They weren't filling very quickly and I was busting out of them post-haste.

22 tourneys -$87 -94.16% roi


Tried out a few $5 50Fiftys

17 tourneys +$27.00 30.23% roi (came first in 5 of them)

It is so nice that they import straight into PT2 still no need to upgrade.

Also nice that I may have a high-volume alternative.

nice bink ftw

Poker Stars $5.00+$0.30 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t75/t150 Blinds + t20 - 6 players
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter By DeucesCracked Poker Videos

CO: t1860 M = 5.39
Hero (BTN): t2984 M = 8.65
SB: t2731 M = 7.92
BB: t2680 M = 7.77
UTG: t3465 M = 10.04
MP: t1280 M = 3.71

Pre Flop: (t345) Hero is BTN with 8 K
3 folds, Hero raises to t2964 all in, SB calls t2636 all in, 1 fold

Flop: (t5692) 9 K 3 (2 players - 2 are all in)

Turn: (t5692) 8 (2 players - 2 are all in)

River: (t5692) 4 (2 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: t5692
Hero shows 8 K (two pair, Kings and Eights)
SB shows A A (a pair of Aces)
Hero wins t5692

Now 40 $5 50-50s played

+$47.42 22.57% roi

I'll probably keep playing these for the rest of the week

What about the smoking dude? How's quitting working out for you?

Still on 7 cigarettes for 2011. 4 were lack-of-butane-related (very few retailers stock it any more and I had no idea until I ran out the first time) and five were alcohol-related. I'll spare you the Venn diagram
Still vaping tobacco. Using an iolite that cost £125 bought some extra gauzes and stuff for maybe £165 total. I will make this back in fewer tobacco purchases alone by the end of February and I feel a decent amount better health-wise than before giving up. I can taste how ****ing terrible cigarettes are when you get some sense of taste back. There are whole levels of ewww that weren't apparent to me before. Of course I still want to smoke now and again, the 'hit' from paper and soot and combustion is a bigger part of the cigarette experience than I would have guessed.

But being able to vape on the train, in the casino, at my desk at work etc. is wonderful. A friend has a media production kind of job where he is stuck indoors for hours on end and might get one just for this.

Played another 37 Fifty50s today for +$25.44 and 13.07% roi. I guess the DON regs that are switching haven't adjusted yet, there are some bad regs at the $5 level.

So my Fifty50 career:

77 tourneys +$72.86 18% roi (all $5 buyins)

can't separate the turbos from the normals without querying the data myself and I'm going to wait for a bigger sample. ITM 62% but less than 3k hands played so not a big deal yet. It will be interesting to see if and how the regs adjust to me (I hated DONs and thought they wouldn't last long when they first came out so they haven't met me before)

Not doing this ever again might help

Poker Stars $5.00+$0.24 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t15/t30 Blinds - 10 players
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter By DeucesCracked Poker Videos

BTN: t1500 50 BBs
SB: t1500 50 BBs
BB: t1500 50 BBs
Hero (UTG): t1500 50 BBs
UTG+1: t1500 50 BBs
UTG+2: t1500 50 BBs
MP1: t1500 50 BBs
MP2: t1500 50 BBs
MP3: t1500 50 BBs
CO: t1500 50 BBs

Pre Flop: (t45) Hero is UTG with A Q
Hero calls t30, 4 folds, MP3 raises to t120, 3 folds, BB calls t90, Hero calls t90

Flop: (t375) 9 7 Q (3 players)
BB checks, Hero checks, MP3 bets t240, BB folds, Hero raises to t1380 all in, MP3 calls t1140 all in

Turn: (t3135) J (2 players - 2 are all in)

River: (t3135) K (2 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: t3135
Hero shows A Q (a pair of Queens)
MP3 shows K K (three of a kind, Kings)
MP3 wins t3135

tried just turbos even though the normals felt softer
don't know if that feeling was right but these are so soft atm I'm passing up profitable plays and not maximising value properly and all sorts and still winning

So in two days (7 hours playing time)

105 tourneys +$108.33 19.64% roi

not many fpp and I don't care

139 tourneys +$134.76 18.47% roi running a little hot but these do seem soft and improving might make up the difference there are some semi-tricky situations. I'm not reviewing or studying tho (or using a HUD or profiling or taking notes much but a big THANKYOU to every reg using a distinctive avatar) and I think I can play a lot more at once without too many huge clangers but they are just so much fun and its nice to figure them out for myself.


O8 is officially on the back burner but it ended up at

656 tournies +$258.40 6.16% roi

3253 FPP and $28.90 Stellar this year

so nearly $500 in 2011 so far just for being somewhat less terrible than most of the opposition most of the time. There's something about winning money while not being very good at poker that is consistently awesome. Many people reading this would have done much better than I have had they started when I did. But they didn't. And I did.

fwiw it was only because I worked for a company that did magazine subscriptions and our biggest client started a gambling magazine in 2004 and we got free copies with wall-to-wall online poker ads. Had no idea if it was even possible to win but after some play money button-mashing (obv I thought play money would actually be rigged to let you win, I had no idea about anything) stuck on £40 and turns out it was.

rungood?

another day another 30 tourneys

now 169 tourneys +$169.33 19.09% roi

long may it continue

fmp

these can't stay this easy for long

teach me gl mate

too late the easy money is gone

252 tourneys +$236.03 17.86% roi

I did run a little badly from what I saw but that's the first time so far so probably running good at not running bad. Or something.

Played 90 today and not sure I was at my best all the way through but not too much damage.

342 tourneys +$294.75 16.44% roi

+$258.40 from O8 SNG

3655 FPP $32.48 Stellar

first session of the day

31 tourneys +$47.95 29.52% roi

my ITM was lower than usual but finishing with large numbers of chips more than made up for it

today now 86 tourneys +$84.19 18.68% roi

total for the week

428 tourneys +$378.94 16.89% roi

which > my winnings for the rest of 2011

they are so moreish

507 tourneys +$417.81 15.72% roi

people starting to play too many at once and slow everyone down every single hand.

One sat out on one of our tables and didn't notice. I lold.

41 today for -$16.26

total $5 Fifty50s

568 tourneys +$438.60 14.73% roi

30 today for -$64.94

still on the bright side I was busting so quickly I got to see a lot more of my all-ins than usual and probably spazzed a few more buyins away.

standard beats, just a lot in a short time. Ran into a lot of big hands when shoving as well.

598 tourneys +$373.66 11.92% roi

o well can't complain too much

Stars has obv rigged them every time I shove some ****wit turns up with a huge hand

639 tourneys +$354.40 10.58% roi

may take a shot at the Lambo next week

Now up to 17 I think. My vape stopped working but got a new one overnighted and all is well again. Going to RTM the original for replacement or repair hopefully.

Had a half-break from poker (a little messing around is all) just played a set of 10 $5 Fifty50s to ease myself back in and went +$13.04

total Fifty50s 649 +$367.44 10.8% roi

added to O8

+$258.40

and $38.16 Stellar 4294 FPP comes to $732.70
minus a bit

Fifty50 graph



The more volume I try to put in the worse I play. Lesson hopefully learned

played 42 today +$29.19

total 712 tournies +$426.91 11.44% roi
plus
O8 $258.40 from 656 tournies
$39.26 Stellar and
~$70 worth of FPP

chugging along

gz on the cash just now i was in the sunday million satelite just now also but got knocked out like 8th hand in, JJ vs 77 and he runner runner straight

unlucky

still in the sat 25% of the field gone already lol

got 36th in the $25kg for ~$150 net so not a bad day but a lambo wouldn't spoil it

haha ya def not, although i was more excited about the quitting my job to find something i better enjoy

played a few more

total 779 +$427.46 10.47% roi

just got my 4th $10 Stellar for 3k yearly VPP the next 2k will be worth $60

finally a reload bonus (on Stars anyway, FT and Party throw bonuses at me and I ignore them) but I'm going to save it until I feel more like playing whatever I decide to play. Probably some more of these.

lost 3 buyins yesterday.

Today played 52 +$106.99 39.27% roi

so total 862 +$519.81 11.5% roi

4743 FPP $41.62 Stellar

890 tourneys +$492.39 10.56% roi

pretty good will be a month since I started them on Sunday. Reloaded but bonus hasn't started yet. May not get all of it but will give it a go Got 3200 VPP so far this year need to double it in 30 days for the whole bonus.