I’ve been back in Seattle a couple of weeks now and gotten used to life in the real world again. That is to say none of my friends gamble and I’m no longer crushing online haha. When I first got back here my bankroll was peaking and I was playing higher than ever even jumping into a few 500/1k 7 games and doing okay. Since then it basically all went to hell and I suppose I got my comeupons for trying to push my luck. It all started on a day where I bought $10k worth of action in a nosebleed game that didn’t end up working out. Then I proceeded to “take a shot” which usually implies you have some strict stoploss but I didn’t really go in with any at the time at some 300/600 OE games and dropped about $36k there running terribly. Some hands that come to mind
It’s always nice to flop the stone nuts on a high, scooping board and end up with none of the pot. Anyways, I’ll try to keep the whining to a minimum. O8 is a very high variance game and I certainly still have some betting and non-betting leaks as I made more than a few mistakes and did a very poor job of minimizing my losses.
My daily totals for the week were something like +$13k, -$46k, -$10k, -$7k, -$5k followed by a couple of breakeven days. So ya I lost something like $60k over the course of a few days and thought for sure I was goin busto. It was by far the most stressed I think I’ve ever been in my poker career.
Since then I’ve taken a couple of days off and realized I’m still doing pretty damn well for myself. I’m still a 100 thousandaire and lead a pretty comfortable good life for myself which is more than most of my 24 year old peers can say. Sadly, my online roll is down to $20k due to having to withdraw a bunch to stock some ATMs for an upcoming event, and I pretty much refuse to redeposit so my current plan is to just grind 2/4 plo and 30/60 limit games and lower til I get back up to $50k online to start playing bigger again. So ya there it is for my poker update.
Lifewise I suppose the most interesting things are that I discovered the recipe for japanese white sauce and have made some of it and been putting it on pretty much everything I eat over the past couple of days. Man it’s tasty! You have to make sure you let it sit in the fridge overnight like the directions say as it tasted way too much like mayo right after mixing. I’ve also been looking into taking some beginner motorcycle lessons probably sometime in September as that’s the next available course I don’t have a conflict with. It’s $125 for 8 hours of ride time and I’m really looking forward to it. I’ve never been riding before but it’s always something I’ve wanted to learn how to do. If I really do end up enjoying I might have to go bike shopping!
I know I been slacking with the vids lately, so I’ll give ya two this time.
First a funny short one.
Then a long, angry one that gives my feelings toward poker this month.