I shall have my revenge on the Las Vegas 1/2, 1/3, and 2/5 cash game circuit.
Last year I parted ways with my job and took a 10k shot at Vegas 2/5 and realized I had a lot to learn.
Within a couple weeks I came home with just under 4k in the poker bankroll I had put aside for it.
I realized I was just your average/****ty reg who had done some studying here, but never really took the time to dive deep into all the concepts that need to be explored at 1/2 NLHE and 2/5 NLHE if you are going to be able to play it 40 hours a week.
I had a real job that only allowed me to play on weekends and of course when you're playing 2/5 on weekends/usually 4-5 hour sessions before you go out and see your friends..... it's not hard to feel you are beating the game/can beat the game if you're constantly playing fish filled tables and cashing out after you're up $500-$600.
So many of my wins were manufactured.
As soon as I actually played poker for 40 hours a week in Vegas, I learned it's A LOT HARDER THAN I THOUGHT and requires A LOT MORE PATIENCE THAN I THOUGHT.
My vision of a POKER PRO was a LAG ON A HEATER.
I never realized how ****ing boring it was to play the game right.
That being all said, I love the game, I love studying the game, I love the challenge of the game, and I want my revenge on Las Vegas.
Over the last year I have played 1/2 as much as I could, listened to all the Bart Hanson podcasts, frequented this forum all I could, studied as much as I could, and I feel I have learned a lot.
I finally got 100% serious on Jan. 21st and downloaded a poker tracker to my phone.
Thus far I am down over 1k, on a 5 session losing streak, and I still feel very strongly I have what it takes to meet this challenge.
My goal is to have a 10k poker bankroll that's been accumulated from POKER WINNINGS only and a $15+ win rate at 1/2 by June so I can take my shot at 2/5 full time in Vegas during the WSOP months.
This challenge is just for fun, I have a job irl, and the Vegas shot taking time will be a vacation.
If any of you whose posts have helped me a lot over this last year will be in Vegas at that time I will be happy to buy you as many drinks as you like.
Thanks to all you guys that post in the LLSNL forum.
Since I don't watch poker on Tv, it's you guys that are my poker idols/heroes and I appreciate every bit of knowledge I've gained from you.
I hope I can meet this goal and see some of you in June.
Bankroll is currently at $5,000.00