how many tables u playing at once? And what sort of ROI do u think is attainable at the 6amx HT's?

Anywhere from 8 all the way up to 20 depending on how the games are running. I'd say I average about 12-14 most times though.

Tbh I'm not 100% sure, only have about a 5k sample so far. The games have been insanely filled with regs lately so maybe 0-2% with how they are now and possible a couple of %'s higher if/when they're softer.

Thanks I intend to start a heater any day now ;]

Well, things still haven't been going so well poker wise. Here's my graph of games I've played since I last posted.



Pretty terrible volume but I've been doing a lot of studying and chilled most of Easter with family.

My month so far.



Super fun 120 buy-in swing from top to bottom lol. If you can take anything positive away from runs like this is that it makes u look at your game even more critically than normal. This can lead to you making +ev adjustments you wouldn't have realized if you were running normal or above EV.

Yea sure I'm running way below expectation for month. The thing is you have no control over that, it's gonna happen from time to time and is part of the game. All you can do to lessen the extent of stuff like this happening is get better and put in more volume.

Sounds simple but I feel like a lot of poker players obsess over the fact they're running bad and expect things to change because they "deserve" to run better soon. I'll admit I do this from time to time and it's a huge leak I'm working to fix :]

Well... the bad run continues.



From top to bottom that's a 180 buyin swing and I'm about 120 buyins below EV :] Red line is pretty crappy, only at like 1% for the month. I've started game selecting instead of blindly registering every game which I think is key for these. It's gonna kill your edge when your playing in games with 4 other regs and lead to the possibility of swings like the one above.

Even with that my hourly "should" be about $150/hr including SNE so not terrible. It's fairly frustrating considering how much I've been working on my game lately but complaining doesn't accomplish anything. Just gotta keep on grinding/studying and one of these days I'll start making some money again ;]

wow the hypers are so absurd in variance, gl man will turn soon

Update?

Yup, can't wait to see how big the swings get with 200's added in now :]

Gonna make one right now!

Soooo it seems that I suck at updating this pseudo blog of mine. Since my last update I've grinded a decent amount, made a couple bucks, went to Ireland with some sickos, and just moved into my new apartment with the gf.

I played in the UKIPT a little over a week ago. It was an interesting experience given it was my 1st live tourney and I don't really like live poker in general. My backer Jordan (bigbluffzinc), me, Nick (Frenzuh), and Brandon (Mazurite) headed out to Ireland on May 14th and stayed till the 24th. The tourney went pretty well on day 1.

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Day 2 was pretty much the opposite and I ended up spewing off most of my stack 3 barreling in a spot where I shouldn't have. Overall I'm still glad I played it and it was a good change of pace.

Both Jordan and Brandon had super deep runs in SCOOP. Somehow Jordan FT bubbled the 1K rebuy and Brandon FT bubbled the 1K main event. Was so sick to see both of them bust so close to 6-fig scores :[

I personally grinded the least out of all of us, mostly due to the fact that my laptop would start to lag really bad past 14 tabling. Almost just bought a new one while I was there but it seemed a bit excessive for a 10 day trip.

Guess I should post some graphs now if you made it all the way down here.

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April was a fun month lol. Hypers gonna swing though.

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May's been a wee bit nicer to me :]

I've done some thinking and have decided to only check my results at the end of every week. If I run good I get tilted, and if I run bad I get tilted. So literally there's no upside in seeing how much I'm actually up or down.

I've also started working with a student of mine who I have some high hopes for and possibly will be picking up a second one depending on how much time I have. Should be interesting either way given I've never done anything like this before :]

My goals for this week are to grind 36 hours, coach for 6 hours, and study for 3 hours. Time to get on the grind!

Nice month mate. Some solid results given how many regs are normally playing these.

Good luck mate. Was going to say, be prepared for some sick variance, but I guess I don't need to!

20 tabling these is sick. Very best of luck to you.

Hope you enjoyed Ireland, looks like you got some good weather

Thanks man, games are definitely way tougher than they used to be. I see you've been grinding them a bit lately, glgl.

Heh, hopefully I won't have to go through that again. Gl with your HU hyper goals!


Appreciate it, yea Ireland was so beautiful and green most of the time we were there. Only thing I regret is all of us being lazy and not sight seeing as much as we should have :[

what a beast )
btw: I still believe. Gl m8

I'll be following this. GL!

For someone thinking about beginning to play 6 max HT at micro stakes, what would be your top 3 advices?

Heh thanks man :]

Ty! Hmmm I would say study heaps, grind a lot, and don't let the swings get to you. The more work you put in to it the faster you'll improve.

you: hey are you gonna learn people these things?

me: no

you: awesome, me neither

lulz

lets see some 200 graphs

Haha I change my mind about stuff like that way 2 often ;]



So many 6 reg games have been going off in them it's stupid (lol at regs that sit last). Time for me to start game selecting again!

Ugh gl on the grind man, think I'm gonna end up happier that I couldnt get an agreement done with anyone for my $60-200 hyper action

well the prisoner dilemma is goneeeeeee then. im gonna try to make some sickos to then

Theres prob some regs that are making money post rb when theyre the last to sit those games yeah? But prob half or more are just lighting money on fire when they join last.

me plz

Haha yea u might be right. So many more regs have popped up now that 200's are out, it's a straight blood bath ;] Gl with everything!

Noooooo! I'm definitely keeping the number down though, only have one guy I'm actually coaching/staking right now. Don't really have time for any more atm :]

Eh, I think it's more that there are almost no regs who would be good enough to be slightly profitable pre-rb sitting 5 other regs (maybeee if they're sne/good they could be making money but they'd have like .5%-1% roi imo).

That means they're be normally going on 200-300+ bi swings with that kinda roi which is not smart. It makes no sense cuz everyone thinks they're better than everyone else when the skill differences aren't all that huge.

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Almost stopped playing at around game 200 ;] Lazy day in terms of hours played (only got in about 3) but had a bunch of irl stuff to do. Hoping to put two 3 hour sessions in tomorrow and get back on track for my weekly goals!

Thanks!

Can I be your apprentice?