Quit while you're ahead ldo.

fuark losing all motivation to play

not even running bad... i just feel like im over it, ever happened to you guys?

last time was yesterday

lol

New update time, these are my full stats over the last 25 weeks and 5 days:

1-2 NL Texas Hold'em 57.8 hours +$13.30 per hour +6.652 BB per hour
1-3 NL Texas Hold'em 128.35 hours +$3.30 per hour +1.099 BB per hour
2-5 NL Texas Hold'em 26.7 hours +$140.64 per hour +28.127 BB per hour
3-6 Limit Texas Hold'em 0.3 hours +$40 per hour +6.6 Big Bets per hour
1-2 PLO Hi 15.6 hours +$31.73 per hour +15.865 BB per hour
5-5 PLO Hi 5.5 hours -$207.82 per hour -41.564 BB per hour
1-2-5 PLO Hi/Hi/Lo RndxRnd 3 hours -$223.33 per hour -44.667 BB per hour
1-2 PLO Hi/Hi/Lo RndxRnd 1.5 hours +$356 per hour +178 BB per hour
Dealer's Choice Poker 1 hour +$42 per hour

4 Live Tournaments (~22 hours) 10th/121 27th/40 12th/59 11th/72
1 ITM (25%) Net Profit of -$149

That covers all live poker over this time period

1-3 has sucked for me this year, there's been some bad, bad variance, but I've tilted a couple BI's away too.

Luckily no matter what I do I can't lose at 2-5! My last session I was up 250 BB's in one orbit, AA first hand got stacks in and was good, TT two hands later, flopped a set, got stacks in, and then won a nice pot with JJ a few hands later, had a crazy good run at 2-5 in Vegas too last month, but dumped 700 of it into a 1-3 game later on.

probably like 2-3 times a month

i barely played October-December because of it.

sometimes you just need to recharge the batteries

Yes indeed! I was so over it I took 4 years off.

Never been tired of it.

Me neither, even when I was going through a really rough BE stretch last year. Helps to be a lol rec player.

RP, how much volume do you typically put in per year/month?

hmmm, fairly certain there was a time a few years ago when you tried to get out? either way, you've certainly put in a load of hours so you must enjoy the game

I generally am in a stage where I can't get enough, but that's because I only play once a week.

4 -5 times a year, I play far more intensely, when the tournament series come into town or I head to WSOP or Aussie Mirrions and by the end of a week of 35-50 hours, I'm generally ready to take a few weeks off

I have been doing about 100 a month pretty consistently.

Diversifying and getting out are not one of the same.

And I said it before, I don't really enjoy the game, just like how I don't enjoy doing the actual work in my employment.

Trick to enjoy what you do isn't in loving the work that you do, but everything else about it.

Enjoy the people, the environment, the randomness, the challenge, the whatever.

Me neither.

I've been putting in 1 session a week plus the odd holiday session @ NL since 2010 (and before that @ Limit since 2006). Pretty sure the longest I've gone in that period without playing a session was 2 weeks (damn honeymoon!).

The key for me is keeping it at just a once-a-week hobby, one of many I have, coupled with the other responsibilities in my life. It's all about balance, imo.

Course, I'm guessing it also helps to run good pretty much the whole time.

GactuallyenjoysplayingpokerG

Lmaoooo

I said in my 600 hour update that I would update my results here every 100 hours, so here goes:

1/2, 1/3, no other filters

Total Hours - 701.56
Total Profit - $43,183.00
Hourly - $61.55

Lat 10 sessions:

Hours Profit
5.92 $735.00
6.10 $390.00
6.00 $160.00
6.05 $165.00
5.55 $180.00
5.40 $596.00
5.58 $640.00
6.15 $878.00
6.00 ($189.00)
5.63 $365.00

Garth:

standard

What are your game conditions like?

God mode.

About 75% of the hours: Occasional straddles, average stack size probably 450ish. Mostly 1/3. Few whales, lots of fish.

About 25% of the hours: Vegas 1/2 and 1/3

So more like a good $2/5 game than a $1/2 game. Call it 12 bb/hr then, or $24/hr at a typical $1/2 with mostly $200 stacks. Good winrate for a good/decent player on a heater. Really interested in seeing how long you can maintain this pace and if you'll hit the doomswitch.

Where do you play? What is the rake? How often do you tip the dealer? Hard to believe that hourly is even remotely sustainable unless the game plays really big. It's definitely not even close to achievable at my local room.

Not going to answer where. Rake is normal 10% 4+1 and 6+1. Tip $1 on hands won after flop.

Sick results Donkey!

Geveryonesojelly!G

Good job differentiating that WR has less to do with blinds than average stack sizes.