Slow Start to May (5/8/2012)
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 3:43AM May has started off break even in 32 hours for me.
Not a big sample size, but I've ran really bad two nights which pretty much ruined any chance of profit so far. The games have also been incredibly dry the past week. Incredibly frustrating, like pulling teeth to find an average 2/5 game, even on weekends. It's like the entire city is DEAD, no idea what's going on.
Not really much to update right now. Going out of town two days this week. Whenever I go out of town it's like I try to mass volumes on dead nights before I leave and get smashed. This is something to keep an eye on.
After the small upswing I'm feeling bored with 2/5 again. But part of that has been because the games have just been such a joke. This might be a sign to leave town for a few nights to play elsewhere sometime this month.
Something I've really been trying to work on this month is my ATTITUDE. My attitude hasn't been great the past few months. Live poker takes it's toll, but I'm beginning to think having a positive attitude is important. That doesn't mean: "I'm going to pretty much win every session, smooth sailing from here."
More along the lines of, playing live poker for a living is incredibly difficult. Most people can't do it. Therefore, I should have more respect for what I'm doing. It's a privilege to be able to do it. Sometimes I think it would be good for me to work my old corporate job a single week to remember what it feels like. I guarantee I'd be out of there by day three.
Yes grinding 2/5 isn't the most rewarding thing, especially when I feel like I can beat 5/10. But it is I who decided to be extra conservative right now. 2/5 has it's purpose and I need to respect it for the good and the bad.
-bag
Reader Comments (3)
Hey Man,
Long time no speak. You ever consider Parx or Harrah's Chester? They're not too far.
My buddy (Wein from PokerStars, sick mtt player) said he's found games as big as 10/20 PLO there and apparently the 2-5 games are pretty damn soft and less reg heavy than AC (even though most AC regs are lol).
Btw, I played 5-10 at Borgata for a full week last month and thought the action was pretty good.
Good to hear from you, the hell have you been?
Parx and Chester are both about 90 minutes from me. It’s accepted (at least in my circle) that the games are by far least profitable and most high variance at Borgata. The buy-in sucks (100-500), no straddle, a stupid influx of too many causal player break-even want to-be pros, and the regs are better. The regs might not be great, but when it’s slow you have nights where there are a minimum 4 of them on each table which is no good. Not to mention there are some decent enough regs at 5/10+ to make it annoying.
Yeah I’ve considered the PA casinos, but I’ve learned from experience that it’s almost never worth it for me to travel to play 2/5. It always seems like a better idea than it actually is. In AC I play home-field advantage, keep my schedule in order, and I’m going to dig out a playable game most of the time. Even if I lose I control my variance very well, no gas, no commute, no tolls, no shitty food, no hotel rooms.
If I’m going to drive a far distance and screw up my schedule it’s pretty much going to have to be 5/10 or higher for me.
I played 5/10 about 70 hours last month at Borg and I agree the action was decent (but sharply fell off after tournaments). I really need to just grind 10k more or borrow the money, put in 250 hours of 5/10 and see what happens.
Ugh ... I replied two days ago and must not have sent it through.
I hear ya about the travel. Would suck to drive 90 minutes one way and find out the game selection is shitty.
Hey, have you tried uncapped 1/2 at Golden Nugget? When I was there I saw people buy-in for over $400 on a couple occasions. Some whale sat with $800 and I got on his direct left and matched him. It was awesome. He'd check/call massive barrels and never fold pre. The room is real nice, too.
Oh, and what about 5-5 at Borgata? Ever do that? I never sat down but I think max buy in is $1000 which is awesome.