I know it doesn't sound that amazing, but not working -- any of my three jobs, for an entire week + two weekends is going to be amazing! Pics and epic stories to come I'm sure.
As for the grind: I'm finally coming out of my downswing, which has been awesome, and I've added 18s to my regular grind. I've been playing 6.50 18s, and with the help of Bigbluffzinc and Mattgeer, both of which have been awesome helping me out any time I need it, they have been very profitable. I'm even contemplating completely moving over to 18 mans as I love the low variance and the game play. But I will look into it more when I get back and play some more.
Also decided to play the MiniFtops events on FT, I don't typically play a lot of MTTs, but my poker game has been better than ever, and I have been studying how to better play them. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if I FT'd one of them.
For those of you on PTP that want in on my MiniFtops action I have a BAP up : http://forum.parttimepoker.com/buy-piece/747264-bakagaijin34s-miniftops-sngs-grindback.html It has pretty good cuts, and includes my FT SNG action as well.
Just going to keep it short today as I'm getting ready for this much needed vacation.
GL on the tables everybody and I will see most of you in a week!
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
128 Days
Been on the grind still, but unfortunately it has been tough to find the motivation to play through this ugly downswing. With an ABI of about $7 I've been on about a 80 BI downswing, and it hasn't been a somewhat downward trend, it has been absolutely straight down. I think last week I played 5 sessions, none of them profiting, and 2 of them completely tanking. Frustrating, but it happens.
Fortunately I found some new motivation in the last day or two. BigBluffzinc has been supportive in looking over my game, and MattGeer has been absolutely awesome at helping me with any questions on 18 mans if BigBluffz isn't around. I've been mixing in 18 man sessions which have been going well. According to the numbers and everything I've been playing very profitably, and seeing a decent return.
With the recent downswing, and with reminiscing of other downswings, I have been trying to analyze my meta-game quite a bit. I unfortunately have one major downside to handling the ups and downs of poker, I deal with BiPolar-2 disorder every day. By no means am I crazy, I just simply have days where I can get easily depressed, and others where I get excited more easily than usual. While it is slightly more complicated than that, it is certainly something I am trying to explore with regards to my poker game. Because my mood can be shifted easily during the day, I always wonder if I can tilt easier, or if I make plays slightly differently due to where my Bipolar cycle is. I don't think it has a huge impact, but I definitely want to keep track of it to make sure that it is not making a huge impact on my game at times.
Away from the poker, I'm getting ready to go on my much needed 5 day cruise with my lovely girlfriend next week. We'll be headed down to Galveston to ship out on our cruise next week, and I can't wait! I will be taking 100% time off during this trip, no poker, no internet, no work, no cell phone, no nothing other than a fun cruise with the girlfriend. Pics will be to come!
And as always, current stats to keep track: (Lost my star in the downswing this week... will have to get that back!)
Fortunately I found some new motivation in the last day or two. BigBluffzinc has been supportive in looking over my game, and MattGeer has been absolutely awesome at helping me with any questions on 18 mans if BigBluffz isn't around. I've been mixing in 18 man sessions which have been going well. According to the numbers and everything I've been playing very profitably, and seeing a decent return.
With the recent downswing, and with reminiscing of other downswings, I have been trying to analyze my meta-game quite a bit. I unfortunately have one major downside to handling the ups and downs of poker, I deal with BiPolar-2 disorder every day. By no means am I crazy, I just simply have days where I can get easily depressed, and others where I get excited more easily than usual. While it is slightly more complicated than that, it is certainly something I am trying to explore with regards to my poker game. Because my mood can be shifted easily during the day, I always wonder if I can tilt easier, or if I make plays slightly differently due to where my Bipolar cycle is. I don't think it has a huge impact, but I definitely want to keep track of it to make sure that it is not making a huge impact on my game at times.
Away from the poker, I'm getting ready to go on my much needed 5 day cruise with my lovely girlfriend next week. We'll be headed down to Galveston to ship out on our cruise next week, and I can't wait! I will be taking 100% time off during this trip, no poker, no internet, no work, no cell phone, no nothing other than a fun cruise with the girlfriend. Pics will be to come!
And as always, current stats to keep track: (Lost my star in the downswing this week... will have to get that back!)
Monday, August 16, 2010
137 Days
This is the first (and what now seems rather lengthy) of many posts which I hope to use in effort of motivating myself through the daily grind, and to keep a record of, well, my roller coaster ride I call life. Primarily aimed at my life in poker and my pursuit to become one of the top 45 man grinders on Pokerstars, I have 137 days to reach my goal, and I'm going to need every one of them.
I am currently 22 and living in Dallas, TX. Even though I've lived in Wisconsin for most of my life, I have chosen to volunteer 12 months of my life to the AmeriCorps VISTA program, and to take a year off of my studies at the University of Wisconsin. I am currently 7 months into my 12 month journey which is scheduled to end at the beginning of 2011.
When I return to UW-Madison, I will happily return to my life of studying Physics and Computer Science, and finally fulfill my daily regimen of nerdiness and numbers again-- And of course to see many of my great friends again as it has been way too long. I guess you could consider me of above average intelligence; I have a MENSA qualifying IQ, but other than being a resume builder, I could care less about MENSA. I study one of the hardest majors at one of the hardest universities in the world but I could still care less. I thrive on absolutely difficult problems, they are just fun to me, and what better of a way to provide myself with exceptionally difficult problems than to provide myself with continuous puzzles and problems with Poker.
I play primarily on Pokerstars under the screen name BakaGaijin34 and for the most part play 45 man turbos. Up until recently I mostly played $6.50 and under 45s, but with the help of Bigbluffzinc (Coacher/Backer) I have been playing many $12 games as well as some $27s as well. I honestly haven't put in enough volume yet to see if I am profitable yet at these levels, but I'm sure BigBluff wouldn't put me there unless he knew I was going to crush the games. It's actually funny to think of crushing games with people like frenzuh, msusyr24, AAralyn, and many other super solid regs, but that is exactly what I hope to do. I know exactly what I'm capable of, and to be honest I feel like the only thing holding me back at this point is my lack of time. I get to play maybe 20% of the volume I need to/should get in on a weekly/monthly basis. Most regs get more games in during a month than I have played cumulatively.
Even with my lack of time, I study my HHs, my numbers, my ranges, my opponent's ranges, variance, and how the game is continuously evolving, because let's face it, if you don't put in the work, you won't get anything back.
I hope to post my stats every few posts so that everyone can see my progress, which will be a motivator to hopefully not lose money, as this will be the baseline for everybody to see :)
I am currently 22 and living in Dallas, TX. Even though I've lived in Wisconsin for most of my life, I have chosen to volunteer 12 months of my life to the AmeriCorps VISTA program, and to take a year off of my studies at the University of Wisconsin. I am currently 7 months into my 12 month journey which is scheduled to end at the beginning of 2011.
When I return to UW-Madison, I will happily return to my life of studying Physics and Computer Science, and finally fulfill my daily regimen of nerdiness and numbers again-- And of course to see many of my great friends again as it has been way too long. I guess you could consider me of above average intelligence; I have a MENSA qualifying IQ, but other than being a resume builder, I could care less about MENSA. I study one of the hardest majors at one of the hardest universities in the world but I could still care less. I thrive on absolutely difficult problems, they are just fun to me, and what better of a way to provide myself with exceptionally difficult problems than to provide myself with continuous puzzles and problems with Poker.
I play primarily on Pokerstars under the screen name BakaGaijin34 and for the most part play 45 man turbos. Up until recently I mostly played $6.50 and under 45s, but with the help of Bigbluffzinc (Coacher/Backer) I have been playing many $12 games as well as some $27s as well. I honestly haven't put in enough volume yet to see if I am profitable yet at these levels, but I'm sure BigBluff wouldn't put me there unless he knew I was going to crush the games. It's actually funny to think of crushing games with people like frenzuh, msusyr24, AAralyn, and many other super solid regs, but that is exactly what I hope to do. I know exactly what I'm capable of, and to be honest I feel like the only thing holding me back at this point is my lack of time. I get to play maybe 20% of the volume I need to/should get in on a weekly/monthly basis. Most regs get more games in during a month than I have played cumulatively.
Even with my lack of time, I study my HHs, my numbers, my ranges, my opponent's ranges, variance, and how the game is continuously evolving, because let's face it, if you don't put in the work, you won't get anything back.
I hope to post my stats every few posts so that everyone can see my progress, which will be a motivator to hopefully not lose money, as this will be the baseline for everybody to see :)
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