I set myself a few modest goals for October, which I have achieved partially. The goals were:
[x] 700 games
[ ] $15 and $30 turbos only - didn't play any $30s this month, and played most of my final session today 6-tabling the $7s just because I was knackered and couldn't be arsed to engage the brain at all.
[ ] $1.5k profit - $1325, so nearly there.
A plus point is that I'm making nearly $30/hr, which is close to my average poker wage for the year. I can state with a high degree of confidence that nobody else in these games makes anything like $30/hr except moi, mainly because I can multitable the hell outta those motherfuckers. I have to be the best at the $15s, because playing 4 tables lowers my ROI and thus I need to be good enough to sustain a winning ROI that gives me a decent hourly. A few regs moan when I play them, but they don't realise that because I'm on four tables and they're usually on one, they're not going to hurt my ROI enough to significantly affect my bottom line so I really don't care if I play them. In fact I enjoy it because a weak, exploitable $15 reg (i.e. most of them) is often just as easy to play as a fish who only wants to flip.
A negative point is that I ran well over EV to achieve my results this month, which is why I'm far too embarrassed to show the EV line. It's just storing up bad karma beat by beat to be unleashed like an avalanche the moment I step out of my comfort zone. I know how these things work.
[x] Buy a house
Several years of rungood and a girlfriend with a 9-5 has meant we can afford a nice house. Nay, a family home. Downside is that I'm now completely busto except for my Stars roll. Upside is that handing over £20k means I might care more about grinding. Downside is that over the next few months I'm going to have almost no time to do it.
[x] Try a 'Jagerbomb'
You know successful poker players. They're a bit like Harry Enfield's "Loadsamoney" character but without the irony. I don't know what they like to drink but I imagine a 'Jagerbomb' is the sort of thing they might. Anyway I tried one and liked it. I'm not a big fan of drinking, or drugs, or fun things in general. My favourite program is Newsnight. Anyway there's me, drinking Jagerbombs. Fancy that.
Bye for now!
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