1/3 Grinding and Bankroll

how much does the ALL IN license plate cost?
ik someone with MIX GAME plate.

and nah, poker itself is redundant, keep having set vs wrap everyday and i am a happy man.

I don’t know how much it isn’t mine.

Even on another heater I feel like it’s meaningless.

Maybe if it makes you happy do it. There’s nothing more to life than that.

Yeah, I check in too from time to time but I don't have much to say.

It's your Blog. So long as you feel it has some value to you then do as you want, imo.

Gifsomeonetellsastoryintheforest,doesanyonehearit?anddoesitmatter?G

I'm also reading it

Ok I’ll keep it going for now. Thanks, everyone.

Last month in March I had my highest hourly and one of my most profitable months ever. Poker is so random. Nice rebound from February which was not a good month at all.

This week at work is slow so I’m taking it easy. Nice to have a little respite from what can be a very stressful job sometimes.

It's even more ridiculous for us lol recreational players who don't put in any real volume.

Right now I'm sitting at 29% of last years volume and yet winning at 2.45x the amount I won last year. My guess is the dust will eventually settle to where it normally does by the end of the year.

And my next session out (which will be tomorrow) I have a chance at tying my all-time record for most winning sessions in a row... something I last accomplished during the glory days... *13 years* ago.

Glol@allsamplesizes,imoG

Still reading and enjoying it! It is a nice daily habit I have during a break at work. Always look forward to reading about how you did.

Ditto for me. Still read every post.

lmk if you want to update your bio or title.

happy to especially if it’s a one/two time thing

Thanks y’all!

Thanks but I’ll keep it for now.

Playing an all nighter with the rest of the week off from work. Up $10, 000 so far and the legend I won last night off of is back for another session soon. Got an outstanding annual performance review at the job too.

I had a young woman player rub my arm today and later tell me she had a room here. And a dealer comment on my slowly growing arm muscles. lol guess it’s the push ups…Attracting some attention.

I decided to stay up all night since I was off work and wanted to reach a big lifetime profit milestone. I reached it at midday and left to take a shower and recharge. I came back and there was a juicy game going on next to my table so I switched over. I got AKQQ9ds and back raised to $1, 200 off a $3, 800 stack making a spr of 1. Flop A23hh. I don’t have hearts. He checks. I bet the A high flop feeling good about it for $1, 600 into $2800 (there was an all in too), he calls. Turn Th. He checks I check. River 7. He check I check. I lose to his A8754 and I’m under my profit milestone again. I chatted with him about mental health and he opened up about his own issues. I told him my clients grapple with them all the time. It was a nice personal moment.

The legend who I played with the day before arrived at our table. He tips $100 for the seat. I get him a couple times with AA pre and rebound for a small loss by still ending the day over the big number I’ve been working towards for over 7 years. I passed out quickly and got 14 hours of sleep a content man after a 31-hour session, my longest ever, but for a special reason.

I looked up online if it’s easy to make that amount playing poker in under 8 years and Google said it takes elite skill and talent. I felt very happy to find that out.

At the end of the day it's your blog so you can do what you want, but I still enjoy it so I vote to keep em coming too. I live vicariously through you and others here. Don't reply very often lol but love to come check how you're doing and root for you in poker and life. Gives a guy like me hope. And congrats on the milestone!

Ran bad last night will all my sets posted a small loss but at least won $650 in 20/40 mix which was good for my confidence and morale. I was getting very grumpy yesterday because I had been playing to much poker, I need more balance to remain happy. Brought me back to when I was playing full time a couple years ago and was irritable and miserable. Not exactly the experience I want to relive.

Clearly winning and playing a lot doesn’t make me happy anymore otherwise I would not have been as grumpy as I was yesterday. I am sipping vanilla lattes in the sun on the couch now, mellowing me out after my therapy session.

Won last night from plo and hold em, lost AKs to AKs all in pre (got 1/4) in a 5! pot as he made a flush on the bottom runout, silly to run it twice rather than just chop it up. Won some all ins at plo with good double suited AK highs.

Last night I had a dream I got onto a bus to find my bag but it was the wrong bus. The driver told me to go over to “straddle 2” station across the road. A bus almost backed into me on my way across the street. When I got to the depo all the buses started driving away. I tried to yell for them to stop and flag them down but I lost my voice and they all kept driving away and I was stranded. Weird!

Yesterday was in for $8, 700 at 1/2 plo and ended up making almost all of it back. What a come back! Some of my preflop gambles did not pay off early on and I played too fast. Biggest pot I won was with AKJ98ds on KJ9K8 against V’s K9 for a $1, 000 river bet and a raise to $1, 800. I learned this action V may be going through family problems and he made a suicide joke last night. I hope he’s ok, he’s usually in the game for a lot and gambles hard. My friend expressed concern too. Next time I see him I may talk to him. I probably won’t Zelle him chips anymore either, I don’t want to fuel his addiction further. There’s enough money in the ecosystem I don’t need to get I from him. (As much as I enjoy playing with him, he’s a fun guy and I enjoy the big pots we play.)

Had a slow session, won 99 v AKs all in pre at 2/5 but then got my aces cracked by 65s on Q65dd he bet really small ott after c/r flop and we got it in by the river I raised and jammed. Table hopped with another gambling friend and we had a good chat.

Is there a BI cap at these games? Or is it match the largest stack?

I wish it was match the stack. $700 max.

I read your posts! Been off for a week, but I'm back 😉

Thank you! Hope all well at home.

Yesterday ran well at 5/10 and plo, making over $4, 500. At 5/T 3! TT to $300 (blind $25 utg was on) and he jammed for my 40bb and I snapped and held versus A high. Flatted QQ and called a pot sized bet on K9566 on the river after it checked though and was good versus 98o. At plo, won a lot indiscriminately and really cannot remember the details. There’s been so much rungood lately . . . I made top set in a 3! pot and turned the nfd against a straight and got there on the river with AKKQ5ds. Got paid with the nut flush by worse also. Someone at the table remarked I’m the best player in this place is what he heard. It was nice to be validated but also don’t want to scare off the fish. One said he doesn’t mess with me - he respects my bets because he sees me take everyone’s chips…lol.

I was doing some number crunching and the amount I’ve made playing in the past four years playing poker is way more than the amount I made in the first three years. I googled what that meant to make that money in four years and apparently I am a top tier poker player worldwide. I sorta doubt that as there are people playing bigger and making more, but for the games I can regularly get into maybe that’s true. Pretty cool! Google also said keep the day job even if I am such a big winner and keep poker as a lucrative side hustle.

With the ceasefire the markets are rebounding which is really nice. Hope they keep heading in that direction. Less war is always good too.

Enjoying a caramel latte now on the couch in the sun.

I mentioned a few months ago that I come in and read your posts every week or two not every day. I love reading them and I hope you do keep going.

I hope you don't mind me asking you this but have you ever shared your experience with your mental health? The reason I ask is because I've struggled with this a large part of my life (44,m) but I've always gone down the self help route or reading a ton of self help books. I've always been afraid to take on medication because I felt that it would numb me to emotion, the side effects and I'd just feel dull. Did you ever have any of those issues especially in relation to your work or evening playing poker where you felt your mental awareness wasn't as sharp because of it?

In large part I ask because i've struggled to get going each and every day of my adult life and when i do I don't feel great. I've had moments where I've thought about what is the point of all of this but like a wave (meditation talk) they have passed but it does feel like a cloud is over me a lot.

If this is to big of a conversation for a public thread I wouldn't mind you DM'ing me. But again thanks for posting. And i look forward to it when i do get to check in

Yes I get professional help. Therapy and meds. Some drawbacks to the meds but I feel the alternative was and would be much worse. Main one being lethargy and sedation especially in the morning. I have not noticed it impacting my play too much.

I have periods I feel it’s all pointless too but they subside. Important to stay connected socially sleep well eat healthy exercise etc. - live a balanced life. Helps to crush at poker and work. I think I’m on an $80k upswing at the moment in a few weeks.

Thank you for reading and your support. I’m happy to know my posts actually matter to so many people. It certainly feels less pointless knowing that.

Ran good overall except I lost back most of my early profit but rebounded to make around $3,800 on the session. AQT97ds beat 88 on 874cc with my nfd and open ender. Lost AA632ds in a bloated pot getting outflopped by KQJT9 on K94 but finding the disciplined fold even at a low-ish spr.

Had a dream I was in a very disorganized public defender’s office and files were everywhere and I missed interviewing a client I didn’t even know I had.

Yesterday was a little slow, chopped 44 v AJcc on J94cc at 5/10, won AKcc v ?? on QQ2AKcc maybe A5/JJ/TT. At plo it was also slow until the last thirty minutes when I beat KK + fd on QTTss with Tx and AQT55cc on 9825cc when I jammed turn and v folded for pretty much a win raise. Made $1,300 on the session. Enjoying lattes now and playing with the dog. Back to covering hospitals and interviewing clients this week after a week or two off for a little breather. Get to talk to my friends again.