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My lack of actual playing time combined with too many distractions has made me an easy target lately. At first I thought that the other players were just starting to get better, and to some extent they have, but overall I’ve just been sucking. Last night I had a few moments of brilliance but they were too far and too few between.
My "real" job work schedule has increased to six days a week and I haven’t been getting off till around 8 pm. I get home in time to put the kids to bed and then I try to get an hours play in a whopping 3 days a week. That’s just not enough playing time to try and be very competitive.
With that in mind starting tonight I’m going to play one table of some micro stakes cash game instead of the SNG’s. A little variety of cash games for a few weeks may be enough of a break for me to then move back to the SNG’s.
Of Course I was never really doing any of that anyway. My vein attempt at an April Fool’s post was apparently very convincing as I heard from many well wishers. I thought it was absurd to think that I’d never run bad for more than a month (ever) and that I could support my family playing $6.50 SNG’s. You all must think I’m a lot better player than I really am. I’m not even sure it would be possible for the best SNG player who ever lived to accomplish that feat. I even used the username slooflirpa which is april fools backwards as my Cake Poker moniker.
At any rate I appreciate the votes of confidence but I doubt I would ever consider playing the game of poker as my only source of income. I’m just to risk adverse and I’d sabotage myself before I ever had a chance to be successful.
After 18 years of servitude to the Man I’ve reached a turning point in my life. With my 40th birthday approaching it has become high time that I follow my heart and do something that I love. Because of that I have quit my job and decided to "go pro".
With the current economic situation in the US I’ve been able to refinance my home for a very low rate and with the money I’ll save in gas my poker income should be enough. I know that 6 months living expenses is preferred but considering my past results 3 months should be plenty. I’ve never had more than one losing month in a row ever so I should be able to play through any down swing.
My Wife is very supportive of my decision and has gone back to full time hours so we will have medical insurance. My kids aren’t sure what to think because all they are concentrating on is wanting a Wii. I’m a good enough player though that I should be able to get them one in a few weeks.
Since I have rakeback deals at Full Tilt and Cake Poker my play will be exclusively at these sites. I’ve worked out a schedule for daily play:
7-8 get the kids ready for school and drop them off
8-11 sleep
11-12 run 12 SNG’s at the $6.50 level
12-1 lunch and watch TV
1-2 If I had any profit from the first SNG session then I will play level II token satellites, if not then more $6.50 SNG’s
2-3 Level III or Level IISNG’s depending on what tokens I have
3-4 pick up the kids from school and get them started on homework
4-5 more SNG’s
5-9 Time with the family
9-3 various tournaments
3-7 sleep
I’ll do that Monday thru Friday and take the weekend off. I know the major tournaments are on Sundays but I’m not bankrolled to play in them anyway. Besides I’ve always wanted a job where I could have weekends and holidays off. I’ve never had that before.
As always I will be updating my play so be sure to stick around and follow my progress. I should be able to qualify for the WSOP Main Event so maybe I’ll see some of you in Vegas.
You can find me online under the name lifesagrind at Full Tilt and slooflirpa on Cake Poker. Look me up.
There wasn’t much I did right this week came it came to the SNG’s. My playing time has decreased but that makes it more important from a psychological standpoint that I put some wins together. With fewer days played the ups and downs can seem to last longer than they really are.
On Tuesday I played 8 games and finished fourth a total of five times. Then throw in two sevenths and a sixth for a disastrous evening.
The rest of the week didn’t go much better as I collected one first, one second, and one third out of the sixteen played. A glorious -48.1% ROI.
Alas I simply no longer have time to spend playing tournaments. Getting the business off the ground is my primary concern and I’m spending all of my free time doing that. I am playing SNG’s during my scheduled live times because I enjoy that but I won’t be playing much else for the foreseeable future.
I’ve placed a new post up on the Poker Tech Reviews blog welcoming EasyCure as a partner. He has proven to be a hard working person who embraces the entrepreneurial spirit. Please stop by and help me welcome him to the team.
I’ll probably do these every now and then. This is the type of stuff you get when you watch my live feed while I’m playing. This represents the highlights from my play on Sunday night. I had a pretty funny reaction to a bad beat in there.
Even after mentioning my incredible run it has continued. Deep down I know I’m running on the very high end of variance but damn I hope it last forever.
With the completion of my first 100 $12 Turbo SNG’s I present the stats:
Ran: 100 ROI: 57.6% ITM: 56.0%
Profit: $690.90
Told you I was running well. That works out to $36.17 an hour, by comparison I should really be at around $12 an hour based on my performance at the $6.50 SNG’s.
It’s not all blind luck and winning coin flips. I’ve really felt that I’ve been on top of knowing when to switch gears. I’ve adapted very well to my tables lately and that has really been a boost to the confidence level. Confidence fuels ones innate abilities and that’s always a good thing.
