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Bejamin1 Canada. Oct 02 2014 23:52. Posts 7042 | | |
September was a was dramatically busier for me. The first few days were a whirlwind of drinking and socializing as students flooded back to campus and we welcomed our new grads to the program. My thesis supervisor decided now was a good time to start getting serious about me finishing my research which might have had something to do with me requesting weekly deadlines that take roughly twenty hours of work to complete. I've never slept less lately, but I've also never felt more productive.
I'm back in the gym on a regular basis and although I've always lifted to reduce stress and keep a clear head it's running that's helped me calm my mind lately. I've never much enjoyed uselessly battering my knees but I decided I wanted to improve my fitness enough to lose the tired feeling when playing intramural sports with my friends so off I went. I've mostly been working the treadmill with 20 minute uphill runs and then a five minute max incline hike/speed walk to cap it off. I've broken my run down into five minute segments and every week I'm trying to increase the difficulty until all four segments reach the higher level and then the process restarts.
I'm still pulling 30 hours a week at Public Safety doing research on a fun project for the government so that keeps me doubly busy. I really love the project and my co-workers are great so it's been a good time. And oh yeah, I guess I'm also playing some poker. I only managed 33,000 hands and +700 this month but overall that's not bad. The bankroll finished at new high of 2500 and then quickly dropped to 2300 after I played fairly poorly in the first two days of October. Most of my results I owe to my mental focus. I've been forcing myself to think only of playing mistake free sessions and quitting whenever I start to make mistakes. That may actually have something to do with less volume as well.
Goals for October:
1. Break into PLO50
2. Play 60k hand continue with "Mistake Free" focus and leave sessions when I get off track
3. Keep up with the rest of my life
Side Goal: Make time to relax! My schedule is hectic, so I need to be patient with myself and have some down time.
-30h Public Safety
-10-20h Thesis
-10h Teaching Assistantship
-21h Poker is a lot for every week
-5-7h Gym
-Xh Girls + Friendships + Socializing
All of Sept
Post Sept 8th to Sept 30th
Also I have a deal to offer if anyone is interested. I'm at the point where I have no doubt I beat PLO25 consistently when I'm on my A-Game. I finally feel that measure of control. That being said I'm a BR nit and I realize the swings of PLO require a powerful bankroll to maintain sanity. I'm at BR2300 and will be taking a shot at PLO50 when I reach 2750. However, if anyone out there on LP wishes to take my BR to BR5000 today I'm willing to make a deal. I'm already confident I can beat PLO50 without too much difficulty. I've played there before and it's not much different than PLO25. The regs aren't any better and the fish are the same.
I'm largely putting this offer out there because I want to get to Supernova ASAP. I have 70k FPP's currently and I can't spend them on a $1600 without the status. Especially if Pokerstars does something bonkers like change all the VIP shit come January 1st.
So here it is:
You give me BR5000. The situation is a "stake" I guess as is the common expression.
I will give you 50% of my profits including bonuses (minus the 70k FPPs on the $1600 bonus value scale that I currently possess)
I will do this until you have made $10,000 in profit
So basically you risk $2,500 to likely recoup $12,500.
We can:
-Skype whenever you would like to discuss hands/how things are going
-Receive graphs/stats on a weekly or monthly basis
-Receive any particular search parameter from my database so you can make sure I'm playing my A-Game if you so choose
My preference is that the player be a 100 or 200PLO player if possible. This is simply because we're more likely to be successful and you'll have incentive to give me advice on my game. Doesn't really matter though, beggars can't be choosers. I don't mind if nobody takes me up on this. It's just a way for me to accelerate my progress at the cost of some profits.
Cheers Everyone! Keep on Pokering!
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Trav94 Canada. Oct 03 2014 00:59. Posts 1785 | | |
Even though the bad beat hands you post tilt me to no end, I respect PLO grinders. Good luck man |
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Good shit. Rock on man.
ps. fuck the stake. Grind a couple more weekends and just rock it yourself |
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PuertoRican United States. Oct 04 2014 04:35. Posts 13039 | | |
I agree with Devon. Forget the stake and do it yourself. You'll feel better about it in the long run. |
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Just take the 50 shot now and if you lose X amount just move down. I used to screw up my own progress big time by being a bankroll nit and playing with way more buyins at micro/low than I needed. Then instead of moving up an taking advantage of the state of the game etc. at that time I would cash out after girding low and then keep having to grind low. |
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Especially at PLO the more you move up the less you get raped by exorbitant rake |
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cariadon Estonia. Oct 05 2014 17:02. Posts 4019 | | |
All the best, you seem like a solid all around guy. Hope it works out. |
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chris United States. Oct 06 2014 19:07. Posts 5503 | | |
thats a really bad stake. you are basically taking a loan for about 2k to pay back 12k in a stake.
why not just go to a bank and borrow 2k at like 8-12% for a year?
just grind man. if you are a winning player you will get there anyway, and getting supernova to get that rakeback bonus, you still have to play through. just horde your fpp and buy it next year when you get there in may from grinding 50-100plo on your own.
better off asking for a loan than a stake if you are consistent. much more risk in staking on backer side and you pay so much more on your side.
why not ask for a loan of 2k and pay back 200 a month for a year? thats still a 20% return for your lender and you dont have to suicide your profits for the next year |
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that would be a nice offer chris just hard to get people to do that cause although its maybe not as risky as staking there is less upside as well. Someone might even just look at it as risking 2k to win 200 so they lender will probably need to trust you.
If you can secure a loan like this though I agree it would be a better route than a stake. You seem consistent and motivated to put in hands so at worst just keep doing what you are doing and you will attain the goals you have either way. |
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Bejamin1 Canada. Oct 07 2014 10:58. Posts 7042 | | |
I don't have a lot of experience doing these sort of deals so Chris perhaps you're right. The thing is, my feeling was I haven't played PLO50 yet, even if I'm confident I can beat it and have experience at least breaking even there for 300k hands in the past a long ways back years ago. If my backer is risking 2500 (and potentially more) then they should have a reasonable return for taking all that risk. Four times their investment seems somewhat fair. Maybe I'm just soft I don't know  .
In the end, although we haven't settled on final terms. I'm not just getting money as part of the deal. I'm getting pretty much an endless supply of advice and assistance in building my game from a player who is much better than myself. And in the end that's what I wanted. Someone to invest in me, and then having done so feel the desire to help improve my game because it benefits us both. |
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