Quote:
Originally Posted by Labax
Yeah great ****ing decision
Quote:
Originally Posted by TheTyman9
definitely think it was a good decision. yes your cost of living went up a decent chunk but if you can have a higher winrate, potentially put in more hours, and better standard of living that will definitely be worth it and seems likely to actually be the higher $ev situation. 6 months vs 8.5 months being able to go without making money isn't going to change your situation very much. either way you are going to need to succeed within the first 6mo or so or start looking for other work. glgl
Bang on mate, bang on.
I'm super stoked with the decision. Will be moving in on Sunday!
Daily Update - Thu 3 Aug 2017
Hours Played:
9
Profit:
-$564
Variance:
4
Notes: Had a super runny nose the night before this session which continued into the morning. I didn't feel sick at all, just my left nostril wouldn't stop leaking snot. Well this has developed into a full blown sickness unfortunately -
I should probably have left the casino earlier but to be honest, I was just having so much fun. I actually really enjoyed interacting with the players last night. A couple of guys were drinking a lot and we were all laughing and taking the piss out of each other - I generally can't stand the table talk when it's about poker but since we were discussing unrelated stuff, it was a lot of fun. There was 3 tables running at about 10pm and ours was by far the noisiest and you could just feel the regs at the other tables were jealous of how much fun we were having! The session itself was an okay one but more or less same sort of story as all week. If a pot goes mutliway, say 5 or 4 handed, then I should be able to win at least 20-25% of the time respectfully. I think the issue this week has been that I'm losing almost all of those multiway pots. Maybe winning around 10% causing me to bleed chips all session long - constantly reaching into my wallet to top up. I did win a bigish hand for a 1k pot, KK vs QQ, super standard, I triple barreled, he called. A cooler, basically. Frankly, all week there's been no spots where I've been able to see my edge "manifest" - winning money feels like trying to draw blood from a rock atm...
There was also a hand vs a half stack old asian lady, flop was 852cc and I had KQcc, she had 99 and we GII as a 51-54% favourite vs this hand but we brick.
Full Results: https://1drv.ms/x/s!AkK4doh8PHLEgk6pBpFJrgcokPKM
Weekly Recap - Fri 28 Jul - Thu 3 Aug
Hours Played:
41.3
Profit:
-$4,054
Graph:
Notes: Cool to have gotten my 40 hours in as planned, so that's a positive for the week. Also have a pretty good casino food setup - almonds and sandwiches will last me all day now, cheers metabolism! Unfortunately, I've been really really sick today. High fever and sinuses are all over the place, I feel absolutely terrible and have been in bed all day. Which sucks because I wanted to play in the penthouse game tonight which should be the most profitable game in Brisbane. I was planning on staying til the game closed and then taking a bus home, but now I'm just going to be resting in bed.
The other positive from this week is the decision I made to move out of home and closer to the city, just a 15 minute walk from the casino. This will allow me to play more hours and during the best periods with the worst players. As Tyman said, it'll increase my weekly expenses largely but will be overall +EV to be able to play more often and in better games.
Results wise, well what a start! Dream start to anyone's pro career. :') Five from five losing sessions! Certainly it feels pretty bad to have had a start like this but I've done really well not letting it get to me, affect my play, or reduce my overall happiness - which is at an all time high! It's important to remind myself that I will succeed if I immerse myself in the best games and play my best poker each time I do, even when the results are so disastrous. I imagine looking back on a fruitful poker career attributing this hellish week 1 as a beneficial experience for me. All I can do is play my best poker, play in the best games, and play my volume - and if I go busto, then I go busto. But that's not something I'm particularly worried about - if I loose a good chunk more money, I'll probably be able to claim welfare payments each week which will give me some more duration, but that's not something I'm yet ready to even think about.
In terms of mistakes, I think this was really the only mistake I made all week that sticks out.
UTG is young Chinese guy, don't know much about him.
$500 effective.
UTG opens $20, folds to hero in CO who makes it $60 w/ K
K
, folds to UTG who calls.
Flop ($127): J
J
9
Villain checks, hero bets $60, villain raises to $125, hero calls.
Turn ($377): J
J
9
8
Villain checks, kind of doing this "micro nod" of his head repeatedly, which I believe looks quite weak. There's about $230ish behind effectively. I feel like it'd be pretty hard to get called by worse if I jam here? Also the flop COULD have been two toned and not rainbow, I'm not sure.
I check back. - MISTAKE, we need to jam here because of SPR and maybe we can get called by like TT or something... There are also some bad rivers...
River ($377): J
J
9
8
7
Villain jams for like $230.
Results:
Basically, this is a mistake because villain doesn't check turn with any Jx and he probably doesn't have any Tx that raise the flop either. At the time I found it really difficult to find any hands I beat on the river. Didn't expect to see any air like this. But when you think about how his value range never takes this line, I think it should be an easy call OTR, especially for that price. This happened on day 1 I believe, still fairly rusty regarding the live pokers and I think I was just didn't want to start out my career with a stupid call for a $1k pot that I would kick myself for if I saw AJ or TT.
Forthcoming Week
So hopefully I feel a little better tomorrow and will be able to play the late night session. I have a bunch of errands I need to do in the morning if I'm feeling up to it. I really can't afford to miss a late night grind again after being sick all of today. But just in the last 10 minutes I'm starting to feel a little better, so hopefully I'll be well enough to play tomorrow. Sunday, we move into our new place. Will post some pics when I get there. So we'll want to settle in, sus out the new place, and then get back to work. Although I've missed tonight, I think I should still be able to get 40 hours in.
In terms of goals,
[ ] Settle into new place
[ ] Play 40+ hours
[ ] Play a late night schedule
[ ] Continue playing good poker
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Another thing I've been thinking about is going out. And how I manage a balance of a work life and a social life. This is what I came up with:
- Can only go out/party on a Fri/Sat IF the winnings for the previous seven says are >$500.
- Leave bank card at home, take $150 cash only. Previously when I've gone out partying, I'll very easily spend $500 a night on drinks and whatnot, but I simply cannot afford to do that anymore. $150 should be enough to have a decent night out and the benefit as well is that I won't need to spend $70+ on an Uber ride home anymore. It's a 22 minute walk to the bars in the city and a 40 minute walk to the "valley" which is where all the clubs are. AKA only a 10 minute uber drive so that should save me a fair amount.
If the winnings for the week prior to me planning an outing are negative, I'll simply not go out because Fri/Sat nights are obv the highest EV. This will be a good way to curb the frequency with which I go out too. Obviously, I expect most weeks to be winning, but this doesn't mean I'm going to go out every weekend where I profit the week prior - hopefully I'll go out no more than once a month or once every few weeks. Or if I do, maybe do a Thursday night session instead of Fri/Sat.
Anyhow, I'm going to go back to bed and get some more rest so I can hopefully be more productive tomorrow!
Talk soon.