So I played a fairly big Sunday schedule of MTTs in honor of the 5th Anniversary Sunday Million on Stars. I could have built a house with the bricks I laid that Sunday. I'm not sure how much of it was my play and how much was just run bad over a silly small sample size but, in either case, I couldn't get anything going. Oh well, at least I was freerolling.
I also played the multi-entry mini-FTOPS event today. It was a $33 rush tournament. I don't really think rush is a great tournament format but I have been playing a ton of rush cash lately and felt really comfortable in the tournament. I am actually looking to play a lot more of the rush tournies in the future.
I built up 3 very nice stacks over the first 90 minutes but 2 of them were wiped out in 20 minutes of serious tourney run-bad. Nothing held and flips just had no chance. So, it was down to one entry. I usually don't get excited unless I'm quite deep in tournaments but I felt like I had a really good grasp on how the tournament was playing and really felt I could make a deep run in this thing. I was wrong. Got KK in against 77 26bbs effective and couldn't fade the 7 on the river.
The mini-FTOPS experience wasn't a complete loss, though. I bought in with iron man medals so the min cash was at least profit. Also, I found a format which I think I have a strong edge in which I could see making me some real money in the future.
On a side note, I just read an article about Seidel shipping the NHUPC. This puts him at over 4M on this young year. This guy is unstoppable. I'm thinking the sequel to Rounders, which recently got the greenlight, might not be featuring footage of Chan's has-been ass owning Seidel this time around. Glgl.
whiteyslacks
Monday, March 7, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Finally!
Updates will be coming more frequently again now that I am once again happy with my progress. As the title of the blog suggests, these updates should be as much about the hardships as the triumphs but, I've found that when I am not feeling like I am making legitimate progress it is very hard to share.
I have been continuing to work with an awesome micro cash coach, el nino 1, and have shored up all of the major leaks I had developed and made worse during my downswing at the end of 2010. I am absolutely demolishing my current stake over the last 150k hands and will be looking to move back up ASAP. I have also started playing rush almost exclusively and I really enjoy it. Four-tabling rush, for me at least, is a much easier grind than 16-tabling standard cash games.
There have been some developments on the personal side as well. While I still would like to get out to Vegas for some of the smaller events at the series this year, it doesn't look like I'll be living out there as planned. I believe I will be staying in AC for the summer and am actually starting to look forward to it. Also, I'll be heading down to Dallas sometime in the next few weeks to take care of a few things and hang out with the crew. A little further down the road I am looking at getting a place in Minneapolis to be closer to family and because it's just a really cool city.
That's basically it for now. I'll be playing some tournies starting the 6th of this month so I'll probably be looking to do my next post then. I'm pretty sure I am shipping the mini-FTOPS main :) Glgl.
whiteyslacks
I have been continuing to work with an awesome micro cash coach, el nino 1, and have shored up all of the major leaks I had developed and made worse during my downswing at the end of 2010. I am absolutely demolishing my current stake over the last 150k hands and will be looking to move back up ASAP. I have also started playing rush almost exclusively and I really enjoy it. Four-tabling rush, for me at least, is a much easier grind than 16-tabling standard cash games.
There have been some developments on the personal side as well. While I still would like to get out to Vegas for some of the smaller events at the series this year, it doesn't look like I'll be living out there as planned. I believe I will be staying in AC for the summer and am actually starting to look forward to it. Also, I'll be heading down to Dallas sometime in the next few weeks to take care of a few things and hang out with the crew. A little further down the road I am looking at getting a place in Minneapolis to be closer to family and because it's just a really cool city.
That's basically it for now. I'll be playing some tournies starting the 6th of this month so I'll probably be looking to do my next post then. I'm pretty sure I am shipping the mini-FTOPS main :) Glgl.
whiteyslacks
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Light at the End of the Tunnel
I haven't talked about it too much in the blog but the truth is I went through a nasty downswing in December to the tune of nearly 20 buy ins. There is no doubt I was running bad but it is also clear that during that time period I had fallen into some bad habits which had developed as a result of frustration and lack of proper review.
A lot of these habits cost me an extra street of betting in pots I lost and often robbed me of value in pots in which I held big hands. I have plugged most of these leaks, thanks in no small part to my coach, but have also been doing more self-review. Once I had begun to beat 50 pretty badly in the early stages of re-learning cash, I stopped reviewing my own play and it's pretty amazing how quickly my game regressed.
I know I said I was going to post a graph but I want the sample size to be a little bigger. Hopefully results will continue in an upward fashion and I will be able to post one later this week. I don't simply want to post a graph every time I go on a mini-heater.
On another note, it looks like I'll be heading out to Vegas sometime around mid-February. I have some loose ends I want to tie up in Dallas before then but it's unclear if I'll get to do that in person. Alright, back to the grind. Glgl.
A lot of these habits cost me an extra street of betting in pots I lost and often robbed me of value in pots in which I held big hands. I have plugged most of these leaks, thanks in no small part to my coach, but have also been doing more self-review. Once I had begun to beat 50 pretty badly in the early stages of re-learning cash, I stopped reviewing my own play and it's pretty amazing how quickly my game regressed.
I know I said I was going to post a graph but I want the sample size to be a little bigger. Hopefully results will continue in an upward fashion and I will be able to post one later this week. I don't simply want to post a graph every time I go on a mini-heater.
On another note, it looks like I'll be heading out to Vegas sometime around mid-February. I have some loose ends I want to tie up in Dallas before then but it's unclear if I'll get to do that in person. Alright, back to the grind. Glgl.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Grinding!
I am now a rakeback pro. This wasn't intentional nor do I hope it is permanent, but for the time being, I am grinding tons of volume at 50NL with some mixed results. So far in 2011 I am averaging about 9k hands a day with a very modest winrate but am looking forward to some massive rakeback transfers on Fridays.
My backer has dangled some incentives for online profits in the month of January so I probably won't be playing much live for the next few weeks but am looking forward to possibly hitting the 2/5 tables at The Borgata once again, probably in early February, assuming my backer is happy with the January online results.
During this grind I have also been getting coaching from a very solid mid and high stakes cash pro. He's a good guy and a very good coach. We've modified my game somewhat and I feel like I am going to crush over the next 50,000 hands. If I can get the graph a little more vertical and less horizontal I will definitely post. OK, back to the grind. Glgl.
My backer has dangled some incentives for online profits in the month of January so I probably won't be playing much live for the next few weeks but am looking forward to possibly hitting the 2/5 tables at The Borgata once again, probably in early February, assuming my backer is happy with the January online results.
During this grind I have also been getting coaching from a very solid mid and high stakes cash pro. He's a good guy and a very good coach. We've modified my game somewhat and I feel like I am going to crush over the next 50,000 hands. If I can get the graph a little more vertical and less horizontal I will definitely post. OK, back to the grind. Glgl.
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