k 
