Hi guys... just randomly ran into this thread and figure I'd jump in to contribute. Feel free to ask me any questions.
I was a former Pokerstars SNE, and now play mainly at Winstar casino and underground Dallas games. I play mainly the 2/5 games because I'm an entrepreneur at heart, so I've never really tried to build a roll to move up because I rather invest most of my money on ideas. For a while, my bankroll never got past $5000 and I was able to make a living playing 2/5 with it while being the sole breadwinner for my family and putting my daughter through Montessori school.
I recently went busto in 2015 from the vapor business (long story) and at my lowest point in May of 2015, I was $50k in debt to friends & family from doing business, tax issues with IRS, have pending felony charges for organized crime & money laundering, and $600 cash in my hand. Luckily, I've been able to turn things around with that $600...
This year, I made the commitment to drop all ideas and businesses, and just focus on playing as much poker as I can to get out of debt and get my life back on track. My goal was 2500hrs this year. I should reach my goal, be out of debt, and have a real poker bankroll by the end of this year. (as a side note, I've recently deposited some money on Global Poker and may be putting in the rest of my time this year online instead of Live as I've been beating the 1/2 there for $5000 over 14k hands so far... too lazy to calculate BB/100)
Here are my results... one key note is that I recently went on a 20k downswing from late August to now (September) playing high stakes PLO (2/5/25 straddle), which impacted my data dramatically, I went from:
~$70/hr to current hourly
~12+ BB/hr to current
66% cash rate to current
This year's giraffe so far:
Current up to date data:
Games I play:
Hours/Months/Days I play:
And finally, some motivational stacks... The game is 2/5 with a capped Buyin of $500: