The summer was extremely hectic with a lot of poker playing going on and not much time for blogging. I'm back to update you all with my progress now though! I'll start off by laying out my expenses and then break down categories that are noteworthy.
May: Total spending $6,371, Total Income 18,243 Savings Rate: 65%
Expenses went up this month due to needing some supplies to repair the pool and not enough discipline in the food department. Luckily my savings rate was saved by a high income month.
Auto & Transport- 1,259
This number is inflated because of the second car payment, along with putting extra money toward the payments each month.
Health & Fitness- 898
Food/dining/toiletries- 742
Bills & Utilities- 451
Shopping- 105
Business Services- 110
(Casino Tips)
Fees & Charges- 0
Entertainment- 14
(Random stuff on itunes)
Personal Care- 150
(Massage Envy, last month of paying for it)
Travel
Gifts & Donations- 52
June: Total spent $6,121, Total Income 11,037, Savings Rate: 45%
Expenses went down a little bit from May, but unfortunately it isn't in the 5k range that I'd like to see. I was kind of saved by the income, but if I were down to 5k per month in expenses my savings rate would have been up into the mid-fifties...need to cut the fat.
Expense breakdown:
Home- 2100
Number is back in normal range this month
Auto & Transport- 1467
Had to get new tires and an alignment for one of the cars.
Health & Fitness- 802
Food/dining/toiletries- 500
Cheaper bc a lot of my meals were comp'd at the casino
Bills & Utilities- 734
Hotter month = more A/C
Shopping- 322
Bought my wife an iPad as a graduation gift.
Business Services- 50
tips, etc. The number is half of normal because I hardly valet parked since Rio surface parking is more convenient than Bellagio's.
Fees & Charges- 0
Entertainment- 71
Went to the movies and random other activities.
July: Total spent $8,730 (yikes), Total Income 12,435, Savings Rate: 30%
This month was very disappointing. I guess almost 1k went toward fixing up the house (wood floors) which is debatable as to whether the value added is equal to expense. But even accounting for that I was at 8k in expenses. Of course it all adds up below, and I think the trip to the Zoo with my family was worth the cost, but I just didn't think I was spending that much as I was living it. I guess that's a common problem and a big reason why people fall into debt so easily. Definitely a reality check and my first real slip-up of the year in terms of expenses. Thankfully I had another winning month and managed a 30% savings rate, but that's well below what I want my savings rate to be.
Auto & Transport- 1733
Had to get two rear tires for the Fit. One had a slow leak, and they were getting pretty old (Original to the car in 2009). Will likely have to replace the two fronts before the end of the year.
Health & Fitness- 802
This number should drop by a couple hundred bucks next month because a $350 recurring hospital bill will be paid off this month.
Food/dining/toiletries- 927
Kind of embarrassed of this number. We spent way too much on eating out and just kind of lost track of spending in this category. Hopefully next month is back to normal as we JUST went to the grocery store and spend 200-300 dollars on the last day of July.
Bills & Utilities- 943
Even hotter month = MORE A/C!
Shopping- 200
I'm not sure if it should be in shopping or business, bc my wife bought a bunch of stuff on Amazon for her classroom (just got hired for next year). But w/e I'll just leave it in shopping
Business Services- 110
I'm strongly considering avoiding Valet parking in the future. I'm going to do a write-up on the pros/cons and the perceived value that I've been using as an excuse to Valet park and decide if I think it's worth it to continue doing it.
Fees & Charges- 0
Entertainment- 400
Took my family to San Diego for my wife's BDay. Spent various amounts on hotel/zoo tickets/concessions/etc
Travel- 750
Various plane ticket/hotel bookings for August poker trip.
Gifts & Donations- 0
Summary
Adding these 3 months to my current totals my yearly savings rate is now at 41%. That gives me 5 months to attempt to raise that rate to my goal of 65% for this year. Sorry for the extended delay of updates. It seems like lack of blog updating correlates to laziness in other areas such as fiscal responsibility so I will try to keep both of those on track in the future.
If you are not a professional 6 pack haver what is the point of a 6pack?
Beer and Ice Cream are fucking good.
Drinking all day and having a blast is a lot more fun than eating 400 calories every now and again and running 5 miles and this is coming from someone that FUCKING LOVES salmon and kale and olive oil and running 5 miles.
But I mean if you were in Dublin and in good company would you be eating a lil bit plants and fish or would you be drinking fucking magical guinnes on draught and trying to fuck the jennifer connolly look a like?
Unless you are an actor or a model, what is the fucking point?
Is there ever quality of life at 85? People can rationalize a way?
Also, I'm not talking about like obese, intrude on your life, what the fuck are you doing fat, but like w/e, do what you do, if you are skinny and have good metabolism you aren't fat but if you don't you might be a little bit fat fat.
To introduce myself, some videos of things I like:
Hokay, now poker.
I first played about 6 or 7 years ago, when everyone was playing. I was in highschool and decent-ish. I ran $10 freeroll money to $200, then tilted and lost it all. As I couldn't buy chips (not having a CC), I just quit online poker. When the hype started to fade away, our home games did too and I pretty much just quit playing.
Fast forward to this summer. I used to be a big starcraft (BW and WoL), but had to quit last year due to a wrist injury. I do still follow the scene. I was figuring out what to this summer as I couldn't play games anymore. When the Team Liquid documentary came out, I saw some guy named Liquid`RaSZi donating a bunch of money. I looked up his name, started looking into poker again... and got itchy.
So, I downloaded the PokerStars client and PokerTracker, bought some chips ($20) and started playing again. At 2NL, I thought I still was the shit. I immediately played on 4 tables and started to gangsta bluff the shit out of everyone. I lost a couple of buy-ins and started to reevaluate my game. I also went back to just 2 tables.
I finally started to win a bit. After a small downswing I slightly tilted and went up, 5NL. This actually worked out. I think it's mainly because I took it a bit more serious and started improving my game. I also started playing on 3 and later 4 tables comfortably.
I (again) started playing bigger stakes under rolled. I was quite confident that I could beat it, and I was right. I also was winning there. I'm currently comfortably playing 10NL, 4-6 tabling.
There was a huge leak I had. I would (donk) call rivers I knew I was beat. I'm decent-ish (for this level) at reading hands. I'd doubt my own readings and still call (big) hands I shouldn't. Also, after I did that I'd tilt the fuck out and play worse. When I learned to stop doing that in the last 10kish hands my profits have been improved.
For now, I'm staying at 10NL until I have 20BI for 25NL. I'm close-ish to it (should make it this week), but I'm not rushing it. I'm just doing this for fun and to challenge myself.
So, after playing and learning PLO for about 5 months, I finally had a good winning month (given the stakes). Its basically my first real winning month since starting with PLO. Before I was mostly breaking even including rakeback, so this is also about what I am up from playing PLO so far Tbh I expected to start picking up PLO faster than how it went, but I hope and feel that it is a good start and it will mostly get better in the future.
Its mostly a mix of headsup and deep 6-max, with a bit of normal 6-max in it too.
As for the near future, I hope to be able to keep doing what I have been doing the last month and if I do, then I will probably try to move up to 1/2 PLO in some 2 weeks or so. I expect 1/2 to not be substantially more difficult than .5/1, so if everything goes well I would like to get to the midstakes in a couple months.
Hello, so I joined Bongky/Spewtard's stakehouse, because I felt my 100 bb play was pretty bad, since I made the most money off poker from turbo sng/mtt.
My first day or 2 went extremely well, then all hell broke loose lol...
I played 19k hands just this week, 10~ tabling, with +250 net result, which makes me happy, although I would have expected my results to be way better than this when I started.
kinda broke even on mtts, couldve won shitloads w/ a lil more luck, w/e, dominated the 100s hypers and only need br to crush 200s, finally feeling like I'm better than everyone else like I used to feel on turbos
Even though I haven't seen him for many years, he's my Godfather and I have spend many great moments with him on board the Lord Jim. He's over 70 years old, and this old schooner is basically his life and he has circumnavigated the world many times.
For well over a year now, an American flag has been flying upside-down from the rigging of the 72-ft gaff tops’l schooner Lord Jim, as she sits high and dry in a remote Brazilian boatyard at the edge of the jungle. As old salts know, in naval tradition an inverted national flag or ensign is a sign that the vessel is in distress.
The nature of Lord Jim's distress is unusual, however. After striking an unmarked rock and sinking five years ago, she was successfully raised and repaired. But that turned out to be the easy part of her Brazilian ordeal. A dispute with the boatyard owner forced the schooner's longtime owners Holger Kreuzhage and Tracy Brown into a protracted courtroom battle, which they ultimately won. In defiance of a court order, the owner, who Holger characterizes as thoroughly corrupt, literally removed the marine railway so Lord Jim could not relaunch. Subsequent court proceedings, all won by Kreuzhage and Brown, have still brought no resolution.
With that as background, Holger and Tracy recognized America's Independence Day in a unusual manner: "Our boat is still hostage, and so are we. But today we will rise above these local conditions, which were actually resolved by the justice system completely in our favor. A country where a final decision by the appellate court can be ignored by individuals who believe they are above the law only accentuates the difference in the values we treasure as Americans, and which we honor on this special day.
"Needless to say we miss our home country, our families and our far-away friends. In their honor and in the honor of our own country, we are flying our flag in its correct position, right-side-up."
The 44-ton schooner was formerly based at Sausalito, and was previously the queen of Antigua's crewed charter fleet. As far as we know, she has circumnavigated more times than any other San Francisco-based vessel. We sincerely hope the current deadlock ends soon, freeing her to sail the world's oceans yet again.
TLDR cliffs: My godfather and good friend, ran a ground in Brazil a couple of years ago. They managed to re float the sailing yacht (old 1936 Alden schooner) and repairs where being made in a Brazilian boatyard. The owner of the boatyard got into a legal dispute with them and after a couple of years the court ruled in their favor, demanding the boatyard owner pay damaged and relaunch the schooner. Not happy with that decision the boatyard owner destroyed the rails to launch the vessel and they haven't been able to do anything about it so far. This is an old man, over 70, has lead a very adventurous life and now seems to be unable to end his days doing what he loves to do, which is sailing the globe.
So now I'm down 16k on the day ... yeah I definitely ran pretty bad, but also ... I played completely awful. I had 2 unsuccessful attempted CRAI bluffs on the river, aside from that, I must've lost 4-5k strictly in bad call downs...
I'm a little irritated, but I feel fine. So weird that this doesn't bother me even when I play okay yet when posting the previous blog post I was incredibly agitated. Guess I really just am a head case. Probably no other explanation.
Oh and also ... if you don't frequent MSNL 2p2 it looks like I'm gonna have this HU "grudge" match against some dude who posts on 2p2 named zachvac. We r each escrowing 5k and going to 4 table 3/6 NL HU for 10k hands. whoever is up at the end wins the 10k on the side.
If you don't know how it came about and you want to ... you probably could just find the thread in 2p2 MSNL. Not sure it's really worth anybody's time to go through all of that, but I guess a lot of people want to rail the match. personally, I don't care, I just want to crush him for what he did to me.
Lastly ... shout out to my buddy Russel Thomas who is a member of the 2012 November Nine. We shared a house ~3 years ago in Vegas for the series and he's definitely a good guy (and a pretty good player too) who has made a lot of the right choices in life. Glad to see someone who has had a net positive affect on the poker community have some success--especially w/ how many shady people out there. Will definitely be rooting for him to win it all.
very close on the biggest ones, the $530 and the mill, but fell short, and on a lot other tourneys too. would be verrryyy close to million FT if I win this: + Show Spoiler +
Submitted by : player999
PokerStars Hand #84033262634: Tournament #591020010, $200+$15 USD Holdem No Limit - Level XXV (7500/15000) - 2012/07/29 22:39:41 BRT [2012/07/29 21:39:41 ET]
Table 591020010 447 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: RpokerJ (8787 in chips)
Seat 2: Hero (392596 in chips)
Seat 3: vmk91 (254793 in chips)
Seat 4: easygoing45 (547564 in chips)
Seat 5: munchenHB (413495 in chips)
Seat 6: JasonX85 (633623 in chips)
Seat 7: davjon (186101 in chips)
Seat 8: MajinBoob (1225605 in chips)
Seat 9: Calvin32 (579739 in chips)
RpokerJ: posts the ante 1500
Hero: posts the ante 1500
vmk91: posts the ante 1500
easygoing45: posts the ante 1500
munchenHB: posts the ante 1500
JasonX85: posts the ante 1500
davjon: posts the ante 1500
MajinBoob: posts the ante 1500
Calvin32: posts the ante 1500
Calvin32: posts small blind 7500
RpokerJ: posts big blind 7287 and is all-in
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
Hero: raises 23078 to 30578
vmk91: folds
easygoing45: folds
munchenHB: folds
JasonX85: folds
davjon: folds
MajinBoob: folds
Calvin32: raises 57422 to 88000
Hero: raises 303096 to 391096 and is all-in
Calvin32: calls 303096
Showdown Calvin32: shows (a full house, Kings full of Deuces)
Hero: shows (a pair of Deuces)
Calvin32 collected 767618 from side pot
RpokerJ: shows (three of a kind, Deuces)
Calvin32 collected 35361 from main pot
Hero finished the tournament in 138th place and received $910.64.
RpokerJ finished the tournament in 139th place and received $910.64.
Summary Total pot 802979 Main pot 35361. Side pot 767618. | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: RpokerJ (big blind) showed and lost with three of a kind, Deuces
Seat 2: Hero showed and lost with a pair of Deuces
Seat 3: vmk91 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: easygoing45 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: munchenHB folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: JasonX85 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 7: davjon folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 8: MajinBoob (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 9: Calvin32 (small blind) showed and won (802979) with a full house, Kings full of Deuces
then the last one, $109, was just super ridiculous lol, MTT regs suck big time. lost a flip for massive CL 22 left: + Show Spoiler +
Submitted by : player999
PokerStars Hand #84034576787: Tournament #591010857, $100+$9 USD Holdem No Limit - Level XIV (800/1600) - 2012/07/29 23:38:55 BRT [2012/07/29 22:38:55 ET]
Table 591010857 21 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: padjes (15394 in chips)
Seat 2: beesweet35 (29433 in chips)
Seat 5: flashdisastr (16831 in chips)
Seat 6: 23noraB (147327 in chips)
Seat 7: Improved (42283 in chips)
Seat 8: Hero (71490 in chips)
Seat 9: BuRR7deuce (21746 in chips)
padjes: posts the ante 150
beesweet35: posts the ante 150
flashdisastr: posts the ante 150
23noraB: posts the ante 150
Improved: posts the ante 150
Hero: posts the ante 150
BuRR7deuce: posts the ante 150
Hero: posts small blind 800
BuRR7deuce: posts big blind 1600
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
Improved said, "u a joke"
Improved said, "lol"
padjes: folds
flashdisastr said, "decent life 23n"
beesweet35: folds
flashdisastr: folds
23noraB: raises 1600 to 3200
Improved: raises 38933 to 42133 and is all-in
Hero: raises 29207 to 71340 and is all-in
BuRR7deuce: folds
23noraB: folds
Uncalled bet (29207) returned to Hero
Showdown Hero: shows (a flush, Ace high)
Improved: shows (a full house, Sevens full of Sixes)
Improved collected 90116 from pot
Summary Total pot 90116 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: padjes folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 2: beesweet35 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: flashdisastr folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: 23noraB folded before Flop
Seat 7: Improved (button) showed and won (90116) with a full house, Sevens full of Sixes
Seat 8: Hero (small blind) showed and lost with a flush, Ace high
Seat 9: BuRR7deuce (big blind) folded before Flop
PokerStars Hand #84035066452: Tournament #591010857, $100+$9 USD Holdem No Limit - Level XV (1000/2000) - 2012/07/30 0:05:18 BRT [2012/07/29 23:05:18 ET]
Table 591010857 21 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: TATOAAA (51038 in chips)
Seat 3: calyxses (22591 in chips)
Seat 5: winga699 (42588 in chips)
Seat 6: 23noraB (100896 in chips)
Seat 7: Improved (101171 in chips)
Seat 8: Hero (87451 in chips)
Seat 9: BuRR7deuce (63356 in chips)
TATOAAA: posts the ante 200
calyxses: posts the ante 200
winga699: posts the ante 200
23noraB: posts the ante 200
Improved: posts the ante 200
Hero: posts the ante 200
BuRR7deuce: posts the ante 200
Improved: posts small blind 1000
Hero: posts big blind 2000
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
BuRR7deuce: folds
TATOAAA: folds
calyxses: folds
winga699: folds
23noraB: raises 2000 to 4000
Improved: folds
Hero: raises 5999 to 9999
23noraB: raises 5999 to 15998
Hero: raises 9791 to 25789
23noraB: raises 54211 to 80000
Hero is disconnected
Hero is connected
Hero: raises 7251 to 87251 and is all-in
23noraB: calls 7251
Showdown Hero: shows (a pair of Kings)
23noraB: shows (a pair of Aces)
23noraB collected 176902 from pot
Hero finished the tournament in 16th place and received $335.00.
Summary Total pot 176902 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: TATOAAA folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 3: calyxses folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: winga699 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: 23noraB (button) showed and won (176902) with a pair of Aces
Seat 7: Improved (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: Hero (big blind) showed and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 9: BuRR7deuce folded before Flop (didnt bet)
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Tbh I expected to start picking up PLO faster than how it went, but I hope and feel that it is a good start and it will mostly get better in the future.
(a full house, Kings full of Deuces)
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