Archive for February, 2012
great week, jobs, etc
by Adam on Feb.20, 2012, under life, poker
Had a great week of poker – won a $3.5 rebuy 180man, and got two 2nd’s as well as a ton of other deep runs in mtts. I had one heartbreaker getting 10th in a $9.90 final table only paid, losing with 33 vs A9 all in preflop. I was unfortunately carddead and getting no decent spots and also in 10th place chips with the 9th place guy having a 4 more big blinds than me so I had to push 33 in the cutoff and hope to grab the blinds. The chipleader who was on a heater called me and hit so I was out in the worst spot possible. I didn’t sweat it too much and continued to grind.
My small sample of $3.5r180s (only ~100 games) and I’m up about $8/game. I expect that to drop to about $5-6/game long term. Again my strategy I feel is vastly different from most of the regs, and I also never play the games if I see X number of regs already registered. I prefer to play when the field is stacked with unknowns or fish. There’s no point in playing a tournament where you have an edge of only +$1/game unless the rake is high. There are much better spots.
Besides poker I am applying for IT jobs and working on IT certifications. I am about 1/7th of the way through the A+ certification book. So far it’s been super easy for me, but I am also learning a few nifty things as well. By the end of the year I’m hoping to have both an A+ and network+ certification.
another good day
by Adam on Feb.05, 2012, under poker
Binked 1st in a $5 PLO8 tourney, 1st in a 2/180, 1st in a small HOSE tourney, and 3rd in a 2/180 after some bad luck. Still have not ran well enough in any 3r180s or 8/180s to win one. Hopefully soon.
finally, some luck
by Adam on Feb.03, 2012, under poker
got 4th/1705 in a $5 hyper turbo for and 3rd in a 3r180. Nice day so far, gonna grind a bit later tonight.
breaking even
by Adam on Feb.02, 2012, under poker
Not much going on, I get deep in tournaments and finish 3rd-20th over and over again. Ev way below expectation every day. Today I played a short session of $8/180s and $3r180s. I made some profit, but I think i had 5 final tables and 3 other cashes, but I always ran bad at the final tables. Either I went carddead or I just lost totally standard coinflips. I finished 5th, 7th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 16th.
225k chips under ev. Ev bb/100 = 17.03. Actually bb/100 = 1.71 today
