2014 MTT Grind
02-13-2014
, 07:57 PM
Decent week or so, felt I played pretty well, but def could have played better in a lot of spots. Cleared a little bit more makeup, which stands at around 14k now, and made a couple runs on my own roll, 25th in the ipoker major stung a lot after having a lot of chips for a long time (insert bad beat story here). Just had a 6th place in the $55 12k on 888 for ~$800, doing ok on there too.
Volume hasn't been very good because I haven't been playing longer hours with reduced table numbers as I had planned, so will be looking to get on that in the coming weeks. Also, have been slacking when it comes to studying. Been watching videos, but not paying as much attention as I would like to really get the most out of them as I can.
NBA is getting a little better, and the All Star game is on Sunday, which should be a good one, shame Westbrook is still injured
But I'm sure he'll be there trolling around:
Ty to BigPig for linking me to some RWB gifs
02-16-2014
, 11:08 PM
02-20-2014
, 05:38 PM
02-21-2014
, 04:20 AM
Thanks for all the well wishes
Not really much has happened in the last week, don't feel like I've played great, but also not bad either. Been finding it somewhat difficult to concentrate during sessions, not really sure why, but that has lead me to skip some days that I was planning to play on, and to move my schedule around to try keep things fresh. So I've been playing late night last few days and managed to win a $66 6k on 888, aka THE CYCLONE!
for ~$1600.
[IMG]http://s15.************/oxi9t7pff/febweek3.png[/IMG]
As you can see, not particularly pretty this week, makeup creeping back up again, as it has a habit of doing.
Also managed to get my friend back into doing his blog after he found mine here, I'm sure some people would find it an interesting read. Don't think I'm allowed to post links to other sites but if you search "life with possum", you can find it on pokerstrategy.
In the NBA, all star game was good for my roll, and was a pretty fun watch.
Found what I consider a decent value long term bet today on William hill, Raptors to win the Atlantic Division @ 4/6, so went pretty big on that, and hopefully that will pan out.
Russell Westbrook is back on the court, although in his first game back OKC got crushed by the Heat.
Not really much has happened in the last week, don't feel like I've played great, but also not bad either. Been finding it somewhat difficult to concentrate during sessions, not really sure why, but that has lead me to skip some days that I was planning to play on, and to move my schedule around to try keep things fresh. So I've been playing late night last few days and managed to win a $66 6k on 888, aka THE CYCLONE!
for ~$1600.[IMG]http://s15.************/oxi9t7pff/febweek3.png[/IMG]
As you can see, not particularly pretty this week, makeup creeping back up again, as it has a habit of doing.
Also managed to get my friend back into doing his blog after he found mine here, I'm sure some people would find it an interesting read. Don't think I'm allowed to post links to other sites but if you search "life with possum", you can find it on pokerstrategy.
In the NBA, all star game was good for my roll, and was a pretty fun watch.
Found what I consider a decent value long term bet today on William hill, Raptors to win the Atlantic Division @ 4/6, so went pretty big on that, and hopefully that will pan out.
Russell Westbrook is back on the court, although in his first game back OKC got crushed by the Heat.
02-22-2014
, 06:57 AM
Keep on going man, i'm also in a 3week BE stretch,
GRIND,SLEEP,REVIEW - REPEAT!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBoRkg5-Ieg
GRIND,SLEEP,REVIEW - REPEAT!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBoRkg5-Ieg
02-22-2014
, 01:04 PM
Could happen to Greece if they keep donking with their economy.
02-22-2014
, 01:26 PM
02-26-2014
, 12:56 PM
02-27-2014
, 06:42 PM
Wrapping up my February, I'm a lot happier with how I played the 2nd half of the month, definitely regained some focus and some luck.
Overall graph (excl 888):
On Stake
Cleared about $3k of makeup with a chop in 22c and 11r action hour being the only real highlights, bringing it down to ~$15k. Volume was pretty poor however, and February being a short month isn't much of an excuse
. I found it tough to even build stacks on stars for much of February which is kinda concerning, perhaps a closer look at my early levels play is required :/.
Off Stake
A few decent results, with a win in a 6-Max on Winamax this week, and a few other bits and bobs, meaning I'm up $4515.33. Don't think I played very well on my own roll this month in general, but just ran well. Punted off a few too many stacks unnecessarily, which is pretty bad considering these games are meant to be softer, so I should be able to avoid spots that I might have to take on Stars. I don't quite have the discipline yet to 1 table a 5r on ipoker or an $11 freezeout on 888 without my game getting a lot laggier, which is certainly a big leak
NBA
Single bets didn't go so well this month, made a loss of $275.03, with 1 bet outstanding on the month. I beat about 40% of the spreads, so based on that it was a bad month, but I'm gonna chalk it up to variance and hope I'm not delusional about my edge in NBA betting.
However, the Atlantic division bet is looking good with the odds being cut to 4/11 from the original 4/5 and 4/6 when we bet it, meaning we have a pretty big edge as things stand now.
Plan for March is to study more and play more, while still not playing too many tables. A lot of good videos have been put up on Pocarr recently that I can catch up on, so that should be a good start. I mark a lot of hands, but often that is all I do. Need to get round to reviewing them/asking people about them if I want to improve.
With my winamax and action hour luckboxing this week, I have a chance at a triple crown. Even though it isn't worth anything financially, I think it's a fun thing to go after, and hopefully I can bink off in the next few days.
Here's a slow motion dunk
Gl to everyone in March.
Overall graph (excl 888):
On Stake
Cleared about $3k of makeup with a chop in 22c and 11r action hour being the only real highlights, bringing it down to ~$15k. Volume was pretty poor however, and February being a short month isn't much of an excuse
. I found it tough to even build stacks on stars for much of February which is kinda concerning, perhaps a closer look at my early levels play is required :/.Off Stake
A few decent results, with a win in a 6-Max on Winamax this week, and a few other bits and bobs, meaning I'm up $4515.33. Don't think I played very well on my own roll this month in general, but just ran well. Punted off a few too many stacks unnecessarily, which is pretty bad considering these games are meant to be softer, so I should be able to avoid spots that I might have to take on Stars. I don't quite have the discipline yet to 1 table a 5r on ipoker or an $11 freezeout on 888 without my game getting a lot laggier, which is certainly a big leak
NBA
Single bets didn't go so well this month, made a loss of $275.03, with 1 bet outstanding on the month. I beat about 40% of the spreads, so based on that it was a bad month, but I'm gonna chalk it up to variance and hope I'm not delusional about my edge in NBA betting.
However, the Atlantic division bet is looking good with the odds being cut to 4/11 from the original 4/5 and 4/6 when we bet it, meaning we have a pretty big edge as things stand now.
Plan for March is to study more and play more, while still not playing too many tables. A lot of good videos have been put up on Pocarr recently that I can catch up on, so that should be a good start. I mark a lot of hands, but often that is all I do. Need to get round to reviewing them/asking people about them if I want to improve.
With my winamax and action hour luckboxing this week, I have a chance at a triple crown. Even though it isn't worth anything financially, I think it's a fun thing to go after, and hopefully I can bink off in the next few days.
Here's a slow motion dunk
Gl to everyone in March.
03-03-2014
, 06:18 AM
Oh how we tried to obtain the triple crown but alas no success. 9th in the monsoon on 888, 8th in the benjamin on ftp, 11th in big 100 on .fr were our closest calls. Will just have to get it some other time. Pretty terrible sunday personally (suddenly makeup back up to ~18k ) but pocarr had a good one, so it's not all bad. Back on the grind tuesday onwards, hope to give myself some more shots at some crowns.
After Toronto lost in triple overtime last week and Brooklyn won a tough road game, with the odds not changing, which I found strange, I decided to hedge that bet. So if Toronto win the division we make ~$350, and if Brooklyn win we make ~$150, so decent spot to be in. Won 3/3 singles so far this month, so hope that continues.
) but pocarr had a good one, so it's not all bad. Back on the grind tuesday onwards, hope to give myself some more shots at some crowns.After Toronto lost in triple overtime last week and Brooklyn won a tough road game, with the odds not changing, which I found strange, I decided to hedge that bet. So if Toronto win the division we make ~$350, and if Brooklyn win we make ~$150, so decent spot to be in. Won 3/3 singles so far this month, so hope that continues.