Had a pretty terrible month. Not going to include stats any more because I don't want to create an electronic record in case Mr. IRS comes a knockin', but it was bad and I ran ice-cold, losing 4 figures in flips on flop color in the process.
I am now 0-10 lifetime in $100+ flips, which really pisses me off. How is that even possible?
Highlights/Lowlights of the month:
-Busto player/friend asking me to "invest" $10k in marijuana farm to prevent him from getting beat up (declined offer)
-Losing 3 $1000+ pots AI on the flop when I was 98%+ to win
-Accidentally mucking a $1k winning hand on the river when I made a move w/ 92o against AA on the flop and hit two pair on the river
-Playing $10/25 HU NLHE and winning $1k while paying a nice $400 in rake in 2 1/2 hours
-Winning two pots calling $100+ river bets with Q-10 high and A-J high
-Having to drag a friend away from Jean Robert Bellande in the parking lot of the Wynn after friend drunkenly called him a douchebag
-Listening to Joe Cassidy tell Jean Robert Bellande that the three girls that were "so into him" were definitely hookers
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Sunday, October 26, 2008
strip clubbaments
Went to the Spearmint Rhino last night with some poker players. I kind of hate going there as I find it to be a huge waste of money and also somewhat depressing, but I decided to tag along anyway.
The guys I were with were pretty ballin', so they decided to get a table and bottle service at the club. Sitting in the VIP section of the Rhino, the girls come to you in droves assuming you are looking to throw a couple thousand down the tubes. If you've ever been in the Rhino at all, you know that the girls kind of don't leave you alone and are pretty aggressive at times, to the point of being really annoying. They are also completely transparent about trying to get the most money out of you as is humanly possible, which makes me usually huddle in a ball and act like the poor crazy homeless guy that somehow wandered in.
After sitting in our booth for a while, one of the guys named Ben told me "Hey, let's play a game."
Being kind of bored, extremely drunk, and competitive, I agreed. "What's the rules?"
"Think of the most fucked up hilarious thing you can say to a stripper, then say it."
"Sounds good to me."
A few minutes later with the game on, a young White girl in a string bikini came up to me and whispered, "Hey, you look pretty cute. Wanna party?"
I looked at her, paused, and asked "Actually, do you think I can just look into your eyes for a minute?"
She rolled her eyes, probably used to guys trying to pick her up. "Haha, sure babe," she chuckled.
A moment of silence passed, as I gazed deeply into her eyes. She began giggling nervously and fidgeting with her hips, eager to start dancing and end the awkward silence. I leaned over to her ear and whispered, "You know what?"
"What's that babe?"
"You look exactly like my mom. That's so hot. Can I have a dance, mom?"
"What the fuck? What are you, some kind of weirdo," she laughed as she started to walk away.
"Will you at least tell me you're proud of me?" I yelled as she left.
Ben was howling, rolled up in the corner of our booth. "OK, you win, I don't think I can top that," as he paid me the wager of our bet - one dollar.
I then proceeded to drunkenly shove the entire dollar in my mouth and begin chewing for no apparent reason. It was at this point while straining to think of what to compare the taste of a dollar bill to that I realized, "Hey, it's probably time to go home."
The answer I came up in the cab was sand, in case you were wondering.
The guys I were with were pretty ballin', so they decided to get a table and bottle service at the club. Sitting in the VIP section of the Rhino, the girls come to you in droves assuming you are looking to throw a couple thousand down the tubes. If you've ever been in the Rhino at all, you know that the girls kind of don't leave you alone and are pretty aggressive at times, to the point of being really annoying. They are also completely transparent about trying to get the most money out of you as is humanly possible, which makes me usually huddle in a ball and act like the poor crazy homeless guy that somehow wandered in.
After sitting in our booth for a while, one of the guys named Ben told me "Hey, let's play a game."
Being kind of bored, extremely drunk, and competitive, I agreed. "What's the rules?"
"Think of the most fucked up hilarious thing you can say to a stripper, then say it."
"Sounds good to me."
A few minutes later with the game on, a young White girl in a string bikini came up to me and whispered, "Hey, you look pretty cute. Wanna party?"
I looked at her, paused, and asked "Actually, do you think I can just look into your eyes for a minute?"
She rolled her eyes, probably used to guys trying to pick her up. "Haha, sure babe," she chuckled.
A moment of silence passed, as I gazed deeply into her eyes. She began giggling nervously and fidgeting with her hips, eager to start dancing and end the awkward silence. I leaned over to her ear and whispered, "You know what?"
"What's that babe?"
"You look exactly like my mom. That's so hot. Can I have a dance, mom?"
"What the fuck? What are you, some kind of weirdo," she laughed as she started to walk away.
"Will you at least tell me you're proud of me?" I yelled as she left.
Ben was howling, rolled up in the corner of our booth. "OK, you win, I don't think I can top that," as he paid me the wager of our bet - one dollar.
I then proceeded to drunkenly shove the entire dollar in my mouth and begin chewing for no apparent reason. It was at this point while straining to think of what to compare the taste of a dollar bill to that I realized, "Hey, it's probably time to go home."
The answer I came up in the cab was sand, in case you were wondering.
Friday, October 17, 2008
props and profiling
I was playing in a game yesterday with 4 Scandinavian players that are all 5/10 6max regs on stars. It was 6 in the morning and our 2/5 was the only nlhe game going, so they all sat down together and proceeded to 3bet almost every pot preflop. The local rocks were petrified stiff and one tried to get all four of them kicked out by asking the floor to check their IDs.
These guys were all very talented online players, but it was really obvious they had very little experience playing live. They were really clumsy with their chips and one had a very obvious physical tell in which he would swallow after about 15 seconds when he bet and was weak. I played in a decent amount of pots with him since I had position on him, and on one noteworthy hand, I flatted his $20 raise in EP with AhJx, called $30 flop bet, called $65 on the turn, and called $150 on the river on a final board of Qh 5h 6x 2h Kx, giving me the nut nonpair. I took about 3 minutes on the end since it was a pretty hero/idiot call, but I was sure he was just 3barrelling with total air and just prayed he didn't accidental valuebet with 22 or something like that.
Afterwards, he told me that I was one of the best postflop players he had seen in his trip to Vegas and one of the absolute worst preflop players, which is probably very accurate on the second count.
As a bleeding heart liberal, I find it kind of fucked up, but I definitely profiled him in making this decision. Whenever I see a scandi, I know that he is going to be ridiculously aggressive and love to gambol. French guys are almost universally terrible and calling stations. Likewise Armenians.
Of course, young Asian guys are crazy tough with huge egos to boot : )
These guys were all very talented online players, but it was really obvious they had very little experience playing live. They were really clumsy with their chips and one had a very obvious physical tell in which he would swallow after about 15 seconds when he bet and was weak. I played in a decent amount of pots with him since I had position on him, and on one noteworthy hand, I flatted his $20 raise in EP with AhJx, called $30 flop bet, called $65 on the turn, and called $150 on the river on a final board of Qh 5h 6x 2h Kx, giving me the nut nonpair. I took about 3 minutes on the end since it was a pretty hero/idiot call, but I was sure he was just 3barrelling with total air and just prayed he didn't accidental valuebet with 22 or something like that.
Afterwards, he told me that I was one of the best postflop players he had seen in his trip to Vegas and one of the absolute worst preflop players, which is probably very accurate on the second count.
As a bleeding heart liberal, I find it kind of fucked up, but I definitely profiled him in making this decision. Whenever I see a scandi, I know that he is going to be ridiculously aggressive and love to gambol. French guys are almost universally terrible and calling stations. Likewise Armenians.
Of course, young Asian guys are crazy tough with huge egos to boot : )
Thursday, October 2, 2008
September
Hah! A month that was so good followed by a month that was so bad. That's the way this game goes.
Everything that went right for me last month turned around this month. It was kind of weird too because all of my friends were running horribly this month as well. Saw a couple of my buddies lose $2k+ on craps, which is a lot when you're making $50-100k/year. Luckily I don't like the table games. This was easily my worst month ever expectation-wise and I ran well below what I should have, but I ran above what I should have last month and have probably been above expectation for the year.
I went on vacation this month for 10 days to go back to Chicago and see if I wanted to go back to work in the nonprofit sector. Ultimately, the lucrative $14k salary just wasn't enticing enough. I realized that getting up at 3pm, dressing in whatever you want, and never having any responsibility is pretty nice, although the stress from running bad caused me to have a pit in my stomach all week.
I think I'm going to start posting more in 2+2 and spending more time in general studying the game. Right now I feel like I'm not learning any more, which is the death knell for any poker player.
Thinking of budgeting on $14k though made me really realize how much $$ I am wasting. Also, reading this guy's blog (VeganMav on 2+2, of whom there is a famous thread) is pretty inspiring. He's a high stakes LHE pro that just tries to save as much as possible to give to people less fortunate than him. Eats out of dumpsters to save every penny. He is pretty much my hero.
Hours: 92.5
Total Earnings: $2,374
Hourly: $25.66
YTD: $42,144
Everything that went right for me last month turned around this month. It was kind of weird too because all of my friends were running horribly this month as well. Saw a couple of my buddies lose $2k+ on craps, which is a lot when you're making $50-100k/year. Luckily I don't like the table games. This was easily my worst month ever expectation-wise and I ran well below what I should have, but I ran above what I should have last month and have probably been above expectation for the year.
I went on vacation this month for 10 days to go back to Chicago and see if I wanted to go back to work in the nonprofit sector. Ultimately, the lucrative $14k salary just wasn't enticing enough. I realized that getting up at 3pm, dressing in whatever you want, and never having any responsibility is pretty nice, although the stress from running bad caused me to have a pit in my stomach all week.
I think I'm going to start posting more in 2+2 and spending more time in general studying the game. Right now I feel like I'm not learning any more, which is the death knell for any poker player.
Thinking of budgeting on $14k though made me really realize how much $$ I am wasting. Also, reading this guy's blog (VeganMav on 2+2, of whom there is a famous thread) is pretty inspiring. He's a high stakes LHE pro that just tries to save as much as possible to give to people less fortunate than him. Eats out of dumpsters to save every penny. He is pretty much my hero.
Hours: 92.5
Total Earnings: $2,374
Hourly: $25.66
YTD: $42,144
Monday, September 1, 2008
August
A weird month. I was thinking back to when I first started seriously playing this crazy game, and it's kind of nuts to see where I am today. I started playing "professionally" a little less than a year ago in November, just grinding $1/2 and being thrilled with a $150 day. This month I won $3500 in one day playing $5/10 and didn't even really feel anything.
I also had $2500 stolen from me by a pickpocket, which was a kind of sick feeling. I've had many $2000+ losing days, but it felt pretty unfair that I didn't even get to put my money in play before I had it just up and taken like that. It's pretty unfortunate, but a lot of times I have $3k+ in my wallet just because I want to have flexibility and be able to jump in a good game if I see one. Had to take two days off after that one, just sitting in my apartment feeling sorry for myself.
Anyway, this was the month where I finally kind of broke through the $5/10 barrier and had some moderate success. I won about $4500 in roughly 28 hours, giving me a fatty winrate of $160.71/hr. This was pretty nice considering that prior to this month, I was a $3400 loser in the game. Most of this was just due to running extremely bad, so hopefully this will be the start of something big.
If I can break through and be a consistent winner in the $5/10 game, I should be able to average somewhere around $75/hr and pull in $100k+ with a little bit of work. It's looking like I'm going to be making somewhere in the neighborhood of $50-65k, $42/hr at the end of this year, as a comparison.
So here are the numbers ($2500 pickpocket loss not included)*
Hours: 120.5
Total Earnings: $9,818
Hourly: $81.48
YTD: $39,770
After pickpocketing factored in:
Total Earnings: $7,318
Hourly: $60.73
YTD: $37,270
*Note: These numbers are not sustainable. I didn't really feel like I ran that hot this month, but I must have been above expectation to have such a good month.
I also had $2500 stolen from me by a pickpocket, which was a kind of sick feeling. I've had many $2000+ losing days, but it felt pretty unfair that I didn't even get to put my money in play before I had it just up and taken like that. It's pretty unfortunate, but a lot of times I have $3k+ in my wallet just because I want to have flexibility and be able to jump in a good game if I see one. Had to take two days off after that one, just sitting in my apartment feeling sorry for myself.
Anyway, this was the month where I finally kind of broke through the $5/10 barrier and had some moderate success. I won about $4500 in roughly 28 hours, giving me a fatty winrate of $160.71/hr. This was pretty nice considering that prior to this month, I was a $3400 loser in the game. Most of this was just due to running extremely bad, so hopefully this will be the start of something big.
If I can break through and be a consistent winner in the $5/10 game, I should be able to average somewhere around $75/hr and pull in $100k+ with a little bit of work. It's looking like I'm going to be making somewhere in the neighborhood of $50-65k, $42/hr at the end of this year, as a comparison.
So here are the numbers ($2500 pickpocket loss not included)*
Hours: 120.5
Total Earnings: $9,818
Hourly: $81.48
YTD: $39,770
After pickpocketing factored in:
Total Earnings: $7,318
Hourly: $60.73
YTD: $37,270
*Note: These numbers are not sustainable. I didn't really feel like I ran that hot this month, but I must have been above expectation to have such a good month.
Friday, August 1, 2008
July Results
The games have been pretty bad the last half of this month. Additionally, I really don't feel like playing ever any more. Poker is just not really fun to me right now and I kind of wish I could be doing something more productive with my time.
Yesterday I played with Crazy Mike, this regular in the $100/200+ LHE games at Bellagio (goes by MrGatorade on 2+2). He bought in for $5k at a $1/2 nl game and was just pushing blind every hand, bragging about how the money was nothing to him because he was the best LHE player in the world.
He started yelling about how he would play anyone in the room/world in a LHE freezeout for $10k. Then he picked up and left because the floor tried to fill a seat next to him and he didn't like people sitting next to him.
The table offered the new player $70 to pick up and leave to keep Crazy Mike in the game and the player took it and ran, but CM left anyway. This got me to thinking a couple things:
1. I make no money comparatively to what I could be making
2. It is sad that I have to take the excess money that Crazy Mike doesn't care about to live off of
Hours: 103
Total Earnings: $5,133
Hourly: $49.83
YTD: $30,602
Yesterday I played with Crazy Mike, this regular in the $100/200+ LHE games at Bellagio (goes by MrGatorade on 2+2). He bought in for $5k at a $1/2 nl game and was just pushing blind every hand, bragging about how the money was nothing to him because he was the best LHE player in the world.
He started yelling about how he would play anyone in the room/world in a LHE freezeout for $10k. Then he picked up and left because the floor tried to fill a seat next to him and he didn't like people sitting next to him.
The table offered the new player $70 to pick up and leave to keep Crazy Mike in the game and the player took it and ran, but CM left anyway. This got me to thinking a couple things:
1. I make no money comparatively to what I could be making
2. It is sad that I have to take the excess money that Crazy Mike doesn't care about to live off of
Hours: 103
Total Earnings: $5,133
Hourly: $49.83
YTD: $30,602
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Negative EV Hours
I listen to all of Bart Hanson's Cash Plays podcasts on pokerroad (most are pretty good - check out the Samoleous interview if you haven't), and one of the shows had him discussing the idea of negative EV hours with a psychologist.
The basic gist of the idea was that a lot of poker players focus on logging hours no matter the circumstances, when oftentimes playing when you're in a bad mood or when there are no good games going is giving you diminishing returns to the point where you would actually make more money by just not playing.
After the WSOP left, the games here have been shit. Just total, absolute, utter shit. The Bellagio, Venetian, Wynn, and Caesar's all had 10+ 2/5 games and 4+ 5/10 games going during the series on a weekday and maybe 1.5x that on a weekend. Now, there are 3 tables going on Friday night at the Wynn, which I have never seen in the 6 months I have been living here.
A lot of local grinders are leaving town to take a little vacation post-WSOP. I'm starting to think that might be a good idea. Fuck the hours.
The basic gist of the idea was that a lot of poker players focus on logging hours no matter the circumstances, when oftentimes playing when you're in a bad mood or when there are no good games going is giving you diminishing returns to the point where you would actually make more money by just not playing.
After the WSOP left, the games here have been shit. Just total, absolute, utter shit. The Bellagio, Venetian, Wynn, and Caesar's all had 10+ 2/5 games and 4+ 5/10 games going during the series on a weekday and maybe 1.5x that on a weekend. Now, there are 3 tables going on Friday night at the Wynn, which I have never seen in the 6 months I have been living here.
A lot of local grinders are leaving town to take a little vacation post-WSOP. I'm starting to think that might be a good idea. Fuck the hours.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
God Bless the WSOP (June Results)
I ran really hot this month - This, combined with the atrocious play of a crazy influx of donkament tourist players led to a great month.
The WSOP is such easy money - this is sadly my first winning WSOP out of three years, but before I think I had such tremendous leaks in my game that I really didn't give myself a chance to win.
I have seen crazy shit here on a daily basis that just makes me go "wow." I can't believe players are this bad still.
I have also seen a lot of the internet grinders come out here and try to grind $2/5 and $5/10. Some do okay and some fail miserably not because they don't know the game, but they play way too fast and lack discipline/patience. If they were to play seriously for a few months though, it would be easy for them to make the necessary adjustments I'm sure.
So on to the results:
Hours: 112
Total Earnings: $6,141
Hourly: $54.83
July may be a big month; I am playing in a $100k freeroll tomorrow at the Wynn, top 10 get $10k, probably will be 200-500 entrants. I have played less than 5 live tourneys in my life and easily less than 50 MTTs online, but I have read HoH and have a basic understanding of M,Q, inflection points etc. so we'll see how I do. Structure is fast so I am just hoping I can hit a draw while I still have chips to get my money AI to gamboool. We'll see how that works out.
The WSOP is such easy money - this is sadly my first winning WSOP out of three years, but before I think I had such tremendous leaks in my game that I really didn't give myself a chance to win.
I have seen crazy shit here on a daily basis that just makes me go "wow." I can't believe players are this bad still.
I have also seen a lot of the internet grinders come out here and try to grind $2/5 and $5/10. Some do okay and some fail miserably not because they don't know the game, but they play way too fast and lack discipline/patience. If they were to play seriously for a few months though, it would be easy for them to make the necessary adjustments I'm sure.
So on to the results:
Hours: 112
Total Earnings: $6,141
Hourly: $54.83
July may be a big month; I am playing in a $100k freeroll tomorrow at the Wynn, top 10 get $10k, probably will be 200-500 entrants. I have played less than 5 live tourneys in my life and easily less than 50 MTTs online, but I have read HoH and have a basic understanding of M,Q, inflection points etc. so we'll see how I do. Structure is fast so I am just hoping I can hit a draw while I still have chips to get my money AI to gamboool. We'll see how that works out.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
May (is it May already?)
This month went by in a haze. Most days I woke up and didn't know if it was Tuesday or Saturday. I played a shit ton of hours this month, mainly because my numbers were horrid.
A lot of this was due to losing in flips, which was kind of funny in a wow I lost $1000 to a millionaire kind of way. I also took four shots at $5/10 NL, maxbought at $1000, and promptly busted out of the game within 4 hours in three of those four times, always either ahead, supercoolered, or getting a great price on a draw and missing. Live poker is a bitch in that a single hand can make or break your month. If I hit my flush in the $5/10 where I stuck it all in with the nut draw on the flop, I make an extra $4000 this month. Instead, I lose $1000 in the hand.
I am sick of the variance of live poker. I have played about 600 hours up to this point, which is probably good for roughly 24,000 hands, a paltry sum. Maybe I should start playing some 100NL online...
Hours: 136.5
Total Earnings: $2,208.00
Hourly: $16.18
I made about as much as a Starbucks Barista this month.
The games at the World Series are fantastic right now. I am going to make an optimistic prediction for June and say $7k FTW!!!
A lot of this was due to losing in flips, which was kind of funny in a wow I lost $1000 to a millionaire kind of way. I also took four shots at $5/10 NL, maxbought at $1000, and promptly busted out of the game within 4 hours in three of those four times, always either ahead, supercoolered, or getting a great price on a draw and missing. Live poker is a bitch in that a single hand can make or break your month. If I hit my flush in the $5/10 where I stuck it all in with the nut draw on the flop, I make an extra $4000 this month. Instead, I lose $1000 in the hand.
I am sick of the variance of live poker. I have played about 600 hours up to this point, which is probably good for roughly 24,000 hands, a paltry sum. Maybe I should start playing some 100NL online...
Hours: 136.5
Total Earnings: $2,208.00
Hourly: $16.18
I made about as much as a Starbucks Barista this month.
The games at the World Series are fantastic right now. I am going to make an optimistic prediction for June and say $7k FTW!!!
Thursday, May 1, 2008
April Summary - Was the Money Really Worth Stress Taking a Year off my Life?
April was an incredibly stressful month for me. After running great in the previous month, I had high expectations and planned to take some shots in the $5/10 game. I had also turned down a real job in the real world partly because my profits were coming in so nicely from poker.
Big Expectations + Pressure + Overconfidence = Bad Results
I tried to run over people, thinking I was the greatest in the beginning of the month. I had losing sessions of $985 and $800, respectively, in the first week of the month, primarily as a result of playing poorly. It took me a solid week to get in the black, which is unusual because I book wins in 71% of my sessions and I am usually pretty good about keeping my losses small.
Once I finally did get in the black, I promptly blew another $750 playing terrible at the Bellagio, trying to make up for lost time by booking a big win. Instead, I gamboooled too much, put my money in terrible, and lost a big number.
I finally made a vow to just play my normal game and stop worrying about the numbers. After making a nice $922 today, I made an incredible recovery to post very solid numbers for the month. Not Joe the Pro numbers, but good numbers for me and great considering the demoralizing start. I really wanted to just shut it down for the month after the first couple of weeks but I stuck it out and am proud of the miraculous comebackI made. It is nice to run like God once in a while.
Hours: 116
Total Earnings: $4,433.00
Hourly: $38.22
Big Expectations + Pressure + Overconfidence = Bad Results
I tried to run over people, thinking I was the greatest in the beginning of the month. I had losing sessions of $985 and $800, respectively, in the first week of the month, primarily as a result of playing poorly. It took me a solid week to get in the black, which is unusual because I book wins in 71% of my sessions and I am usually pretty good about keeping my losses small.
Once I finally did get in the black, I promptly blew another $750 playing terrible at the Bellagio, trying to make up for lost time by booking a big win. Instead, I gamboooled too much, put my money in terrible, and lost a big number.
I finally made a vow to just play my normal game and stop worrying about the numbers. After making a nice $922 today, I made an incredible recovery to post very solid numbers for the month. Not Joe the Pro numbers, but good numbers for me and great considering the demoralizing start. I really wanted to just shut it down for the month after the first couple of weeks but I stuck it out and am proud of the miraculous comebackI made. It is nice to run like God once in a while.
Hours: 116
Total Earnings: $4,433.00
Hourly: $38.22
Sunday, March 30, 2008
A Great March!
Part of the problems I had from February stemmed from playing a bit too fast and creative. I tried to slow down and play a little bit more solid in March, and had good results doing so. I can really build up some big stacks though playing fast, the problem is I sometimes get so juiced up that I can't slow down once my opponents adjust.
So here are my March numbers:
Hours: 127.5
Total Earnings: $6,049.00
Hourly: $47.44
I think I really turned a corner this month in terms of becoming more comfortable with a style of play that works here in Vegas. I still make a lot of moves, but I am getting more familiar with when to pull the reigns back a little bit.
The games should be getting better and better as we get closer to the WSOP. The side games here are usually sick, especially the $2/5 at the Rio.
So here are my March numbers:
Hours: 127.5
Total Earnings: $6,049.00
Hourly: $47.44
I think I really turned a corner this month in terms of becoming more comfortable with a style of play that works here in Vegas. I still make a lot of moves, but I am getting more familiar with when to pull the reigns back a little bit.
The games should be getting better and better as we get closer to the WSOP. The side games here are usually sick, especially the $2/5 at the Rio.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
A Terrible February
Gah, what a bad month. My results are horrible - granted, I took a week off this week to go snowboarding, but my numbers are still ridiculously low. Part of the reason is that I took a shot at $5/10 and lost a big number when a rich tilting tourist who had raised the last 5 hands in a row blind called my AI 4-bet with KQo to my JJ and flopped KQ. There goes $1500 (yes he called off $1000 w/ KQo!)
Anyway, here are the #s:
Hours: 102.5
Total Earnings: $1,642
Hourly: $16.02
These figures have actually dropped since I moved to Vegas from Chicago, which is surprising considering Vegas' reputation for soft games filled with tourists. This has been true to an extent, I guess, but there are definitely a lot of skilled grinders that are in the games with me - for the most part we lay off each other but there are really only usually 2 or 3 soft spots in my 9-handed games, about the same as Chicago.
Anyway, here are the #s:
Hours: 102.5
Total Earnings: $1,642
Hourly: $16.02
These figures have actually dropped since I moved to Vegas from Chicago, which is surprising considering Vegas' reputation for soft games filled with tourists. This has been true to an extent, I guess, but there are definitely a lot of skilled grinders that are in the games with me - for the most part we lay off each other but there are really only usually 2 or 3 soft spots in my 9-handed games, about the same as Chicago.
Friday, January 25, 2008
January Results (Warning: Brag Post)
With January coming to a close, it looks like I am headed to have my best month ever. I was very lazy this month. I took the first week off for New Year's stuff, got sick for a week, plus my fucking alternator died out on my fucking car today (read post here in my blog that I spend a lot more time on and is actually readable most of the time), so my live month is done.
I am current sitting on a robusto $477 in my Full Tilt account. I'm going to try multitabling some .50/1 and see if I can build this up a little bit, or go busto. I am not much of an online player at all; In fact, I really dislike playing online, but I figure that this will be a nice challenge and will ultimately make me a better player. Let's see if I can't turn that into a grand by next month.
So, here it is from my best month where I simultaneously recorded my best session (+$1687 after 10 hours) and worst session (-$560 after 1.5 hours).
This Week:
Earnings: $95
Hours: 13
Hourly: $7.31
Yearly:
Earnings: $4901
Hours: 86.5
Hourly: $56.66
I am current sitting on a robusto $477 in my Full Tilt account. I'm going to try multitabling some .50/1 and see if I can build this up a little bit, or go busto. I am not much of an online player at all; In fact, I really dislike playing online, but I figure that this will be a nice challenge and will ultimately make me a better player. Let's see if I can't turn that into a grand by next month.
So, here it is from my best month where I simultaneously recorded my best session (+$1687 after 10 hours) and worst session (-$560 after 1.5 hours).
This Week:
Earnings: $95
Hours: 13
Hourly: $7.31
Yearly:
Earnings: $4901
Hours: 86.5
Hourly: $56.66
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Year end roundup; Results
Well, with 2007 finally over, here is a summary of how I did:
Hours: 328
Total Earnings: $7,795
Hourly: $23.77/hr
If you extrapolate these numbers, which are a pretty decent sample size, to playing 40 hours/week for 45 weeks, you get a very nice $42,786/year salary, tax-free (?) with a 7-week vacation thrown in there somewhere.
A more accurate number would be determined by extrapolating how I've been doing since I started playing full-time in November, since I have been playing in theoretically tougher games during the week. Here is how those numbers break down:
Hours: 147.5
Total Earnings: $4,243
Hourly: $28.77
This extrapolates to $51,786/year. Just for fun, let's see how I did playing $1/2 vs. $2/5 since I started playing full-time:
1/2:
Hours: 104.5
Total Earnings: $1902
Hourly: $18.20
Expected Yearly: $32,760
2/5:
Hours: 43
Total Earnings: $2,341
Hourly: $54.44
Expected Yearly: $97,992
The 2/5 figure is skewed because I have only been playing in $2/5 when I see the game is particularly good; However, I will start playing $2/5 more as my bankroll grows. I expect to earn somewhere in the neighborhood of $30-45 once I start playing $2/5 exclusively. That would put me at a nice goal of $54,000-$81,000 for the year. I am pretty lazy though, so I probably won't play enough hours to meet that goal.
Also, I have started writing for a poker blog, pokersift.com. Find me under Azn_Cutie.
Hours: 328
Total Earnings: $7,795
Hourly: $23.77/hr
If you extrapolate these numbers, which are a pretty decent sample size, to playing 40 hours/week for 45 weeks, you get a very nice $42,786/year salary, tax-free (?) with a 7-week vacation thrown in there somewhere.
A more accurate number would be determined by extrapolating how I've been doing since I started playing full-time in November, since I have been playing in theoretically tougher games during the week. Here is how those numbers break down:
Hours: 147.5
Total Earnings: $4,243
Hourly: $28.77
This extrapolates to $51,786/year. Just for fun, let's see how I did playing $1/2 vs. $2/5 since I started playing full-time:
1/2:
Hours: 104.5
Total Earnings: $1902
Hourly: $18.20
Expected Yearly: $32,760
2/5:
Hours: 43
Total Earnings: $2,341
Hourly: $54.44
Expected Yearly: $97,992
The 2/5 figure is skewed because I have only been playing in $2/5 when I see the game is particularly good; However, I will start playing $2/5 more as my bankroll grows. I expect to earn somewhere in the neighborhood of $30-45 once I start playing $2/5 exclusively. That would put me at a nice goal of $54,000-$81,000 for the year. I am pretty lazy though, so I probably won't play enough hours to meet that goal.
Also, I have started writing for a poker blog, pokersift.com. Find me under Azn_Cutie.
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