trigs' holiday motivation thread
my last day of work today and then i'm off until january 6th. december 23rd, 24th, and 25th are booked with xmas crap, but i have nothing else to do over the holidays except poker (unless the gf manages to find something to occupy my time with - let's hope not).
i'm apprehensive about being too specific in my holiday goals. i don't want to attempt to play a certain amount of MTTs because i don't want to feel like i'm forcing myself to play them, and i also don't want to limit myself to which games to play (depending on my mood i'll probably be going between MTTS, SNGs and maybe some omaha cash). i don't want to set a money goal as i'm only looking at a block of two weeks and i think that is just too short to realistically achieve an adequate money goal.
therefore, instead of a personal challenge thread, i'm doing this as a motivation thread to hopefully get my lazy ass out of bed and playing some cards while i have the time.
i'll try to start tomorrow (as long as i'm not too hung over from my work xmas party tonight). i'll post updates over the holidays in here to keep me motivated. feel free to come watch me dump a few hundred bucks over the next couple weeks! >:D
EDIT: and for those who are interested, there may be a xmas holiday BAP in the future.
i'm apprehensive about being too specific in my holiday goals. i don't want to attempt to play a certain amount of MTTs because i don't want to feel like i'm forcing myself to play them, and i also don't want to limit myself to which games to play (depending on my mood i'll probably be going between MTTS, SNGs and maybe some omaha cash). i don't want to set a money goal as i'm only looking at a block of two weeks and i think that is just too short to realistically achieve an adequate money goal.
therefore, instead of a personal challenge thread, i'm doing this as a motivation thread to hopefully get my lazy ass out of bed and playing some cards while i have the time.
i'll try to start tomorrow (as long as i'm not too hung over from my work xmas party tonight). i'll post updates over the holidays in here to keep me motivated. feel free to come watch me dump a few hundred bucks over the next couple weeks! >:D
EDIT: and for those who are interested, there may be a xmas holiday BAP in the future.
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$2.20 turbo $5K busted
$5.10 hyper $2.5K busted (i think i'll try to stay away from any other hypers)
$5.50 PLO $5K 82nd $11.00
$2.20 rebuy 500 cap busted
i can't start any more MTTs today but if i bust these early enough i'll probably play some omaha cash.
short stacking it right now.
176 hands
88.3 BBs profit
50.2 BB/100
no more time to play today. hopefully tomorrow will be an actual full day of poker!
EDIT:
326 hands
96.3 BBs profit
29.5 BB/100
EDIT:
248 hands
-35.3 BBs loss
-14.2 BB/100
I think you may have found your game.
You did!:p
i'm enjoying the omaha for sure but it's such a volatile and swingy game.
for example, the 2nd session i started out down over 100 BBs early and fought back slowly for a win. 3rd session i was down over 200 BBs early, fought back to even, and then lost a little back before quitting. i could easily drop 500 BBs (i.e. 5 buy-ins) in no time at all if i hit a bad run.
as long as i can keep my mind in it 100% i think i will do okay. i do tend to get a little bored when playing cash games though and then i start to not focus enough.
the bigger $5.50 $40K busted QQ<TT
$5.50 PLO $5K busted
$5.40 turbo knockout $7.5K 336th for $12.35
$3.30 6 max $3K busted 77<JJ
I thought part time grinder like you would have a generator.
lol i'm not sure if i'd even categorize myself as a part time grinder. i hardly play at all anymore
and i've considered getting a generator (not for poker though, but it'd work with that too!)
I'm sure you are aware of this, but if you're going to get one:
played just shy of 600 hands. my best guess is i was down around 100 BBs (1 buy-in) in the end. 10th hand in i lost an all in so was fighting back right off the bat. dropped to probably close to 300 BBs down at lowest point.
512 hands
268.7 BBs profit
52.5 BB/100
What stakes are you playing ?
Low stakes. 4 tabling PLO 6 max $.05-$.10
I'm still learning Omaha.
already happened a bunch of times in toronto, the 1st one, unreal
i've sat at the deep tables a handful of times and got decimated for some reason. i may have just had a bad run of cards though. i'll consider giving it a try again in the future.
like i mentioned, i'm still new to omaha and i'm still learning the game. i'd like to play more hands before i start to hop around into different versions of the game. honestly, i've probably played less than 5000 omaha cash games hands in my entire life
$1.10 busted
$5.50 1000 cap $2K 80th $8.94
$2.20 turbo $5K busted
$3.30 $4K busted
$2.70 turbo knockout $7.5K busted