NOVEMBER
+400-600 EUR on app in 1.5k hands (I get 50% of profit). 90h of play.
Yeah, so I was a bit lucky in all ins, but I ran fortune below expectation in big 4bet pots where SPR on flop is 1-2. Anyway, this means I'm back at PLO100! This time I'm playing on my own dime. I'll sill be mixing PLO50/100, but I'll try to have 50%+ volume at 100 (if my BR allows to play it). I've been playing more and more HU, and gotta admit that I really enjoy this format! I can battle for many hours straight without urge to quit / take a break etc. I'm considering adding another site to increase my HUPLO volume.
Life: I moved from Manila to Cebu city. The location I'm living in is pretty much the nuts! This is the fancy part of city with parks, clean streets and 100's of restaurants / bars around me, ranging from cheap eateries where I can get quick lunch for 1.5 eur just 1 min walk away, to pretty much anything else you desire. Even in fancy restaurants it's hard to spend more than 10 eur per person. Also, here I have green views with mountains in one side and sea on the other side - very different from concrete jungle of Manila.
How cheap it is in Philippines? If you think you can come here and live like a king for 500 eur/mo, it's not gonna happen. Rent for a studion in prime location is 500 eur in Cebu, 800-1k in Manila. Everything else is cheaper in Cebu city as well, so choosing Cebu over Manila is pretty much a no brainer. I spent ~1.4k eur last month, which includes 400 rent, 2x weekent trips to islands (last one had to extend due to typhoon, hotel is ~25 eur/night), eating out pretty much twice a day, ~200 eur shopping clothes / other non food stuff, 150 eur 2 month visa (after 2 month in country you get your first real visa, and it's the most expensive extension of all. Next month I won't have to spend anything). You get the picture. I will try to spend less in December, I don't want to exceed 1.2k eur budget or preferably even less.
December poker goals: 105h of play, 20h of study time.
I've finally found a good schedule where I can get my volume with having free evenings - I'm waking up 8-9am and I'm grinding till 11am - then games dry up. Then lunch or second breakfast, workout and I can resume playing at around 1400. I haven't put in too much time in studying lately as my priority was to grind up my roll so I can get back to PLO100, but now when it's achieved, I must get back to studying as well.
That's about it, good luck in December everyone!