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February 18, 2009
I never thought I would thank my boss for laying me off but this is the best thing that can happen to me right now.  I actually said "thank you for everything you did to get me laid off", seriously, lol.  Long story short, I was promised a bottom rung on the ladder in my municipal job, and 2 years later was left off the ladder.  I was hired as an building inspector, and due to the decline in permitted jobs, our permit tech getting fired, I was asked to work the from desk, yes secretary, and given no real date of how long it would last.  So I got "lucky" and my boss got me laid off.....strange?

My last day will be the 27th of Feb, and I will commence grinding on March 1 or 2.  I plan on playing 90% cash games and 10% mtts.  I will begin playing sats. for some Sunday majors, and the occasional FT 50/50 and stars 50/50 too.  I plan on doing some playing on Bodog and playing their Sunday $100 MTT< as they usually have a massive 25K plus overlay....

Anyway, I am anxious, nervous, and excited to begin my "journey through the blinds".

Feb 28, 09 11:45:08

Dropping by to say hi. Good luck at the poker tables.

AppleSeed




Feb 28, 09 15:40:15

Gl, this week at the tables. Talk on Thursday.

wordhappy



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February 13, 2009

Last night Dawn and I had a discussion about me playing poker full time.  To summarize, I will be getting laid off soon from my Town of Mountain Village job, which is a good thing.  The job has deteriorated since I began working here 2  years ago, and with the unemployment benefits that will come with the layoff will provide the stability I will need in beginning my professional poker career.  I will only need to supplement my unemployment income for about 1K a month in the beginning to make what I make now, a shitty $20 (actually less) per hour.  In crunching numbers, I should be able to make significantly more playing 8 tables of FR 100NL on stars, if I can maintain above a 3.4 pt/bb per 100 hands.  I hope to run around 5pt/bb to make between $30-$40 per hour and play 40 hours a week minimum to start.  I hope to get at least 5-6K in the first few months in our savings account to make up for any bad months that occur.  Hopefully within 6 months I will be taking my shot at 200NL which would begin to provide some real income that could change my family's life, slowly.  It seem strange saying that grinding 200nl could change our life, but if I could run 3.5pt/bb per 100 hands @ 200NL, play 8 tables, play about 350 hands an hour, that would equate to 1pt/bb @ 200nl = $4,  4 x 3.5 pt/bb = $14 x 3.5 (350/100) = $49 per hour.  $49 per hour x 8 hours a day = $392 x 5 days a week = 1960 x 48 weeks (hey I need some time off ) = $94, 080 per year, plus rakeback/VIp programs and whatever Mtts I can make money in.   This is a conservative estimate and a attainable win rate.

I will not approach this with money goals, although that is the ultimate reason we play, but I will dedicate myself to completely learning how other think, play, and succeed in NLHE FR and carve out my own existence in poker history.


gl me!

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Feb 13, 09 11:48:29

Don't forget about taxes.
\$94,080 X .72 (28% Tax Bracket) = \$67,737.6

Nickw1979




Feb 13, 09 12:12:16

tyvm, have an appointment with TA on monday for last years taxes and I will be advised.

Dustydwn




Feb 13, 09 12:35:04

I would also simply divide your estimate by 2. Most poker players that go pro find that they win half the \$'s they estimated before they left their job. If you are happy with the revised amount then go for it.
Ray

dymakel




Feb 13, 09 13:58:31

nl 100

really sucks on stars these days, so many elite grinders

Yesbo




Feb 18, 09 16:28:48

thanks to all for their comments. I have considered everything you all say and value all input.

Dustydwn



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January 29, 2009
"A great piece of advice that was given to me about double barreling is that if the turn card doesn't really change much, and our opponent called the flop, there really is no reason to think he will fold the turn. Good turn cards to double barrel are cards that change the texture of the board and will make the decision very difficult for our opponent."
          -giO
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January 13, 2009
"I don’t really tilt where I just shove all in anymore, but I do tilt where I start to get foggy in the head if I have played to long or am not focused.  I will be playing and going through the motions but not really thinking about my play.  I think this is the worst kind of tilt because its hard to identify."  - Brian Townsend

I play this way far too often.  I need to establish a pattern to analyzing each decision and not fall into this alternative tilt category. 

Along with this, I need to always go into a session with a positive attitude.  Forget running bad last session, this whole week, and entire month, etc...know that all decisions that will present themselves to you will have an answer that I CAN find; there are pots i will win, there are sessions I will crush, I will make good decisions and have positive results...I am moving forward in my game!
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January 07, 2009
Currently on a 5-6 downswing in 100PLO and just can't seem to put together a winning session despite my best efforts, whatever that is now.  Last night in the local MTT i busted without any memorable hand and I kinda spewed a bit, but nothing i really regret.  then the cash game after I lose 2 consecutive hands to Cupcake, a loose cannon in the cash game.  Cupcake straddles NLHE to $4 UTG, it gets raised to $12 but MP, I pop to $40 with AA, Cupcake calls.  Flop comes down K107 2 diamonds, Cupcake checks, I put him in for $80 ish, he says "if I call do I have to show"  I think, sweet.  He calls, turn is a Q, river J, Cupcake shows me J Q for runner runner 2 pair.  Very next hand, I call a small raise with 55, board comes down 56Q , i bet, C calls, turn is a 9, if he made a str8 i will hear from him now, i bet 20, second villain thinks and folds, C calls, river is  7, he checks, I check back, he shows me 62 for a str8....wow, nh 2 in a row.  This is a perfect example of how I feel i am running lately.....blahhh

I will take a few days off to cool down and try to get a couple things in line for my Full House, home service business i am going to start.

I also am going to have to get a new computer, as my desktop has served its time...

Hopefully a couple days off will help me shake the feeling of being cursed in poker and come back with a fresh attitude....


da
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December 29, 2008

... and they decimate my stack.  2 days in a row at UB i have found just the player I need at my PLO table, reckless, loose, bluffs, and calls down lite.  what do i do, I get bluffed and bluff when an OBV OESD hits the river and get looked up by top 2 pair.

Lesson:  When you find your huckleberry, take them to value town, slow play monsters in HU situations, and never, never bluff a bad player, especially in PLO where 2 pair is a "monster to some"

side note, second to last hand of a session I hold 10 J Q A ds, i open, villain 1 calls, villain 2 pops to $23 (playing .50/1 6m PLO), we both call.  Villain 1 is kinda donkish, over aggressive and call down lite, flop comes down 89x, 2 to my sooted ace, so I am OE to the nuts and NFD, I lead pot, donk calls, board pairs 9 on turn, I lead villain 1 calls my all in with 3 nines, and they hold......I have to be like a 60% favorite as the villain had a gut shot to sucker str8, I have 4 overs and my draws to lost a 500 BB pot, that stung!

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December 24, 2008
I have had this feeling before...when things are out of sorts in my life outside poker, my game suffers.  My life is ideal, outside my job with the Town of Mountain Village as a Building Inspector.  Unfortunatly, due to a new boss, who is a singe  sucessful woman with no real intrests outside work, she makes all the men in the department crazy, it really sucks her crap!  Anyway, outside that, the important things. my daughter wife home etc are great, and living in Telluride Co is kinda a dream come true, so I need to read and understand this blog and get my head out of my ass.  Grind it out at work, leave it behind each day, and enjoy life.

I look forward to trying out HM these holidays, and doing some skiing, then starting some coaching in FRNLHE 100 after the NY.  My only hope for work, is to start my own Home Services (home management, home inspections, home repairs/remodels) and that is going to be my primary goal for 2009 outside poker.  As far as poker goes, I would like to be a steady winner multi tabling 1/2 NLHE and PLO by this time next year.  If I put my mind to it,  do my due diligence in both fields, and really focus I feel like success in imminent.

Aside from that, I would like to lose 10 lbs (like us all), and grow with my family.  Wishing everyone a happy holidays!

Dusty

Dec 24, 08 09:18:29

Merr Xmas Dusty. Hang in there dude.

Blantons



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December 19, 2008
I did a blog on another instructional site and that faded away into cyberspace.  I will attempt to document the psychology and any strategic concepts I realize.   Just for the record, I am currently focusing my poker energy on NL100 FR and PLO 100 6m.  I have been fooling around with multiple tables and in the last week understand I can not handle any more than 6, and should no focus on 4-5 at most until my success improves.  I am going to enlist the help of jrock in the near future to work on my NL100 game, so I am excited for that.  Whenever I dive into the learning aspect of the game, my results follow, as is the idea. 

Please comment as much as you like.  I am open to constructive criticism, praise, and everything in between.  Good luck out there!

Dusty
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