Running hotter than the sun, currently sitting on $1,250 across 4 tables of ZOOM PLO50. Going to take a 15 minute break and then play for another hour before I catch up on some Z's. Looks like I might be taking that PLO100 shot tomorrow

Off to bed now, very pleased with the volume I've been putting in as of late.
Current bankroll: $2,371.54
Current FPPs: 43,693

Wp so far, gl.

+1

Nice run, gl keeping it going

Thanks guys, really appreciated.

I attended my first GA meeting today despite almost pussying out. I was very sceptical at first, I was by a long mile the youngest person there. Everyone there was very kind, understanding and could genuinely relate to my problems (even though I failed to mention anything about poker). I even ended up exchanging digits with the sweetest lady there, don't get your hopes up 2+2 she's 65. I'm meeting her next week for coffee as she offered to help discuss some strategies with me to help me cope. She said she saw a lot of her son in me (don't know if thats a good thing) I was genuinely touched that a complete stranger would so selflessly take time out to try and help me.

GA sounds as though it will be good for you, go there time and time again. Don't talk about the poker though, I think they consider it gambling (fair enough) and won't be accepting of it. GL with your quest, bro. Pretty sure you stacked me last night :P

Thanks man, GA will definitely do me a world of good. Exchange stars name via PM?

Taking a shot with the big boys at PLO100 now.

Really disappointed with myself today, I lost a few key pots to some pretty atrocious bad beats late in my session including a $500 pot all in with top set vs AAJJ only for him to spike an ace on the river. Instead of doing the logical thing and taking a break and regrouping myself I continued playing whilst on tilt. I know much better and know my results for today don't reflect what they should be.

Current bankroll: $2,639.15
Current FPPs: 54,921

You've earned ~$267 'at the tables' plus ~$190 worth of FPPs, i.e. more than the vast majority of people earn daily. Why did you feel disappointed? (That you shouldn't have felt this way doesn't excuse your tilted play, of course.)

A lot of respect goes to you for making the crucial decision to attend GA. May the supportive network help you stop doing what you know is harmful to you!

Thanks a lot, I really believe GA is the key to overcoming my addiction. With regards to the results I could of honestly been up $1,000 and still been disappointed with myself. Generally speaking my tilt control is pretty much flawless and I feel this is one of the key things that gives me an edge over my opponents. Your profits in poker come from making less mistakes than your opponents and tilt is definitely a HUGE mistake.

Just hit the magic $3k mark, really pleased with how I've been doing so far. Going to go for a walk and continue my session when I get back. Mind on the grind!

Current bankroll: $3,217.39
Current FPPs: 62,194

Just got stacked for a $300 pot with 9987 vs KJ33 all in on a flop of 932 only for him to a Q on the turn and river the 10 for the nut straight. Ending my session now, can't help but get a little tilted by that. I can't really complain though after all the run good I've had lately. Going to relax for the next hour or so and then hopefully watch Arsenal crush Middlesbrough (don't worry I didn't make a bet!).

I gotta admit, I'm a little tilted. Nothing gets me more than when someone sits down and appears to just effortlessly crush the **** out of this game. You started with $437.17 and in 8 days you've gone to $3,217.39. You've mentioned a few times now that you've had over 20BI spread across 4 tables.

I gotta ask..WTF man!?

Are you just a born crusher? Are you just lucky at this point in time? Is it that you play so many hours that it's inevitable your stacks would be that deep? I mean, it appears from reading this that you are the type who just raises everything, gets it in, and all the money goes your way.

As much as I hate it, I'm happy for you . You sound like an intelligent person and if fortune was to strike someone with a gambling problem, hey..you're the perfect candidate. It's just..give me something here..ANYTHING!!!!

it really is somewhere about 50:50 as to if you get momentum or not.... But he got momentum twice, 9 buy in roll and 20 buy in roll,,, to ride it again at say 4k at plo200 would be exponentially more lucky... with good edge and that BRM system it was probably less than 50% to have that run because of the jump to plo100, unless especially crushing.

When **** is on the line though - its so nice to get the momentum. But lose one or two AA vs AA pots - when you have a lot of your roll spread, not good. In ferguson's challenge he would always leave a table once had made a certain amount - having a 20 BI spread on a 30 buy in roll is not smart at all.

I hope it works out for you but I've been there so many time at shot taking and playing for some kind of survival low rolled. You really should just grind plo50 twice as much as your plo100 instead. Playing low rolls is just lazy/greedy/in a rush. I did it once to try get the 100k in month from 4k but I had a buffer behind it. If you are palying with your debt then BRM is going to be more important than ever. Unless you are in a rush and can't put in the volume.

Maybe he's making it up, to make him feel better about going to GA. I ain't seen a graph on this thread...

I thought it said somewhere he was playing with no tracking software. Only thing he could show is an account balance.

I still find the whole concept of this challenge odd. Its like an alcoholic saying he is going to cure his alcoholism by drinking all day every day, with the occasional support meeting.

Either way, best of luck with the challenge. Hopefully you come out of it on the right end of the spectrum.

Thanks man . I've definitely been running well throughout the challenge. As to how I managed to run up such deep stacks earlier it would be a combination of run good and putting in some serious volume. I've been putting in pretty much at least 9 hours daily.

You would definitely be right about it being approximately 50/50 as to whether I got momentum or not when I had 9 BIs. However I don't think thats the case with the PLO100 shot, I had 25BIs + just over 5BIs in FPPs and was going to move down in the event that I lost 5BIs so I effectively had 55BIs.

And the award to the world's most bitter person goes to… I'm genuinely wondering what went wrong in your life to make you such a cynical *******. Did your Mum have an affair with a successful small stakes PLO player or something?

Thanks, I don't really agree with you however. I don't get the same type of buzz from Poker I get from sports betting as hard as that might be to believe. If I were to win a million dollars today I wouldn't be playing poker at all.

Haha, I wish mine did (she'd endorse poker then).

Haha, I think I might be having coffee with your Mum next week .

And she might also have a gambling addiction she's not telling you about.

Great run to start, keep the volume and rungood going!

To stay with the analogy, you're a person who gets drunk on liquor and is switching to beer, because you don't get the same feeling. In the end, its still alcohol and this is still gambling. You're justifying your emotional state in order to convince yourself what you're doing isn't the same thing. That's a problem you will need to deal with in your support meetings.

As you stated this post isn't about your issue, so I will leave it be. As always, I would like to see you succeed. No one wants to be in the spot that you are, and it is great that you are working on some steps to change your life. Very commendable and takes a strong person to do so.

That remains to be seen. Why did you decide to try and dig yourself out of a hole playing poker, instead of getting a job? Seems like that would have been a fix as well.