Full Buy In, 99% to Supernova, and Weekend Plans

Let's With Pokerage:

I unexpectedly kicked things off last night and dropped to full buy in.  I was only going to do an hour, but I was having fun so I put in a session from 12:00 a.m- 3:30 a.m  I kept it to 6-8 tables at 100 NL.  Let me say I felt EXTREMELY comfortable and absolutely retarded for not taking this path earlier.  IT WAS ACTUALLY ENJOYABLE!  Going forward I'm going to at least feel out full buy in for the remainder of the month.  I think it really plays to my strengths and I'm more of a full buy in player.  I discussed all the reasoning behind my decision to switch from short stacking for now here: !!.  I apologize for putting posts up so fast.  If anyone has any input on my decision to drop to full buy in please let me know, feedback is always awesome.

I'm going to stop focusing on clearing statuses and bonuses, and make sure my game is at a point where I'm hitting a solid win-rate.  This is what poker is all about.  My attempt to take a short cut escape with short-stacking was commendable in theory, but failed.  It wasn't self sustaining.  I thought it would be easy to play break even and I could quit my day job with ease.  I was quite wrong.  Maybe if I ran better I could have, but I'm not going to dwell on things I can't change.  Besides, things would have caught up with me eventually anyways.  It was always my goal to eventually drop to full buy in once I built up a good status and bankroll.  Well now I have the Nova status and I'm going to make sure I invest where necessary to play 100NL comfortably.

Part of the reason I wanted to short-stack was lower variance with higher rake-back.  But -$600 last weekend?  Fuck that.  That is 10 full-stack buy ins.  How in the hell would I even lose 10 full stack buy ins like that in 6 hours?  I just don't even see the variance reasoning anymore.  You are flipping $20 stacks like fricking crazy, it adds up very quickly.  I now think there's a lot more variance short-stacking despite the lesser buy-in.  I don't care if I ran really bad during the last weekend, it was a wake-up call.  To put the time in that I have and still worry about losing $500 in 6 hours is just unacceptable to me.  I haven't come close to winning $500 short-stacking in the past 4 months in any session during 6 hours, so it just wasn't adding up anymore.

I played the 6-8 tables at once last night very comfortably.  The action seemed to be moving sort of slow compared to what I'm used to, even with fast tables mixed in.  For the 4 hours I gained around 300 VPPs.  If I short-stacked 12-16 tables I probably would have gained 600 VPPs during the same time frame.  So that isn't really a huge difference.  Also this will give me the ability to focus on improving my game more.  It will also allow me to play longer sessions with an increased focus and intensity.  It's easy to burn-out playing 16 tables in even 3 hours spans, but not 8 tables during that same span.

That being said I ran inhumanely bad last night.  Two enormous pots were lost to two outers getting all in pre with rockets.  It's good to see that some things never change I guess?  No matter what format I get involved in I will never have a normal session, that's just something I have to accept.  These hands pretty much sealed my fate:

AA < 99 all in pre -$70

RIVER NINE. Seriously?  I could absolutely kill this prick.  It's a short-stacking clone rewarded.  If I made that play with a short-stack during the past few months a gun would have came out of the monitor and blew my fucking head off.  A nine really?  You're going to award him right there?  bahaahha unreal.  FU poker.

AA < T9o and AKo off-suit all in pre -$100

The mother of tool-barns throws in a $38 all in 4-bet with T9 off pre and wins the hand turning a straight.  Good idea.  I guess that's what poker is all about, just jamming your money with any two cards against a rigged account.

KK < AK all in pre. -$80

AUTO ACE FLOP YOU KNOW IT.  Ok just end my life.

Despite all that bull-shit I only finished down -$60 for the session.  I picked up a lot of small pots and a $100 pot where an over-pair held.  I feel very confident with my choice and game going forward.  Cheers to getting in with 80% equity and losing!  That's my signature move baby!

Meanwhile I'm stupidly close to Supernova status, about 1,000 VPPs away.  I could probably clear that in less than 5 hours short-stacking, but I'm not going to right now.  There is absolutely no rush this month.  I already achieved platinum star, so it doesn't matter if I hit Supernova tommorow or July 31st, no difference at all.

And The Next Two Weekends:

I took off the next two Fridays from my day job: BOOM.  I'm going to the beach this weekend and I am so friggin excited: BIZ-AM.  I may leave Thursday night, I haven't decided yet.  Either Thursday night or Friday morning.  I'll come back Sunday I suppose.  I'd love to put in the time and hit Supernova before I leave, but I'm not sure if I will have the time.  I only got 3 hours of sleep last night and tonight I have to attend a happy hour after work because a friend I have worked with for 2.5 years sold his soul to corporate and decided to follow that path with a move to Houston.  Whatever makes you happy I guess?  He's been kissing everyone's ass for those 2.5 years so I guess this is the opportunity he was sucking up all along for.  He is one of my best friends at work, this isn't saying a lot but it's a shame he is leaving I guess.

Recap:  "Hey why don't you ditch all of your, friends, family, relationships, and any existing life you have outside of work.  Come to Houston and we will pay you 8k more per year!  Also you get GREAT EXPERIENCE with a great company.  Too bad no one outside of the industry will pay your stupid ass this amount.  So rest assured you will be completely stuck with us the rest of your life, unless you want to take a huge pay-cut and step back basically starting with another company at ground zero.  But we know you won't because money drives the herd, and you are a mother fucking cattle.  Don't worry though, you're safe with us until we feel like laying you off the save a few dollars." 

Anyways, the happy hour may run sort of late.  By the time I get home I'll probably be too tired to play poker since I didn't really sleep last night.

So Thursday night I'm either going to leave for the beach or put in the time to hit Supernova, and then leave.  I might even hit Supernova and then leave at 4:00 a.m or something ridiculous.  This way I could put in the 3 hour drive without traffic and wake up at the beach Friday which would be awesome.  It may be sort of stupid to cram in Supernova Thursday night, I'm really playing this by ear.  Like I said I could clear it playing Sunday night and next week.  Then again I'd rather be partying with friends and hitting on girls with the fact that I am A SUPERNOVA.  I'm just kidding around, but yeah it would give me a great reason to celebrate this weekend.  For the record I don't talk about poker with friends or family unless they specifically ask about it, I like to keep that life separate. 

Waking up at the beach Friday is essential.  I want to lay out some and perhaps walk around the boardwalk and hit on Russian girls sober before my idiot friends come into town.  So we will see.  THE DECISIONS TO BE MADE!

Then the weekend of the 30th I'm going to Atlantic City.  I'm going to check out places, perhaps meet my potential future roommate, and play a good amount of live poker.  I also may bring a friend or two and go clubbing Saturday night or something. 

Looking forward to the upcoming two weekends.  Also looking forward to becoming a monster and beating the living hell out of these stakes.  I'm ready for war.

-bag

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Beach it is. Be back Sunday.

-bag