Hi guys it's been a while. Just a little update to close the thread out then probably won't be posting in here anymore (but who knows). Everything has been good, currently finishing up my 3rd year in a row of hitting 6 figs/yr in live poker. So yeah, have def been running better than the run-bad abyss from a couple of years ago, which a good part of this thread dwelled on. I'm kind of ready to move on to the next thing though. On top of poker I made low 5 figs this year from side/passive stuff and I know I can do better.
I'll write a little more about poker though since that's why people are here. Below is my last ~1k hour since I started using that app (ignore all other numbers except for hours and profit). Been playing a lot of different stakes just whatever/wherever that's good. I try to play at least 5/T or higher but def played some 5/5 too if nothing else is going on. Here are some fun hands and biggish pots from this year.
50/100 ~9k eff
Fun player opens to 300 CO, older fun player calls bb, me 2k in straddle w QQ. Both call.
Flop (~6000): J78ss. X, I jam ~7k
Bb snap calls, we run it twice I hold up on 6 x and T x runouts
20/40/80 ~12k eff
I open 89dd HJ 240, macau reg 800 otb i call.
Flop (~1700): 74hhJ x x.
Turn (~1700): 8ss. X he bets 1.7k I call
River (~5100): 2. X he bets 5.1k I call MHIG
20/40/80 ~9k eff
Random double straddle in utg1. Btn traveling bad reg 500. Me 1.7k w AA in bb. He tank calls.
Flop (~3700): QJ9sss I have red aces. X he bets 1.3k I call.
Turn (~6300): 9o. X x.
River: 8o. X he jams ~6k. I call n wins vs 44
Moving forward I'll def still be playing a bunch but hopefully not as much as before. I have a much better work/life balance in the recent years which makes poker more enjoyable. I went abroad a couple times this year and will probably check out the europe/macau poker scene next year for the first time.
Thanks for reading and enjoy the holidays