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I don't know, uberkuber, but we'll find out soon enough.

Thank you, Black Aces 518 and TopGun in VA! Leaving on time is going to be fine, if the balance of the various factors lean towards it. Leaving early, however, has always been a slippery slope for me, as you'll see in the next post.

I got my head bashed in yesterday from the moment I sat down. After two hours of it, my attitude went south and I picked up.

Leaving early is not a good thing, for reasons that I have explored, somewhat exhaustively, over the last several hundred posts. In this case, I lost less than 2 buyins, which is a routine amount of money to lose in this game, even over the course of only 2 hours. I will need to show more mental toughness going forward.

Day off today; tomorrow is June 1st, and that marks the start of an excellent June promo that will hopefully help me to put in more hours.

MGM Springfield $1/$2 poker: 2 hours
(-$759.00)

MGM Springfield Slots: 2 hours
+$111.00

Running Poker Total: 331.5 hours, +$8887.00

Running Slot Total: 108.5 hours, +$3331.60

Grand Total: 440 hours, +$12218.60

A+. Good quit.

I know that you feel this way, but never understood why. Is it a work ethic thing? Do you feel that you still have an edge even though you are losing?

Approaching 350 hours in this MGM Springfield session, I may presume that my current hourly win rate is somewhat indicative of my expected EV per hour.

It's a pretty good hourly for $1/$2, and potentially a living wage for a single guy who lives a simple life, but it's by no means an extravagant wage. Time moves ever forward, and the bills arrive on a regular and predictable basis. I will need to put in at least 32 hours/week at poker, along with 8 hours/week at the slots, in order to pay the bills and live.

Can I move up in stakes and try to make a higher hourly? For sure, but I don't have enough of a bankroll at present to survive an extended downswing at $2/$5, so that will have to wait until I do.

So in the present state of play, hours are at a premium.

Yesterday I talked to some of the dealers about MGM's Pays to Play rakeback promotion, and I found out that the room ran this same monthly hours promo a few years ago.

The first place, $5000 winner of the previous time put in more than 360 hours in just 30 days. Second place tallied 320 hours, and so forth. The consensus from the dealers is that it's unlikely that I'll be able to squeeze into the 20th place bonus mincash with a measly 130-something hours.

MGM Springfield $1/$2 poker: 8 hours
+$708.00

MGM Springfield Slots: 2 hours
+$43.46

Running Poker Total: 339.5 hours, +$9595.00

Running Slot Total: 110.5 hours, +$3375.06

Grand Total: 450 hours, +$12970.06