Updates and Atlantic City Plans (7.7.2010)

Just chilling out getting ready for some huge volume this weekend.  I've been so busy this week that I haven't put in a session since Sunday night.  I'm not planning on going out this weekend.  The phone is off, I want to get as close to Supernova as possible.  This will be complete grind-town.  I don't want to cram in a session tonight.  I'm in the mood to get a solid sleep, go through work tomorrow, and put all my energies towards the weekend sessions.

I can't quit my job for at least a few more weeks right now.  I recently discovered that my parents would not be cool with me playing poker at home full time (even for a two months or so).  This is fine and I'm not going to get into it much.  The discussion with my Dad was pretty logical, no one got mad or anything.  I think it was good actually.  It sort of lit a fire under me and I feel focused again.  Therefore, I've already started to plan a move around Atlantic City.  I've narrowed it down to Brigantine City, Ventnor, or Margate.  All of these locations are fine and a 10-15 minute drive.

I'm leaning towards Atlantic City instead of Vegas for several reasons right now.  In no particular order:

1)  I need as much money as possible for this plan.  The cost of driving out and relocating in Vegas alone is a few thousand dollars.

2)  Anything I can do in Vegas I can do in Atlantic City poker-wise.  The scene and culture is better in Vegas, but I'm not moving for the scene, I'm moving for poker. 

3)  I have a strong support system on the east coast.  I will have friends and family living in Maryland.  I also have family in Manhattan and I will be able to visit whenever I want.  I don't need the Vegas scene when I can chill in Manhattan whenever I want.  

4)  If I fail or it doesn't work out it will be easier to cut my losses and leave.  As opposed to being stranded across the country.  I will do everything in my power to make sure I don't fail, but I'm trying to imagine the worst case scenario possible here.

However, first thing is first.  I'm clearing Supernova as fast as possible.  Then I'm going to clear the $1,500 after that.  All the while I will be putting $3,000 more online this month.  And if I still see no potential in short-stacking I'm going to switch to full buy in online going forward and I'll have Super-nova rake-back on my side.  I still think I can make it work, but we will see.  I'm getting sick of a format that's impossible to win on if you run -EV.  At least with full buy in you can counter the bull-shit by playing dominating odds and stacking the hell out of people.  Maybe it's getting time to accept that I might never run EV at this format in my lifetime, and maybe I don't have the time to wait out the storm.  Fine keep screwing me over every session, I'll switch formats or convert the bankroll to live whatever.  If I run like this 200k+ more hands I mean it's pretty much done. No matter what I decide online I'm going to be aggressively pursing the move to put myself in a position to play live whenever I want.  Even if I was making enough online per month right now I would still want to be in close proximity to live games to mix things up.  I want to fully be part of the scene.  It still wouldn't make sense for me to live around here and dump rent into a place when I don't have the ability to play live.  That isn't even an option in the back of my mind.  I'm not rushing leaving my job, but when I move it's going to be to a location that's within a reasonable driving distance to the Atlantic City casinos.  And I'm not staying at my job long.  

I will discuss this a lot more later, but I'm going to take off now.  A new episode of Futurama is on!  Going to go to bed early like a loser tonight.  

-bag

EDIT: GOALS FOR THIS WEEKEND

1)  DON'T TILT.  Stay focused no matter what happens.  It's a war not a single battle.  Nothing in the past affects or has any influence on the current sessions taking place.

2)  Keep the VPIP and PFR up.

3)  Focus on expanding your 3-bet % pre whenever possible.

4)  Religiously focus on weak players and attack with full buy-ins when necessary.

5)  Record situations you're not 100% sure on and go back and analyze later.

EDIT (Friday 7/9/2010):

Decided to go out with a girl tonight.  She happened to get to me before I turned my phone off.  I guess I have to make an exception here.  Hey at least I won't lose more than $60 some taking her out right? This is exactly why I'm still in limbo.  That's better than my average 3-hour session: BA-ZING.  Anyways I'll be back to the grind Saturday.  Will report after I run least $-400 more in EV and losing around the same.  I'd expect nothing less from SNE/Idiot-box Stars.

-bag