January Review & More

January was a tough grueling month and it's only a indicator of what is ahead in this SNE chase. The good news is, I'm ready for it and even more focused now in achieving my goals. I'm currently at about 82k vpps, so I'm right where I need to be. Profit wise, I could of did better in my opinion, but I did make a nice comeback in the end from a 3k deficit and profited 500 at the cash tables. It's not what I had in mind, but as long as I'm above break-even, I'll take it and won't complain. Hopefully I can do better next month!

Final Graph:




WBCOOP & Sunday Tournies Review

The WBCOOP was a fun tournament, it was my first time hearing about it a couple of weeks ago, so I decided to take a shot at it. I didn't manage to play in all the events and only cashed in one event, that being the first PLO event. I earned a $33 SCOOP ticket and free money/entries are always nice. Kind of funny how it was the only event I cashed in and went 0/3 for the NLHE event (Rarely, rarely play PLO)

I don't usually tourney, but I did yesterday, since there were a couple of big tournies running (Turbo Takedown, WBCOOP ME, etc...) I made only a small profit of like 40 bucks of them. Couldn't really get into a groove in them and before you know it, I was knocked out in majority of the tournaments I was playing. I however did manage a decent run in the Sunday 1/4 million and was where my profit came from lol.

Profit for January

Not sure if I should be discussing this, but I'll give it a go, since I feel like I have nothing to hide and it might inspire future SNE chasers. Also I guess people can sort of tell how much I make with PTR being so accessible.

Cash Table Earnings: $470 as seen above graph.
Tournament Table Earnings: $78 (includes SCOOP ticket)
Bonuses: 4K + Stellars ($900) = $4900
FPPs: I forgot how many FPPs I started with and earned, but I know it's no less than 30k and not higher than 50k. I'll choose 40k because it gives us a middle ground. 40K X .016 (FPP value of the 4k bonus) = $640.

Using my handy dandy calculator, it adds up to...

$6088. (Note: SNE is more end heavy bonus wise because of the milestones, so profits in the first few months are not as much in the latter months.)

four days

running terrible. stuck 3K. massive grinding to ensue.

***Update***

Only down 1.3k now. Might put another session in tonight, but highly doubt it.

Even More Swongs

Week 2 of the SNE chase is in the books and I am at 40k vpps. I'm going to put a session in later in the day and I should be then either back on pace or half a day behind pace (depends on how much I decide to play). I wasn't able to get ahead of pace this week because I'm planning to move out on the 1st! I'm very excited about this; it gives me a chance to be more independent. But, also it adds more responsibility and pressure with bills to pay now. I'll probably post pictures of the apartment once it is furnished and stuff.

Well back to poker, I suffered more swings and as you can see below when I was at my peak money wise, I received the doomswitch. I won't complain, but really it was the runbad; the usual beats etc... During that stretch, it seemed forever and I did lose some confidence, but I took everything into perspective. I knew I was a winner (very marginal winner lol) at the 200NL FR games and that I would climb out of this. I did end up climbing out of it for now, but there is still another two weeks in January and another 11 months to go. I'm not sure how I'm going to run in the future and this setback could be a blessing in disguise in preparing me mentally in what is ahead.



This was basically my face when the downswing was happening.




Oh one last thing to note, for anyone following this blog, THANK YOU! I really do appreciate the support and if any followers or lurkers have their own blogs, post it here and I'll make sure to follow! Maybe once I reach like 10 followers or some set number, I'll hold a draw and buy that lucky winner into the Sunday Million.

updates, updates

As of right now I am about 20k vpps in the SuperNova Elite chase. I'm actually a day behind, but it's no biggie, I will make it up in the following days. I know it's important to always stay ahead of pace and it's one of the most frequently given tips from past SNE achievers. I promise I'll be back on pace!

So far, the chase has been good. I think one of the hardest things that I see right now and into the future is playing your best game when running bad. It's just very difficult in general and I have to, have to minimize my losses when it comes to variance. Even though, I am only a week into this run, I can't emphasize enough to try and not spew money in certain spots because it does add up over the course of these million hands. Let's see if I can hold on to this notion and see how my yearly profits would be.

Also, I underestimated the swongs involved in the SNE chase :(



It is so important I stay positive in profits this entire way because it gives me confidence in making the right decisions. Oh yeah, I have to e-mail PS for a avatar change, been procrastinating on that lol.

300K and 2011 Goals

Woot! Finally hit the mark! I'm proud I reached it because in the earlier portion of the month, my classes effected my volume so, I had to put pretty big volume in the home stretch; yeah the grinding was good. I think this will help because this month was a teaser to prepare for the SNE chase. It gave me a good foundation of putting long hours and honestly, it was not so bad.

Ok, new year is upon us and I'm really excited! Here our my goals for 2011.

1) Obtain Supernova Elite (Quite the obvious one)

2) Maintain a 1+bb per 100 hands winrate. (I'm not just satisfied with a breakeven year, I want to improve as a player and show more of a profit! And this seems harder than it is, games get more difficult each year and winning 1+bb per 100 hands in a year with that massive volume is another feat itself.)

3) Save money! (I like to spend money and it's a fact, but at some point, I have to save. I don't want poker to be my only option in the future; I want to expand to other ventures as well, for example investments, businesses etc... Plus, I don't know how long online poker will be here, so time to play it safe!)

4) Exercise and lose my belly. Nope, I'm nowhere near fat, just been gaining weight around that area :(

5) Be a better boyfriend, son, brother etc... (Maybe one of the most important goals next to SNE, I guess it's self-explanatory)


And I'll be sure to update and post about my SNE chase and some other ramblings next year! I'm sure maybe it will inspire at least one person in the world because reading other blogs has gave me so much motivation. See you next year!



My new avatar at PS for 2011!

Closing it Down!

December is winding down and the new year is on the horizon. I am in full anticipation for this upcoming year and it will be probably one of the most important in my life. This is mainly because of my goal of achieving Supernova Elite. I never really set goals in my life; sure i do have many goals in my life, but there more futuristic oriented. This goal of Supernova Elite will be in the present and it is entirely in my own hands to achieve. I'll make a later blog post of what other things I want to accomplish this upcoming year.

So, back to the VPP goal of December. I'm currently around 55k vpps, so I'll need 15k more to finish this. I think I'll make it in the next few days and I would of achieved 300k vpps for the year (I know, seems miniscule to the required 1 million vpps for SNE). Still, I will be proud, since I originally set this goal somewhere around summer, not knowing if I will actually of achieved it because I was burnt out of poker at that time and my volume lacked. Hopefully everything goes well these upcoming days!

Happy Holidays!

December Goal Update

Have to catch up!