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Joeingram1 United States. Dec 08 2008 15:09. Posts 943 | | |
Sorry for the delayed update on my blog and my 600k hand prop bet. A few people were asking me to let them know how things ended up. I wrote this a few days ago but my computer had to restart and I lost like 7 paragraphs I wrote on here, then I took a went back home for a few days.
I did complete and win my prop bet!! I ended up playing 24 hours straight and a 37k hand session and ended at 603k Total Hands Last month.
This is my toal graph, it is missing some hands but I started being staked for 100nl about a week into the prop bet so I actually ended up about 1.5k more of my own money as I was down a throughout the month at 100nl when I was playing on the stake.
Here are some totals for last month
VPP- 169,323
Hours Played-359 (89 hrs a week)
FPP Profit- 14.5k
Profit Playing 4.5k
Prop Bet Profit- 6.1k
Total Profit- 25.1k
I am having an article in the paper here in Chicago written about Me and the prop bet+uiega, an interview on a poker website that I should be doing this week and I just got a PM about doing like a 10 minute interview tonight for the 2+2 Pokercast with Mike Johnson & Adam Schwartz which is crazy since I listen to that every week it comes out lol.
(edited this in) Some people were saying how I had an awful winrate playing throughout the month which is true I did but before last i was playing really LAG game and I had to basically tighten it up completley because I realized I couldnt do it all day every day, all month. So the first week I played normal and made a ton, then the last 3 I was watching movies/tv/internet while I was playing which killed my winrate. This month I have been able to get back to my old game and am doing really well and have a good winrate going so far.
Why did I do it? Some people were saying how I must have not have any friends/family/life anything like that. But last month I was still talking to my friends on the phone everyday, and got to see my gf a few times and family on thanksgiving while maintaining 12-13 hours a day 24 tabling. They all understood what I was doing and were pretty excited of the chance that I would be able to make that much money playing a game online. I basically chose to do it not really having any idea how hard it would be but was extremely motivated by the prospect of making 20k+. My biggest month before last was about 4k and my bankroll at the time I started last month was around 6k total so the chance that I could set myself up for a long time and make a crazy amount of money was really the motivation I needed to get it done. It is really still a surreal feeling that I made that much money in a month and honestly never thought I would be able to from playing poker/working in my life.
Some people were asking me what I played before the bet? I started playing 25nl online in June of this year, just like many other people out there I was dreaming that one day I could make 5k-10k in one month eventually from playing poker. I didn't actually think it was possible but I still worked on my game with aspirations of moving up. In late september/october I was a 50nl reg and I think i made about 4k in September because of a successful 100nl shot at the end of month and then this bet was formed and at about 11 PM the night before November 1st I decided to do it.
The original bet was 4 of us in the Micro Stakes Forum (on 2+2) on who could play the most hands but then I tried to get action at 2.8-1 odds that I could play 600k hands and was able to and then it began. I pretty much played 12-13 hours a day, 30 days straight last month, slept horrible, ate awful, but was able to get it done.
Was it worth it? I realize that I basically sacrificed a month of my life, sacrificed my realtionship with my gf (which now is over but there are always more cute girls out ther), set my phsycal condition back awhile (i worked out everyday forever before last month) but overall knowing that I can live comfortable for awhile, move out of my crappy apartment and finally have a nice place on my own and get myself a nice car on my own for the first time ever defintly made it all worth it.
Whats next? This month so far I've been 24 tabling 1/2 and playing some 400nl-600nl when good games start up and its going pretty well so far. Im still being staked for 100nl, 200nl so it is very good to know that I cant actually lose any of my bankroll unless I lose money playing higher limits lol. I signed a lease for a new apartment back in Northwest Indiana and wont be living downtown in Chicago anymore which is sad in some ways since Im right by the lake and beach but am excited to move back home where all my old friends/parents live and I will finally be able to not walk everywhere again. Im going car shopping next week too so will keep the blog updated on what I spend the winnings on plus how my progress is going in moving up limits.
Some parts of this post arent in order but I had it written well before and then deleted so I am pretty sure I covered everything in here. Thanks to all who read my blog throughout the bet and for the positive comments, defintly kept me motivated to succeed and I appreciate everyone reading. If anyone has any questions or comments you can pm me or post them here!! Next step is Supernova Elite Pursuit next year!!! Should be fun
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Bluffed1331 United States. Dec 08 2008 15:14. Posts 246 | | |
this is unreal dedication |
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PoorUser  United States. Dec 08 2008 15:18. Posts 7472 | | |
pretty unreal, i played my 3rd longest session yesterday which was like 11k hands and i was proud of myself
crazy stuff, gl with everything |
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iop Sweden. Dec 08 2008 15:20. Posts 4951 | | | |
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Are you gonna play a lot in Desember ?
600 000 hands more than I played lifetime :O
Pretty sick man
Congrats with 25.000$ ! Very VERY nice score for a 100nl player (X-100nl player  ) |
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AcroN Norway. Dec 08 2008 15:34. Posts 568 | | |
Totaly sick. Congrats on this, it was well deserved after all the work you put in  |
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lebowski Greece. Dec 08 2008 15:35. Posts 9205 | | | |
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incredibly sick, congrats..
i just can't help thinking how much people would have bet against you on this bet.. if you had the $ to risk prior people would def have bet 100k sums giving you good odds against this bet. |
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lazymej Canada. Dec 08 2008 15:38. Posts 2897 | | |
You're such a beast. Gj you should be very proud of yourself. |
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k2o4 United States. Dec 08 2008 15:41. Posts 4803 | | |
wow joe that's awesome, such a hero =) |
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WHAT THE FUCK?!?!??!?!
omg ur my hero |
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Python817 Canada. Dec 08 2008 15:43. Posts 2733 | | |
holy shit thats like 2x as many hands as I played lifetime |
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hehe might acctually be 2x the hands I played lifetime too ^^ quite sick |
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Sheitan Canada. Dec 08 2008 15:48. Posts 4217 | | |
That s sick, congratulations on the dedication and courage and will you showed, well deserved 25k ! |
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ikc5 United States. Dec 08 2008 15:55. Posts 406 | | |
Very very nice, good job. |
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Fox . Dec 08 2008 16:00. Posts 3110 | | |
God if you ever move up to NL200 or 400 you're gonna bank so much in FPP. SICKNESS. |
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Joeingram1 United States. Dec 08 2008 16:19. Posts 943 | | |
| | On December 08 2008 14:36 MezmerizePLZ wrote:
incredibly sick, congrats..
i just can't help thinking how much people would have bet against you on this bet.. if you had the $ to risk prior people would def have bet 100k sums giving you good odds against this bet. |
I was thinking about this the other day lol, I think i could have gotten an unreal amount of action though |
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Zorglub Denmark. Dec 08 2008 16:27. Posts 2870 | | |
congrats, 13 hours a day is sick.... |
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EscapingR Netherlands. Dec 08 2008 16:35. Posts 2353 | | |
damn respect man i once did something like this for like 2 weeks, then i couldnt take it anymore :D your price was way higher though.
sick job respect |
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