I’m sure many of you heard the saying “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results”…well this quote in a nutshell has been my poker existence.

Buy in for $50, lose right away or grind a few wins. The few wins turn into a few more wins and my bankroll is growing. Inevitably, I suffer a bad beat or two and instead of grinding it back, I jump to higher stakes trying to win it all back.
Sometimes it works and I continue but eventually it doesn’t and I give it all back.

This is the cycle I want to break and this is the reason I’m starting this thread. This is my first PG&C thread and by making myself somewhat accountable, I can hopefully avoid this pitfall. I will try to update daily and post some interesting hands as they come along.

I will be doing this Challenge on Bovada and will start with an initial deposit of $90. I will play PLO8 25 primarily with some Zone25 thrown in to break the monotony. I will not attempt to move up until I have at least 20 buyins.

Played for about 4 hours yesterday and ran pretty good. Bovada mobile sure comes in handy when you have to sit through a 2 hour awards ceremony.

Will post some hands when I find a hand converter for Bovada O8.

It's been a rollercoaster of a week so far. The initial "run good" ended pretty quickly and I suffered somewhat of a drawdown. I was down to about $120 and being super frustrated and wanting to get back to even, I jumped into the crack cocaine of poker-Zone1/2. I folded a few hands and even though I'm aware that I'm doing it again and falling into my old cycle, I didn't care...it was double or nothing!

Luckily, I was playing on my iphone at work and my business phone rang so I had to stop myself.

I wasn't able to play again until I got home a few hours later and by then, the temptation to get back to even faded and I was back on the grind.

I have been playing PLO8 online for about 5 years now and am confident that I can win consistently up to PLO8100. It's the urge to get back to even right away when I lose a few buyins that inevitably kills my bankroll.

The struggle continues...

Still here and still grinding. Worked myself up to 50zone and 50PLO8. Been slow at my day job so have been playing about 5-6 hours a day online but starting to get a little burned out. Here are a couple of fun hands:

Button(me) 6KK4

UTG1 raises pot, UTG +2 calls, and I call.

flop is AKT

UTG1 checks, UTG2 bets $5.25, I call, UTG1 folds-

Turn is 8

UTG2 bets $7.87, I call...begging for the board to pair


River is T

UTG2 bets $31.49, Im like WTF the only hands he can do that with are AA or TT, Can I possibly lay down Kings full...No way, I call..




BUTTON (Me) 2AJK

Action folds to me, and I raise pot..both blinds call.

flop is 4T5

SB bets pot, BB bets pot, and I have no choice but to JAMM!!- SB & BB call

results:



Until next time...