Day 10

Last night was the first time I actually got to put in some good hours playing in over a week. My cash games were great, I took in somewhere along the lines of $200+ even after horrific suck outs where I was felted three times. The only downside of the day was I got a little two crazy with the $10+R. Also, although i hit the money in the $60 45-seat SNG, I lost a $20 and another $60 SNG as well as some other $27 SNG Turbos. My MTT/SNG game lost me a bit over $100 when the night was over but fuck it... I had fun plus I really need to work on my SNG game.

Also, a thought occurred to me last night while talking with a friend online.... I need to finish this prop bet as quick as possible. I wanted to hit Supernova this year and I was looking at my VPP for the month and I almost at the Gold Star mark... this is including points I racked up from the 1st of the month to the 5th playing 1/2 - 3/6 before the prop bet started. I might not even get to keep my platinum star when it runs out at the end of this month if I don't get another 5,000 VPP in 2 weeks.... sounds simple but trust me... at NL25 it isn't... I didn't even think about my VIP status @ stars when I made this bet otherwise I would have selected another site preferably one with my Rakeback account... heat of the moment and wasn't thinking.

On another note... some friends of mine and I have been playing a live ladder points weekly tourney for a while now that gives people free trips to vegas for the world series of poker. The top 25% of players get to go to vegas and although Ian and I missed the first two weeks, we have been crushing the tourney every week we have shown up and are ranked 1st place and 4th respectively. So we might just have a lock on the trip based on the 25% margin. I'll let you all know how it goes as the tourney progresses.

Rank	Player	W1(12) 1/8	W2(15) 1/15	W3(15) 1/22	W4(19) 1/29	W5(15) 2/12	Bonus	Total
1	Ian Appel	–	–	1|89	6|46	3|51	60	246
2	Kevin Chen	3|39	º	5|40	3|65	º	100	244
3	Eric Leatherman	1|68	3|51	º	º	º	100	219
4	Jose Vielma	–	–	2|63	º	1|89	60	212

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Total for today: +$82.90
Total Bankroll: $260.63
Total remaining: $9839.37

Days 3-9

well its been about a week since I last posted... I really haven't had much time for poker. I've had an Organic Chemistry Exam, a Genetics Exam, two presentations to prepare for a spanish and Genetics course. Its been hell... add that to my extracurricular shit plus valentines day and you get zero sleep and no poker. I managed to fit in a few hours total with some cash and some SNG action and was able to make about $90 total putting me back into the green although not as far as I would like... This week will be a bit more relaxed so I should have some time to sit back and put in some hours. I'm gonna get started now but here is the current stats...

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Total for today: +$94.35
Total Bankroll: $177.73
Total remaining: $9922.27

Day 2

bucks Today was the first day I got to really sit down for a solid sesh and it didn't go well.... NL10 is a bitch.... My strategy for NL200-NL600 definitely doesn't translate to NL10 (which is to be expected I guess). These guys were calling everything pre/post flop it was so sick... Yea I can get paid but I ended up getting sucked out when I shoved all in every time with by far the best hand... I think I need to start maybe raising x10 bb preflop and see if that scares some of them away cause obv x4-6bb gets a family pot. According to my PokerEV over 3000 hands... My sklansky bucks had me at +$61, my showdown winnings were at -$5!!!! and my total cash was -$23... I mean wtf.... anyway as long as sklansky is up, I'm playing well so whatever.

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Total for today: -$23.02
Total Bankroll: $83.38
Total remaining: $10016.62

Day 1

Day one was really like a teaser since I only got to play for about 20 minutes of NL10 before I had to head out to meet up with some people for Fat Tuesday parties but since there was a change to my bankroll, I have to record it.

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Total for today: +$6.40
Total Bankroll: $106.40
Total remaining: $9893.60

Back again for one more try

So if you are reading this than you probably know me and know what this is about... but if you haven't here's a recap:

I normally like to play 1/2-3/6 on stars.... unlike most other players, I upped my bankroll and didn't grind it from scratch like many other online players at those stakes. Anyway, a couple of my friends (who also play online but built their roll from scratch) and I got into a heated discussion about players who up their roll and those who build it. Basically the conversation went something like "You're a fucking pussy"... "I've met NL10 players better than you".... blah blah blah..... this all lead up to someone bringing up the prop bet that occurred last year (I made a prop bet with some friends that I could turn $100 into $10,000 on pokerstars. After the 8th day or so I was doing well up to about $600-700 something or other but then tragedy struck. As you all might recall, there were no posting of Day 9 and I hadn't posted on this blog since. So most of you are wondering what happened when you saw that my gains were solid and I was on the right track... well, I came home drunk one night, and with a friend by my side, I went to the NL600 tables to show off and i got stacked and went down to the felt on a monster hand. I lost just about my entire roll I had built up and could not replace the stack as per the rules. Discouraged, I gave up and paid out the bet and continued on my normal cycle.

So when the whole prop bet issue came up... They offered to make the bet again and I decided to take a second shot at it... stakes are a little higher but the rules remain the same:

1) $100 - $10,000
2) no time limit
3) Tourneys (MTT and SNG) can be played and losses/cashes do count
4) Only playing at Pokerstars allowed

My strategy will remain the same as far as bankroll management and my playing style has altered a bit... becoming extremely tight and aggressive so I expect to see better results. I also am going to not play poker after I have been drinking so as to not fuck up again.

Anyway, time to get this started.

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Total for today: +$0
Total Bankroll: $100
Total remaining: $9,900