1/3 Grinding and Bankroll
Hi all,
First post in this specific forum. Normally post in NL Strategy. Hoping for some feedback about bankroll management.
I started playing 4-5 times a week at MGM National Harbor in March after a few months off. Previously I had been playing at MD Live and lost most of what I had won (around $1,200). Anyway, I took $200 to the casino and tried my luck. No bankroll to start really.
I had a great March (+$3,000) but a terrible April (-$3,000) after trying 2/5 and losing $1k and a horrific 24-hour session where I dumped $1,800 in just cooler after cooler (set over set, AK into AA, nut flush v. boat, etc.). This month I'm up around $1,000 so far. Any tips about bankroll management that can keep me from losing it all again? Do you set some of your winnings aside for example?
I have a somewhat steady income outside of poker but my goal is to make poker a supplement to that income and not just a break-even hobby.
Appreciate the feedback.
Thanks,
DT
Good results. Do you like trans women or just dudes?
And FWIW, I didn't get married until I was 40 😉 I could not be happier!
I played well just got unlucky…called at spr .5 against someone who has jammed naked gutters before with AQQT9ds on 975dd and he had pair plus fd and we were behind but correct to call at spr .5 in a 4! pot (although it was a dry side pot so maybe not). Then lost dsAA in another 3! pot to terrible winner who brags a lot…he’s a gambler so I can’t be too butt hurt but I was annoyed to lose this one and called it a session not long after as he quit. I did get lucky at least with AKQ99ds in a 3! pot on T93A against AA, 9 on the river.
Played a little 5/5 as well, made a little. Went runner runner nut flush in a 3! pot would have won a good one but folded flop perhaps a bit too tight against a 1/3 stab by the preflop 3!ttor.
Overall played very well and table presence was just ok…maybe a B- this time. I got upset to lose the KKT77 to two AAs because I lost to this maniac who has really had my number the past few weeks. I said fk and slapped the table when I saw they both had AA.
Anyway to be stuck only $700 after all this is a blessing and I did a lot of things correctly elsewhere to not lose more. Lattes exercise music and play later.
I simmed the KKT77 and we are still behind 43/57 the AA with our suit covered and AA dead but double suited live suits we are a favorite. I was not folding this hand to this maniac villain pre anyway just unfortunate to run into AA.
Got protein powder today gonna bulk up a little.
The most uncomfortable experience playing poker I have ever had (almost).
2/5, a butch chick I have never seen before with shaved hair sits down to my left and she’s probably a kindred spirit so I say hi and am friendly. She is coolly receptive. I call an open otb with 76cc and she 3! from SB and we both call. I flop a flush draw on A94cc. She cbets 1/2 pot and a call, I call. Turn Tc and I make my flush. She bets $200 and a call, I jam $350, she tries to go all in for $400 but it’s not open I tell her after her opponent suggests they just go all in for the side pot. They go all in on the river anyway and she asks me to show first since she called me (I mentioned they have a side pot). I announced flush and she loses the side pot with AK to a set of 9s. She then complains that I “mansplained” the hand to her. I say sorry and let me know if I did anything wrong. She stares me down for over 30 seconds motionless, just sitting there a foot away from me, glaring at me. I thought she was going to pull a punch so I was bracing myself. I asked if I did anything wrong. She says “when you win a hand, don’t say anything.” I said I wouldn’t say anything. (Oops.) Then she goes, “I don’t mind losing but I don’t want to lose to someone who claims to be nice when they’re not.” :O
Thankfully she walked away..the floor told me she complained to them and expected them to do something for her bad experience and creeped them out too.
Anyway good reason to keep getting in better shape.
So sorry that happened to you. I wouldn’t take that experience personally coming from a stranger who doesn’t know you for you 😀
Really good start to day, had a coaching session and got another good review from a student in my coaching thread. Exercise rowing lattes with protein powder massage and play now! Feel in good spirits and ready to play.
I handled the situation with that chick yesterday very well. I am proud of my table presence yesterday for sure. I did complain about the nits once at plo. A-.
Had a pretty slow session, was stuck at one point but made a come back and broke even or won a little on the day. Got punished for another -ev call…which I didn’t make. Folded my set on turn against two straights figuring I was blocked which I was and would have scooped a good pot.
Chatted up the really nice shift manager about fitness advice, I learned he used to be a personal trainer; sounds like I need to eat more calories before I can expect to gain weight. He will hold me accountable too!
Lattes music rowing massage then play.
Applied for that mental health position, informal interview tomorrow. Fingers crossed! Will be nice to help people like me.
Thanks a lot! This should be a fulfilling position that I will be passionate about like the last one. I wouldn’t change my routine for just any old job.
Wrapped up 5/T/25 winning a few hundo, got good sleep but still feel sorta crummy, got sick again. Someone was coughing next to me in line for food and wasn’t covering their mouth at all. Terrible.
Informal interview went well, she thought my qualifications were wonderful … just hope I can handle the rigors of full time legal work. She is pushing me through the hiring process quickly to hire me before year’s end.
It was incredibly refreshing to talk to new people for a change and not just degens. Getting excited about the job made playing a much less interesting experience.
Running and playing meh today. Stuck a good amount, the games suck compared to them this time of year last year.
Got good sleep, going to do the virtual interview today which is followed by two live interviews.
Had a bruising session, lost most pots I played whether I was ahead or behind. Feel like I am losing my rungood and maybe this is the perfect time to start working again. The games aren’t even that good these days.
Virtual interview went well I think, all this reminds me that there is so much more to life than poker. I have a lot of talents I can use to help people so why shouldn’t I. I can always play when I have free time, and use my newly acquired legal experience in the mental health field to do greater things with the money I make down the line.
Had another rough session, lost all my flips slightly ahead like AAQ55 v. KTJ76 with KT884 dead in a short stack’s hand on KK5 in a 3! pot or AA v. AA all in pre (I was blocking his nut suit). Gonna meet an old legal friend for coffee today, will be nice to catch up.
One of the interview questions was how I would deal with unkempt clients … and I related the time another patient sht all over the bathroom floor in the hospital. Using my lived experience as a credential was pretty empowering.
Booked a much needed win for my confidence tonight. Met an old legal formed and mentor. He sent me an article. Got to read all about lawyer ethics in representing mentally ill clients in my spare time folding. Lots of potential ethical dilemmas..what the clients wants you to advocate for (release) is not always in their best interests as they are better off in a hospital environment for safety. Sometimes the client is in fact released and they shortly thereafter commit suicide. That would be heartbreaking to me and if the lawyer knew they were suicidal and got them out anyway a moral dilemma. Did they really help the client? Not to mention a lawyer may ethically disclose information adverse to the client to save their life.
Brought me back to college when I was woefully depressed self harming on my finger and mostly in bed…one day I walked in front of traffic without looking. I hope I can help people struggling like I was in this new role and I hope I’m strong enough to do so.
Got good sleep, listening to jazz music now, enjoying the sunshine through the window. Sipping a chocolate latte with a little protein powder. Gonna spend time with family and the doggies later.
Had a dream my sister and I were running away from a futuristic blue green electrified alien dragon flying though the sky. She passed her project management certification test which is awesome news.
I was doing a little self reflection today with this new job application and if I were to pick a theme for my life, it has largely has been about seeking freedom … from mental illness, jails and prisons, perhaps now hospitals. Also what drew me to poker was the relative freedom it provides. A public defender once said she became a defender because she would rather keep people out of prisons than lock them up.
People of all types can do wonderful things when they are allowed to.
Well tonight was interesting. This guy sitting across from me was staring at me (I was losing a few pots), and I asked him not to because I don’t like being stared at. (True…part of my condition probably, plus most people don’t appreciate it anyway.)
The guy to my left accuses me of being an asslole due to my request. Anyway I leave and ask for a table change because I was running bad and the game wasnt that good. I come back and the dude to my left stacks me, I take it well…but then he starts giving a speech about his mom telling him to treat everyone with respect no matter who they are. He was claiming I was not being respectful earlier so I asked him if his momma taught him not to stare as well. He said no and went on to say he’d take my head off.
The floor was called and the whole situation was explained from beginning to end. I said I felt uncomfortable and asked him to go for the night. Seemed reasonable. He kept dropping f bombs. So the floor asked him to go for the night. He said he would leave but then he kept talking to me as he was racking up, and I stayed silent. He said I was a pussy and if he ever saw me outside he would f me up. Then the floor’s hands were tied and he called security on him and flagged him so he’s banned indefinitely now. I had no issues with him up to tonight so it was unfortunate to see this happen. I don’t want the player pool any smaller especially rec players but I also don’t want to be threatened. Sigh.
Got hit and run on by the action player, then dude says to the female dealer “ship me a pot I’ll rub your feet after work.” He starts explaining to me this is a great pick up line and I should try it. “I’m gonna start calling
you foot man from now on,” I said. “No don’t call me that!” he insisted.
