Renter to Real Estate; To Midstakes and Beyond [PLO]
Intro:
I am on a journey. This journey has a fixed beginning and a clear ending. There are checkpoints at which point I can measure my progress to be ahead of or behind my expectations. Whatever my progress, it is what it is. Personal acceptance & inner peace are critical for success, especially for an endeavor as swingy as PLO. The iteration of reality we find ourselves hurtling down can't be changed by our reactions to it or because of our personal preferences, rather we have to accept it for how it is and do our best given the circumstances.
"I follow cheerfully; and, did I not,
Wicked and wretched, I must follow still
Whoever yields properly to Fate, is deemed
Wise among men, and knows the laws of heaven."
Euripides
Goals:
August 2018: 2/5 zoom with $100k+
End of 2018: 10/20 PLO reg
End of 2019: 25/50 PLO reg
End of 2020: I want to be phasing out of poker with ~800k USD.
These goals are aggressive. The games are always getting tougher. But I will rise to the top. I have honed every aspect of my game and it will be obvious in this thread as it develops. I named myself BERRI SOUR so that when I am sitting across from BERRI SWEET he will know our battling will have been premeditated.
For now I will continue at the bottom of midstakes until my grind begins full time in January. At which point I will battle my way until I am comfortably settled in to 2/5 zoom on Stars at which point the objective will be to crank out 1.5k in EV each day from cash and fire off the major plo mtts.
For a life after poker, I see myself investing in rental apartments to generate passive income and enable the next segment of my life -- business and family. I recognize that poker is a net negative on society so I have some catching up to do in the next stages of my life. Thankfully my poker journey will be concluded within a few years and I will have the tools- time and money- to enact the change I want to see on the people around me that I care about and the causes I find worthwhile.
When the grind becomes difficult, when the downswing seems like it cannot possibly continue, when you want to give up out of frustration, remember that my quality of life is a dream and the challenges I face are nothing compared to my ancestors. In their words:
“Through chances various, through all vicissitudes, we make our way …. “ --Aeneid
I'm in America.
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I've been spending time on things outside of poker last few days but did get in a Sunday session firing the venoms and some cash. I'm roughly 40k from peak after a small recovery.. 2nd 3rd of Jan was mostly 60k straight down so am happy to win some back. I was inches away from a decent day 2 stack but took a very thin spot that was -ev given icm 4 off the money in the venom plo given the mystery bounty format of day 2. In retrospect I wouldn't have deviated like I did but my logic at the time seemed sound.
Class going well and progress with girlfriend.. have been cofounder shopping on the ycombinator founder match platform. Couple irons in the fire. Life is good!
I lost 50k live last session mostly from quads
I've got day 2 of the venom next Monday and have been spending a decent amount of time studying mtts. Feeling really good about cards this year despite a 90k pullback from peak.
I'm doing an alright job of life at the moment in terms of balance, self care, my relationship etc. I could definitely be doing better although I've found that in my life I typically have sprints and siestas not just for productivity but largely seasons in life broadly and I feel myself putting great effort into several important categories of life so I won't beat myself up over falling short in small ways in other areas. I'm flawed and will never execute perfectly day to day so I make peace with that. I'm proud of the person I'm bringing to my mental and personal life buckets each day.
Well I just had a hell of a day. 25/50 online has always been the stake that I only play a few hands of because it's the lowest stake that the top top players play. I battled for hours today and won 27k across mostly 10/20 and 25/50 while running below EV. This was kind of like taking a weight off my shoulders of some mental block that these stakes were off limits to me. After playing bigger live over the past two years and coming back to play with these guys online I felt very comfortable with the $$ and got to execute my strategy without (much) stress. I'm proud of what I just did. The 2k reg that holds the lobby and I think is really truly solid quit me after I owned him in a few hands.
Highlight of my day was definitely this hand:
Hand History driven straight to this forum with DriveHUD 2 Poker HUD and Database Software
PL 5 Card Omaha 50.00(BB)
HERO ($21799.13)
BB ($2691.53)
BTN ($5734.84)
Dealt to Hero: T♠ 4♦ J♣ 5♣ J♦
BTN Folds, HERO Raises To $150, BB Calls $100
Hero SPR on Flop: [8.47 effective]
Flop ($300): 2♣ 4♥ T♥
HERO Bets $220.50 (Rem. Stack: $21428.63), BB Calls $220.50 (Rem. Stack: $2321.03)
Turn ($741): 2♣ 4♥ T♥ 2♦
HERO Checks, BB Bets $555.75 (Rem. Stack: $1765.28), HERO Calls $555.75 (Rem. Stack: $20872.88)
River ($1852.50): 2♣ 4♥ T♥ 2♦ A♣
HERO Checks, BB Bets $1765.28 (allin), HERO Calls $1765.28 (Rem. Stack: $19107.60)
Spoiler
BB shows: T♦ 6♥ 9♦ 4♠ 8♦
HERO wins: $5381.31
Cashing out a 575BB stack or something like that at 25/50 is a great feeling. I think that's the biggest stack I've had at that stake before, which is funny considering I've played a number of six figure pots live. Today was a day for growth as a player. Feels great
How was the session Vs veni?
