Weekend Updates (10/13/2010)

I’ve been meaning to put a quick post up here the last few days, but I’ve been so damn busy.  Also, my schedule is always super messed up since I’ve been grinding live all weekend and back to corporate during the week.  So Saturday night I go to bed at about 6:00 a.m.  Sunday I fall asleep around 2:00, then I have to wake Monday at 7:00 a.m.  I can’t wait for this sort of schedule to be over.  Only 7 days of corporate left, then I’m pretty much playing full-time. 

The past weekend was a hell of a grind.  I put in 27 hours for a +$650 profit.  I really felt things went terribly on the tables.  I just put in enough volume and took enough moderate sized pots down to balance things out.  I took two massive suck-outs which I can think of off the top of my head.  I’ll discuss the stupider one just to give an idea of how bad these tables are.  Let’s just say I got hammered by a 50 year old women lmao:

Location:  Atlantic City.

Time:  Around 4p.m Sunday.

Stakes:  1-2 NL live.

Villian:  Older lady.  Probably in her 50s or 60s.

Mood:  Mind-blown.

I am in the small blind and look down at pocket eights (8h8s).  This is a relatively loose table with some decent action.  I was just thinking about how I literally haven’t flopped a set in the last 20 hours of live play.  WTF is going on?  I in no way expect to flop a set here, but nice hand regardless. 

So a player opens a standard $10 from EP.  One other player calls.  Also The passive semi-loose old lady CALLS from the cut-off.  I call from the SB knowing the hand only has set-mine value at this point, and the BB also calls.  I have about $150 left behind me.  So we have a 5 way pot.  Flop comes:

3d, 5d, 8c

Holy SHIT.  I’m first to act and CHECK, because I know one or more of these tools are raising.  Sure enough the initial raiser leads out $20.  The old lady then unexpectedly raises to $60.  This was shocking, WTF does she have?  This is not the type of player who would shove all in on a draw.  I’m putting her on a set of 3’s or a set of 5’s.  I can’t see what else she would be making such a move with, but I have a feeling whatever she shows will be incredibly stupid.  With the action on me I take some time and then calmly announce that I’m all in.  The original raiser folds and the old lady calls covers me and calls about $90 more.

“Do you have a draw?” 

She shakes her head and I can tell she does not have a draw and is therefore in HUGE trouble.  Finally looks like I’m going to flop a set and win a decent pot without much effort.  This never happens!

TURN:  Jd

RIVER:  As

BOARD: (3d, 5d, 8c, Jd, As)

The bitch turns over AA for the fucking miracle set on the river.  Un-fucking believable she just called pre-flop in a multi-way pot from the cut-off with rockets.  I soon calm down in another hand or two.  I remind myself that idiots like this are paying for my living so whatever.  Keep the stupid plays coming, there was nothing I could do there obviously.

There was another really bad beat I took when a big stack called my big 3-bet pre with 46s and flopped trip 4’s against my AA.  No I could not catch a two out on the river.  That was another $300 pot that should have been mine.

So yeah that’s about it.  I felt things went really bad, but I still found a way to grind an acceptable hourly rate.  I have a somewhat funny story where I hit on a Russian girl who was working at the casino I played at.  It took me three weeks to actually to build up the courage to hit on this girl bone-dry sober (I haven't been drinking).  Around 1:50 a.m on Friday I took a break from my table and I introduced myself.  I timed it right when I knew they were closing in 5 minutes.  I don't remember the exact conversation, but I basically just said "hey can I talk to you a second".  And she was like yeah.  So I said I'd be right outside.  When she came out it was something like I noticed her, have been playing at the casino a lot, and just wanted to introduce myself.

I was very proud of myself.  Turns out she was 25 and has a kid FML.  Just kidding she's SO MY TYPE. 

WE ARE THE SAME AGE, WE HAVE SO MUCH IN COMMON AM-I-RIGHT? 

Anyways, at least she was flattered and nice.  Maybe next week I can get her number.  Can never have enough drop dead gorgeous 25-year olds with kids saved in your phone....

So I'll probably be back in AC this upcoming weekend.  It feels good to make double my pay for a few weeks.  It will make me that much more comfortable leaving the day job.  I've been somewhat obessesed with establishing a nice hourly rate and feeling out the scene.  Will try to update soon.  I haven't been posting so much because I haven't brought a computer and equipment up to my new place yet.  There will be much to post about during the next few months..

-bag

1-2 Goals and Weekend Tales (10/5/2010)

Live Weekend Updates (10/4/2010)

Live Overview and Strategy:

I put in a hell of a lot of time on the live tables this weekend with some disappointing results.  Just over 20 hours played, and finished down -$120 total.  This was the first weekend I ended with a net loss so I can’t say I’m thrilled.  However, it was perhaps “my time” for a downswing.  I’m still up just under $2,000 from the last 60 hours of combined 1-2 live. 

It’s senseless to look at bad live results during a 20 hour stretch when you consider the volume scale.  I still hung in there and finished down not even a full buy in.  There was an all in pre-flop hand on Saturday where my KK was destroyed by 22.  As soon as I saw the three spades on the flop I knew I was fucked.  Sure enough he turned the 4^th spade to improve a flush holding deuce-deuce.  The river blanked and I couldn’t even salvage a split.  That was the most disgusting pot lost during the weekend.  I took the beat well and didn’t say anything negative.  I really had accepted I had lost as soon as I saw the board, just a terrible feeling.

How I start off playing live full time should be interesting.  I’m forcing myself to put in as much live volume on the weekends as I can because I’m semi-obsessed with establishing a win-rate and feeling comfortable about my direction right now.

I’ve heard you should generally try to avoid starting out on 1-2 live and should just go straight to 2-5.  I really have trouble with this logic.  I don’t mind starting out 1-2 and winning a certain number of buy-ins before I go up.  There is barely a skill difference when comparing 1-2 and 2-5, they are both very soft.  My plan is to beat 1-2 for over 30 buy-ins before I move to 2-5 games.  Beating 1-2 this bad will involve one key skill: discipline.  You need discipline more than skill to beat 1-2 at a nice rate.  You could have a laughable amount of skill, but still have the discipline to win.  This is proven by the 80 year old fossils you occasionally see sitting on these tables.  Not an ounce of skill in their body, all they have is discipline.  And obviously something wrong with them to be contempt sitting on 1-2 tables every day at 60+, but that's another story.  In the world of 1-2 live it's all discipline.

I see 1-2 as a very important “discipline exercise” before I move to the 2-5 live scene more permanently.  It will also help me feel comfortable about my direction.  You can take a variance smack and find yourself down 1k++ on 2-5 very quickly.  I would prefer not starting out like this.  I’d prefer playing with money I have already won; this should do wonders for my psychological state.

So as I stressed earlier, I’m not “above” skipping 1-2.  I feel I have every reason to grind out the easier more "boring stakes" before moving up.  I’ve generally been buying in $150 for playing 1-2 tables and it’s been working out for me.  If I start to slip to around $110 I will chip up and add another +$50.  I don’t have a set amount I will cash out at.  I prefer feeling out the situation and using my judgment here.  The least I have had on a live 1-2 table during the past month and a half is probably $110.  The most I have had on a table at once is $1600.  It depends.

1-2 Profit Goals Going Forward

Since I’m on the topic I might as well write in stone my specific goals right now.  I want to earn at least $5,000 in net profit on the live 1-2 tables before I even consider mixing in 2-5 games.  Extremely conservative, but I plan to put in the time to reach this goal in a timely fashion.  I don’t care how bored I get with the tables; this is a “mandatory” goal I’m setting for myself.

Since I’m buying in generally $150:

$5000 (profit) / 150 (my buy in amount)= 33.33 buy ins.

+5k in profit would equate to winning 33.33 buy ins.  Once I hit the +5k profit mark I will raise my buy ins to $200 on the 1-2 tables in preparation for moving up to 2-5.  I then want to hit a minimum of +1k more in profits with $200 buy-ins on 1-2 tables before considering moving to 2-5.  Using $150 buy-ins 6k in profit would equate to 40 buy-ins won.

Using a full $200 buy-in as a variable 6k in profit would still equate to 30 buy-ins won.  I think the 6k in profit mark would be more impressive considering I would have only bought in $150 buy-ins during the first 5k stretch.

This is all very specific, but important at the same time.  I am in charge of my own discipline and finances.  I don’t have anyone bitching at me and telling me what to do, but I’m still holding myself to some standard.  I have to answer to the master goals I set.  Would I prefer starting out on 2-5?  Hell yes.  Do I have the bankroll to start out on 2-5?  Sure I could nervously scrape together $15,000 and put it aside.  But it’s about a logical progression.  I’d rather grind 1-2 a month and prove to myself 100% that I deserve to be playing 2-5 and have a sense that I earned the right to play there.

I’ll also have plans in place on specific drop points if I hit a down-swing when I finally get to 2-5.  Yes a down-swing may happen as soon as I start out on 2-5.  But with a master plan in place this should only be a minor set-back.  Keep in mind this 2-5 talk is assuming I don’t go broke playing 1-2 tables!  Maybe it will take me 3 months to get to the 6k profit mark and move up!  Maybe it will take 4 months!  Maybe I will never hit it for that matter!  If that’s the case then poker obviously isn’t the correct career choice for me, but I guess variance could be that sick?

Well even though my last day at my corporate job is still a few weeks off, I’m progressing nicely on my goal to hit 6k in profit and move up to 2-5 live NL.  I’ve already pulled +$1950 off the live 1-2 tables in just over 60 hours of play.  I’m a third of the way of there, but we all know that could change quickly with a slight down-swing, which I seem to be in the middle of.  I’ll continue to battle this upcoming weekend and put in some time.

Some Weekend Stories

Friday Night (10/1/2010)

Let’s start with Friday!  I arrived in Brigantine about 4:00 p.m and unpacked a lot of furniture.  I hit the tables by 9:30 p.m and played until 4:30 a.m.  At 12:30 a.m I took a 3-hour break and got a slice of pizza.  There was a gorgeous girl working there who I couldn’t get out my head.  I made small talk with her and she laughed and had a great smile.  Also Russian.  I beat myself up for not attempting to make a final move to get her number or something.  I figured I go there sometimes and would have another chance to see her.  I passed by the place Saturday and Sunday but did not see her again.  So fuck my life.

After that 3 hour break I just knew the remainder of the session would go like shit.  Sure enough I finished down -$95.  I knew I should have sealed the deal with that girl and my fate for the night was already decided for being such a massive bitch.  I just knew this would be the worst October 1st I had ever experienced.

I also stayed on the tables an extra 30 minutes where I made an uncharacteristic $50 mistake.  I lost $50 due to a lack of discipline.  I was very tired and had no business being on that table an extra 5 minutes, much less 30.

So I get back to my front door around 5:10 a.m.  SURPRISE.  My one other roommate who was home happened to lock the dead-bolt.  So what’s the problem?

WE DON’T HAVE A KEY TO UNLOCK THE DEAD-BOLT.

We were given two keys, which we made copies of.  We were not given a dead-bolt key.  So I call and text this girl about 3 times.  I also knock on the door very loudly.  Apparently she’s in some sort of a coma because I can’t get a hold of her.  Absolutely screwed I decide to try to sleep in my car.  I drift in and out of sleep.  Then it gets REALLY cold so I have to turn on the car to heat it up.  I then turn the car off because I don’t want to give myself carbon monoxide poisoning or something.  Probably really stupid and paranoid, but I’m not an expert on this area and didn’t want to risk it.  So this cycle would repeat and I would again knock on the door and call my roommate trying to get a hold of her.  Eventually around 7:45 a.m I gave up and decided to get breakfast.

I come back and repeat the cycle:

1)  Banging on the door.

2)  Texting roommate.

3)  Calling the roommate.

4)  CURSING REALLY LOUDLY.  WHY THE FUCK DIDN’T I ASK FOR THAT RUSSIAN GIRL’S NUMBER?

5)  Trying to pass out in my car.

6)  Failing to fall asleep because it’s now freezing.

7)  Heating up the car.

8)  Turning it off again.

9)  Repeat steps 1-8.

FINALLY this girl wakes up and answers the door around 10:30 a.m.  I was furious at the time, but an understandable mistake.  I didn’t show how mad I was and I’m not mad now.  I mean shit happens, especially when you’re a total bitch and don’t hit on the girl of your dreams.  I actually deserved it, I don’t fault my roommate.  She was simply caught up in the grand scheme of fate that I had arranged for myself by not taking hitting on the girl earlier.

I eventually woke up around 3:30 p.m tired as hell.  No wonder the tables didn’t go great this weekend….  But really it didn’t affect my play.  It was just a shit weekend on the tables.

Sunday (10/3/2010)

I’ll wrap up with some of my Sunday.  I got on the tables around 2:20 p.m.  I was keeping an eye on the Ravens game while playing who pulled off an incredible come-back victory over the Steelers.

I was going to leave around 5:20 or 6:20 at the latest.

Then of course I hit a maniac gold-mine table.  This was the craziest table I happened to stumble on the entire weekend.  So being a shark that smelled blood it was against my nature to leave.  I was especially not leaving until one whale in particular happened to leave.  From 5:20 to 7:20 I couldn’t pick up one hand to go to war with.

Around 7:20 did a blatant seat switch to get to the immediate left of the whale.  Now I finally had position on this lunatic and his $1200+ stack.  He started getting even crazier.  At this point he’s raising $15 pre-flop without looking at his hands.

And then it all came crashing down.

Imagine a whale washed up on your local beach.  And instead of rescuing it you decide to shoot it with a rocket launcher.

That is exactly what happened to this guy.  He lost the entire $1200 in the span of 10 minutes and left.  YES ON A 1-2 TABLE I'M NOT KIDDING.  $1,000 gone to one of the fundamentally worst players on the table.  Board  8 9 10

Whale holds:  67o

Villian holds:  JQo

And that was it.  Of course he happened to get involved with the one idiot that could pretty much stack him.  The stars had just aligned and a talentless fool happened to catch his complete miracle at the right time.  A man who should have been broke out of the game 2 hours ago.  2 hours ago he caught a 3 outer on the river to double up to $400 against the whale.  But now here he is stacking him for $1200.  The villain left the table with +$2000 in profit shortly after.  By far the luckiest day he will ever have in his life.  But I do give him credit for leaving.

The whale soon spewed off his final $200+ with AQ off on a completely missed board.  He then thanked everyone and left.  He really was a class act.  I felt somewhat bad because he was actually a really nice guy.  Hopefully the money didn't mean a lot to him, it didn't seem like it.  He seemed light hearted.  It’s a shame I couldn’t get involved in one pot with him to double up a quick +$250 in profit, but that’s the way it goes down sometimes.  I left around 8:00 p.m with only +$95 in profit for Sunday.

Soon after I began my long journey back to Maryland…

September Ends and Thoughts (9/30/2010)

I’m very happy it’s finally the last miserable day of this month.  The entire month has been dominated by the standard amount of corporate oppression like usual.  You think I would be used to it after almost three years, but I guess I never really did get used to it.  I’ve just been counting down the work-days this month.  I officially have 17 work-days left total including today I think.  Well by the end of next month I will be playing poker full time and have that chance to show what I'm made of.

I’ve always loved playing poker (preferably winning poker).  I first had the dream of playing full time perhaps four years ago or so.  But then it really was just a dream.  I didn’t have the bankroll or even skill to give myself a chance.  I recently checked back to the first few entries on this blog out of curiosity.  That was about 11 months ago.  Around that time I made the absolute commitment to get myself in a position to play full time no matter what it took.  I wanted to jump the gun and immediately move to Vegas, I almost did.  But I’m so happy that I instead took a more conservative path.  Now I have the bankroll, commitment, and skill to back it up.  Vegas never happened, but I realized anything I can accomplish poker-wise in Vegas, I can accomplish around AC area. 

The only exception would be high-stakes live in Vegas, a level I’m not even close to.  Sure Vegas has 20x more culture.  But in my current situation I’m also in a nice town a few blocks from the beach, which will be amazing during the summer.  Besides, I don’t need the scene of Vegas.  I sacrificed that scene to have the closer support of family and friends who are only 3 hours north or south of me.  I will still be able to visit Manhattan whenever I want which is a hell of a scene where I have friends/family deep-rooted there.  I can also go back to Maryland whenever I want to see family/friends.  If I was in Vegas alone and needed a break from poker what the hell would I even do?  I also decided on the closer move in case things really don’t work out.  I can cut my losses a lot easier.  Yes I haven’t ruled out the distinct possibility that I could fail.  I will do everything in my to power keep myself from that fate, but yes it could happen.  However, people fail going after their dreams every day.  I realize I'm not some inhuman exception immume to failure.  I clearly understand the risks involved with dedicating my life to poker full time.

When I look at the upcoming I don’t see “I might fail” as maybe I flip out and put 10 grand on black at a roulette table.  If I “fail” it would most likely be a point where I realize that I’m not achieving a lifestyle that is acceptable to me by playing poker.  I’ll just leave it at that for now.

My journey is still just beginning and I have a lot to prove.  I also have a lot of work to still do.  But I will never regret the experience ahead of me, which I have worked so hard for.  “My journey is just beginning” is very important.  I’m not trapped in corporate for the next 20 years.

MY JOURNEY IS JUST BEGINNING.

So this weekend I’m back in AC.  I will leave tomorrow and move some things up.  It’s going to be amazing going up without having to book a dreadful hotel.  Being able to use my own place 5 minutes from the casinos whenever I want!  Also, I got really lucky on the roommate situation and another girl signed on the lease last week.  So the triple entente is complete.  Quite a relief that I didn’t have to pick up that portion of the rent out of my own pocket.  And I preferred another girl so I pretty much got what I wanted.

Poker Updates:

My online sessions did not go well Sunday.  If I lose one more session I will have dropped 4 out of the last 5 and should drop to only 6 tables at once.  I haven’t played since Sunday but have been putting in some decent studying during the week.  I study how some of the top players play certain hands, and then I compare what I would have done.  It feels sometimes online they are playing chess against fish, while I am playing checkers.  If I keep playing checkers instead of chess against the common passive-fish I’m going to continue to give up profits.

I still finished up online for the month of September.  Probably around +$600, so not terrible.  However, most of my profit came live where I was up over $1700 for the month (with very little volume).  I might put in a 3 hour session tonight if I have time, but nothing crazy.  I have a very long day ahead of me tomorrow.  Driving and moving things up, meeting this new roommate, regrouping, and probably playing over 8 hours live Friday night.  I want to play over 20 hours live from Friday-Sunday.  Then back to the day job for the first week of October.  The next few weeks should be an incredibly stressful but interesting balance.  I plan to update on this weekend when I get back.  Certainly not expecting the stars to align for another +$1,000 session in one night, but even +$300 for the weekend would be worth it.  Certainly aiming for more, but it doesn't always happen.

-bag

Disappointing Weekend so Far (9/26/2010)

I decided to stay in this entire weekend and grind online.  The next two weekends I’m going to be in AC playing live and moving so I felt it was important to put in decent volume.  As of this point it’s been very frustrating.  I’ll give a quick summary and discuss:

9/24/2010:  (9:00 p.m – 12:00 a.m), 3 hours, net loss: -$2

9/24/2010:  (1:00 a.m- 4:15 a.m), 3.5 hours, net loss: -$169

9/25/2010:  (3:30 p.m- 6:30 p.m), 3 hours, net profit: +$27

9/25/2010:  (7:40 p.m- 10:50 p.m), 3 hours, net profit: +$14

9/25/2010:  (11:45 p.m- 3:45 a.m), 4 hours, net loss: -$55

Summary:

Hours:  16.5

Hands:  7,925

EV:  -$361

Net Loss:  -$185

End Roll:  $3791

Thoughts:

So much for breaking 4k!  For the most part I did play well.  There were some ridiculous coolers and 2-3 outer suck-outs running rampant during these 16.5 hours.  Every time I chipped my way back up I would be punished by a mind-fuck of a suck-out or cooler.  However, I think it’s important that I did beat the EV.  4 out of the 5 sessions I steadily beat the EV.  The exception was the miserable late Friday night session where I was down -$169.  I only happened to be down -$145 EV there, so not good.  I reviewed that session and I slipped into a mode where I played too tight which made things worse.  Also, the tables were for some reason absolutely atrocious during that session.  This is exactly the time where you should be even more aggressive, expand your range, and pick up dead money.  I probably would have been better off not finishing it.  Also after being awake the entire day I was very tired during the 1:00 a.m- 4:15 a.m stretch.

Sometimes all you can do is make the correct decisions, beat the EV steadily, and keep fighting.  I’m not going to go into posting individual hands, but let’s just say I didn’t even close to run normal here.  I’m neglecting to post, it’s not funny it’s just sick.  The EV does not tell the story of some of the shit that went down.

About to get some sleep.  I plan to continue to work hard on the tables tomorrow.  I want to play around 6-9 hours.  Not great results so far this weekend, but the -$185 isn’t the end of the world.  Looking to spin up some buy-ins tomorrow.  I find one of the softest days online is Sunday.  I feel tomorrow is either going to be a great day, or a day of lost potential and shattered dreams.  Will do a quick log on Sunday’s sessions even if they continue to go like shit.  Won 2 out of the last 4 (even know the losses have out-weighed the wins this weekend) so still going with 8 tables at the moment.

Clearing the stupid bonus has also been in the back of my mind (though never during the actual sessions).  I’m just under half-way to clear the $1500.  There really is no rush since I have until 12/16/2010 to put in the other half of the volume.  But I really want to get it out of the way sooner rather than later.  I don’t to force myself to put hands in online if I’m not feeling it, but tomorrow will be an important day volume wise. 

-bag



Wednesday Win and Going Forward (9/22/2010)

3.5 hour Wednesday Session:

As I'm typing this it's actually early Thursday, but the session I'm referring to in the post technically started on Wednesday so I'll leave it at that.  I picked up a nice +$294 in profit tonight.  I ran very well with a few of my big hands actually getting paid off, but a lot of that was due to table selection.  Also I made very few mistakes.  There was one I found where I mis-read a 3-bet range and called when I shouldn't have.  I won't bore you with all the variables, but I calculated it out after the session.  Basically I needed a 41.5% equity to call, where my TT was only getting a 33% equity.  Slight mistake there, but it was against a short=stacker for a smaller pot at least.  As expected he turned over JJ and held.

I didn't lose any full buy-ins tonight, this is the way I have to play going forward.  I can't be spewing away $50 buy-ins EVER, that is really unacceptable.  There were a few spots where I could have spazzed and pushed back against weak players repping super strong on the flop/turn, but I stuck with my reads.  I should be losing buy-ins to big suck-outs or monster coolers.  I mean that should be the only excuse.

So a great session tonight +$294 in 3.5 hours.  I'm thrilled and not really tired even know it's 1:40 a.m.  At least I will have something to feel good about while rotting in the dark office tommorrow.  That's 2 out of the last 3 sessions won.  4 out of 5 wins and  I can evluate and decide if I want to jump to 10 tables.  I'll play tommorow if I'm not completely dead from lack of sleep.  But if not I'll be putting in some time this weekend.  Either in AC or online (haven't decided yet).

I'm finally feeling very confident about my progress online going forward.  When I'm living in AC area I expect to be grinding online at least Monday-Wednesday or something like that (assuming I continue progressing well).  Meanwhile I know I will have the ability to destroy live games anytime.  It'll be a 5-minute drive instead of 3.5 hours!

Other Concerns:

I'm also still looking for a third roommate, which kind of sucks because the lease starts October 1st.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed because if I don't get another roommate by then I will have to pick up the $450 for the month that a third person would be paying.  I can afford it, but yeah I obviously wouldn't be bouncing off the walls excited to pay it.  I told the girl who signed the lease with me that I would pick up their portion of the first month if it came to that.  A little nice of me, but it's fine.  Sort of fair because when she agreed to this it was orginally going to be us and the "baller poker player", and we know that all went to shit.  Also I don't think she makes a ton of money.  Besides she's nice and I want her to be happy, so yeah we will see.  One more girl is looking at the place Saturday and someone else checked it out last night.  The one who looked last night hasn't decided, which I'm assuming means "no" but I suppose crazier things have happened.

I would honestly rather pay the extra $450 for a month then agree to let a miserable third roommate live there.  A terrible person living there could ruin the entire year and make for a very unenjoyable experience.  So yeah I'll just pay the extra money if it comes to that.

Other than that I have everything to look forward to.  I know I have the skillset to crush live, and it feels like online is starting to come around fast.  I'll miss some friends and my parents, but I won't miss corporate one bit.  I will miss nothing about that place even if things aren't going great.  I want to stay away from "devour your soul" corporations like that for as long as possible. 

So I get to go after my dreams and have a nice place lined up 5 minutes from the Borgota/AC.  Also a really cute/cool roommate.  What else do I need here?  I don't know anyone in that area really, but I'll meet people in casinos quickly.  I usually don't have a problem meeting new people when I actually want too.  I also have Starcraft II and bought Civilization V today so I don't ever see myself not having anything to do or bored.  Poker will take up most of the time anyways whether it be live or online.   It's all about giving myself a shot to escape corporate for good.  I may be quitting, but I haven't fully escaped until I'm crushing it month to month with poker.  I won't forget that.

That's it for tonight.....

Session Overview:

Time:  3.5 Hours

Hands:  1,771

Beat EV: Yes

Net Profit:  +$294

Ending Bankroll:  $3976

(I'm hoping to break 4k soon and keep it there.  I could deposit more, but I really want to work my way up and make this online roll self sustaining.  I'm just under 80 buy-ins and have a $1500 bonus pending so sustainability is very doable.)

-bag