Europe Poker Trip - 2 1/2 Months on the road!
06-18-2015
, 10:09 AM
What's up?!
My name is Mario, I'm 26 y/o and from Vienna/Europe.
After working hard a couple of years I decided to go back to university and try to achieve my second degree.
University will start at the beginning of October 2015. I'll start my trip at the beginning of July and plan to be back in mid of September.
I'm playing poker already for a couple of years without taking it too serious.
I was playing something inbetween NLHE 1/2 and 5/t and barely PLO 2/2 or 5/5. Without tracking my results in detail, my way of nitting around lead me to be a slightly winner at the end.
I am not a gifted writer but I'll try my best to let you be part of this little adventure.
This thread will include small stakes NLHE/PLO session reviews and hopefully some entertaining "PICS or GTFO"-stories.
My friends are barely poker players so it turned out that I will do this journey mostly on my own. Some friends will meet up with me to party a bit or relax on a beach inbetween.
Goals:
I will not set any volume or €/h goals. The only goal I would love to achieve is to be breakeven at the end of September, including the costs of the trip. A little breakdown:
Accommodation: 2,5months = 75nights. I do not need much, a shower, a bed and some people to party a bit and hanging around. I am planning on staying mostly in hostels or couchsurfing. I guess with an average of 25€/night I will be fine = €1875.
Catering: I love to party within a nice club but I'm also totally with just hanging around on the beach and have a couple of beers. I enjoy nice food but don't have to eat fancy everyday. Besides accommodation I guess im fine with €50 a day for partying and meals on average = €3750.
Traveling: I will not move from city to city on a daily base. Quality over quantity. If it is fun to stay somewhere and the games are good I will be there probably for a couple of weeks, otherwise I'll just move on the next day.
I will mostly travel by plane or train. It is hard to estimate how much I will need, but I hope with €2000 I'll be fine.
Summed up, I'll need to make €7625 profit to be breakeven.
My bankroll for this journey will be €5000. If I lose the entire €5k I will stop to play poker for this trip and just move on traveling for the rest of the time.
Cliffs:
- BR = €5k
- Profit Goal = €7650
- Kill the small stake tables through Europe for 2 1/2 months
- Don't get murdered!
I still do not know exactly where to go.
This is where I would appreciate some recommendations.
Please let me know where in Europe I am able to grind some nice 24hour sessions and have a great time. If someone out there is doing something similar over summer, wants to meet up for a session or just to party, please let me know. I am open for everything.
My hardly planned destinations:
- Bregenz/Austria (It is close to my hometown and there are some nice Casinos around to start and meet some old friends and family)
- Rozvadov/Czech Republic (Kings Casino)
- Amsterdam/Netherlands
- London/UK
- Barcelona/Spain (EPT Stop)
Cheeeeeeeeeeeeers!
My name is Mario, I'm 26 y/o and from Vienna/Europe.
After working hard a couple of years I decided to go back to university and try to achieve my second degree.
University will start at the beginning of October 2015. I'll start my trip at the beginning of July and plan to be back in mid of September.
I'm playing poker already for a couple of years without taking it too serious.
I was playing something inbetween NLHE 1/2 and 5/t and barely PLO 2/2 or 5/5. Without tracking my results in detail, my way of nitting around lead me to be a slightly winner at the end.
I am not a gifted writer but I'll try my best to let you be part of this little adventure.
This thread will include small stakes NLHE/PLO session reviews and hopefully some entertaining "PICS or GTFO"-stories.
My friends are barely poker players so it turned out that I will do this journey mostly on my own. Some friends will meet up with me to party a bit or relax on a beach inbetween.
Goals:
I will not set any volume or €/h goals. The only goal I would love to achieve is to be breakeven at the end of September, including the costs of the trip. A little breakdown:
Accommodation: 2,5months = 75nights. I do not need much, a shower, a bed and some people to party a bit and hanging around. I am planning on staying mostly in hostels or couchsurfing. I guess with an average of 25€/night I will be fine = €1875.
Catering: I love to party within a nice club but I'm also totally with just hanging around on the beach and have a couple of beers. I enjoy nice food but don't have to eat fancy everyday. Besides accommodation I guess im fine with €50 a day for partying and meals on average = €3750.
Traveling: I will not move from city to city on a daily base. Quality over quantity. If it is fun to stay somewhere and the games are good I will be there probably for a couple of weeks, otherwise I'll just move on the next day.
I will mostly travel by plane or train. It is hard to estimate how much I will need, but I hope with €2000 I'll be fine.
Summed up, I'll need to make €7625 profit to be breakeven.
My bankroll for this journey will be €5000. If I lose the entire €5k I will stop to play poker for this trip and just move on traveling for the rest of the time.
Cliffs:
- BR = €5k
- Profit Goal = €7650
- Kill the small stake tables through Europe for 2 1/2 months
- Don't get murdered!
I still do not know exactly where to go.
This is where I would appreciate some recommendations.
Please let me know where in Europe I am able to grind some nice 24hour sessions and have a great time. If someone out there is doing something similar over summer, wants to meet up for a session or just to party, please let me know. I am open for everything.
My hardly planned destinations:
- Bregenz/Austria (It is close to my hometown and there are some nice Casinos around to start and meet some old friends and family)
- Rozvadov/Czech Republic (Kings Casino)
- Amsterdam/Netherlands
- London/UK
- Barcelona/Spain (EPT Stop)
Cheeeeeeeeeeeeers!
