Hi all,

After some inspiration this week I've decided to jump back into the poker arena. I have a full-time job that is flexible enough for me to log decent hours playing poker.

I'm going to play cash and see how much I can make by the end of next summer. I previously used to play part-time and had a very strong hourly rate at 1/2, 1/3 and 2/5 NLHE. I played, and won at 5/10 NLHE, but the sample size was so small due to how infrequently it ran at the local room that I cannot confidently assert I am a winning player at these stakes. I was a small winning player at LO8/NLHE up to 10/20. For this challenge I will be primarily sticking to NLHE and trying to mix in some PLO (to learn a new game).

The amount I donate to charity will be a function of the amount I earn. I plan on donating 10% of each 10,000 increment earned. I may implement some scaling donation so that the percent donated gets larger if I reach certain goals, or the thread has a lot of interest. This is a way to motivate me to return to poker, as a hobby this time, and to work hard for a cause I care about.

I'll consider this week the start of the challenge for record keeping.

Session 1 (1/2 NLHE): +80 / 3.43 hours
Session 2 (1/2 NLHE): +37 / 1.27 hours
Session 3 (1/2/5 PLO): +2,001 / 7.6 hours

Totals:
Overall: $2,118 / 12.3 hours
1/2 NLHE: $117 / 4.7 hours
1/2/5 PLO: $2,001 / 7.6 hours
2/5 NLHE: $0 / 0 hours

If I finish enough work today and the local card room has enough interest to start 2/5 I'll make the trip to log some hours.

2/5 nlhe: +540 / 18.5 hours

Had one good session where I was in for 800 and up about 700 but lost a huge pot to a cooler short handed. Then lost another with AK to A9 on AA7 flop.

Good luck bro, nice touch giving to charity.

2/5 nlhe +829/ 6.5 hours

Was nearly a +2k session but lost a large hand with AA aiotf vs fd

Overall +3487 / 37.3 hours

I'm hoping to be able to go to some poker series and log a lot of hours. I'm not sure if I should play/count tournaments as a part of this challenge.

Logged 3.5 hours at 2/5 NLHE and won 615.

Updated totals:

Overall: +4102 / 41.8 hours
1/2 nlhe: +53 / 5.6 hours
1/2/5 plo: +2065 / 7.7 hours
2/5 nlhe: +1984 / 28.5 hours

Hadn't updated this in a while. I had a busy July. In August I was able to go on several trips and log some hours. I reached the first 10k threshold which is great for my goal. I have some extended weekend trips coming up this next weekend and the weekend after where I will go play some cash during a tournament series. After that I won't be having time for any dedicated long trips/long hours until December.

August:
+11,720 /157 hours

Updated Totals:
Overall +15538 / 198 hours

1/2 nlhe: +535 / 12 hours
1/3 nlhe: +287 / 3 hours
2/5 nlhe: +5544 / 61 hours
5-20 straddle nlhe: +3245 /45 hours

1/2/5 plo: +2610 / 25 hours
5-20 straddle PLO: +1140 / 13 hours
5-20 straddle Big O: +2555/ 23 hours

5/5 nlhe/plo mix: +683 / 5 hours

4/8 LHE: -142 / 6 hours
10/20 hk LO8: -236 / 3 hours

Hadn't updated in a while. Following those two weekend trips I added a considerable amount of profit.

New Total is +51,333.