Joeingram1 United States. Mar 13 2012 10:42. Posts 943
Whats going on guys, feel like writing and that doesn't happen very often anymore. Instead of organizing my place and closet or go to the gym and play on my iPad I decided to do this instead. Random Ipad apps I am grinding right now, Fairway Solitare (solitaire+golf combined, addicted as hell with many levels to get through and not like regular solitaire. Replaced Temple Run in the game I have to play when I'm not doing anything). Pocket League Story (this is iphone/ipad) From makers of Game Dev Story, its like a soccer/football RPG game where you build a soccer team and play in various leagues/cups and improve your players through training excecises, building different buildings, head coach. Can hire better plays as you progress and start to make more money. You don't actually play the games but you get to watch and do some adjustments to form and they go by pretty quick and are kinda fun to watch too. Almost have completed it at this point and looking forward to getting into a few other games that the company makes like building super mall, simcity type building game, and grand prix racing game. This app Splashtop honestly changed my life since it basically lets you control your desktop from your Ipad from anywhere. I've had it for a few months now and I can't imagine not having it now, sometimes I will just lay in bed with stars lobby open on Ipad and jesus seat someone and then make my way to the computer to fire up a session. Can't really stream movies/tv shows with regular ipad browsers but with splashtop it makes it possible and I use it so much. I think Ipad is best thing I ever purchased in my life up until a few days ago.
There was only one thing I really wanted to buy with all the money I won from prop bet + grinding and that was to get my teeth fixed up. I guess they weren't TERRIBLE before but I was not very happy with them and usually felt a little self conscious about them. I did a few non-cosmetic dental sessions to get my teeth in working order and after a bunch of hours grinding in the dentist chair I got my top teeth complete (crowns). I had this image of the movie star white smile in my mind before I got them but the dentists convinced me that super super white usually looks super super fake/unreal so I didn't go that extreme but still white enough. I put up a little youtube video and if you watch my video blogs in December first and then this one you will say holy shit that looks different.
I kinda talk a little bit about poker in that but I don't really get too in depth. February was on track to be another 100k month but with like 4 days left I threw all the discipline to the window and play in some -evish spots with higher variance then usual. Obviously I choose to do most of this at 50/100 and ended up losing 25k that day, ran like under ev but was really only from one beat and besides that played terrible and did not make folds I should have made but could have avoided getting in those spots in the first place against good players. Started off March like a man on a mission and made that 25k back the first 2 days and was up about 40k before I decided to throw discipline to the window once again and just tilt for some unknown reason. Felt like the old days of poker for me when I was just do something that I know is horrible or make a call that I know is -ev but just something happens to my brain and I do it anyway. You can see from the monthly graph where I would regroup, get my mind straight and then do more grinding back up and then had another moment. I'm still up a bunch this month but its weird how being up 24k doesn't feel like too much now. I defintely have been a little less stringent on my tables I do decide to play and sometimes I load up a bit more then normal tables and this leads to me getting in more high variance spots because that slightly less lack of focus gets me into them. I sometimes find myself playing a bunch of big pots with thecleaner11 who is pretty good player while I have the fish sitting to my right and avoiding him. The old me loved battling with regs and trying to be the fucking man but we all saw how that would normally turn out for me so I have to sometimes remind myself of this and stay my lane of what has been working. Haven't quite ran like god this month as compared to the last 2 but I think that the combination of playing well/game selection helps make up for alot of that. Hasn't been as much juice this mont at 25/50 and the 50/100 hands I've played this month I kinda was pushing the limits of -ev/+ev. I only like to play that high when I know the mark is a top tier fish and the sessions this month I have been like well he is really fishy but idk he might not be fishy enough to make up for the variance. Plus some of them buy in for 30bb's and I really am not a 30bb master but feel like I still play better then the fish with stacks that shallow. Against the 5/10+ shortstack regs though I probably am making a handful of -ev plays with ahnds im defending to 3b or 3b myself vs them.
Here is the breakdown of the month so far for me, sucks being up 20BI at 400plo and down 1BI at 10kPLO lol
Yearly breakdown of limits so far, obv play more 5/10 and 10/20 and less 3/6 and 50/100
Really nice teeth, I watched the video before I read the blog and I definitely noticed it, looked good.
Also, it's sick when you come to a point where 24K dollars isn't "that much" over a two weeks, uhm, it's a huge amount. Cool life.
Joeingram1 United States. Mar 13 2012 11:10. Posts 943
On March 13 2012 10:04 hording wrote:
Really nice teeth, I watched the video before I read the blog and I definitely noticed it, looked good.
Also, it's sick when you come to a point where 24K dollars isn't "that much" over a two weeks, uhm, it's a huge amount. Cool life.
Thanks
I don't think its good at all, im trying to come up with ways to shake this thought process where it actually is that much but idk if that happens while playing 10/20+. I like playing with a little bit of fear when Im playing higher stakes because I think it makes me personally play better although that isn't the same for everyone. Before a 2k or 5k buyin was like whoa I can't fuck up here but now at 10/20 I find myself making plays I never would have made in january and once in awhile at 25/50. I guess its normal to happen when your bankroll increases but some sessions I play and I have the slight fear in my mind and end up playing way better so finding a way to always have that idea where the money matters so much is something I am trying for
if poker is dangerous to them i would rank sports betting as a Kodiak grizzly bear who smells blood after you just threw a javelin into his cub - RaiNKhAN
Browsing through your hand histories makes me wonder that you might not be aware these games are possibly play money. Have you ever tried to cash out? - Kapol
Sweden. Mar 13 2012 11:05. Posts 4472
