Week 4 Recap / Week 5 Goals

Week 4 Recap

• Total VPPs Earned: 30,254.65
• Hours Played: 61.64
  
• Hands Played: 77,181
  
• VPPs/Hour: 490.8
• VPPs/Hand: 0.392
• VPPs Earned YTD: 77,217.38

I did pretty well catching up on my points this week (back on pace for SNE), but didn't played well. I tilted some/cut my days short because I was pissed off and/or the games sucked mid-week. January has actually been my worst month of losses since I started played full-time. The roll has taken a bit of a hit with my cashouts and losses, but I'm still fine. I should clear $11k in bonuses next month which will bring me back to where I like to be, assuming I can stop playing/running badly.

Week 5 Goals:

• VPP Goal: 30k
  
• I need to focus more on the tables and not mess around on the internet. 24 tables plus ESPN and AIM is probably not the smartest plan.
• I need to stick to my schedule. I haven't felt like playing at night lately, but
  I need to suck it up, invest in some 5 hour energy, and push through.
• Stop tilting. No excuses.
  

You Win 6922

Things improved somewhat after I changed my picture:


Still playing pretty shitty, but at least I'm getting points.

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Week 3 Recap / Week 4 Goals

A little late, but here are my results from Week 3:

Week 3 Recap

• Total VPPs Earned: 5,927.93
• Hours Played: 16.33
  
• Hands Played: 16,772
  
• VPPs/Hour: 363.01
• VPPs/Hand: 0.353
• VPPs Earned YTD: 46,962.73

Well, I'm back to being behind pace for SNE due to being sick as shit last week (severe tonsillitis). Due to that and other stuff I had going I barely played. My VPPs/hour is pretty low due to short sessions where I wasn't 24 tabling.

I succeeded at about 1.5/3 goals last week. I kept my chat and played fine (but not amazing), but obviously failed at my VPP goal.

Week 4 Goals:

• 35k VPPs. That's about it, since I've pretty much determined that I'm gonna lose money whether I play winning poker or losing poker.

If I don't run better soon, it might be time for a new picture. Anyone have suggestions?

Not much to report

I've barely played so far this week. I'm only at 10% of my weekly goal, and most likely won't be getting much poker in tomorrow either. It looks like I'll be playing full days every day for the rest of the month starting Friday to keep on pace. Gg.

I've been running at EV for the 8 or so hours I have put in this week, which is a nice change. Up around $400 or so.

I did get caught up on some video games today, and I'm going to the Clippers game to watch Blake Griffin be huge tonight, so the week isn't a total loss.

Week 2 Recap / Week 3 Goals

Results from this week:

• Total VPPs Earned: 28,566.19
• Hours Played: 59.35
  
• Hands Played: 77,732
• VPPs/Hour: 481
• VPPs/Hand: 0.367
• VPPs Earned YTD: 41,034.8

Rather than focusing on the obvious bad part of the week (ran $3k under EV), here are some positives:

• I'm back on pace to get SNE this year. I still have a way to go to be on track to hit SNE by 9/1, but I'm catching up.
• I didn't quite reach my goal of 30k VPPs for the week, but came fairly close at 28.6k.
• I cleared the $4k 250k FPP bonus.
  
• EV for the week was about $900 which, while not my best poker, is at least winning poker and would be a nice addition to rakeback (if I ever ran at EV).

Most of my losses this week were at 3/6 and 2/4, as I ran $1200 under EV at 3/6 and $500 under EV at 2/4. Hopefully taking a break from these will make for a less frustrating next week. Since I didn't even earn that many VPPs at these limits (818 at 3/6 and 697 at 2/4, aka approximately $1/VPP given my losses), I think avoiding these games will limit my swings and keep my head clear without really affecting my hourly VPP rate.

My goals for Week 3 are:

• Earn 25k VPPs. I'm going for a lower goal this week given that's it's gonna be a busy week
  
• Play the best I can. Limit tilt.
• I get my chat back tomorrow night, so I guess keeping it for a week would be an appropriate goal.
  

Taking a step down

Well, it's been another shitty week- nothing particularly unusual, but I've been on the shit end of standard 2/4 and 3/6 swings.



As a result, I'm temporarily banning myself from 2/4 and 3/6. Given my fairly (or ridiculously depending who you ask (hp612)) conservative bankroll management, I don't feel that I'm rolled to handle the swings well. Between losses and cashouts, I've blown almost 20% of my roll this year. I'm going to work it out at .25/.5 through 1/2 for a while until I get to $40k online, at which point I'll get back into it. It could be another 1-2 months until that happens, given the amount I cash out every week, but who knows.

I'm about to clear the $4k 250k FPP bonus, which should compensate for my losses and only leave me a couple grand in the hole for the month after cashouts.

More of the same

Grinding along. Best news of the day is that Brock Lesnar is fighting Junior Dos Santos in June. I'm hoping UFC makes the right decision and holds the fight in Vegas.

Also more entertaining than my shitty play today:

Good Monday

The games have been great today. I've earned almost 5,200 VPPs in a little over 8 hours of play. I played over 14,000 straight hands, and actually felt like I was playing pretty well, despite running $450 under EV.



Best beats of the day:

http://www.pokerhand.org/?5903291

http://www.pokerhand.org/?5902638


I cancelled golf tonight to watch the national championship game. After the game I'm gonna grind for a little while longer to try to hit 6k VPPs for the day.

Week 1 Recap / Week 2 Goals

A quick recap of last week:

• Total VPPs Earned: 12,468.61
• Hours Played: 25.91
• Hands Played: 33,189
• VPPs/Hour: 481
• VPPs/Hand: 0.376
  

The games were decent overall last week. I was able to avoid .25/5 for the most part and maintain 24 tables of .5/1 through 2/4. I'm obviously still behind pace, but earning a decent rate of VPPs/hour at least.

I ended up running about $2,300 under EV for the week.

My goals for this week are:

• Earn 30k VPPs. I need to ramp it up this week to get back on pace for the year.
• Play winning poker. I did this last week, but obviously need to continue doing so and avoid tilting when I run like shit.
  
• Clear $4k 250k FPP bonus. I've got a little over 168k FPPs right now, so this should happen Friday or Saturday.
  

Still running like shit...

Decided to change my picture to turn my luck. I had a good run with kuhns, but I think this face beats his:


Hopefully this picture will bring me a little luck.

Great Fucking Start

Well, if I continue losing at this rate, this will be a short SNE run.



Played alright the last couple days- not my best, but should have been slightly profitable. I definitely tilted some towards the end of today. Oh well... onward and (hopefully) upward.

I've got around 11k VPPs so far, and should hit 12k tonight.

Here Goes

Well, I figured I might as well document my progress toward my goal of SNE this year. Ideally I'd like to hit 1.25M VPPs as it's worth about $30k more t
hat just SNE. That being said, I'm gonna see how it goes since I could potentially lose a lot more than $30k if I get burned out trying for it.

Already behind pace after taking a few days off to chill in Tahoe before starting for the year.




It was probably good that I took a break, since I was playing like shit at the end of last year. But, I did hit my goal of 500k VPPs despite being over 120k behind pace as of November 1st, so it worked out. Definitely learned my lesson about waiting til the last minute though- not making that mistake again as the games in December were tighter than normal and therefore the VPPs per hand sucked (average of 0.35 VPPs/hand for the month).

Here's the schedule for 2011 as it currently stands. If I stick to it I should remain ahead of pace and will only need to work 41.5 weeks to hit 1.25M.

Monday/Friday

8 AM - 12 PM: Poker
12 PM - 12:30 PM: Lunch
12:30 PM - 4:30 PM: Poker
4:30 PM -8:30 PM: Family Time
8:30 PM - 9:30 PM: Golf
9:45 PM - 12:30 AM: Poker
12:30 AM - 12:31 AM: Sex
12:31 AM - 6:31 AM: Sleep

Tuesday/Thursday

8 AM - 12 PM: Poker
12 PM - 12:30 PM: Lunch
12:30 PM - 4:30 PM: Poker
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM: Gym
6:30 PM -8:30 PM: Family Time
8:30 PM - 12:30 AM: Poker
12:30 AM - 12:31 AM: Sex
12:31 AM - 6:31 AM: Sleep

Wednesday

8 AM - 12 PM: Poker
12 PM - 12:30 PM: Lunch
12:30 PM - 6:30 PM: Poker
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM: Family Time
9:30 PM - 10:30 PM: Poker
10:30 PM - 12:30 AM: Chill
12:30 AM - 12:31 AM: Sex
12:31 AM - 6:31 AM: Sleep

Saturday

7 AM - 9 AM: Poker
9 AM - 11 AM: Gym
11 AM - 8 PM: Chill/Family Time
8 PM - 10 PM: Poker
10 PM - 2 AM: Drink


Sunday

OFF