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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

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

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

18 mans

Hey guys,

I've been playing the 18 mans and this is what it looks like for the month so far:

413 $1 $7 19% $513

And I've stopped pussing out and have started mixing in 16/18s. The play's still awful, I saw this today:

MP raises to 120 at 10/20, I jam QQ from the btn for 1500, villain calls with 66...

I dropped $200 the other day which was annoying but I have to just get over it. The worst that'll happen is that I'll get into makeup which is w/e. I think my game's improving a lot, I've been posting a lotta HH's and getting feedback. I'm still not great, but think I'm doing much better.

I still haven't gotten two grades back from school. We finished exams on the 21st, but my stuff was in for these classes 4 days before the end of exams. It's the 26th now and apparently these two classes regularly submit grades as late as mid January. What is that? Can you really not grade exams/papers within a week or so? It really shouldn't be that hard.

Still picking out classes for next semester. I'm thinking:

Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Nature of Morality
Easy Class/Maybe Math Class/Philosophy and Tragedy

We'll see.

Trying to get back into shape so I've started running. I go back 18 days before other kids for sports so my break's much shorter than most. Gonna go run now and put in another set later.

Thanks for reading,
Yodaddy

Hot Session

Played 180s tonight for 4 hour or so, got in 37 games, +937. Obv ran really hot but it was pretty annoying because I donked off huge stacks at FT's to get 2 3rds, 1 1st, and some other finishes. Oh well, it'll get my online roll up to 3800 or so and I just realized that I didn't cash a check from two summers ago so +1k for my checking acct, ship it.

Got the gf a bracelet from Tiffany's which I think is pretty reasonable for the holidays, but I'll be interested to see what she gets me. Three weeks in she got me a $500 belt so we'll see...

Going home on Sunday, should be good.

Semester's End

Hey guys,

Semester's coming to a close and I can't wait to get home for the holidays. I really wanna make some money in the time that I'm home because I'll have my 30" monitor and desktop (I only have my mac laptop aka no scripts at school). I played some 180s tonight and got a 3rd in a 12 but only ended +10 or sth. I think I'm playing pretty well and submitted the HH so we'll see how I'm doing. I was looking at a cEV push/fold chart and I think I may not have been pushing quite wide enough in certain spots. It's just that antes are such a big deal in the 180s that they can make a huge swing in your shoving range.

Anyway, we'll see how many games I can get in over the 18 days that I'm home. I would be off from now until the 27th (I know, right?) but have to go back on the 9th for squash. Just brutal.

I've also managed to get through like 3k this semester in spending money so I wanna grind and avoid withdrawing from my online roll. It's nice being able to eat off campus, get drinks, etc and not have to really worry about the cost. I guess it's a small thing but some kids probably stress over it and I just don't think about it too much.

I checked out my SS for the last 2,000 games (all 180s) and here are the results:

Yodaddy379 2,000 $3.07 $7 35% $6,143

So it's good, I just have to really get on my grind over break and make it happen. I think 1000 games in 18 days is a good goal to shoot for. Hopefully I can get at least 3/game over that span and get a bit more spending money.

Not much else is going on in my life, but given where I'm at, no news is good news imo.

Happy holidays to everyone,
Yodaddy