Beginning of Day Bankroll: $51.88
Needed: $9948.12
Today I started playing around 6:15 and have made 20 bucks (it's currently 6:48). That's when I realized instead of setting it up such that my life revolves around my hours of poker play, I will instead organize my goal around dollars needed per day. I have 526 days left (375 if using my 5/7ths rule) and need to make 9948.12. Therefore I need to average about $18.91 per day based on 526 days or 26.53 based on 375 days left. Back to the table... I'll update at the end of my poker day. Download the song Bluebird Wine by Stoney LaRue.
Time: 7:28 pm
Song: Coldplay, Fix You... reminds me of freshman year of college
I'm now up $35 on the day. I'm playing tight-aggressive and it's really working well at these loose tables where guys can't let go of Ace-Nine pre-flop when you raise him 42 bucks. What the hell did he think I have? Anyway. Short break and I'm back to the table.
Time: 7:32
Song: Cross Canadian Ragweed, Alabama
MY LEGS ARE COLD I'M PUTTING ON SOME LEGGINGS.
7:33
Back to the table...
7:34
Is that the right term? Leggings? It's like checkered pants that are fuzzy. If you ever lived with me you know I wear these all the time (I have them in blue, red and diaper color). I've been known to wear them to college along with a skin-tight shirt with a huge fish on it and a Longhorn beanie and a Longhorn snoots in. God I miss it.
7:37
This is just something that bothers me... If you are a beginner, quit being surprised when you watch your decent-playing friend play and they fold a hand that happens to include an ace. You don't need to play A-3 or trash like that if you're first to act. You can play it all you want. Just quit being so surprised when I fold it.
8:26
I knew it. I got extremely distracted after I watched Mayne Street on ESPN.com and I'm pretty sure I called a re-raise with Ace Ten and hit my ten for top pair only to lose more money on the flop and turn before we checked down the river. Player held JJ. I'm still up like 15 bucks on the day but I seriously need to concentrate if I'm gonna do this. Oh and don't drink.
I may be done for the night.
Beginning of Day Bankroll: $51.88
End of Day Bankroll: $64.93
Profit: $13.05
Needed: $9935.07
Ok i registered for a dumbass .10 tournament... so...
Beginning of Day Bankroll: $51.88
End of Day Bankroll: $64.83
Profit: $12.95
Needed: $9935.17
unless I place in this tourn.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Monday, November 24, 2008
I'm Back Baby! (again)... And this time I have a goal
Caution: This post has some simple math in it. Do not read on if math makes you tired and bored. One of the paragraphs compares myself to Splinter, which I felt was pretty entertaining. You may want to skip the math and just read that.
I'm like the Vinny Testaverde of low-stakes-poker blog-writing. I'm getting way too old and I was never that good in the first place, but people keep asking me to come back based solely on the potential shown in my high school and college career and the fact that you never know what you're gonna get. I take it back, Testie was actually a decently consistent quarterback. I'm more like a Jeff George. Freakin Jeff George.
So in my third comeback within a single year, I'm here to tell you that (barring robbery) I'm officially here to stay. I haven't been playing any poker at all lately. As of right now, I have zero dollars in all of my poker accounts combined (for the record, I cashed out 50 bucks a day to live off of until I finally got my lazy ass up and got a job after college graduation. Then I slowly pissed the rest away in $1-$2 cash games.)
However, things changed today while I was at work. We had a thanksgiving dinner at lunch and afterwards, the President of our company played "Name that Tune" with his guitar. You received 10 bucks if you shouted out the answer before any else. Once you won three times, you couldn't yell the answer anymore so that other people would have a chance.
After lunch, I decided to take my 30 bucks and see if I could parlay this money into $10,000 by the time they end registration for the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event. As always, I have to use a little math and logic to determine if this is even possible.
I don't know when registration closes for the 2010 World Series of Poker Main event, but let's assume it's Cinco de Mayo 2010 (why not?). Therefore I have 527 days to make 10,000 dollars in online poker. (go to: http://www.jarusa.com/hmdresults.htm?three=5&two=4&one=2010 if you ever want to know how many days are until a certain day.)
However, there will be days in which I will be unable to play. These days will most likely be Saturdays. Let's also account for the one day a week in which I will work late or simply not feel like playing poker. Therefore, 2/7-ths of the days between now and cinco de mayo will be spent without putting significant time in poker. There's also the fact that I work now. I get off work around 5:30 and am home by 6. I need to eat dinner. By 7, I should be ready to play poker until 9:30 or so to give myself time to go the gym and shower and what not. F it. I can eat and play poker. Give me 6:30-9:30 to play poker. That's three hours a day on 5/7ths of the days (not to mention the Sundays and rare Saturdays where I play for 10+ hours).
5/7*527=376 days
376*3=1128 hours
10000/1128=8.865
Therefore, I would need to average $8.87/hr. In all honesty, this is very doable. During the two months of not getting a job between college graduation and starting work, I think I averaged around 10 bucks an hour. However, at the time, I was motivated by the lack of money in my bank account and lack of desire to get a job. I was on my game. Now, I'm like Splinter from the Ninja Turtles. I'm old and wise, but I lack the desire to fight. I have 3 fucking turtles to look after. Ok I'm nothing like Splinter. But if I was, I'd like to draw your attention to the first Ninja Turtles movie. At the end, I'm pretty sure Splinter beats the crap out of Shredder and knocks him off of a building into a dumpster or something. I'm really not sure. But the point is, I'm rusty.
(off topic)
In the background, I'm hearing Wade Phillips explain how badass Tony Romo and Terrell Owens played this weekend (Owens had 7 rec., 213 yards). However, even though he's describing something positive, he sounds like a little fat kid explaining to his mom about his day at school after getting picked on and laughed at for 8 hours yet trying to find the bright side.
(back to topic)
So I'm rusty, but at least I have a goal. I'm going to start playing now.
COUNTDOWN
GOAL: $10,000
Beginning of day bankroll: $30
NEEDED: $9,970
DAY 1: At the end of my first day I profited $21.88. I played for 2 hours and 25 minutes. That's $9.05/hr. It was a volatile night and I got the aces at the right time. Very rusty.
End of Day Bankroll: $51.88
Needed: $9948.12
I'm like the Vinny Testaverde of low-stakes-poker blog-writing. I'm getting way too old and I was never that good in the first place, but people keep asking me to come back based solely on the potential shown in my high school and college career and the fact that you never know what you're gonna get. I take it back, Testie was actually a decently consistent quarterback. I'm more like a Jeff George. Freakin Jeff George.
So in my third comeback within a single year, I'm here to tell you that (barring robbery) I'm officially here to stay. I haven't been playing any poker at all lately. As of right now, I have zero dollars in all of my poker accounts combined (for the record, I cashed out 50 bucks a day to live off of until I finally got my lazy ass up and got a job after college graduation. Then I slowly pissed the rest away in $1-$2 cash games.)
However, things changed today while I was at work. We had a thanksgiving dinner at lunch and afterwards, the President of our company played "Name that Tune" with his guitar. You received 10 bucks if you shouted out the answer before any else. Once you won three times, you couldn't yell the answer anymore so that other people would have a chance.
After lunch, I decided to take my 30 bucks and see if I could parlay this money into $10,000 by the time they end registration for the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event. As always, I have to use a little math and logic to determine if this is even possible.
I don't know when registration closes for the 2010 World Series of Poker Main event, but let's assume it's Cinco de Mayo 2010 (why not?). Therefore I have 527 days to make 10,000 dollars in online poker. (go to: http://www.jarusa.com/hmdresults.htm?three=5&two=4&one=2010 if you ever want to know how many days are until a certain day.)
However, there will be days in which I will be unable to play. These days will most likely be Saturdays. Let's also account for the one day a week in which I will work late or simply not feel like playing poker. Therefore, 2/7-ths of the days between now and cinco de mayo will be spent without putting significant time in poker. There's also the fact that I work now. I get off work around 5:30 and am home by 6. I need to eat dinner. By 7, I should be ready to play poker until 9:30 or so to give myself time to go the gym and shower and what not. F it. I can eat and play poker. Give me 6:30-9:30 to play poker. That's three hours a day on 5/7ths of the days (not to mention the Sundays and rare Saturdays where I play for 10+ hours).
5/7*527=376 days
376*3=1128 hours
10000/1128=8.865
Therefore, I would need to average $8.87/hr. In all honesty, this is very doable. During the two months of not getting a job between college graduation and starting work, I think I averaged around 10 bucks an hour. However, at the time, I was motivated by the lack of money in my bank account and lack of desire to get a job. I was on my game. Now, I'm like Splinter from the Ninja Turtles. I'm old and wise, but I lack the desire to fight. I have 3 fucking turtles to look after. Ok I'm nothing like Splinter. But if I was, I'd like to draw your attention to the first Ninja Turtles movie. At the end, I'm pretty sure Splinter beats the crap out of Shredder and knocks him off of a building into a dumpster or something. I'm really not sure. But the point is, I'm rusty.
(off topic)
In the background, I'm hearing Wade Phillips explain how badass Tony Romo and Terrell Owens played this weekend (Owens had 7 rec., 213 yards). However, even though he's describing something positive, he sounds like a little fat kid explaining to his mom about his day at school after getting picked on and laughed at for 8 hours yet trying to find the bright side.
(back to topic)
So I'm rusty, but at least I have a goal. I'm going to start playing now.
COUNTDOWN
GOAL: $10,000
Beginning of day bankroll: $30
NEEDED: $9,970
DAY 1: At the end of my first day I profited $21.88. I played for 2 hours and 25 minutes. That's $9.05/hr. It was a volatile night and I got the aces at the right time. Very rusty.
End of Day Bankroll: $51.88
Needed: $9948.12
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