NewbSaibot United States. Nov 01 2015 07:11. Posts 4943
If you recall, I finally did it. I ran the numbers, went over the data, tallied the figures, and concluded that my near 6 years of experience plus everything I've learned from LP.net was enough to justify going pro. In the words of the great O'Reilly, WE'LL DO IT LIVE!!!
Your little resident newb spread his wings and actually made a profit, how bout that? The biggest thing you might notice here is my total playtime. I've been struggling to put in more hours, not as a result of discipline but just staying deep. As any live player knows you often end up pretty deep pretty quick sometimes. I'm just not comfortable sitting on 400BB's yet. It's really just a case of MUBS - Monsters Under the Bed Syndrome. I see so many bad beats that I become paranoid I could become the victim of one in a huge pot. Fish can be truly fearless at times since anything earned over their initial buyin is just a freeroll in their eyes. They could run $300 up to $2500 and as long as they finish $400 for the night they consider it a good session. So I end up having these little mini 4 hour sessions before I cash out and come back the next day.
What's really bad here though is just how much money I've given back. Consider the following
Each one of those downward spikes is me going on tilt, calling big bets on the river just to prove to myself how bad I run. Like I know I'm beat, but I want to see their cards so I can feel good about how I played it and how bad they did. It's stupid and I'm working on it. Had I not donated like that I'd easily be up another 3k on my winnings this month. Just talking about how I gave fish $3000 for the pleasure of making them show their dogshit hand makes me want to vomit. Hopefully next month produces a cleaner graph.
All in all though playing poker professionally has turned out to be everything I wanted it to be. My friends/work acquaintances are all jealous, and I just sit back and literally do whatever the fuck I want each day. It's so incredibly relaxing to no longer have to walk on eggshells answering to a bossman. Having someone micromanage you, check on your schedule, chastise you for taking an extra long lunch break, feeling guilty when I come in late or go home early. Fuck all that noise. I feel healthier, I am eating better, I get all the sleep I need, and just really feel like I'm at peace and in a good place in life right now. This is definitely the life for me.
Thanks for all the support people have given me here. LP definitely turns out a unique breed of player in my opinion. Aiming for 5k minimum next month.
LemOn[5thF] Czech Republic. Nov 01 2015 09:32. Posts 15163
Nicely done sir!
On November 01 2015 06:11 NewbSaibot wrote:
Aiming for 5k minimum next month.
I would completely scrap that, your sample sizes must be super tiny, and stdev large when you play deep as well. You put in great hours if you include travel and all the bullshit around live poker, so that and learning is what I'd focus on if I were you, and put short term monetary goals to the side.
It's always refreshing to see someone make it in 2015, even if it's live poker do you actually enjoy playing live as opposed to online?
I dont know what a dt drop is. Is it a wrestling move? -Oly
1
flounder44 United States. Nov 01 2015 21:42. Posts 916
wh00sel jr
1
casinocasino Canada. Nov 02 2015 01:53. Posts 3343
Well done keep it up
Last edit: 02/11/2015 01:53
1
NewbSaibot United States. Nov 02 2015 08:50. Posts 4943
On November 01 2015 18:23 k4ir0s wrote:
It's always refreshing to see someone make it in 2015, even if it's live poker do you actually enjoy playing live as opposed to online?
I actually really do enjoy live. Besides the fact that live is so much easier than online, the wealth of information you have regarding tells is just outstanding. Everything from getting the button 3 times because you notice the CO and BTN are both aiming their cards into the muck to people who glance at the flop and then start watching TV when they miss is just too good to pass up. But I also detail in a previous blog about the fact you actually have "to do stuff" to get to a card room makes me feel a bit more normal in life. It's just enough so I dont feel isolated living on my own with no friends/girlfriend in a foreign city.
just a tip :
don't put a money earned goal - that never goes good ... that way you shift your views from thing about poker that actually matter, money is just something that makes us keep track
On November 02 2015 23:55 Spitfiree wrote:
just a tip :
don't put a money earned goal - that never goes good ... that way you shift your views from thing about poker that actually matter, money is just something that makes us keep track
+1
1
traxamillion United States. Nov 03 2015 08:58. Posts 10468
yea live poker is free money as long as u have a little capital to put in to sustain initial variance in the rare chance it hits you as long as your are down to put in the hours.
You can't table change and break down ur stack where you play? or just sit up and get back on the list?
1
NewbSaibot United States. Nov 03 2015 10:13. Posts 4943
On November 03 2015 07:58 traxamillion wrote:
yea live poker is free money as long as u have a little capital to put in to sustain initial variance in the rare chance it hits you as long as your are down to put in the hours.
You can't table change and break down ur stack where you play? or just sit up and get back on the list?
Yeah you can do all those things, but if you want to pull money off the table you have to wait 1 hour first. I just bought a phablet sized phone so I might experiment with taking a 1 hour break at the card room and just chilling looking at lolcats and then come back in at a new table.
Aw you're lucky to be able to play another table in my local casino we have only 1 table with grandpa's putting only 25bb on their stacks... And they leave whenever they're up to say 50bb...
Anyway keep up the good work. Don't focus too much on that 5k term because this is poker, there are way too much variance and also live means you'll be putting way less hands/hour to make it "balanced". Just focus on doing the least errors.
Shin-il : Yeah it was very very very good for me too. Rekrul : YOU MOTHER FUCKING FUCKING SON OF A BITCH
3
PuertoRican United States. Nov 07 2015 18:47. Posts 13044
do you actually enjoy playing live as opposed to online?
in my local casino we have only 1 table with grandpa's putting only 25bb on their stacks... And they leave whenever they're up to say 50bb...
