Started with a $1/$2nl challenge, now we're here.
đŽWARNING!! IMA 2+2 VIRGIN!! FIRST DAY AT THIS!! FIRST THREAD!!
The Goal is Simple - $40k in One Year (starting Jan.1st 2013) playing only $1-$2NLHE, and $1-$3 NLHE cash games. Most of my play will be @HSIPoker (90% of play), @HollywoodPoker (5% of play) in southern Indiana, and other (5% of play). I will make the occasional trips Vegas, Chicago, etc. My buy-ins will be least $300 and no more than $800 in all daily sessions. If I lose a $800 bullet in the first hour of play, then I leave. Therefore a losing session will never exceed $800. I am committed to play an average of 30-35 hours a week. All statistics (running total $, $/hr., #of hrs. win/loss ratio, etc.) will be tracked through my Poker Journal App. The max buy-ins on both of these games @HSIPoker is $300 up to half the big stack at the table (i.e. big stack has $1400, then new player can buy-in for $700, or other players at table can add up to $700 to their chips). Also @HSIPoker players can straddle from any position, so $1-$2 plays like a $1-$3 or even $2-$5 w/deep stacks. Side note: Just yesterday a maniac player at $1-$2 nlhe straddled for $350!! I will also play no more than $5k worth of tournaments for the year ranging from $300-$1700 buy-ins. The tournaments will be recorded separately, and will be added or deducted from cash game total profits at the end of the year (ending Dec. 31st 2013). I will stay committed to this all year and I will not stray from my rules. I can guarantee I will post at least twice a week, and would even like to link a monthly video segments throughout the year. If you stay with me on this journey, I can promise you I will stay with you throughout the whole year. You can count on total transparency in my poker grind. I will share honestly the ups and downs, the brutal swings, and sprinkle in some spice and substance. All while trying to spare you the bad beat stories. I rather do naked snow angels in freezing temps than listening to someoneâs bad beat story. For future reference if you share one with me, I will act like I care, but I will really be thinking of when will this bad beat story end!! You can also follow - http://twitter.com/RayzRayl
Background â Starting playing seriously at age 25 during the Chris Moneymaker boom. Duh! It was around the same time I was teaching middle school math. I left teaching to create my own destiny. I started out playing low limits and have played as high as $25-$50 NLHE online. I am like most of you that have $ tied up on Full-Tilt. I am mostly a cash game player, and have played very few tournaments with very little success. I bricked the WSOP Main Event twice (I bought in once, and the other seat was a won through PokerStars). I seem to come up short on the big buy-in tourneys. My biggest score in tournaments are a couple of $20k cashes, and biggest score in cash games are a few $10k sessions. Sometimes poker was my full-time job, and sometimes it was supplement income. Right now it is my full-time job. I own a few rental properties, so that helps take the pressure off the grind. My girlfriend (15yr. relationship) and I have 2 girls (2yrs and 9yrs) that are joys of my life. My biggest challenge is explaining to them along with everyone else that I play poker for a living. I struggle with the fact that I am basically chasing money, and not doing anything productive. On the flip side, I do like the higher levels of thinking, the competition, and the pressure that poker offers me. Furthermore, I am not a gambler! I go straight to the poker room and straight out, nothing in between (no dice, no colors, no slots, no blackjack, etc.). Donât get me wrong though I will bet anything I have an edge on. Most of all, I am a man devoted to my faith. Side note: I donât see playing poker as sinful behavior, or gambling. I define gambling as anything where Iâm not a favorite to win long term. More about me . . . thrive on competition, unique, introvert, outside the box thinker, gym fitness member, a bit anti-social, well mannered, authored my memoir at age 30, every other weekend drinker, love my church, entrepreneurial thinker, tennis junkie, green thumb, and I think cats are skittish.
Reason for Goal â The challenge itself is the ultimate reason for this goal. I was recently in a conversation with a friend of mine, and he was stating that $30k/yr. was a realistic earning for a $1-2, $1-3 nlhe grinder. I discussed that an âAâ player putting in 40hrs/wk. can possibly make $40k/yr. He said, âno wayâ, and I said âIâm going to do it.â And thatâs how this goal started. Reason 2) Simple â the goal will keep me staying determined to play flawlessly, and it will keep me focused at the task at hand. This goal allows me to stay âhungryâ the whole year. I enjoy the pressure of striving to achieve something that is challenging. This challenge will keep me waking up each day and grinding. The satisfaction of achieving this goal will be half the fun, and the journey getting there is the other half. My subscribers, followers, and my post will keep accountable; and keeps me determined to play my âAâ game. Thank you in advance for subscribing/following! Reason 3) it keeps the pressure off me playing the bigger games. I always told people the âpoker lowsâ hurt more than the âhighsâ feel good. If that makes any sense to you! There were times when I was playing bigger limits where I would lose $5k in a sesh. Trust me those days sting! When I lost that amount of cheddar I would always think of what I could have done with that money; i.e. remodel the kitchen, go on shopping spree, buy a used car, get a golf membership at the country club, etc. When I win itâs like âcoolâ, but when I lose big it affects my whole psyche! With this goal I am managing my losses where worst case scenario is an $800 losing day. Reason 4) the $1-$2 NLHE is the most popular poker game around. There are more $1-$2 players than any other game. This will give a good idea of whatâs a realistic earning from a solid $1-$2nlhe player. I want to do this for all the grinders. There is not a truer grinder than a $1-$2 grinder. Big Ups to all the 1-2ers!
Cliff Notes â Can I? Or canât I? Make $40k in 2013 playing only $1-$2 and $1-$3 NLHE. Playing at least 30hrs/wk. and buying in for no more than $800 a session! I will also invest no more than $5k in tournaments in 2013 that will be factored into the $40k/year goal. I will post often with full transparency. I thrive on competition. My motto is look good, feel good, play good. I like puzzles. I have a degree in Mathematics. This is my very first post on 2 + 2 forum. 
All feedback welcome.
Thanks,
Rayz
Lol, it takes 9 cups of steamed broccoli to equal the calories of that tv dinner. Think that would fill you up?
Maybe it's a good idea to do a little research / education on nutrition before starving yourself?
rayz is normal for you to never eat with your family or is this a specific thing related to the fast
if it is related to the fast, then why not have your daily meal with them?
It was 2:21p I just finished a run. Took a bath, and fixed a Healthy Choice that comes w a plastic bowl (pic). My oldest was downstairs w bf, my youngest boy was taking a nap, middle child was rearranging her room, my wife was on the phone. We eat when we wanna eat here.
Many nights during the week, my wife will cook some excellent dinners for all. Some eat on bar, some at kitchen table, some on couch. We all in the same room. On occasion all at same table.
We all love each other.
yeah can you go into more detail about what your diet was previously, hard to imagine having just discovered chicken so now my interest is piqued
Didnât care to make healthy choices. Canât wait again for that day to come. lol.
Previously, Fat Tire beers w deep dish pizza breadsticks w beer cheese. Sodas on occasion.
Cheeseburgers Deluxe from Culverâs.
Stuff along these lines. Nothing overboard and always watched closely. But nothing like it is now.
As soon as we reach 145. We gonna have that 2nd paragraph first sentence.
The run route was planned out. Once I got past the first cop on that street there were no side streets to turn off. Cdnt avoid it. Thatâs why the cop had street blocked off.
Wasnât a big deal. Took me 5secs to go under.
Try something daring sometime. Live a little. Push ur limit. Or, b fragile and hv someone hold ur hand.
Did a little here and there. Listened to friends that hv been involved in mma training, boxing, and getting lean.
All that helps and so does my own plan.
When they cut weight for fights it's usually water weight and very temporary. After jumping on the scales they start rehydrating immediately.
I highly doubt they have a diet plan like yours as they would lose muscle mass and feel like utter crap training.
We are at the point of the thread where RayZ is touting his own nutritional plan. Listening to himself and his MMA buddies. The RayZ MichalenaĂâs tv dinner diet. Somehow my gut says all this is real. How can it be real? How can it not be real?
RayZ for my own health Im also going to nuke myself a MichalenaĂâs and take a long hiatus from posting on 2+2. Wait until your MMA buddies tell you about the Michelinas stir fry rice and vegetables with white chicken. So nutritious.
Personal long run on 19hrs of fasting.
Just finished. Gonna soak in tub for a while now.
Cops had road portion blocked off, but we ran by them to see whatâs up.
Ran under these cable lines because we gamble.
Nice job on the longer run! Go for 5.5 next week and slowly increase until you get to about a 7 or 8 mile long run once a week. Wouldnât go any further than that for now. What was your total mileage this week?
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Ty @flokrdlr.
Iâll try that 5.5 next week.
What distances wd u suggest to run when Iâm not running the personal long ones?
Or shd I b staying at 5miles now every time I run?
If youâre running 5x a week now which it looks like based on your mileage, your week should look like this:
Day 1 - 3 mi slow
Day 2 - 3 mi slow
Day 3 - 3 mi slow
Day 4 - 3 mi slow
Day 5 - Long run 5.5 mi (increase .5 every week)
After a couple weeks following that if you wanna increase the mileage more just bump your daily runs to 3.5. Then after a couple more weeks you should incorporate 1 faster run in the middle of the week called a tempo run. Go 1 mile slow, 2 miles fast say 9:30 pace then 1 mile slow for cool down. By the time April rolls around I can see you doing daily runs of 4 mi with a long run of 8 mi or so. Just listen to your body and donât over train! By keeping the pace slow and not increasing the mileage too quickly you should be able to comfortably run 5x a week without much soreness.
Ty @flpkrdl. Much relieved to hear the 3s and 5 every time.
A few 3miles this week and 5.5 on the weekend I guess is the plan.
Maybe it's a good idea to do a little research / education on nutrition before starving yourself?
we feel players. we different. we stupid but think we better thEN everyone else.
only the weak ask for help or sheepishly believe in fax. my eye que is off the charts.
the only competition is myself. <- i imagine you'll enjoy the second verse more than the first. hopefully you'll take in the overall message.
It's interesting that over 11 years since originally starting this thread you now have the same $40k target playing $1/$2 , $1/$3. I guess that's progress for you!
What's going on with pickleball?
@masta the second verse wasnât much better than the first. I listened and it was avg at best. I cdnt really get into that song.
The artist has about as many subscribers as he is worth, 3k. The artist w 3k subs also has a link set up for PayPal donations. We r different Ur correct, we dont ask for help much. Never hv I ever ask for any handouts here, donations, or nothing. That artist is begging for donations. We r little different.
@masq Iâll answer u too. Since got some time here in the fitness center this morning. Try to see where I cd renew my membership but cdnt find anyone around.
Ur not paying enough attention. In the beginning we had 100k to our name and driving a beat up truck w 300k miles on it. Now u know what we have.
U must be too busy playing these nose bleed stakes like everyone else here.
Pickleball going just fine. Concrete in spring. Wd put a pic up, but not wasting my time w u
Back to the workout.
See ya dudes
@masq I’ll answer u too. Since got some time here in the fitness center this morning. Try to see where I cd renew my membership but cdnt find anyone around.
Ur not paying enough attention. In the beginning we had 100k to our name and driving a beat up truck w 300k miles on it. Now u know what we have.
U must be too busy playing these nose bleed stakes like everyone else here.
Pickleball going just fine. Concrete in spring. Wd put a pic up, but not wasting my time w u
Back to the workou
Now you have <$30k to your name, a Tesla and a house you can't actually afford and playing the smallest games running at the poker room despite being one of the top 3 poker players in the world. Got it!
Pickleball went very quiet, weight loss seems to have been the main talking point. Does that mean your back yard is current one big dirt pile for the next 3+ months and everyone is ok with that?
Cover that with snow and you have a micro ski slope.
I find it amazing BS posts here saying he hasn't been feeling himself lately, has a bunch of frenetic sloppy posts, has been manic about goals, and doesn't think it relates to stopping mood disorder meds. You could talk to your therapist about an alternative rx.
Will the size of the new house make it harder to find your children's piggy banks to "borrow" from when you run out of cash?
what does a tesla get on the second hand market?
@masta the second verse wasn’t much better than the first. I listened and it was avg at best. I cdnt really get into that song.
The artist has about as many subscribers as he is worth, 3k. The artist w 3k subs also has a link set up for PayPal donations. We r different Ur correct, we dont ask for help much. Never hv I ever ask for any handouts here, donations, or nothing. That artist is begging for donations. We r little different.
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the group Ugly Heroes (Verbal Kent, Red Pill/Chris Orrick and Apollo Brown) has nothing to do with the YouTube channel which uploaded the song you listened to (nor PayPal donation). they are signed to one of the biggest and best underground rap labels named Mello Music Group. i plan on seeing them on their european tour this year. you clearly think that all songs on YouTube are uploaded by the artists themselves and i find that laughable đ regarding your comment on views, to quote Immortal Technique: "universal truth is not measured in mass.... perhaps you are not the genius you think you are...
by the way, it strikes me as peculiar that you're not ok with artists asking for donations but you are see nothing wrong with stealing from home depot. i suppose it's because asking for help is not what a man does and is a sign of weakness but taking what you need is very alpha!
we "r not little different", we are VERY different.
