Didnt post the gyazo link correctly for my recent results/downswing graph so here's this one:

Blah, that one sucked. Made Day 2 and only had to survive ~100 players til ITM and unfortunately couldn't do it. AK < AQ for a huge pot near the bubble and that was it. Felt a bit deflated that I didn't even min cash and considered ending the stream for the day/ending the session early, but decided to plow ahead and grind it out. Rest of the day was slightly up, yesterday was about the same, and then today we broke through:



Wasn't a bink, but we sat on 6-12 BBs for most of the FT and somehow laddered our way from 7/7 to 3rd.

Ship ittt

Rest of the month ended rather meekly, dropped $12k but nearly each day I had FT or F2T spots for big scores. The endless parade of 5ths-18ths did help me tread water, so that's good. Not jazzed about the profit total but if I had shipped 1-2 of those I'd be looking at a $30-$35k month. Obv frustrating to not rip one off, but at least there was a sweat -- it's much more difficult to maintain focus when you've bricked all your day savers and there's half a session left.

May:

yea man you were a bit unlucky. Once the deep runs start coming in summer it will really build your channel. Smaller fields should mean more FTs as well. Do enjoy your streams, you explain hands really well.

<3

Hard to explain hands in real-time, I often find myself wishing I had a few more seconds to talk about a spot but then I'm forced to get back to clicking.

Started streaming on March 21st and I thought it'd be neat to go for some sort of 'Challenge.' Briefly considered eclipsing RobinPoker's 1000 hours/100 days but have pivoted to $100,000 profit in my first 100 days of streaming, AKA:



Day: 82
Profit: $81,535



As 2+2er and SNG Legend 'Sippin_Criss' pointed out, I'm slightly behind pace and will need to make up some ground. Firing up right now on Twitch, lego.

Ship it!

sorry if this was asked before but why did you pivot away from spins? always thought that would be good format to stream, just has never been done well by anyone yet. Has the gamble factor for sure. Higher variance perhaps?

Initially I was concerned about my edge because of collusion/botting and the loss of rakeback. MTTs seemed like a soft landing spot for someone like myself (Mostly cEV format, lots of recreational players).

Think the problem with streaming Spins is the duration of hype is so short -- In MTTs you can have big stacks, huge pots, bounties, deep runs, final tables, etc. In Spins even if you 'run good' and get a lot of high multipliers, by the time you get viewers that game might be over. At best, it's 10-12 mins of content.



Shipped the $109 Builder today for $11k ish. Had AA 4x in the span of 10 minutes and mostly ran over the table. Always feels great to end the sesh with a win, and now we're oh so close to the goal of $100ks in 100 days.



Starting up again tmrw (Day 88) around 10 AM PST to finish this thing off.

Very niceee! Get those last 5k mate

Sick results Gl finishing the 100 off!

Dropped down to $88k or so with back to back soul crushing sessions. In the first one I basically bricked everything and in the second, I scratch and clawed my way to three deep runs -- 7th $109 Big Shot, 18th $55 Mini Bounty Builder, and 16th $250 Daily Main Event. Had all three left going into the break and was dreaming of ending the challenge right then and there, but it was not to be.

Yesterday, I once again found myself with three deep runs at the end of my day, this time all were final tables:

$52.50 Bounty Hunter
$210 Bounty Hunter
$109 Big Shot

Had better luck this time, still falling a bit short of my goal though. 2nd in the $210 and 6th in the other two.



Off today, starting up early tomorrow for the big Sunday grind. It'll be Day 92 and I need a little over $6k to take it home.

Won't sugar coat it, the past few days have been brutal. The $$ lost isn't significant, more about the way in which it's been lost. One of the days I seemingly couldn't build any stacks, the next I built tons only to fizzle out before the money. Emotional toll >> Financial losses.

Perhaps the fact that I'm in the end stages of the 100 days/$100ks Challenge is wearing on me, knowing that I only have X amount of days left does add some pressure to the grind. The ironic thing is that I know it's an arbitrary number and ultimately meaningless -- if I get there, it doesn't mean I'm an end boss and if I fall a few thousand dollars short, it doesn't mean I'm a complete and utter failure. But still.

The support I've rec'd from my Twitch community has been great. It's the internet so there will always be a couple of "You run so good" and "When is the hot tub stream" trolls but for the most part the chat helps keep my spirits up. Seeing people spam the emotes makes me laugh, there's fun on/off topic discussion, and anytime I have a sweat/deep ish run it's like I've got a team of e-cheerleaders behind me.

Still have 6 days left to complete the challenge and I'm around $92k ish so definitely within striking distance. Going to spend some time tonight reviewing today's deep run which ended with me saying "Must be nice to be a ****ing clown" after I busted 4th. Clearly, not in the greatest of moods.

On one hand I'm mildly embarrassed that I let that much emotion out, on the other it's real/genuine and perhaps letting people seeing the 'lows' isn't a bad thing -- Can help them realize how mentally taxing the game can be at times and make it more impressive when I ultimately come through the other side. Orrrrr it's just another reg, whining about variance. Everyone is free to decide for themselves.

Back tomorrow, bright and early.

That could be a nice punishment if you "fail" the challenge.

But then not sure if I'd still be rooting for you..

Anyway, good luck for the home stretch !

Why would it be embarassing to let a tiny bit of emotion (fixed that for you) out? As long as you don't tilt while playing everything is fine, get it done boss

in for hot tub stream

If it ever happens, you two better be there. Only thing more embarrassing than a hot tub stream is a hot tub stream where no one shows up.

Makes me look less cool, composed, etc. Always surprised when other grinders/streamers appear to be so chill after losing some massive equity spot, doesnt seem like a natural reaction to me.

Came into today (Day 98) about $5,000 short of the goal. Thought we had it in the bag yesterday when we had four F2T spots but didn't even come close. Barely even made any money, actually.

Fast forward to this morning and I ran deep in the early $215 Builder... only to FT bubble again. Had a top 3 stack, lost three sizable pots with 99 (99 < 55, 99 < QQ, 99 < JT) and was out. A few hours later, I found myself in a similar spot, on the F2T of the late $215 Builder. This time we avoided coolers and beats, even dishing out a few of our own. Shipped it for $11,500 and that put me well over the $100,000 mark meaning that the '$100ks in 100 days' challenge is complete!

Here's a clip of the final hand:

https://clips.twitch.tv/AbstemiousTe...aghettiCoolCat...

Taking some time off to bask in the glory, about ~12 hours to be exact as I'll be back on the grind bright and early tomorrow morning. Have 4 different Day 2s, none bigger than the APL which starts at 5:30 AM.

Congratz man awesome job! GL on those day2s

Damn, congrats dude. Solid work.

Congratulations on your accomplishment.

Congrats man, keep it up!

Gg bud not shabby

Thankssssssssss!

Cashed each of the Day 2s and nearly had an epic score -- was deep in the APL Day 2, 35 left/$190k up top but lost a big BvB spot with 66 vs JJ. Was still riding high from winning the challenge so I wasn't that bothered, and had a bunch of other stacks to focus on.

Ended up playing a long session, almost certainly the longest one of my life. Grinded for a little over 15 hours in total (9 hours streaming), and was exhausted by the end of it. During my last game/$55 Special, while one of the exceptionally slow players decided on his action, I even took some 'micro naps.' It start out as a troll, I just closed my eyes and rested my head on my hands, but after a few seconds I thought to myself "This is niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice."

Had the CL 4-handed but it turns out I could have went to bed and finished with the same result.



Will probably do a light grind today, I'm not great with the whole 'taking days off' thing. Definitely a leak.

Must be nice if your leak is that you earn more money

Great stuff, congratz on the challenge.

I had to take a micro nap the other day, from the :55 break to :07, and to my surprise... it worked

glgl the rest of the year