Damn you Vizer!
He updated his blog so I suppose I need to update mine as to not be the last blog on people’s lists.
March was a pretty decent month but once again I manage to play absolutely no volume. I put in 40k hands. Here’s the graph:
Ran at about 4ptbb, which was good. I just need to play more often now. I have been trying to focus on beating regs since it looks like that is going to be the new standard. I have been breaking down alot of hands and actually going through hands ranges that regs play, 3b, call 3b, and 4b with in HEM. There’s only a few regs I can do that with since it requires ALOT of hands to break down that kind of analysis.
I ran over EV finally this month too! I ran about 5 bi’s above EV which was great. I finally didn’t feel like I was getting sucked out on every hand I got it in with. My ptbb/100 w/ EV included was 3.4ptbb which is pretty much my winrate across all of my 1/2 play.
I had a pretty exciting March on the life front. I went to vegas which was a blast. I played a bit of poker but mostly just drank and did bachelor party activities. We stayed at TI and actually liked their poker room. They spread a 1/3nl game which seems to attract alot of drunk pool “fish”. It’s right on the walk back from the pool which is pretty nice. I also saw how miserable my life could be as a real life grinder. There were a few live pros who grinded that game and the 2/5 game that sometimes runs in the evenings. The grinders were pretty nice in general except for one guy who was a pretty big dick. That being said, he was a pretty big dick after I showed him a big bluff. I have a pretty big issue with going into a 1/3nl game and getting bombed drunk and then spouting off about poker knowledge while breaking essentially even due to running obnoxious plays. I can’t just sit there quietly and pretend like I don’t understand why 5 people are calling $10 preflop. I guess its just to boring for me to stay in good poker form. The not caring about actual profit probably doesn’t help either. I managed to break about even on the trip gambling wise but spent an ass-load on plane tickets.
I’m planning another vegas trip with my GF and best friend in july. That will be my attempt to sub for my trip to vegas for the summer last year. I know as soon as I start seeing pictures from my poker friends on FB, I’m gonna be ridiculously jealous. I hope everyone has a great trip this year out there as probably by the next blog post, everyone will be there haha.
On a sidenote, Taxes suck ass. I submitted my tax stuff to my CPA again this year, and I already know I’m gonna have to pay a likely unheard of amount of money even with paying quarterlies all year. I am hoping the amount comes out lower than I think it will. Got my fingers crossed that the bill doesn’t come back massive. That being said, I wish I didn’t have to pay taxes on “gambling winnings”! Damn you, Al Capone.
April is off to a good start but the games are starting to look even more reggy. My goals for April will be to run at +4ptbb, take some shots at 2/4nl when the games are good, and post more strategy questions on 2p2. I think that’s about all I got.
Good stuff man. I have been reading the shit out of your blog. Why do you think things are going so reggy, as you say?? Another friend of mine who plays 2/4 has made the same comment lately, about how the action has really dried up on http://FTP... Is it people going to rush or just not new money coming in?? I don’t like it