Hey guys,
I'm about 3 weeks away from finishing up my semester. London's been a ton of fun but I can't wait to be back at school either. Some updates:
I'm gonna be in NYC full-time next year, figuring out my apt. details as we speak but I'm excited for that. I'm taking a tough math class this semester and looking into the possibility of taking a few more as a non-degree student after I work for a year or two. I want to keep math grad school open as an option so we'll see how this class goes. It's supposed to be tough and the fact that only math majors take it won't make it any easier...
I want to get through 100 pages or so of the 250 the class will cover but that's ambitious to say the least. It takes forever to read a few pages because the topic is so proof-based. Add in the fact that we're using an advanced undergrad/beginning grad text and yeah...you get the point.
Trying to get in shape too. I've been doing biking intervals ~4x/week. I do 5 min warmup, 1 min on level 9 at 100+ rpm's and 45 seconds rest (repeat 20x), 5 min cooldown. It's definitely challenging but I think cardio fitness is the biggest weakness I have atm.
I've played a little bit of cash but it's hard to get in hands and I feel kind of dumb playing when I could be socializing, getting ahead on this math book, playing sports, etc. Part of me thought how nice it would be to go back to school in the spring and take easy classes and just hang out. But I'd feel pretty stupid for not having used all my school's resources and I may not have the chance to take certain classes again. Poker will always be around tho I won't have much time to play once I start work.
I had a coaching session with Keyser last week and it was super helpful. It was $300 for 8 hours of coaching which is a sick deal imo. I'm doing 25nl 6m atm and have ~$2,600 online so we'll see how that goes. I still like poker but part of me thinks it's not worth the effort if I can't really commit to playing a lot. I know a lot of guys do it casually but I can't imagine myself doing that when I'll have little free time after work/on the weekends and will want to spend it with friends.
Anyway, I hope everyone's doing well.
Thanks for reading.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Friday, September 24, 2010
Unexpected
Hey guys,
I'm in London now for study abroad and it's going really well. Lotta cool people on my floor, guys from Duke, one of my good friend's gf
I've been thinking about the past few years and all my time in college and it's just been the most unexpected series of events.
Not get into where I wanted for college, transfer to where I do wanna go, end up not really liking it but making good friends, doing well at squash, running a 4.0 at new school, dating girl for all of junior year, youngest brother passes away...
I didn't think about it that much over the summer because I was so buy interning but it's slowly hitting me that Max is gone. I'll find myself crying and repeating his name to myself. There's nothing to do but feel terrible about it. Even though I know it's not productive, I can't help myself and I think that's natural. I'm talking to a shrink weekly so I'm getting help for it but it's far and away the most devastating thing that's ever happened to me. The worst part is realizing that this isn't some temporary condition that will be resolved or cured after a certain amount of time. Thirty years from now, I'll look back on this and miss him as much as I do now. Even writing this makes me cry.
Then a few weeks ago my mom got a call from the New Haven police saying, "Is Sam your son?"
"Yes."
"Well, we found him lying face down in one of the most dangerous parts of New Haven."
He's alive and fine now but my mom told the story as she heard it and my heart just stopped. My absolute worst fear is that something happens to Sam. He's my best friend and to repeat any trauma like Max's passing would absolutely destroy me.
It's put a lot of stuff into perspective for me. I've always been focused on "making it": doing well in school, sports, work, whatever but all of that kind of pales in comparison to family and friends. So I'm trying to do a better job of staying in touch with friends, and taking care of my family.
I hope everyone's doing well. I wish you guys only the best.
Talk soon,
Ben
I'm in London now for study abroad and it's going really well. Lotta cool people on my floor, guys from Duke, one of my good friend's gf
I've been thinking about the past few years and all my time in college and it's just been the most unexpected series of events.
Not get into where I wanted for college, transfer to where I do wanna go, end up not really liking it but making good friends, doing well at squash, running a 4.0 at new school, dating girl for all of junior year, youngest brother passes away...
I didn't think about it that much over the summer because I was so buy interning but it's slowly hitting me that Max is gone. I'll find myself crying and repeating his name to myself. There's nothing to do but feel terrible about it. Even though I know it's not productive, I can't help myself and I think that's natural. I'm talking to a shrink weekly so I'm getting help for it but it's far and away the most devastating thing that's ever happened to me. The worst part is realizing that this isn't some temporary condition that will be resolved or cured after a certain amount of time. Thirty years from now, I'll look back on this and miss him as much as I do now. Even writing this makes me cry.
Then a few weeks ago my mom got a call from the New Haven police saying, "Is Sam your son?"
"Yes."
"Well, we found him lying face down in one of the most dangerous parts of New Haven."
He's alive and fine now but my mom told the story as she heard it and my heart just stopped. My absolute worst fear is that something happens to Sam. He's my best friend and to repeat any trauma like Max's passing would absolutely destroy me.
It's put a lot of stuff into perspective for me. I've always been focused on "making it": doing well in school, sports, work, whatever but all of that kind of pales in comparison to family and friends. So I'm trying to do a better job of staying in touch with friends, and taking care of my family.
I hope everyone's doing well. I wish you guys only the best.
Talk soon,
Ben
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Internship Over (thank god)
Hey all,
So my internship ended yesterday and I'm so glad it's over with. I ended up taking home ~$7k after taxes/expenses but had to work 80-90 hrs/week to get it. I'm glad I can put it on my resume but there's almost no way I'll go into banking full time. The work's not interesting, the hours are terrible, no social life, blah blah. Great for exit opportunities but I don't think I'd be interested in private equity anyway (even though the pay/hours are better). I hear this coming Friday if I got a full time offer, but I'm pretty sure I didn't.
I was at a pretty big disadvantage coming in because I knew nothing about finance/accounting so I had to play catch-up for the first three weeks. My mid-summer review wasn't great but I "made a dramatic turnaround"...doubt that's enough to net a FT offer but we'll see. I would only want it so that I could leverage it for trading anyway but it'd be easier than applying the normal way.
At any rate, I'm back home for the summer and it's great to be back, see my brother and parents. They completed renovating our house a few weeks after I left for NYC and the place is great. I just have to get a desk/chair and set up my monitor/PC and I'll be good to go. Speaking of which, I have to figure out what I'm doing in August. Here are my tentative goals:
-talk to career services about contacting trading firms before I go to London
-contact 15 alums/week to network
-read Nudge, Misbehavior of Markets, Against the Gods
-play 1.5k games (get chair/desk today)
-pushups every other day, run every other day
We'll see how it goes, I'll keep you guys posted.
Talk soon,
Yodaddy
So my internship ended yesterday and I'm so glad it's over with. I ended up taking home ~$7k after taxes/expenses but had to work 80-90 hrs/week to get it. I'm glad I can put it on my resume but there's almost no way I'll go into banking full time. The work's not interesting, the hours are terrible, no social life, blah blah. Great for exit opportunities but I don't think I'd be interested in private equity anyway (even though the pay/hours are better). I hear this coming Friday if I got a full time offer, but I'm pretty sure I didn't.
I was at a pretty big disadvantage coming in because I knew nothing about finance/accounting so I had to play catch-up for the first three weeks. My mid-summer review wasn't great but I "made a dramatic turnaround"...doubt that's enough to net a FT offer but we'll see. I would only want it so that I could leverage it for trading anyway but it'd be easier than applying the normal way.
At any rate, I'm back home for the summer and it's great to be back, see my brother and parents. They completed renovating our house a few weeks after I left for NYC and the place is great. I just have to get a desk/chair and set up my monitor/PC and I'll be good to go. Speaking of which, I have to figure out what I'm doing in August. Here are my tentative goals:
-talk to career services about contacting trading firms before I go to London
-contact 15 alums/week to network
-read Nudge, Misbehavior of Markets, Against the Gods
-play 1.5k games (get chair/desk today)
-pushups every other day, run every other day
We'll see how it goes, I'll keep you guys posted.
Talk soon,
Yodaddy
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Made in the Shade
Hey guys,
Things have been going really well lately. I'm pretty burnt out on squash but that's to be expected with only a week left in the season. It'll be nice to have a ton of free time although we'll still have lifts 2x/week.
I got into my study abroad school a few weeks ago so I have the option of going to London which I think I'll take. At the very least, I'll commit to it now because I'd rather decide not to do it at the last minute and have that option than want to do it and not have the option.
What else? My hard work paid off and I landed an offer from one of the top 10 banks in the country. I'll work in their investment banking division so it should be interesting to see how I like it, etc. It was a sort a lengthy process although not as bad as a lot of other ibanking ones are. I submitted a cover letter and resume, got selected for a first round interview, go put through to a final round interview, and then got a call saying I got it. It was pretty stressful at the end for a few reasons. I'd rather be in NY than Boston because my best friend from HS might be there, my GF is working there so it would have made the relationship difficult if I were in Boston, and some other friends are in NY as well. I also didn't really have other places to interview at after this one. I was 0/3 up to this point at first round interviews so it would have SUCKED to get to the final round and blow it. It was annoying though because I knew all of this and was worried that worrying about how the final round went would make me perform worse. Sort of a self-fulfilling prophecy so I tried to be as relaxed as possible.
The job's gonna be a ton of hours (80-90/week I think) but it's 10 weeks, 70k pro-rated (meaning I get paid over the course of the internship as if my yearly salary were 70k). So I'll make about 14k + 2k relocation stipend. I'll have to pay more for housing and I'll lose like 30% in taxes so I'll take home like 9k or so. I'm going up there in two weeks to meet alums from my school, people I'm gonna work with, etc. I have to formally accept by March 1st but will do it on Monday. It was pretty surprising and frustrating to get negged by a ton of places but rejection's a big part of the business so I just have to get used to it.
Also, things with the gf have been going really well. Been dating just over 5 months now and it's been really smooth. She's really cool, smart, etc so I really have no complaints on that front. Taking her to Beauty and the Beast and then dinner tonight and got roses that I'm giving her in a few hours.
Really pumped about this summer. I'm gonna chill for two weeks after classes end, then the internship, then I chill for another month before classes start abroad (assuming I go). There's really no downside to this internship however it ends up. I could:
-like it and get a full time offer at the end of the summer (40-50% get this)
-like it, not get a full time offer, but decide against going abroad so I can be on campus for recruiting in the fall. having this on my resume will be a huge plus if I don't get a full time offer
-not like it. At least in this case I'll know that banking isn't for me and I won't be put in the position of trying to decide how valuable it would be to stay on campus for fall finance recruiting. It would just be so hard to gauge and also so hard to be a competitive applicant having not interned ("Oh really? You want to do this? You have no experience, wtf...?")
Classes are also pretty interesting which makes my spring awesome. Squash ending, more free time, good classes, great summer lined up, study abroad in the fall. I've got it made.
Hope everyone's doing well,
Yodaddy
P.S. Shout out to Vers for finally getting what he deserves. Ship the Sunday Brawl and satties, boi.
Things have been going really well lately. I'm pretty burnt out on squash but that's to be expected with only a week left in the season. It'll be nice to have a ton of free time although we'll still have lifts 2x/week.
I got into my study abroad school a few weeks ago so I have the option of going to London which I think I'll take. At the very least, I'll commit to it now because I'd rather decide not to do it at the last minute and have that option than want to do it and not have the option.
What else? My hard work paid off and I landed an offer from one of the top 10 banks in the country. I'll work in their investment banking division so it should be interesting to see how I like it, etc. It was a sort a lengthy process although not as bad as a lot of other ibanking ones are. I submitted a cover letter and resume, got selected for a first round interview, go put through to a final round interview, and then got a call saying I got it. It was pretty stressful at the end for a few reasons. I'd rather be in NY than Boston because my best friend from HS might be there, my GF is working there so it would have made the relationship difficult if I were in Boston, and some other friends are in NY as well. I also didn't really have other places to interview at after this one. I was 0/3 up to this point at first round interviews so it would have SUCKED to get to the final round and blow it. It was annoying though because I knew all of this and was worried that worrying about how the final round went would make me perform worse. Sort of a self-fulfilling prophecy so I tried to be as relaxed as possible.
The job's gonna be a ton of hours (80-90/week I think) but it's 10 weeks, 70k pro-rated (meaning I get paid over the course of the internship as if my yearly salary were 70k). So I'll make about 14k + 2k relocation stipend. I'll have to pay more for housing and I'll lose like 30% in taxes so I'll take home like 9k or so. I'm going up there in two weeks to meet alums from my school, people I'm gonna work with, etc. I have to formally accept by March 1st but will do it on Monday. It was pretty surprising and frustrating to get negged by a ton of places but rejection's a big part of the business so I just have to get used to it.
Also, things with the gf have been going really well. Been dating just over 5 months now and it's been really smooth. She's really cool, smart, etc so I really have no complaints on that front. Taking her to Beauty and the Beast and then dinner tonight and got roses that I'm giving her in a few hours.
Really pumped about this summer. I'm gonna chill for two weeks after classes end, then the internship, then I chill for another month before classes start abroad (assuming I go). There's really no downside to this internship however it ends up. I could:
-like it and get a full time offer at the end of the summer (40-50% get this)
-like it, not get a full time offer, but decide against going abroad so I can be on campus for recruiting in the fall. having this on my resume will be a huge plus if I don't get a full time offer
-not like it. At least in this case I'll know that banking isn't for me and I won't be put in the position of trying to decide how valuable it would be to stay on campus for fall finance recruiting. It would just be so hard to gauge and also so hard to be a competitive applicant having not interned ("Oh really? You want to do this? You have no experience, wtf...?")
Classes are also pretty interesting which makes my spring awesome. Squash ending, more free time, good classes, great summer lined up, study abroad in the fall. I've got it made.
Hope everyone's doing well,
Yodaddy
P.S. Shout out to Vers for finally getting what he deserves. Ship the Sunday Brawl and satties, boi.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Internships Son
Hey guys,
Been applying to internships lately and it's been such a huge pain I can't even begin to tell you. So much busy work like filling out my name, address, major, gpa, submitting a resume and a cover letter, applying through my school's careers website, finding more banks to apply to blah blah blah.
At any rate, I've applied to about 15 places and have contacted another 10 or so. Basically the firms will look over my resume/cover letter and decide whether or not to grant me an interview. Then they'll decide, based on my interview, if I should get to do a super day which is a long ass day full off interviews. I've been applying for a lot of ibanking and sales and trading places and am pretty confident that I'll land a lot of interviews. I don't mean to be arrogant, but it's tough to imagine what more a bank could want on a resume:
Varsity Athlete
3.9
phil major with multivariable calc, ODE's, linear algebra, abstract algebra (currently taking), intermediate micro, management of business and non-profit organizations
ivy league school
did original math research last summer
The only problem is that I really know very little about finance at the moment. I'm getting educated but I'm starting from scratch so it's pretty tough. I think it's pretty stupid how interviewers ask you market specific questions. I suppose it gauges how interested you are in the field, but I'd rather gauge aptitude. Who cares if you know what our firm's stock is trading at...I want to know if you're smart enough to do good work.
Oh well...It'll be interesting to see how it turns out. It's gonna be a really busy next few weeks as I'll have 3 biggest matches of the season and nationals, interviews start in early Feb, transfer counselor stuff starting this Saturday, and two a days until school starts on the 27th. I also really have no idea what I would do if I don't land one of these internships. I suppose I should look into policy think thanks and other things like that but I'm pretty fried from all these apps.
I also worked out a deal with a coach where I teach him 180s and he teaches me 6m nlhe so I have to make time for that too. He's won at like 4.8bb/100 at nl600...not incredible, but still good imo.
Roll's been growing from my one stakee, who after 2k games has made like $1.6k (probably 1k below EV.) He plays well and gets in a ton of volume and keeps his rail updated constantly so he's been great. And after doing a lot of HH reviews at the start, I really haven't had to help him that much. Getting money for doing nothing is pretty nice. So yeah, have like 5.3k atm, gonna have to drop some dough on valentine's day and for a vegas trip. Kinda want a new chair but I need money for 6m cash. Although I guess I can count on more coming in in the future...meh.
Gonna go learn more about how the credit crisis happened. fml
Later boys,
Yodaddy
Been applying to internships lately and it's been such a huge pain I can't even begin to tell you. So much busy work like filling out my name, address, major, gpa, submitting a resume and a cover letter, applying through my school's careers website, finding more banks to apply to blah blah blah.
At any rate, I've applied to about 15 places and have contacted another 10 or so. Basically the firms will look over my resume/cover letter and decide whether or not to grant me an interview. Then they'll decide, based on my interview, if I should get to do a super day which is a long ass day full off interviews. I've been applying for a lot of ibanking and sales and trading places and am pretty confident that I'll land a lot of interviews. I don't mean to be arrogant, but it's tough to imagine what more a bank could want on a resume:
Varsity Athlete
3.9
phil major with multivariable calc, ODE's, linear algebra, abstract algebra (currently taking), intermediate micro, management of business and non-profit organizations
ivy league school
did original math research last summer
The only problem is that I really know very little about finance at the moment. I'm getting educated but I'm starting from scratch so it's pretty tough. I think it's pretty stupid how interviewers ask you market specific questions. I suppose it gauges how interested you are in the field, but I'd rather gauge aptitude. Who cares if you know what our firm's stock is trading at...I want to know if you're smart enough to do good work.
Oh well...It'll be interesting to see how it turns out. It's gonna be a really busy next few weeks as I'll have 3 biggest matches of the season and nationals, interviews start in early Feb, transfer counselor stuff starting this Saturday, and two a days until school starts on the 27th. I also really have no idea what I would do if I don't land one of these internships. I suppose I should look into policy think thanks and other things like that but I'm pretty fried from all these apps.
I also worked out a deal with a coach where I teach him 180s and he teaches me 6m nlhe so I have to make time for that too. He's won at like 4.8bb/100 at nl600...not incredible, but still good imo.
Roll's been growing from my one stakee, who after 2k games has made like $1.6k (probably 1k below EV.) He plays well and gets in a ton of volume and keeps his rail updated constantly so he's been great. And after doing a lot of HH reviews at the start, I really haven't had to help him that much. Getting money for doing nothing is pretty nice. So yeah, have like 5.3k atm, gonna have to drop some dough on valentine's day and for a vegas trip. Kinda want a new chair but I need money for 6m cash. Although I guess I can count on more coming in in the future...meh.
Gonna go learn more about how the credit crisis happened. fml
Later boys,
Yodaddy
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Decisions
Hey guys,
I'm slowly trying to figure out what to do when I graduate but it's not easy. I briefly considered law school but think I was only interested because of where I think I could get in, and not because I'm actually interested in being a lawyer or really studying law. On that note, there's a constitutional law class that I'll check out this semester and we'll see if that piques my interest.
So far my schedule looks like:
Philosophy of Science
Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Constitutional Law: Individual Rights
(Easy Class)
Still not totally sure what I'm doing with this math class. I picked up topics in algebra and the book looks really fucking hard. It's basically one of the hardest classes my school offers and would probably require like 15hrs/week. I'm just not sure I want to commit that kind of time in the spring. Having said that, I think there's a good chance I'll regret not taking this class. It's supposed to be some of the most beautiful/elegant math out there and it's being taught by a big name professor (not THAT important.)
Anyway, we'll see how that goes. Have had squash/internship apps so haven't played at all. My stakee is doing well though, playing the 2/180s. Here are his first 1.8k games:
1,800 $1 $2 37% $1,413 Tilt N/A PokerStars Last1800 E180-180 x
Not bad, amirite?
I do think he ran pretty junky and his ROI in the 2s should be like 70-80%. I'm a bit hesitant about moving him to the 12s because my roll atm is ~5kish and the swings in the 12s can be brutal variance wise. I'm thinking I'll wait till the roll gets to 6k and then I'll let him mix in 7s and 12s. If he drops 1k, it's back to the 2s. Rinse and repeat. We'll see. My roll's also not as big as it seems because I'll be spending 1.5k for Vegas.
Eh, it'd be nice to have a bigger roll but I'm not gonna sacrifice schoolwork or my social life to play cards.
Almost forgot: went AAAB this semester, for a 3.75 semester and 3.9 overall. I'm gonna do some work and get the B changed to an A hopefully.
Finally, I'll be interested to see how internship apps go. I'm a phil major but have taken calc 2, calc 3, ODEs, linear algebra, intermediate micro so I have a pretty strong quantitative background. We'll see.
Thanks for reading,
Yodaddy
I'm slowly trying to figure out what to do when I graduate but it's not easy. I briefly considered law school but think I was only interested because of where I think I could get in, and not because I'm actually interested in being a lawyer or really studying law. On that note, there's a constitutional law class that I'll check out this semester and we'll see if that piques my interest.
So far my schedule looks like:
Philosophy of Science
Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Constitutional Law: Individual Rights
(Easy Class)
Still not totally sure what I'm doing with this math class. I picked up topics in algebra and the book looks really fucking hard. It's basically one of the hardest classes my school offers and would probably require like 15hrs/week. I'm just not sure I want to commit that kind of time in the spring. Having said that, I think there's a good chance I'll regret not taking this class. It's supposed to be some of the most beautiful/elegant math out there and it's being taught by a big name professor (not THAT important.)
Anyway, we'll see how that goes. Have had squash/internship apps so haven't played at all. My stakee is doing well though, playing the 2/180s. Here are his first 1.8k games:
1,800 $1 $2 37% $1,413 Tilt N/A PokerStars Last1800 E180-180 x
Not bad, amirite?
I do think he ran pretty junky and his ROI in the 2s should be like 70-80%. I'm a bit hesitant about moving him to the 12s because my roll atm is ~5kish and the swings in the 12s can be brutal variance wise. I'm thinking I'll wait till the roll gets to 6k and then I'll let him mix in 7s and 12s. If he drops 1k, it's back to the 2s. Rinse and repeat. We'll see. My roll's also not as big as it seems because I'll be spending 1.5k for Vegas.
Eh, it'd be nice to have a bigger roll but I'm not gonna sacrifice schoolwork or my social life to play cards.
Almost forgot: went AAAB this semester, for a 3.75 semester and 3.9 overall. I'm gonna do some work and get the B changed to an A hopefully.
Finally, I'll be interested to see how internship apps go. I'm a phil major but have taken calc 2, calc 3, ODEs, linear algebra, intermediate micro so I have a pretty strong quantitative background. We'll see.
Thanks for reading,
Yodaddy
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Just gotta want it
I think I do a lot better when I set goals for myself, at least in the immediate future. So here's what I want to do over the next few weeks:
Tonight: Hand Readers 3
Wed: HR 4, 3 mi in 24 mins
Thurs: Speak with career center about trading internships, HR 5, 3 mi in 24
Fri: HR 6, bike sprints
Sat: (on plane), HR 7 and 8
I'll move onto +EV of a poker pro and micro nl grinder later in the month but so far hand readers has been really good. It was pretty inspiring to read boywonder's post on 2p2 about what separates a good 200NL player from a good 2kNL player (he claims it's mainly emotional control.) He also thinks that basically anyone who's not retarded can make 150k-200k/year playing 6m cash.
So I'm gonna start learning it and Reasons told me that PT3 came out for mac so I'll probably have to get that.
I also just picked up a guy I'm gonna coach and profit share with but not stake which is really an ideal situation for me since it's all reward no risk. We'll see how it goes. I'm hoping these few guys will come through and pad my BR to 6k or so, so I can really treat myself in vegas, etc.
Congrats to msusyr for his 26k score the other night!
Thanks for reading,
Yodaddy
Tonight: Hand Readers 3
Wed: HR 4, 3 mi in 24 mins
Thurs: Speak with career center about trading internships, HR 5, 3 mi in 24
Fri: HR 6, bike sprints
Sat: (on plane), HR 7 and 8
I'll move onto +EV of a poker pro and micro nl grinder later in the month but so far hand readers has been really good. It was pretty inspiring to read boywonder's post on 2p2 about what separates a good 200NL player from a good 2kNL player (he claims it's mainly emotional control.) He also thinks that basically anyone who's not retarded can make 150k-200k/year playing 6m cash.
So I'm gonna start learning it and Reasons told me that PT3 came out for mac so I'll probably have to get that.
I also just picked up a guy I'm gonna coach and profit share with but not stake which is really an ideal situation for me since it's all reward no risk. We'll see how it goes. I'm hoping these few guys will come through and pad my BR to 6k or so, so I can really treat myself in vegas, etc.
Congrats to msusyr for his 26k score the other night!
Thanks for reading,
Yodaddy
Monday, January 4, 2010
Getting in shape and setting some goals
Hey guys,
I just got back from NYC for NYE. It was a ton of fun but this morning was brutal; I had to get up at 5am, to work out at 6 because my mom read some book about the benefits of excercise and forced me, my brother, and my dad to go (because my brother couldn't go until 5pm otherwise.) Needless to say it was awful but it's good that I'm going and getting into better shape.
I have to figure out what I want from poker this year. I'm just not sure right now. I'm getting better at 16/18s but long term I think I really have to do 6m cash. I'm staking a couple guys in 2/180s which has been fun and it's great to make some money without playing. I've been doing HH reviews and one of the guys is down a bit but playing fine (only 200 games so far) and the other is +1300 or so over 5 weeks so that's been nice. I don't have any strict rules about how much to let these guys drop before I drop them (I've reserved this right) but I'm pretty sure I'll keep both just because they're both playing well so if they aren't making money, it's sorta w/e in the short term.
These next 2.5-3 weeks I'm pretty busy. I have to:
1) get in shape (gym every day before intersession starts)
2) watch Hand Readers, +EV of a poker pro, real life micro nl grinder (this is actually sort of hard to do cuz i have to pay attention and the vids are pretty boring)
3) pick up another stakee
4) start reading real analysis book (I'm thinking of taking this class, but want to give myself a head start)
5) put in 18 mans
6) apply to finance internships, get interview book
1 will happen, I want to do 4, and the other 3 are sort of up in the air. I'm not entirely sure how many 18 mans I can play because I have so much going on but we'll see.
I'm hoping that I can expect to get like 500/month from staking. Vegas will cost 1.5k and I wanna set aside 1k for coaching, so my roll's down to 2300 if that's the case. I might start at 25nl but that seems pretty lame. So I wanna grow the roll and be able to jump into 50nl. I might do 10k hands at 25nl and then move up.
Gonna be some pretty busy days up ahead.
Thanks for reading,
Yodaddy
I just got back from NYC for NYE. It was a ton of fun but this morning was brutal; I had to get up at 5am, to work out at 6 because my mom read some book about the benefits of excercise and forced me, my brother, and my dad to go (because my brother couldn't go until 5pm otherwise.) Needless to say it was awful but it's good that I'm going and getting into better shape.
I have to figure out what I want from poker this year. I'm just not sure right now. I'm getting better at 16/18s but long term I think I really have to do 6m cash. I'm staking a couple guys in 2/180s which has been fun and it's great to make some money without playing. I've been doing HH reviews and one of the guys is down a bit but playing fine (only 200 games so far) and the other is +1300 or so over 5 weeks so that's been nice. I don't have any strict rules about how much to let these guys drop before I drop them (I've reserved this right) but I'm pretty sure I'll keep both just because they're both playing well so if they aren't making money, it's sorta w/e in the short term.
These next 2.5-3 weeks I'm pretty busy. I have to:
1) get in shape (gym every day before intersession starts)
2) watch Hand Readers, +EV of a poker pro, real life micro nl grinder (this is actually sort of hard to do cuz i have to pay attention and the vids are pretty boring)
3) pick up another stakee
4) start reading real analysis book (I'm thinking of taking this class, but want to give myself a head start)
5) put in 18 mans
6) apply to finance internships, get interview book
1 will happen, I want to do 4, and the other 3 are sort of up in the air. I'm not entirely sure how many 18 mans I can play because I have so much going on but we'll see.
I'm hoping that I can expect to get like 500/month from staking. Vegas will cost 1.5k and I wanna set aside 1k for coaching, so my roll's down to 2300 if that's the case. I might start at 25nl but that seems pretty lame. So I wanna grow the roll and be able to jump into 50nl. I might do 10k hands at 25nl and then move up.
Gonna be some pretty busy days up ahead.
Thanks for reading,
Yodaddy
Friday, January 1, 2010
End of Month
Hey guys,
December was pretty good. I didn't get in a ton of volume but did alright. Here are my results:
December Results (all): 693 $3 $8 27% $1,995
18 Man Results for December: 597 $2 $8 19% $1,107
I'm mixing 6/18s and 16/18s and I'm still not making a ton doing that but I think my 18 man game has gotten a ton better. I've started passing on some spots and really slowing down with a big stack which are two things that are really helping I think. My roll's been growing too, which is nice. I'm up to 4.8k or so which is nice because my vegas weekend trip in the spring will cost me like 1.5k. Here are the things I'm thinking of doing:
-seeing "O"
-playing cards live (obv)
-good food, going out both nights
That brings me down to 3.3k and I'm gonna start watching some cash videos and really try to mix in some 6max. Intersession starts the ninth but here's a tentative plan that I'm really trying to make sure happens:
By January 27th (when classes start):
-have watched Baby Steps, From the Ground Up, +EVolution of a Poker Player, Real Life Micro NL Grinder
-400 18 mans
This is pretty ambitious but if I do this, then I can start playing 6m cash at 25nl for 10k hands then 50nl. I think I'll get coaching after 25nl from TheLoon on DC. He plays 100nl and I don't see any reason to pay more for a coach that plays higher and isn't as comfortable with lower stakes (or at least as accustomed to it.) So ten sessions of that will run me $700, adn will leave me like $2.5k for a roll which is 50 buyins and hopefully enough.
I'm pretty excited about this but it'll take some work.
I've also started helping out a couple guys in the 2/180s. One of them is improving but not great and the other is solid and getting better so that's been padding my roll a bit and it's pretty nice to have at least a little money coming in without playing (although I'm doing HH reviews, etc.) I'm not Shen or Vers, but I can def. help these guys get good and I think they can get like 100% at the 2s and then move up so eh.
Had a great New Years party at a friend's house in NYC last night. Tons of fun, people got hammered, and hilarity ensued.
I also have to grind because my brother has $200 left for the schoolyear and, even though I don't want to just give him money, I really don't want him to have to get a shitty $10/hr job at school. So I'll probably ship him $500 or something for the rest of the year so he's not wasting time at a job and can still go out at night.
Hope your holidays went well,
Yodaddy
December was pretty good. I didn't get in a ton of volume but did alright. Here are my results:
December Results (all): 693 $3 $8 27% $1,995
18 Man Results for December: 597 $2 $8 19% $1,107
I'm mixing 6/18s and 16/18s and I'm still not making a ton doing that but I think my 18 man game has gotten a ton better. I've started passing on some spots and really slowing down with a big stack which are two things that are really helping I think. My roll's been growing too, which is nice. I'm up to 4.8k or so which is nice because my vegas weekend trip in the spring will cost me like 1.5k. Here are the things I'm thinking of doing:
-seeing "O"
-playing cards live (obv)
-good food, going out both nights
That brings me down to 3.3k and I'm gonna start watching some cash videos and really try to mix in some 6max. Intersession starts the ninth but here's a tentative plan that I'm really trying to make sure happens:
By January 27th (when classes start):
-have watched Baby Steps, From the Ground Up, +EVolution of a Poker Player, Real Life Micro NL Grinder
-400 18 mans
This is pretty ambitious but if I do this, then I can start playing 6m cash at 25nl for 10k hands then 50nl. I think I'll get coaching after 25nl from TheLoon on DC. He plays 100nl and I don't see any reason to pay more for a coach that plays higher and isn't as comfortable with lower stakes (or at least as accustomed to it.) So ten sessions of that will run me $700, adn will leave me like $2.5k for a roll which is 50 buyins and hopefully enough.
I'm pretty excited about this but it'll take some work.
I've also started helping out a couple guys in the 2/180s. One of them is improving but not great and the other is solid and getting better so that's been padding my roll a bit and it's pretty nice to have at least a little money coming in without playing (although I'm doing HH reviews, etc.) I'm not Shen or Vers, but I can def. help these guys get good and I think they can get like 100% at the 2s and then move up so eh.
Had a great New Years party at a friend's house in NYC last night. Tons of fun, people got hammered, and hilarity ensued.
I also have to grind because my brother has $200 left for the schoolyear and, even though I don't want to just give him money, I really don't want him to have to get a shitty $10/hr job at school. So I'll probably ship him $500 or something for the rest of the year so he's not wasting time at a job and can still go out at night.
Hope your holidays went well,
Yodaddy
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