Well i got all set up to put in some games, but ended up playing about 2 hours.
The reason i quit was because stars has been messing up while i stack as of late. I have it where the table that needs action pops up, then waits until i make an action, then it goes away and is replaced by the next one needing a click. But for some reason for the past few days they have been popping over each other sometimes. Not all the time, but every now and then they do. It hasn't really caused me to miss click much, but tonight i did at least 2 or 3 times.
So i tried cascading the tables...meh to that. I don't see how people do that. Its like the worst of both worlds. Ended up tiling the tables...6 on a 15' laptop. neat. But things went ok. I got down a good bit at the start, but rallied at the end to end up at 706, plus i played/won a HUSNG while i was down to 3 tables and knew it was going to be a while.
But some good came out of it tho...
I love playing HU. I forgot how much fun it is. If you could get some good scrips set up, you could 4 table the 10.50 4 man turbos and make a killing. With a 60 second time bank it would be busy, but doable. i know how i handle strait HU play, and i couldn't do it as my main game. BUT, and here is the but...i think its worth my time to play them a bit for a couple of reasons.
1. I can play them when i get down on tables at the end of my sngs. There is a lot of dead time towards the end of a sesh that could be spend earning instead of goofing around on the net.
2. Playing HU is good for your game overall. Seems like there are few things that benefits you more as a overall player than HU. You get to see so many situations that are tough. You don't have good hands much, and you learn to hand read much better.
3. I really want to get some of my play off stars. even being a supernova and getting the good 15+1 price of the 16s, the skill level of all those regs hurts you. The other sites offer great rakeback/bonus but the volume on 9/10 man sngs is very slow. Bodog is capped at 3 tables, cake has little to no traffic above the 10 dollar level, and 1/2 of it is regular speed sngs. The smaller sites also have worse software that makes multi tabling harder. I tilt more from my misclicks than bad beats by far. One thing they do have is HUSNG games that run. Its simple to see, because you have to wait for 9 other players to get a 10 man to go, but only one for a HUSNG. i know the rakeback and bonus money wouldn't be great if i was playing the 10s, but if i got good enough to play the 20-50 level i could clear off a good chunk and make a decent amount from the games them selfs.
4. Multi tabling 9 mans can get to be a boring grind. Theres no way around it. Once you get comfortable with the play at the lower levels it becomes robotic. Yes its a very easy and comfortable income, but burnout becomes a factor. Once 2+2er was 30 tabling the 16s, ran up his roll playing higher bi, and i don't really know what happened, but he posted how he was burnt out hasn't been playing. If there is one thing that everyone on the "hourly" bandwagon misses it the risk of burnout. And if your not playing, your not making anything. Some steps to reduce that risk would increase your longterm ev greatly.
All that was said to say this...playing a few HUSNGs would be a great break from the sng grind. I know full well that full time HU playing is not for me, but i would enjoy getting in 2k 16s/making platinum star, then supernova and then racking up money on random sites playing HUSNGs.
So i think i am going to start playing a HUSNG on the tail end of all my seshes, but only the 6.50s 2 mans for now. (Oh and another cool thing is that you can table select easssssy in HUSNGS and once you get a nice sharkscope stats the other regs will leave you alone. So you just play the fish :-) Once i get 1k in the roll, i will start playing the 11.50s.
That got a bit long...oh well.
Jesus is joooood,
Takeover_inc
Saturday, July 26, 2008
update
Yesterday i got of work, took a nap, then hit the tables. Playing 7 tables cont. After my last set where i won every hand i was feeling good. Mehhhh. I got creamed. In all honesty i had been playing for 2 1/2 hours and could not remember getting ITM. I know i must of got a 3rd or two in there sometime, but i was getting killed. I checked my account and i was down to 650. 650! A 80 dollar loss in a few hours at the 3.40s??? but i gots lots of vpps :-)
well things went better on my last few sngs and i managed to cut the losses a by 25 bucks or so and ended around 675.
Played one set of 7 today and shipped just about everyone and now i am sitting on 730 ish dollars.
I know i say this every blog but its crazy how this is happening. There are only 5 days left in the month and i am up 15 dollars after playing more than i have ever before. Variance is a monster. But i am feeling great about it tho. So happy that i am handling it well, its confusing, but not making me tilt.
i am really excited about staying on pace for silverstar. Also increasing the tables i can play gets me excited about next month and what i can do. I am not sure if i am going to step up to the 6.50s in august. I am doing well emotionally now, but if i were to move up/lose or break even i think it would get to me. I am going to play it safe and keep grinding the 3.40s till i put up some money from them. Prolly move up when i get to 1k in the roll.
Also another thing that is bringing out my natural nittyness is that some things are happening in my "life" money that will affect my ability to re-load. Currently i have plenty to re-load, re-load, re-load, re-load ect, but i am selling my house and paying off some dept. This is great life wise, but i am not going to have the access money in the bank. So this means if i do go busto i will have to wait a few months to re-load, or have to work some crapper side job to get a couple hundred bucks. So i am taking it slow for sure now. I can't risk going bust. Even if i stick to the 3.40s for a couple of months i will be fine. I am in no rush to move up. Actually if i was able to pull in 500 or so dollars per month from the 3.40s for a few months it would really help my "life" money. But i don't know. I think i will be costing my self too much by not moving up. The skill level isn't that much of a leap, and i will have a 150bi roll.
Its going to be so nice to play, improve, increase my tables while playing the 6.50s and make some nice money.
anyways, i am going to go eat, then put in a sesh later on tonight. Plan on getting at least 30 games in. Really thinking about putting in 4+ hours and getting ahead on the vpps. The closer i get to the end of the month the more i want to lock it up. We will see tho.
God Bless,
Takeover_inc
well things went better on my last few sngs and i managed to cut the losses a by 25 bucks or so and ended around 675.
Played one set of 7 today and shipped just about everyone and now i am sitting on 730 ish dollars.
I know i say this every blog but its crazy how this is happening. There are only 5 days left in the month and i am up 15 dollars after playing more than i have ever before. Variance is a monster. But i am feeling great about it tho. So happy that i am handling it well, its confusing, but not making me tilt.
i am really excited about staying on pace for silverstar. Also increasing the tables i can play gets me excited about next month and what i can do. I am not sure if i am going to step up to the 6.50s in august. I am doing well emotionally now, but if i were to move up/lose or break even i think it would get to me. I am going to play it safe and keep grinding the 3.40s till i put up some money from them. Prolly move up when i get to 1k in the roll.
Also another thing that is bringing out my natural nittyness is that some things are happening in my "life" money that will affect my ability to re-load. Currently i have plenty to re-load, re-load, re-load, re-load ect, but i am selling my house and paying off some dept. This is great life wise, but i am not going to have the access money in the bank. So this means if i do go busto i will have to wait a few months to re-load, or have to work some crapper side job to get a couple hundred bucks. So i am taking it slow for sure now. I can't risk going bust. Even if i stick to the 3.40s for a couple of months i will be fine. I am in no rush to move up. Actually if i was able to pull in 500 or so dollars per month from the 3.40s for a few months it would really help my "life" money. But i don't know. I think i will be costing my self too much by not moving up. The skill level isn't that much of a leap, and i will have a 150bi roll.
Its going to be so nice to play, improve, increase my tables while playing the 6.50s and make some nice money.
anyways, i am going to go eat, then put in a sesh later on tonight. Plan on getting at least 30 games in. Really thinking about putting in 4+ hours and getting ahead on the vpps. The closer i get to the end of the month the more i want to lock it up. We will see tho.
God Bless,
Takeover_inc
Thursday, July 24, 2008
ship ship
so i ended up grabbing a coffee and putting in a sesh. I was planning on 5 tabling and doing some goofing around on the internet/uploading some stuff on itunes. soon realizing, as usual, that its either poker or the other stuff...not a mix. So i stopped goofing around and loaded up from 5-7 and played a couple of hours.
btw i am 7 tabling now cont. and its working out great.
Ended up hitting some + variance and shipping McShippingstoning 56.20$. WHEEEEEEEE!!!!! Also have 1111 vpps. Pretty good sesh for just starting out as piddling around.
God Bless,
Takeover_inc
btw i am 7 tabling now cont. and its working out great.
Ended up hitting some + variance and shipping McShippingstoning 56.20$. WHEEEEEEEE!!!!! Also have 1111 vpps. Pretty good sesh for just starting out as piddling around.
God Bless,
Takeover_inc
re-loaded
Well yesterday i re-loaded the stars account. Put 600 on to get the full 240 dollar bonus. So thats good. Free 240 just for playing??? I'll take it. I think i have to clear 4800 vpps before the first of the year. Shouldn't be that big of a deal. so thats pretty cool.
As far as volume goes i am falling behind. I was a in a terrible mood for 2 days and only played one set. Instantly when i played that set i realized i shouldn't be playing because i was not mentally ready to play poker. I am happy tho, i use to blow tons of money due to tilt. Its sad to know how much money i could of made had i stuck to playing 3-6 or even .10-25nl and moved up the ranks. Back in 04 when the games were so so soft. But i tilted off roll after roll. Oh well.
As far as how i am doing money wise things are down still. I think with this amount of volume i am seeing the actual effects that variance has on this game. Even with super soft 3.40s i breaking even over a decent sample. I know my game is good enough to beat the 3.40s but i am just having a hard time. It seems as if i am bubbling and getting a ton of 3rd place finishes. But when you think about it, thats going to happen. Say i get to 3 handed 40% of the time, the blinds are high, and its pretty much a crap shoot with some skill left, but not much. its a prime place for some variance to kick you in the head. Either way its not bothering me that much, i wish i was doing better, but meh its ok. I think its a good thing actually because i didn't think i could do this poorly. Glad its happening here and not when i move up.
It seems more and more evident that dealing with variance is one, if not the greatest, area to get under control if your going to be successful. Not mincing words, this game is brutal. Its sick how something can fool you into thinking you are some jedi master, run up a short roll, then get soul stomped. Its very cruel. You watch 2+2 and it seems every few months there is someone that goes from meh player to knocking down a few 2+k months, then goes ape and disappears. I really think winning is just as much of a factor in the over all recipe for disaster as the losing. One player comes to mind. He had like a 1k month, then a 4k month, then he was down 750 over the 15 days and he posted that he was done. And i can see why. Going from winning 1 grand every 7 days to losing close to it over 15 days is insane.
But its totally normal in this game. crazy hu?
anyways this stretch has made me re-think some things. I am now never going to goof around under 100 BI. The more i play i am thinking 150 would be best for me personally. Having 700 (now 670ish) to play the 3.40s is great. I had a rough sesh and it didn't worry me at all because i 1) was racking up vpps from busting so much, and 2) i had the roll to take it.
I hope for my 1000th post on 2+2 i could write on variance and dealing with it. I think it is greatly underestimated. Everyone seems to be so focused on their hourly, but they don't realize your not making money if you taking a break from all the stress, or like the guy mentioned above, he's not making ANY money because he is done. (guy may still be playing i dunno, but i don't see him posting much) How many people have shot up to the top only to tumble down? There hourly may of been 300+ but now they are making POO and The Venetian/sippin and the likes will prolly end up making more money from poker lifetime than they will.
that got long...
stars roll is 674.81 with 1077vpps for the month.
may not play today but plan on putting in monster seshs friday and saturday to make up for it. 50 games tomorrow and 75 for saturday
Jesus is Love,
Takeover_inc
As far as volume goes i am falling behind. I was a in a terrible mood for 2 days and only played one set. Instantly when i played that set i realized i shouldn't be playing because i was not mentally ready to play poker. I am happy tho, i use to blow tons of money due to tilt. Its sad to know how much money i could of made had i stuck to playing 3-6 or even .10-25nl and moved up the ranks. Back in 04 when the games were so so soft. But i tilted off roll after roll. Oh well.
As far as how i am doing money wise things are down still. I think with this amount of volume i am seeing the actual effects that variance has on this game. Even with super soft 3.40s i breaking even over a decent sample. I know my game is good enough to beat the 3.40s but i am just having a hard time. It seems as if i am bubbling and getting a ton of 3rd place finishes. But when you think about it, thats going to happen. Say i get to 3 handed 40% of the time, the blinds are high, and its pretty much a crap shoot with some skill left, but not much. its a prime place for some variance to kick you in the head. Either way its not bothering me that much, i wish i was doing better, but meh its ok. I think its a good thing actually because i didn't think i could do this poorly. Glad its happening here and not when i move up.
It seems more and more evident that dealing with variance is one, if not the greatest, area to get under control if your going to be successful. Not mincing words, this game is brutal. Its sick how something can fool you into thinking you are some jedi master, run up a short roll, then get soul stomped. Its very cruel. You watch 2+2 and it seems every few months there is someone that goes from meh player to knocking down a few 2+k months, then goes ape and disappears. I really think winning is just as much of a factor in the over all recipe for disaster as the losing. One player comes to mind. He had like a 1k month, then a 4k month, then he was down 750 over the 15 days and he posted that he was done. And i can see why. Going from winning 1 grand every 7 days to losing close to it over 15 days is insane.
But its totally normal in this game. crazy hu?
anyways this stretch has made me re-think some things. I am now never going to goof around under 100 BI. The more i play i am thinking 150 would be best for me personally. Having 700 (now 670ish) to play the 3.40s is great. I had a rough sesh and it didn't worry me at all because i 1) was racking up vpps from busting so much, and 2) i had the roll to take it.
I hope for my 1000th post on 2+2 i could write on variance and dealing with it. I think it is greatly underestimated. Everyone seems to be so focused on their hourly, but they don't realize your not making money if you taking a break from all the stress, or like the guy mentioned above, he's not making ANY money because he is done. (guy may still be playing i dunno, but i don't see him posting much) How many people have shot up to the top only to tumble down? There hourly may of been 300+ but now they are making POO and The Venetian/sippin and the likes will prolly end up making more money from poker lifetime than they will.
that got long...
stars roll is 674.81 with 1077vpps for the month.
may not play today but plan on putting in monster seshs friday and saturday to make up for it. 50 games tomorrow and 75 for saturday
Jesus is Love,
Takeover_inc
Monday, July 21, 2008
traying on pace + bonus!
Well things are still going good in the volume department. Usually when i make goals like this i am down and out within the week, but things are different this time. I currently have 969 vpps for the month. That means i need to put in 25ish sngs per day until the end of the month. Going to put in a few extra per day that way i for sure won't run unto any bumps towards the end of the month.
While my volume for this month has been at an all time high, my $ won is stuck in neutral. I know its just some standard variance, but meh. I play these 3.40s and see how terrible the players on them are and i think i should be winning each one and having a 500+ dollar roll by now. But what i don't often remember is that for each one i play i am only making around 40 cents. But its all fine. I am really pleased with how i am dealing with it. I am very excited about my play because i am reaching my big goal for the month, and not caring much about the lack of $ won. Its going to turn around soon enough.
Also to add to the fun in the sun, Pokerstars is giving a re-load bonus of up to 240 dollars! Beings i am putting in the volume, i might as well get some free money. Plan on putting 600 into my account today in order to get the full bonus. I am still going to be playing the 3.40s until the end of the month. Just because i have the roll doesn't mean i am ready for the 6.50s. If things go well and i win some extra money + make silverstar i may move up to the 6.50s after the first of the month. Really depends on how things are going then. I am not in any rush to move up at all, slow and steady will win the race for me. Being a silverstar will really nudge me towards moving up tho. Making the extra vpps may not end up being much money overall, but it helps knowing i am building my insurance policy faster while playing at the higher level.
Also i am making it a point on my 10 and 3 o'clock breaks at work to find 2 6.50 or 3.40 threads on 2+2, read threw them, and reply. I love 2+2 and all it has done for my game, and i need to start contributing more. Also it will greatly benefit my game as well.
Thats about it for now. Will put in a sesh tonight and play around 30 games.
God Bless,
Takeover_inc
While my volume for this month has been at an all time high, my $ won is stuck in neutral. I know its just some standard variance, but meh. I play these 3.40s and see how terrible the players on them are and i think i should be winning each one and having a 500+ dollar roll by now. But what i don't often remember is that for each one i play i am only making around 40 cents. But its all fine. I am really pleased with how i am dealing with it. I am very excited about my play because i am reaching my big goal for the month, and not caring much about the lack of $ won. Its going to turn around soon enough.
Also to add to the fun in the sun, Pokerstars is giving a re-load bonus of up to 240 dollars! Beings i am putting in the volume, i might as well get some free money. Plan on putting 600 into my account today in order to get the full bonus. I am still going to be playing the 3.40s until the end of the month. Just because i have the roll doesn't mean i am ready for the 6.50s. If things go well and i win some extra money + make silverstar i may move up to the 6.50s after the first of the month. Really depends on how things are going then. I am not in any rush to move up at all, slow and steady will win the race for me. Being a silverstar will really nudge me towards moving up tho. Making the extra vpps may not end up being much money overall, but it helps knowing i am building my insurance policy faster while playing at the higher level.
Also i am making it a point on my 10 and 3 o'clock breaks at work to find 2 6.50 or 3.40 threads on 2+2, read threw them, and reply. I love 2+2 and all it has done for my game, and i need to start contributing more. Also it will greatly benefit my game as well.
Thats about it for now. Will put in a sesh tonight and play around 30 games.
God Bless,
Takeover_inc
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Good sesh volume wise
Yesterday i got a pretty decent amount of games in. Played a set and then ended up playing 3 hours cont from 12-3am. Racked in a ton of games beings i made a lot of OTM and 3rd place finishes. Meh, oh well. I felt like i played pretty good, just hit some variance.
Today ended up playing about 2 hours so far and ran hot. Hoping to play 3+ hours later that way i can get a bit ahead of schedule. I want to start mixing some 6 max 3.25s while i play. its a plus beings the rake is 15c cheaper, but they only give you one vpp per game. I really don't want to play them and miss on the extra vpp per game until i am ahead enough on my monthly vpp goal. Last thing i want is to come up short late in the month because i was goofing around, and end up having to play monster seshs late.
Anyways thats about it. Currently have 130.46 in the stars account and 903vpps for the month.
God Bless,
Takeover_inc
Today ended up playing about 2 hours so far and ran hot. Hoping to play 3+ hours later that way i can get a bit ahead of schedule. I want to start mixing some 6 max 3.25s while i play. its a plus beings the rake is 15c cheaper, but they only give you one vpp per game. I really don't want to play them and miss on the extra vpp per game until i am ahead enough on my monthly vpp goal. Last thing i want is to come up short late in the month because i was goofing around, and end up having to play monster seshs late.
Anyways thats about it. Currently have 130.46 in the stars account and 903vpps for the month.
God Bless,
Takeover_inc
Thursday, July 17, 2008
browsing the net...
is wrecking my game.
i have always had this problem, but usually i have 44" of total monitor space and it wasn't that big of a deal. Now that i am playing on a 15.4 in laptop its no bueno.
Anyways i have played a decent amount of games and am down...largely from goofing around on the internet while i should of been paying full attention to the game. Currently i have 803 vpps for the month. Right on schedule so long as i play 25 games today. If not its not that huge of a deal. It seems like they are going to up your VIP level for the last week of the 2X promotion, so i would like to have incentive to put in lots of volume when that rolls around.
As for how much money i have in the account 153.46. I know its not that huge of a deal, but it bothers me knowing it prolly wasn't totally variance, but bad playing due to being distracted. Oh well. I am going to load up my itunes on this computer that way i can just let it play instead of looking around on myspace or youtube for stuff.
So far as plans go, i am looking to move up to the 6.50s once i get 650 in my account. I know its kind of nitty, but oh well. Its what works for me. Also i want to get sngwiz fairly soon. I think i may spend my first X amount of dollars over 340 in the account on buying that. Having wiz would let me to do some studying on my game while i was at home. Plus i think i need to learn a good bit before i move to the 6.50s. They are not mega hard, but i prolly have some obv leaks that could be taken care of with a little effort.
anyways i was thinking about my goals as far as poker and the rest of the year and decided to post them.
1. Learn a ton about sngs/what it takes for me to beat them
2. Learn to better deal with the downswings that derail me
3. Build roll and move from the 3.40s to 6.50s to the 16s with 100bi management
4. Increase the number of tables to where i can play 2000 16s per month easily and make platinum star/supernova next year.
5. Enjoy the process and reap the benefits.
I have been thinking a lot about stars and such, and i think i only want to play the 16s on there enough to make platinum star. I think the 16s will be great and all, but i want to play enough to get to supernova, rack in the 28 or whatever percent rake back, then get the rest of the volume on other sites. I think other sites have a lot to offer beings everyone is having to do more to attract and keep players. The only negative is that the software is usually bad, but w/e. I can deal with that if i am clearing off bonuses left and right and getting monster rakeback on top of it.
ok done rambling. Update in a few days
God Bless,
Takeover_inc
i have always had this problem, but usually i have 44" of total monitor space and it wasn't that big of a deal. Now that i am playing on a 15.4 in laptop its no bueno.
Anyways i have played a decent amount of games and am down...largely from goofing around on the internet while i should of been paying full attention to the game. Currently i have 803 vpps for the month. Right on schedule so long as i play 25 games today. If not its not that huge of a deal. It seems like they are going to up your VIP level for the last week of the 2X promotion, so i would like to have incentive to put in lots of volume when that rolls around.
As for how much money i have in the account 153.46. I know its not that huge of a deal, but it bothers me knowing it prolly wasn't totally variance, but bad playing due to being distracted. Oh well. I am going to load up my itunes on this computer that way i can just let it play instead of looking around on myspace or youtube for stuff.
So far as plans go, i am looking to move up to the 6.50s once i get 650 in my account. I know its kind of nitty, but oh well. Its what works for me. Also i want to get sngwiz fairly soon. I think i may spend my first X amount of dollars over 340 in the account on buying that. Having wiz would let me to do some studying on my game while i was at home. Plus i think i need to learn a good bit before i move to the 6.50s. They are not mega hard, but i prolly have some obv leaks that could be taken care of with a little effort.
anyways i was thinking about my goals as far as poker and the rest of the year and decided to post them.
1. Learn a ton about sngs/what it takes for me to beat them
2. Learn to better deal with the downswings that derail me
3. Build roll and move from the 3.40s to 6.50s to the 16s with 100bi management
4. Increase the number of tables to where i can play 2000 16s per month easily and make platinum star/supernova next year.
5. Enjoy the process and reap the benefits.
I have been thinking a lot about stars and such, and i think i only want to play the 16s on there enough to make platinum star. I think the 16s will be great and all, but i want to play enough to get to supernova, rack in the 28 or whatever percent rake back, then get the rest of the volume on other sites. I think other sites have a lot to offer beings everyone is having to do more to attract and keep players. The only negative is that the software is usually bad, but w/e. I can deal with that if i am clearing off bonuses left and right and getting monster rakeback on top of it.
ok done rambling. Update in a few days
God Bless,
Takeover_inc
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
update
The double VPP week went pretty good. I managed to take advantage of it, and made a good chunk of the vpps i needed to make. Still i could of done much better, but oh well. As of right now i have 623 VPPs for the month. Pretty happy with that. I should be able coast to the goal, and if i put in a monster sesh one Saturday it will be monies in the bank.
What was kind of discouraging was that i was breaking even for the majority of the time during the double VPP promotion. I was getting to think that my game was way off or something. Then i remembered that i crushed the 3.40s previously when i was making some of the worst shoves late. Running the trial SNGWiz showed that i was an ICM moron and now my game is much better (still not super tho). So thinking that i figured it was just time before i ran a lil hot. Sure enough it hit. It was yesterday, or maybe Sunday, but it seemed like i won half my sngs. In one set of 7 i won 4!
So i am sitting on 186.46 dollars in the stars account. I am really excited because my risk of ruin is getting less and less. I know the 3.40s are soft as a puppies tummy, but i still could go busto on a 30 bi roll. But its not going to happen now that i have 50+ bi. Also i am keeping all my FPPs as an insurance policy.
i am a nit, so the idea of having a "spare roll" in fpps sounds like a good idea. Prolly end up not spending any of them until i have 30+ thousand that way if worst came to worst i could play 6 or so 5400s and have a 6.50 roll to start with.
Anyways, i am currently 6 tabling while continuous, and 7 tabling in sets. Things are going well, and i am not timing out or anything. Prolly could up the number of tables to 7 cont. and 8 in sets, but i don't want to until my BR is a little bigger. Once i get to 60-70 BI i will be comfortable enough to start getting a bit aggressive with the tables.
I am trying to decide if i want to try the 6.50s on a 50 BI roll, or not. The skill level isn't that huge of a jump, but the rake break is. 50c on 6 dollars is a lot different from 40c on 3 dollars. Anyways if i continue to feel good about my game/study lots i may take a shot at them once i get to 325 and see how it goes. I say that, but i am a nit, so i will prolly end up having 400 minimum to try to move up.
So thats the update.
Jesus loves yous,
Takover_inc
What was kind of discouraging was that i was breaking even for the majority of the time during the double VPP promotion. I was getting to think that my game was way off or something. Then i remembered that i crushed the 3.40s previously when i was making some of the worst shoves late. Running the trial SNGWiz showed that i was an ICM moron and now my game is much better (still not super tho). So thinking that i figured it was just time before i ran a lil hot. Sure enough it hit. It was yesterday, or maybe Sunday, but it seemed like i won half my sngs. In one set of 7 i won 4!
So i am sitting on 186.46 dollars in the stars account. I am really excited because my risk of ruin is getting less and less. I know the 3.40s are soft as a puppies tummy, but i still could go busto on a 30 bi roll. But its not going to happen now that i have 50+ bi. Also i am keeping all my FPPs as an insurance policy.
i am a nit, so the idea of having a "spare roll" in fpps sounds like a good idea. Prolly end up not spending any of them until i have 30+ thousand that way if worst came to worst i could play 6 or so 5400s and have a 6.50 roll to start with.
Anyways, i am currently 6 tabling while continuous, and 7 tabling in sets. Things are going well, and i am not timing out or anything. Prolly could up the number of tables to 7 cont. and 8 in sets, but i don't want to until my BR is a little bigger. Once i get to 60-70 BI i will be comfortable enough to start getting a bit aggressive with the tables.
I am trying to decide if i want to try the 6.50s on a 50 BI roll, or not. The skill level isn't that huge of a jump, but the rake break is. 50c on 6 dollars is a lot different from 40c on 3 dollars. Anyways if i continue to feel good about my game/study lots i may take a shot at them once i get to 325 and see how it goes. I say that, but i am a nit, so i will prolly end up having 400 minimum to try to move up.
So thats the update.
Jesus loves yous,
Takover_inc
Thursday, July 3, 2008
double vpps?
Well i am a blessed kid. Onces i decide to make a run at one of the VIP levels stars pops the double vpp promotion. yusss
So that means i can take a huge chunk out of my games played if i get to work this week while the promotion is running. So far i have 212 VPPs for the month. WHEE. I am excited because i am terrible about setting volume goals and falling way short. I think the reason i always did was i was trying to make X dollars in a month. Don't get me wrong i like money, but its not much of a motivator. Like i have stated before money doesn't mean a whole lot to me, so its only natural that it doesn't force me to put in volume. The VPP levels do. Its sorta like a video game where you can reach the next level.
Anyways i don't think i am even up that much despite playing 50 games. Oh well, just excited for the extra boost in vpps.
Going to play a good bit tonight, so i will try to update later.
God Bless,
Takeover_inc
So that means i can take a huge chunk out of my games played if i get to work this week while the promotion is running. So far i have 212 VPPs for the month. WHEE. I am excited because i am terrible about setting volume goals and falling way short. I think the reason i always did was i was trying to make X dollars in a month. Don't get me wrong i like money, but its not much of a motivator. Like i have stated before money doesn't mean a whole lot to me, so its only natural that it doesn't force me to put in volume. The VPP levels do. Its sorta like a video game where you can reach the next level.
Anyways i don't think i am even up that much despite playing 50 games. Oh well, just excited for the extra boost in vpps.
Going to play a good bit tonight, so i will try to update later.
God Bless,
Takeover_inc
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