It’s not really an impressive challenge but I’m doing it half for entertainment and half so I don’t burn through money. I was recently let go from my job but I received a good severance pay. I decided to go back to school for a career change into InfoSec. So right now I’m just in school with no job, so I’m living off savings. I figured I’d give myself a roll to grind on just so I don’t waste so much money during my study period.

I’m giving myself 5k. I have 7 months left of my program so I need to average about $1400 a month to reach my goal. I’ll be playing a mix of 1/2 and 2/5. I’m going to be fairly aggressive with my roll, I’ll play 2/5 until I drop down to 3k.

I also decided to book a Vegas trip which I’ll be going from Feb 21-24. Hopefully I can get in some PLO action when I’m there.

Wish me luck!

GL OP! Not sure how I feel about playing 2/5/10 on 5k though from the HH you posted.

Its not a 2/5/10. I for whatever reason decided to straddle that hand. Its not the difference between me eating or not if I go busto so I want to go aggressive to open up. Ill stick to standard 1/2 if I drop a few BIs at the 2/5.

February 6: 6 hours played, +330.

So far a decent start. No hands of note beyond the one BlindingLaser mentioned.

Standard 2/5 game. I’m UTG and straddle to 10. My stack of 550ish will be the effective.

I straddled and get A7ss

UTG+1 makes it $40, 3 callers, I call.

Flop: 669ss

I check, UTG+1 leads for $50, 3 folds, I call.

Turn: Tc

I check, he bets $100, I jam for $498. He tanks for just somewhere between 5-10 minutes and eventually calls. I bink the spade on the river and open. He shows KK.