POKER GOALS:

1. WSOP Bracelet 2016
2. 2/5 NLHE Live 2016
3. $100 HUSNGs 2016

WHO AM I?

I'm BetAgainst and I'm a loser. This will be my 14th PG&C thread. I have completed none of them. Zero.

WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?

I'm going to become a warrior, an artist, an entrepreneur, a maverick scientist, a writer, a journalist, and a tax payer.

WHEN AM I GOING TO DO IT?

By years end 2016.

WHERE WILL ALL THIS HAPPEN?

It will happen in my head through self ownership. It will happen to my body as I train myself to be a warrior. It will happen on my laptop as I play online. It will happen in my apartment as this thread consumes my life. And, it will happen in Las Vegas where I work, live, and play.

HOW AM I GOING TO DO IT?

• SATTELITES
• MTTs
• SPORTS PARLAYS
• HORSE BETTING
• HUSNG RAMPAGES

WHY?

I'm sick of being bored with my life. I'm sick of not liking who I am. I need to do something else besides drink and play video poker.


RULES

1. NO MORE DUIs
2. NO MORE LIQUOR
3. NO SMOKING
4. NO VIDEO POKER
5. NO MORE SUGAR
6. NO MORE AUTO PILOT
7. NO HANDICAPPING NCAA FOOTBALL

THREAD SAVERS

Real quick, I have some NFL action for tomorrow. All straight bets:

NOS +2.5
BAL +4
BUF +2.5
JAX +3
WAS +3.5
CHI +7
CLE 39.5o
SEA 41o
NYG 51.5u


Also, some starting bankroll totals:

Poker ~$78.00
Sports ~$120.00
Horses $0.00

GLGL
maybe focus on one format to begin with?

Hey, thanks for the GL!

I will be (mostly) focused on MTTs. The HUSNGs are in the mix for days when I don't have enough time to commit to a tourney. They'll also keep me off of the cash tables were I just break even.

I'm rushed for time but I will be posting some graphs of my live and online cash, MTT, and HUSNG results.

Thanks again!

Parlays will hurt you more then they will help

Parlays are sucker bets and I've never had luck with them. At this point however, I am willing to gamble to get a roll. Five dollars on a six team parlay and I could be rolled for $5 husngs instead of grinding $1s forever.

I'm going to divide this set of challenges up into ten stages:

0) Apprentice $40 ($1HUSNGs/$2BI)
1) Bravo $80 ($4BI)
2) Rutterkin $200 ($5HUSNGs/$10BI)
3) Waghalter $400 ($10HUSNGs/$20BI)
4) Murderer $1000 ($25HUSNGs/$50BI)
5) Thug $2000 ($100 BI)
6) Killer $2250 ($50HUSNGs)
7) Cutthroat $4000 (1/2NL LIVE)
8) Executioner $4500 ($100HUSNGs)
9) Assassin $10K (2/5NL LIVE)
10) Grand Master $50K (2016 WSOP)

One Week In

I'm not impressed with my performance. I'm going to hit it hard for the rest of the month. I'm going to be focused on volume, working out, quitting smoking, not playing machines, and not drinking liquor.

The Good: I actually worked my poker bankroll up to over $100 and have started playing 4nl online. That's a ~30% increase in one week and that includes losing some MTT entries.

Also, yesterday was the first day of the challenge were I followed all (most) of my rules. I didn't smoke, drink, or play machines.

The Bad: I'm playing cash games. Due to monkey tilt and whatever else; I am a break even cash player online. I really need to build this roll quickly. I don't have time to grind micros. It's just too convenient to sit cash when ever I want. I need to make the time to play tournaments.

The Ugly: I "lost" my sports betting money. I took my girl out for a day of gambling and blew that money on video poker and horses. We'll get it back.


This thread is boring me. I've been working and haven't had a ton of time. I'm going to be posting some graphs, online results, and thread savers tonight to fire it up.

THREE DAYS OFF!!!

I am off for the rest of today, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Time to get some **** done!

GOALS!!!

1) Three hours short handed cash per day
2) Three HUSNGs per day
3) One MTT per day
4) Purchase an emergency water supply
5) Find "My Beer"

DAY 2!!!

I'm going to post these graphs because I said I would:

My everything graph since 2011



My WSOP MTT graph



My WSOP cash games

Still going. I played two MTTs today. I won one and finished third in the other. I think I added ~$100 to the roll so, more than doubled it up today. I was down to ~$80.







Felt great to get a boost!


Thread Saves (NSFW):

Grinding and Updating: Revised Goals

Playing in the $300GTD Big Buck! on WSOP. Just a $1 R&A but the cash games are **** right now and I don't feel like waiting on a HUSNG. Just going to play this MTT and update this thread tonight.

Side note: Just busted 95th out of ~130, lol.

I've revised my goals for this thread. I really don't have much interest in playing HUSNGs. At least, not right now. They are so dead on WSOP and I hate waiting. I also feel like the people playing them are serious recreational players. I don't run across nearly as many VIPs in HUSNGs as I see at the cash tables. Plus, with 2/5 being a goal, it makes more sense to focus on FR cash. So, my new main goals:

WSOP Bracelet 2016
2/5 NLHE Live 2016

And how I get there?

SATTELITES
MTTs
FR CASH
SPORTS PARLAYS
HORSES

FITNESS GOALS!!!

Holy **** I am in bad shape! When ever I do work out, I'm maxing out at 12 sit ups and four burpies. I'm not kidding. From now on I'll be adding a rep with each work out. Related: I got my emergency water stash (3 days) built up.

NO MORE VOLUME CHALLENGES!!!

I play like **** when I force myself to do volume. For example (here's the telephone ring), my last volume challenge I did my bank went from $120 down to $80. Today, no goals, just doing what ever I feel: one first, one third, up $ in the cash games and I more than doubled my roll. $196.36

HEINEKEN!

Said beer will be my go to beer for this challenge. Availability, price, ,taste, all were factors. Mainly, it doesn't suck and it's everywhere.

SIX DAYS!!!

FOR THE NEXT SIX DAYS:

NO DRINKING AND DRIVING
NO LIQUOR
NO MACHINES
NO SMOKING
NO SUGAR

Also, hiking on Wednesday in Red Rock canyon and a 24 hour fast on Thursday.

DEUCES!

lol

Did not realize that I deleted pics...

My two scores from post #11





Will have to update my graphs and thread savers later. ****!

Wow, I can't believe it's been ten days since my last update. This month is flying by. This year is flying by. Any ****ing way... I had a couple of scores since I last posted:






I also won a couple $5 husngs and some money playing cash. It's been a really good couple of weeks for poker. From a $40 deposit on 8/20/15 I've ran it up to ~$360. I should be moving up to 20nl soon. I also had four good days of no drinking, smoking, and no video poker/keno.

**** is going good.

I'm laid up sick. I spent four days not drinking, smoking, or playing machines. I go out one night... Anyway, being ill will keep me off the booze and cigarettes. I'm going to be in bed today posting and playing cards.

I keep trying to trim the fat off of my goals:

WSOP Bracelet 2016
2/5 NLHE Live 2016

And how I get there?

SATTELITES
MTTs
FR CASH

I'm going to ditch horses for now (except maybe Breeders Cup) and I'll still be betting sports but won't post about it here. Just focusing on poker and health goals.

My overall graph (2011 through early 2015?) that I accidentally deleted from an earlier post:




I feel like ****. Time to get some rest.

Good luck man! I think that you may be failing at your goals and challenges because you're trying to be a jack of all trades and a master of none. Professional gambling is hyper competitive. You only need an edge in one area and you can make a living. Focus one thing first imo.

Thanks for the good luck and advice! I'm trying to trim down my goals and just focus on poker and my health. MTTs are about the only thing I'm good at so I will be focusing in on those.

Thanks again!

****!

My bankroll took a huge hit yesterday. Down to $233 from $400. I lost six buy ins at $20nl. New opponents, run bad, and eventual tilt were my demise. I lost two of those buy ins back to back. In the first hand I get it in with the under full on the turn and villain hits the over full on the river. He had four outs and got there. Next hand I punt it off when somebody flops two pair against my top-top (lol). Time to quit.

Then I blasted off $40 at video keno.

And got drunk.

Breaking the law, breaking the law.

I have meltdowns.