This week was solid. Made some gains in poker. And it seems as though we are going to move forward with the show.
Check out the show sizzle on youtube. It's called 6th street: Life after the river.
I turned the $310 I started with into $5,000 this week, which is great. And I cashed in on the first attempt. So it's all good.
I played some Hold'em, PLO, and sit n gos to build the roll. In 9,612 hands of cash games... I lost $700 playing No Limit, in less than 1,000 hands. And made over $4,000 playing Omaha in 8,000 hands. Averaging about 10 BB/ 100 hands at PLO, which is definitely sustainable if not beatable.
I learned some lessons this week.
#1 Rolls cannot be created at .50/1 and below on stars because of rake edge. It is practically impossible. Rake at .50/1 is 80% of that at 1/2. That is absurd. It should be like 55%. Given the lack of rake edge, regular players lock down their games and become unbeatable after rake. Lesson: .50/1 and below is worthless.
#2 PLO PLO PLO PLO PLO PLO PLO PLO
#3 Rebuilding a bankroll is emotional havoc. It requires discipline and a stress free environment.
I now have a roll to do this. All I need to do is make 50 buyins at 1/2 and only 25 at 2/4 and I am set to play some SCOOPs. Hopefully I make more than that this week.
I have turned my entire game into Pot Limit Omaha. Whether it's heads up or 6 max, I can crush it all. I have been using tableratings.com and color coding all the bad players. Hold'em cash games are in the history books for me. PLO is my game and I am stickin to it.
When I don't feel like playing, I open up all the 1/2 tables running and I just sit and color code. It takes a lot of time, but if I am bored, it's kind of fun. It makes game selecting soooo simple. I can look at a table now and know within 1 second, without even opening it, whether it's good or not.
There are a lot more losing regulars at 1/2 PLO than one would assume. And tons and tons and tons of horrible players. Probably 50%, minus the fact that regulars play more tables.
I have played a little 2/4 as well, and still, same thing. Losing players all over the place.
My goal for this week is to make $10,000. I can do it. I got 7 full days. I am also only 50 hours of play away from supernova. Which is worth $3000 to me. So my goal is to get supernova by noon sunday. And make $10,000 as well. So I will profit a full $13,000 this week.
Today I have already played 4 hours. And I am going to marathon. Short break. Then play til about 2am.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Saturday, April 17, 2010
So the first one didnt work out exactly
I pressed too hard and have been way too stressed with the reality business. It all led to a huge blowup for no reason.
I still made a few thousand. But I cashed it all out. I left myself with exactly $310. And 0 FPPs.
The SCOOP is 2 weeks and 1 day away. I need at least... $15,000 to play some of the high and medium events. Given the fact that I have to complete this entire journey on absolutely no bankroll, that's about all I can shoot for. $15,000 would be outrageous still.
I still have $3,000 in unrecovered bonuses. During the next 41,000 VPPs, Pokerstars will be releasing these bonuses to me. It will cost me 50,000 FPPs to unlock the bonuses, but I will still have 50,000 leftover, which is about 800 bucks.
So my only goal now is to get to a level, where I can get these bonuses. It cannot be done at $6 and $12 levels. But that is all I can afford right now. It will have to be done at the .50/1 level. The .50/1 level is tough, all around. Grinders are everywhere, and grinders are impossible.
So I might do the unheard of. I might switch my game to limit holdem to unlock all the bonuses. I can get 250 VPPs per hour at .50/1. Which will not be enough, so I will need to cut through limits pretty quickly.
The goal is to average 2BB/100 hands. This is a poker stat that says for every 100 hands I play, I will make 4 regular big blinds. My average stake will be $2/4 and I will play 100,000 hands. That is a lot. About 7,000 hands per day until game time.
This will allow some variance, and downswings, but should get me to about $20,000 and all my bonuses unlocked.
I have $T to get, so I will start playing today HU matches and sit n gos.
I still made a few thousand. But I cashed it all out. I left myself with exactly $310. And 0 FPPs.
The SCOOP is 2 weeks and 1 day away. I need at least... $15,000 to play some of the high and medium events. Given the fact that I have to complete this entire journey on absolutely no bankroll, that's about all I can shoot for. $15,000 would be outrageous still.
I still have $3,000 in unrecovered bonuses. During the next 41,000 VPPs, Pokerstars will be releasing these bonuses to me. It will cost me 50,000 FPPs to unlock the bonuses, but I will still have 50,000 leftover, which is about 800 bucks.
So my only goal now is to get to a level, where I can get these bonuses. It cannot be done at $6 and $12 levels. But that is all I can afford right now. It will have to be done at the .50/1 level. The .50/1 level is tough, all around. Grinders are everywhere, and grinders are impossible.
So I might do the unheard of. I might switch my game to limit holdem to unlock all the bonuses. I can get 250 VPPs per hour at .50/1. Which will not be enough, so I will need to cut through limits pretty quickly.
The goal is to average 2BB/100 hands. This is a poker stat that says for every 100 hands I play, I will make 4 regular big blinds. My average stake will be $2/4 and I will play 100,000 hands. That is a lot. About 7,000 hands per day until game time.
This will allow some variance, and downswings, but should get me to about $20,000 and all my bonuses unlocked.
I have $T to get, so I will start playing today HU matches and sit n gos.
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