I'll see you soon, my friends ;)

9 Years, Many Battles, Worst Month Ever..... 5 Days To Rescue

I am feeling pretty bruised and battered from this month's battles on the felt. As it stands I am over $2k down and have almost no chance to get back to even as I only have cash online for 25/50.

I will however attempt a challenge and that is to not have my worst month ever in almost 9 years of playing poker. To do this I have to win around $800 in 5 days. Considering that I am losing $$$ almost everyday this will be very hard.

So far away from a bonus too.

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Nice Draw

BOOM.....

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Some June Treats

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Update

I have hardly played poker in the last 2 months as I have been busy with job hunting and exam work.

I have just started putting in a little more volume this last week or so. Things are not going too well.

After I blew $25k on a shiny piece of metal I decided to cash out some of my roll. I didn't really need to do this as my life roll is very healthy but I felt a lot better for doing so.

I had around $10k online iirc. I left myself with around $3.5k and started a new aggressive bankroll strategy. I started using a 40/25 system. This would in theory allow me to move up at a rate at which I have never done so before, if I could win :). It started well, I got up to $4.2k and insta added NL100. I was also mixing in 6m with FR.

I then lost over $1k in a day at NL100 6m and then continued to lose at both formats and at NL25, NL50 and NL100. I soon found myself staring at my Stars cashier with a not so sexy $1.8k roll :((

When you have say $10k and you drop $2k or $3k its no biggie and you can comfortable keep calm and carry on. When you are on a tight roll you can start to get nervous and that's how I felt. I love the upswings with an aggressive approach but I found it tough during the downswing. For this reason I will build my roll again to a healthy level and scrap the 40/25 system and just add levels when I am ready. 

I haven't put a cent into poker in almost 4 years and I like that stat so I will continue to build organically at NL25/50. I'm in need of one of those $1.6k FPP cash bonuses but I am mile away from it and it takes longer when your not playing NL100.

As a recreational I ain't too bothered with a slower growth as most of my time is now spent doing other things.

With regard to the job hunt I am in new territory in terms of applications. Previously I have been in the job market on many occasions and I never had to make more than 20 applications before having lots of interviews and then getting job offers. This time I have just passed 250 applications which is just huge and it has resulted in only 3 interviews and no job. There was a really good role 2 weeks ago where I made the last 2 out of 110 people and had to prepare a detailed presentation but annoyingly came second. I will continue the grind...!!!

Later

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Ohhhh, I Bet He Mad

My month is going so bad. Running awful and playing bad and tilting. This is a badly played hand by me where I get super lucky. Been deep is the only way to justify a call pre and on the flop.

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Pokerstars Sold: Amaya Acquires Rational Group for $4.9 Billion

Full article here:

Pokerstars sold

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Ooops - Fuzzy Eye Hand

Here is a funny hand where I thought I had J9s and was hoping villain had 9x. I was shocked when the money shipped over to my opponent and realised I had misread my hand :)

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2014 World Cup - Odds To Win

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May 2014 Review

I'm completely a recreational player now so there is not too much to report.

Looooowwwwww volume.

I am still hunting for a job as well as studying for an exam. The job hunt is still going pretty badly.

My VPP goal for the year is still 200k and I am still above pace for that as I was on pace for 500k VPPs when I switched to part time. The 200k pace line is catching me up fast though.


The final numbers for this month are as follows: 

42,859 Hands Played

7,482 VPPs
26,187 FPPs

+$300 (Cash Game Winnings)

+$1,600 (FPP Cash Bonus)
+$71 (Stake Swaps)
+$32 (Tournament Winnings)

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+$2,003 (Total Month)

The Ytd numbers are as follows: 

580,532 Hands Played

114,676 VPPs
401,366 FPPs

+$6,936 - Jan

+$3,100 - Feb
+$4,980 - Mar
-$925 - Apr
+$2,003 - May

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+$16,094 (Total Year)

Looking forward to the Football World Cup in June..!!

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