Still playing

Since my last post I believe I spoke about grinding my way back some sort of roll. Well i did. However I then had the dilemma of needing extra cash for a holiday too florida. I cashed out maybe $500. Played HU with the rest ($1500) at 100nl, got doomswitched and broke my final $400 playin 200nl HU. Meh. I took a gamble and lost, I did run very badly and could of quite easily won 3-4k.

I have since enjoyed my Florida holiday, deposited $600 on pokerstars and begun playing again. I have changed the games I play, I am moving to full ring, mainly I feel that 6 max is just so depressing, the dowswings seem sharper and the beats seem more brutal. You gotta be bang on with your reads there else your gonna be slowly bled dry and running bad can be catastrophic to your roll. Not to say this can't happen at full ring. I am having to adjust, but believe my HU and 6max game will help pay dividends eventually.

I have been studying some of the top players at low limit full ring, read their blogs, asked for feedback on some hands (thank you ronfar3) etc etc. This has helped, but to become one of these elite players I am simply going to have to put in the hours and keep re-evaluating my game.

Since returning from Florida with a pretty nice tan, I found out pokerstars was running an unbelievable UK promo for the month of May, typical! (earn 7.5k VPP, receive a bonus 80k VPP next month!) I am going to have to grind my ass off if I am to reap the rewards as I have missed the first half of the month. So far I have earned 1925VPP so am struggling. To complete the reward this is what I must play over my final 10 days.

Average VPP = 0.18 over my first 11k hands (rubbish!)

VPP remaining = 7500 - 1925 = 5575VPP's

Therefore hands to be played = 5575/0.18 = 30,972 hands

Basically, avoiding variance on VPP per hand I need to be aiming for a further 35k hands in 10 days, or 3.5k hands per day.

I am currently averaging ~ 12- 14 tables which at a slight underestimation is 800 hands per hour.

Therefore 3500/800 = 4 and a half hours per day.

Omg, I dont think I can do it...I'm lucky if i get in 2 to 3!

I work aprox 25 hrs per week too, mostly nights and weekend nights (argh, this is when the games are best!)

I hope my GF can understand this...I won't sacrifice her for this, no way.

Will keep you updated!

Rich.


PS. Thank you to ronfar3 for all the help the last few weeks/months. I realize I can be a pest at times when I PM you with 4 hands per day to look over. Your a top bloke and a great poker player.