Have barely played since that session above as the gf has been over this weekend. I start the new job tomorrow and I'm actually pretty disappointed that I'm not going to get the opportunity to grind MTTs full time for a couple of months as I feel that relative to the field these are my strongest game and I could make some decent money out of them were I to grind full schedules with no time pressure. Obviously I couldn't turn the job down given the opportunity/salary so that'll have to wait but I'm planning on getting out to the WSOP next year for a few events as it's always been a dream of mine. I've been to Vegas once and loved it but everything is a lot easier when you're at uni and have a lot of spare time. As a result, I probably won't be playing much poker for a while except maybe some MTTs at weekends so the thread won't get updated that often, however, I'll try my best to keep it interesting.

Good luck in life op

Thanks, you too. I'm moving back home today so it's been a pretty big transformation in the less than 2 weeks since I started this thread. I've paid off the debts that were urgent and I'm now under no real financial pressure until the end of the month but as I'll be getting paid it's all good.

No money in poker bud, stick to the day job.

but he made 700$ in profits in just few days. is this real life?

Just finished my first week at work. Decent place, good atmosphere and the work isn't overly taxing as of yet. I'm working as a financial accountant supporting my boss in supporting a team of 4 so not an assistant manager per se but standing in when necessary. Didn't get the business planning analyst role which is fine even though I would've liked the challenge. Played no poker at all and off to the gf's family house up north this weekend so won't get any in. Not sure exactly when the micro mills is but will play a few events as and when, always good to test yourself against the best micro stakes players! Home life is improved but not a massive amount to report and I promise it will get more interesting over time. GL.

Time for an update then as it's been 4 and a half months.

I went in to the job on a year contract as they were merging two finance teams together and they couldn't guarantee anything longer but unfortunately after 3 months they decided that they could take out some of the tasks that I did and give to other people and then make my role more junior paying significantly less than what I was on. It all came very sudden but I was given a small pay-off and got a good written reference so it's not the end of the world. The job search has been slow though, not a great time of year and I've started playing poker again so here we go.

In better news, I moved back in with my parents and I am moving into a flat with my gf later this week so things are definitely a lot better than when I started this thread a few months back. Obviously the issue now is rent/bills to pay but I'm confident I can sort out a job or make enough from poker to cover me until I do. I wasn't left with a large amount of money post-redundancy but I've turned £40 into a $3.5k roll in the past couple of weeks. Withdrawn $200 but hopefully can build some more before withdrawing again.

The games are tough but I'm going to try and get back into the MTT/HU/Spin grind again and see what I can do.



Graph for 30s/60s HU/spins so far (running like god!):

Good luck with this man (truly mean that).

I really hope you don't turn into a massive degen spew tard when you downswing :/

Thanks mate, I have restrictions on my account so it's pretty hard to do too much damage. Banned from casino/sports and FTP allows restrictions now which is good. It's a tough one because spins have the most fish but they're also the most tilting game type, especially when you get 15 2x in a row and brick all of them.

Good luck, just read through the thread and seems you did well last time you were without a job!

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Pretty meh day, happy to end with about $100 profit.

gl op. generally speaking companies do a lot of hiring at the beginning of the year and not so much at the end of year so dont worry if you dont find something right away, keep your head up.

Thanks mate.

I've still not decided on what I want to grind full time yet. It'll be a lot easier when I move into the flat as I have to hide playing poker from my parents here which makes it difficult at times. MTTs are probably going to be my best game but due to the nature of them, I'm not sure how I'll handle going through long periods without binking something. It's pretty crazy because I'm down a load in MTTs from $200s+ where I've sat'd in or taken a shot and just not been able to win when it matters. It's easy for me to say "Oh I just run bad when it matters" and for outsiders to look at my results and say "Give up with MTTs, you suck" but the truth is probably somewhere in the middle. I have bags of experience with both <25bb games and >25bb stages in MTTs, I know what I need to be doing on the bubble, on the FT with pretty much all of the different stack sizes etc, but I just can't seem to get over that final hurdle. I don't claim to be an expert by any means but when I think about just how many HS MTTs I've played, for my highest score to be $9.9k is very disappointing.

Spins are another option, but to be comfortable with these you probably need 500 buy ins which would leave me grinding the 7s with a $3.5k roll. That just feels utterly pointless as I want to be playing 30s min but is it worth the risk?

HUSNGs are probably my final option but as most of you know, the traffic is **** these days and it takes a lot of work to get into the higher divisions. It's only going to get worse and that's what concerns me about playing poker full time, I really don't think it's a long term option anymore.

250 buyins will be more than enough for $7 spins i reckon

What about the 15s/30s?

Mental couple of sessions (1 cash, 1 SNGs/spins), so glad to be up after how it was looking at one point (which you'll see from the spins consecutive losses). Fired up 8 tables of 60s spins after losing something like 10 in a row thinking I'll move right down if I lose all because I'll be at about $2k but I ended up winning 6 of 8, including 3 4x's so got back up over 3k from that. Hit my first ever 10x at 60s right at the end of the session, 3b T5o from the BB first hand vs a reg and he flats, I cbet the A43dd and he folds. I open TT from the button 2 hands later and gii vs his AK and somehow hold leaving me HU with a fish and as it turns out he was playing scared meaning it was easy for me to chip away. I really should probably be playing no higher than 15s but the addictive nature of these spins make it so hard to move down, especially when you're chasing that $600k score. Roll is 4.1k or something now.

Turns out a few games after posting the above that I've had a +1k day

such a sick degenerate probably alien being,

GL

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awesome thread, gl with poker and lifeeeee

Lol, not sure if that's a compliment or not! I've definitely reduced my risk taking with age though.

Thanks man, hope you enjoy!

Thanks, you too!

So I had a nightmare morning, was grinding 60s spins and running bad but then my gf went to our flat from my parents house to wait for the sofa that was being delivered and she took my car/house keys so she could get back in later but didn't realise that my car was blocking my dads car in on the driveway. He comes barging into my bedroom while I'm grinding demanding that I give him my keys so he can get to work but obviously I can't find them and as a result I end up blinding out of a load of tables. Terrible end to a terrible session.

Decided to play a MTT sesh tonight to mix things up but it's been pretty futile so far, 15th/1k in a $5 hyper, 25th or something out of 1k in an $8 turbo, both for not much but I've got one deep run going with another one or two potentially so fingers crossed. If I bust all now I'll still have a $3k roll so it's not the end of the world but I'm confident I can go deep here.

In other news, bought a massive table/desk for the flat and the gf was not happy at all, it literally takes up half of the living room and she's demanded I sell it and get a new one so we've had a good argument over that. She doesn't seem to think "It's my work desk" is a valid argument from me!

GL all.

Urgh. FT bubbled so instead of a big 4 figure score I got low 3 figures. ****ing hate MTTs at times like this.

A bit of luck today, haven't played much but late regged a tourney on FTP for a spin up and ran pretty good. Got HU with the chip lead vs a guy that was literally one of the worst players I've ever seen, he was bluffing pretty much every pot and I thought it'd only be a matter of time, then this happened:



Was left with 22k vs his 505k but I knew if I could get a couple of doubles we were deep enough for me to be able to wait for good spots.











Absolutely mental comeback and a high 3-figure score go to with it. Not amazing but a nice boost after a rough day. Just on a side note, some of the calls look speculative at best but he was open jamming most hands for >100bb so I felt I was good enough in each spot to call.