Deeper and deeper: Down 75 buyins, still chasing the PLO dream
About a year ago I started to get bored of the 2 card PLO variant known as "texas hold them" and over the past year have since dedicated myself to learning, playing, and hopefully one day mastering the PLO streets.
A twinkle in my eye, and the moon in my sights. I set out on quest of sorts...to learn and eventually CRUSH PLO!!
Fast forward one year. After many hours in the lab, lots of effort playing, studying, practicing mindfulness, physical exercise, a few broken household items later...and I don't think I could be further from my goal if I tried.
Poker is hard.
At this point, most people would quit. Most people would cut their losses, move on, or at least move down in steaks. Most people would probably do something else with their life.
But not me. I'm an idiot. An idiot on a ****ing quest. An idiot who doesn't know any better, is probably delusional, and almost certainly doing it wrong. But nonetheless an idiot on a quest to get unstuck, and return to even. What I lack in poker abilities, I more than make up for in delusions, raw grit, and determination.
I'll use this thread to share hand histories from sessions, summarize study insights, in general spill my guts. BUT I WILL NOT USE THESE SACRED PIXELS TO COMPLAIN. (Apologies in advance if I complain.)
godspeed. go me. go you. go us. go humanity.
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It's not goodbye, but see you later
Well girls, boys, and everyone in between, the time has come to more formally close the thread down. I haven't been incredibly active in it the last few months, and I don't see that changing anytime soon. I achieved the goals I wanted to achieve since my first post in 2022: I grew a shitton as a human and poker player, got a lot better at PLO, got a lot better at the mental game, and climbed out of the downswing.
Results since creating this thread:
Is online poker still profitable with all of the bots, hole card sharers, coward grimming regs who never play HU, and RTA ****ers? Yea definitely. Seems surprising but it's true.
I've made a ton of progress, but despite the progress, I still have a ton of leaks and a ton of room to improve in almost all areas. Right now when I think about the road ahead, it's way more exciting than daunting.
What's next for me? Definitely going to keep playing, studying, and improving. I still love poker. Hopefully play more live than online in 2024. I'm toying with the idea of streaming but it sounds awful in a lot of respects. However, there aren't a lot of PLO streamers from what i can tell, so it seems like an opportunity.
I'll leave the thread open and check periodically incase anyone has any questions. Also, if anyone out there wants to talk hands, strategy, life, poker etc. hit me up in the DM's. I would love to expand my pool of likeminded folk. I don't care what stake you play as long as you sincerely want to get better.
Grass Elephant signing off, for now.
Well then.. it looks like you win. 😀
