The grind

[Jdawg0913]

I just finished an online freeroll session and it was pretty decent. i made two final tables and finished third in one of them. I made a few good plays and one really good bluff, I ran insanely good in one of the tourneys, but I am hung up on one hand I played poorly. I had 8 big blinds left at one of my final tables with 6 people left. I was in the big blind and the button raised to 3x. I had 44 and was planning on doing a stop and go but lost my nerve when the flop came a k j. There was a small chance he had 22-qq and my move would have gotten him to fold but I lost my nerve and check folded. Other than that, I liked my play on the night. I was able to increase my roll and am looking to get in another session this week. Moreover, this will be a big volume weekend for my live play as well. I might be putting in four days in a row. Thursday night, we are getting our old game 10-20 lo8 going again. Friday, I am either playing a tourney or cash. Same with Saturday, and Sunday wil either be cash or day 2 of my tourney. The tourney has multiple starting days and a 50k guarantee. So it looks like it is going to be a big volume week and this would be a great time to run good. Good luck to you all and see you on the felt.

Live bankroll: $3,976
Online bankroll: $9.60

[Jdawg0913]

Luck and being on the felt are always a gamble.

You know it lol

[Jdawg0913]

Session number 12 is in the books and although it was profitable, I played pretty poorly. It was the first session of 10-20 Omaha eight or better this year and I was looking for a big score but I never got the ball rolling enough to make a big impact. I started out playing well but as the night went on and the game got short I played too passively and too wide. I got into the game a little bit late and by then the looser players had left. I was left with some rocks but also some people who called off too light. In any regard, I just couldn't get it going. I wound up making $113 and was looking to quit. I racked up my chips and walked away. The game was 5 handed and it was late so I figured I had enough. One of the worst players who was on tilt, begged me to play 10 more minutes because he was stuck and didn't want the game to break. I decided that this could be a 10 minute investment for hundreds of dollars in the future. Well, I stayed ten minutes more and gave away some profit. I finally walked away after the ten minutes up $63 for the night. It was a small win but I guess a win is a win. I have to stay focused on playing my A game all night long. I have a tendency to slip and play bad as the night goes on. I might start taking some extended breaks to clear my head and refocus every hour or so. I don't know, I guess it might help. Well, in any case, good luck to all of you and see you on the felt.

Live bankroll: $4,039
Online bankroll: $9.60

[SuperLops007]

Wow, great playing...Hope you wont have falls...and if you have them, hope they would be insignificant

[Jdawg0913]

Wow, great playing...Hope you wont have falls...and if you have them, hope they would be insignificant

Thank you. Every session is one step on a long journey. There will be ups and downs but all I can do is keep a level head and do my best

[Jdawg0913]

Need some run good today. I made it to day 2 of the Philly poker open event number 1. I am currently in 21st ish. 47 remain and they are paying out 27. First is $13,000. I will update after the tournament.

[pokapoka]

I don't have any money goals, but I just want to have enough that I don't have to worry about busting my account online. Maybe $50 or something should be enough for me.

[Jdawg0913]

Bah. I finished 29th. O well, back to the grind. Good luck and see you the felt.

[1234Gunsmoke]

This is just another way to earn points here. Without these forum posts, there would be nothing. The End.

[Jdawg0913]

Here is my February in review:

$1,000 in profit. Failed -$461
36 hours of cash. Failed. 30 hours
4 day winning streak. Failed. 2 days
7 winning days in the month. Failed. 3 days
No more than 2 losing days in a row. Completed. 2 days
Play one live tournament Completed. 1 tournament
Win a freeroll. Failed


If I could sum it up in one word it would be failed lol. My fears were realized this month. I was worried with the shorter month and I was right. It was hard to get the volume in this month. Making matters worse, I was pretty busy with other commitments. I was only able to play 5 cash game sessions. It also didn't help that I was break even in those cash games. On the plus side, I played well in my tournament. It sucked that I bubbled but I felt pretty comfortable.
March will be a better month. I will have more time to play even though I still have several social commitments that will eat away at my time. I am going to try to make it my highest volume month to date. Of course, that won't be too hard to do because my volume has been so light. Furthermore, I have to put in more volume in online. I think I played twice this month. I have to get more committed to poker. Any opportunity to play, I must take it. I want to build the roll up so that I don't have to play as many freerolls and can actually play real money games. 2 months in, and I'm still in the black and moving forward. I feel optimistic and I am ready to start building. Good luck to all of you in your challenges and see you on the felt.