I'm not a fan of factoring in food, gas, taxes, etc. into win rates. People with "normal" jobs drive to work, pay taxes, and eat, yet when asked what they make they don't factor in all those costs.

Obv don't ignore all those things. A little common sense will tell if you it's worth it.

You missing something...

Hookers and blow, ldo

I was curious if everybody else factors in costs of blow into WR seeing as how my A game can only be achieved with it. Hookers I'm unsure of

$45.00 per hour pre blow
$6.36 per hour post blow

I thought hookers and blow is the reason we all played. Never considered actually incorporating them into my game. Thanks 2p2.

I consider adderal as a cost of doing business

I recently lost about 8 buyins over 4 sessions over 3 days.

The first 3 buyins were about 80 percent bad luck. Getting a couple of big draws and getting it in correctly. However, they were easily hands I could have no played preflop but elected to play.

The next buyin was greed.

The next 4 buyins was 80 percent play bad.

Mostly, I attribute each individual loss to run bad, but anything that losts longer is more likely bad play. And I know when I have played less than my A or B game.

$20+/hr is excellent. $30+ is crushing.

Just my opinion.

February was an interesting month

OGs call that eatin' like a bird and ****tin' like an elephant (not counting the +1700 sesh there).

I make the hookers bring the blow. $$ saved.

hahaha! this is gold.

guys, the crushers 4+ years ago didn't drop off the face of the planet because they retired to their private islands in the bahamas.

they didn't go from full time poker > pt poker / pt coaching > full time coaching because they just love teaching others and don't mind giving up their fulltime poker $100/hr job.

poker can be fun. poker can be profitable. but don't be delusional

Isn't part of being successful in poker is to be delusional, and a huge part?

Probably not any moreso than any other profession. Half the people I work with on a daily basis are delusional.

I am the greatest!

Fixed your post

First time I've run across one of your posts that I can recall. I am certain, that anyone who has read my posts over the last 1 1/2 years, knows that I was not serious.

And you know damn well that I was not serious! You just jumped on the gravy train for the sole purpose of pokin' fun at one your best friends!

Shame on you!

Every time I look at my bank account online & see that retirement check deposited like clockwork & that $24.xx withdrawal for health insurance, I pat myself on the back & smile.
Which reminds me! Tomorrow is the 1st

Playing in New Orleans that last few days. The only game is a 1/3 NL but you can buy in to match the biggest stack. The blinds are basically an afterthought in this game. Huge preflop raises in relation to the blinds.

About half the players are decent and the other half are totally clueless. I assume because its the lowest NL game they spread so there's a lot more fish in this game than the 2/5 game I normally play in (my place has 1/2) even though this game plays as big or bigger than my 2/5 games.

I can realistically see a $60+/hr win rate in this game for a really good player.

It's no different than 1/2 uncapped game could potentially be bigger than 5/10 capped game.

Normal preflop sizing and stack sizes are what really determines how big a game is. Blinds can be somewhat meaningless. Problem with the described game is that I would expect a lot of short stacks normally.

The better I get, the more I hate short stacks. You just get handcuffed so often.

Didn't put in a ton of volume in February due to ski vacations, but the heater continues.

February
Profit: $9,320
Hours: 53.5
Hourly: $174.2
Sessions Won: 6/9 (67%)

Biggest Win: $5,800
Biggest Loss: ($2,400)

March got off to a bad start last night with that damn variance thing striking with a vengeance at 10/10. TPTK lost to a naked flush draw AI on the flop for $2200, followed by my flopped set of Jacks losing to a turned set of Kings for a $4500 pot. Called it a night at -3k in 1.5 hours

my February was short (in terms of hours) but a BIG winner.....in fact only leap day screwed me out of a perfect month...due to e VERY busy schedule and a 12 day vacation...my sessions were very short (2-3 hours usually) and my second biggest win I had to leave (it killed me to racjk up)...but was at the best table I have ever sat at...Deep...everyone was very passive..but at the same time willing to call big bets with the worst of it...I know that seems contradictory..but it was the table dynamic...was odd but phenominal

all 2/5

profit: 5235.00
hours : 24.25 (lol)
Hourly: 215.87
sessions won 8/9 (89%)

biggest win: $2,035
Biggest (only) loss: $450

tomorrow will be my first March sesh...lets hope run good (aka rungod) continues

hope to get ~40 hours this month

Feb kinda rough for me

Profit $380
Won 8/18 sessions
Around 29 hrs for $13.02/hr

In the last 4 days I've lost $1900 running about as bad as I ever have in the past 300 hrs. I include a session from last night in the $1900 lost where I lost just over $800, however that is not included in the Feb totals.

Still banking on making around 9k in the next 5.5 months, paying every bill w poker while saving every paycheck,bringing me to around 15k BR and allowing me to leave work for full time play. Cheers to a better March!

Your explanation on the NO game is spot on..

New Orleans was the sickest game I ever sat at... emptied my bank account hammered drunk on the BJ table took my last 200$ to the 1/3 walked out with 1200 after the game got too crazy and i drank myself sober and realized that i had two more days of the trip left with only the money on the table.

I would love to play there level headed again.. if you get a mostly tourist table you can print money, all drunk gamblers.

$1/2 I presume.