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Sawcruhteez's Poker Blog

May 10, 2009

So I just got done taking my last finals this week, and I am out for my summer break which is very exciting to say the least. However the unfortunate side of that is I am completely cut off from my parents, and on my own. I'm thinking that I am going to get a job, just so that I have something to do with myself other than grind the internet pokers. I think that will probably help keep my sanity which will be the best part, and I will also get some extra money on the side which is pretty cool. However I still expect poker to be my main source of income.

My hourly rate at 50NL is about 35-40$/hr, which is obviously triple what I would get working any summer job. So what happened is I built my roll up to 50BI's for 100NL which is what I have been trying to do for quite some time now. However at 100NL my variance is a ton higher, and my hourly is only a little bit higher. So I made the decision to cash out a little over 1/3 of my roll and just grind it out at 50NL, and take shots at 100NL with a 30BI roll only when the games are too good to pass up. This will def keep the stress levels down, and will hopefully keep this an enjoyable experience.

I also decided to finally open up a Cake Poker account with rakeback. So in the next couple of days I am going to deposit 600 onto Cake, and try to grind out the bonus. Hopefully I will be successful doing that, and then by the end of this month I should be rolled for 50NL of Cake. Ideally I won't have to WD any monies from Cake and I'll be free to grind that up. I will use aggressive bankroll management and try to take advantage of the soft games.

So basically since poker is going to be my job for the summer I want to start taking it a lot more seriously. Not only putting in more hours at the table, but putting in hours aways from the table as well. The key to improving my game is obviously to work on it as much as possible, and I have not been doing a very good job of this as of late.

So my goal is to work on my game away from the tables at least 1 hour every single day. This means blogging, posting hands, watching vids, talking to others about hands ext. I absolutely have to be doing this stuff at least one hour a day if I want to improve my game and take it to the next level. I am really going to try to start going over hands a lot better after each session. I want to locate each hand that was questionable as to whether or not I played it properly. Even if I think that I could have played it right, but I am not absolutely positive, I want to go over the hand and seek out the help of others.

So hopefully all goes as planned, and I'll be able to grind it out at 50NL and still be improving my game so that I can grind it up on both websites. This would be ideal, and it's just up to me to work hard.

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May 11, 09 09:32:36

Good luck...I think about poker and my game throughout the whole day....and I have a full time job!

NeedleNose

May 11, 09 15:37:26

i am in a similar situation. if you ever want to talk poker you can pm here, skpe me at greg.olson.430 or email me at gregoryscottolson@gmail.com. gl this summer

socialrunner

May 12, 09 21:22:31

good luck. I did this last summer, and while it had its ups and downs, it was a great experience. The part time job is definitely a good idea. Keeps the pressure off you and by the time you get out of work you'll be excited to play.
Hope it works out for u!

mikec7809

May 16, 09 06:32:22

Im going to be in a similiar situation few months from now. Living from a BR + (10K savings) incase & im currently @ 25NL, 50NL in June/July.
Interesting to see how you go as i need 3K month to live as that what my job currently pays which i could be losing by end of June.

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