From self exclusion to full time grinding.
04-11-2016
, 04:07 AM
Backstory
I've been meaning to make this thread for a while now. I've been lurking 2+2 for a few years but never thought to make an account. Reading threads became a bedtime routine, but it's time to break the silence.
I'm a gambling addict. I have been for years. I'm a 22 year old student with no direction in life, but what's new eh?
I went through a massive degen stage on PS blasting off $25 spins without a BR to support it and opted for a self-exclusion. Short term this was an incredible decision (and bless PS's security from stopping me from registering another account/insta-freezing duplicates) that stopped me from blasting off the rest of my IRL BR and I actually fed myself instead.
I took a few months out of poker and spent a year studying for my degree, going through a few terrible relationships and seeking therapy for a variety of things.
I'm back and swinging.
The plan
I don't gamble. Blackjack is off the table (heh) and I'm sticking to hyper HU SnGs on 888 until my self exclusion on PS is over, then moving over to 180 mans/hyper HUs on PS and waving 888 off into the distance.
I want to be a better MTT player because long term decision making (in poker at least, my past is the past
) is something that I like to exercise. I'll be going through some training sites (RIO more than likely, feel free to suggest others) for MTT play once my BR is healthy and can support my training without taking money out of my bank account.
I'm sticking to this BR management:
Starting balance: $150
SnG BI: 50 per level, move up once I get into another level
Current HU BI (11/04/2016): $3
HU play makes a ton of sense to me, I've been watching a ton of coaching videos, VODs on twitch and a variety of other coaching sessions to help me learn while also grinding smaller 40c HU games to get a feel for it. If I fall below EV, I'll drop my stakes and play $1 HU games until I stop punting off my BR.
Graphs and links
Here you can see my degen punt. I deposited a few times without really knowing wtf to do with poker a few years back, and then used the same account and ran up $50 to $260 in a month before donating it to random people in high stakes SnGs. My first goal is to get that to BE.
Sharkscope for 888poker
Twitter (more personal use but some poker content)
Twitch Stream, to be launched in the next month. Feel free to follow, would be great to see you there
Thanks for reading everyone, I'll be keeping this up-to-date daily with BR updates etc to motivate me on my grind. See you on the tables
I've been meaning to make this thread for a while now. I've been lurking 2+2 for a few years but never thought to make an account. Reading threads became a bedtime routine, but it's time to break the silence.
I'm a gambling addict. I have been for years. I'm a 22 year old student with no direction in life, but what's new eh?
I went through a massive degen stage on PS blasting off $25 spins without a BR to support it and opted for a self-exclusion. Short term this was an incredible decision (and bless PS's security from stopping me from registering another account/insta-freezing duplicates) that stopped me from blasting off the rest of my IRL BR and I actually fed myself instead.
I took a few months out of poker and spent a year studying for my degree, going through a few terrible relationships and seeking therapy for a variety of things.
I'm back and swinging.
The plan
I don't gamble. Blackjack is off the table (heh) and I'm sticking to hyper HU SnGs on 888 until my self exclusion on PS is over, then moving over to 180 mans/hyper HUs on PS and waving 888 off into the distance.
I want to be a better MTT player because long term decision making (in poker at least, my past is the past
) is something that I like to exercise. I'll be going through some training sites (RIO more than likely, feel free to suggest others) for MTT play once my BR is healthy and can support my training without taking money out of my bank account.I'm sticking to this BR management:
Starting balance: $150
SnG BI: 50 per level, move up once I get into another level
Current HU BI (11/04/2016): $3
HU play makes a ton of sense to me, I've been watching a ton of coaching videos, VODs on twitch and a variety of other coaching sessions to help me learn while also grinding smaller 40c HU games to get a feel for it. If I fall below EV, I'll drop my stakes and play $1 HU games until I stop punting off my BR.
Graphs and links
Here you can see my degen punt. I deposited a few times without really knowing wtf to do with poker a few years back, and then used the same account and ran up $50 to $260 in a month before donating it to random people in high stakes SnGs. My first goal is to get that to BE.
Sharkscope for 888poker
Twitter (more personal use but some poker content)
Twitch Stream, to be launched in the next month. Feel free to follow, would be great to see you there
Thanks for reading everyone, I'll be keeping this up-to-date daily with BR updates etc to motivate me on my grind. See you on the tables
04-14-2016
, 09:04 AM
On route to breaking even, had a nice few days of binking/cashing some 9 handed turbos and HU hypers. Sharkscope:
legitimately fighting the urge to degen into the $109 lightning 6 max on 888, I love short handed poker but it's so go damn far out of my BI range.
For now I'm spending the day email back and forth with my uni trying to not get kicked out (this'll be fun) and playing a few low stake MTTs. An FT finish would be nice today
legitimately fighting the urge to degen into the $109 lightning 6 max on 888, I love short handed poker but it's so go damn far out of my BI range.
For now I'm spending the day email back and forth with my uni trying to not get kicked out (this'll be fun) and playing a few low stake MTTs. An FT finish would be nice today
