January 12, 2011

I'm officially back on pace for Supernova. I grinded out the hands necessary and achieved my goal. I booked a solid winning day so my winning streak stays alive!

I've decided that I may not pursue Supernova. I'm having a hard time making myself put in the volume necessary. Right now, all I do is play poker but on the 24th of this month, I go back to school. I'm pretty sure this will take some time away from the grind. I haven't decided to quit the chase yet. PokerStars will be announcing some changes to ring game buyin structures by the end of the month so I want to see what that will bring. Also, I'm relatively close to moving up to 100NL so that will result in more VPP's in a shorter amount of time. Depending on what happens, I may keep trucking along for Supernova or may just work on profiting and moving up. Full Tilt is another option if I want to go back to playing 100bb deep and getting steady rakeback every week. We'll see.

On a happier not, I achieved my "Comeback King" badge on PTR yesterday. Back in 2008, I played some pretty terrible sessions at 100NL and was stuck about $1.5k on PTR. Up until December of this past year, I broke even on PokerStars so my graph has gone straight down to horizontal for my PokerStars career. Now I have a line shooting straight up and it's beautiful.



January 12, 2011
Hands: 1,968
+/-: +$153.65
VPP's: 355.80

2011
Hands: 16,901
+/-: +$1,158.46
VPP's: 3,330.20
BR: $2,009.65

January 11, 2011

Almost back on track for Supernova. I put in a decent amount of volume (for me) yesterday. I broke about even at 50NL but ran hot again in 45 hands at 100NL. I must say, this month has been good for me in terms of run good. I also think I'm settling in on how I play. I posted a few days ago about playing loose one session and nitty another. Obviously, the math works itself out and I'm playing right at 20/17 with a 4.5 3 bet%. I'm happy with these stats. I really feel for 50NL, solid/ABC poker is winning poker.

I achieved another VIP Stellar Reward milestone bonus yesterday too which is cool. That takes care of all the 750 VPP Stellar Rewards. Those are really nice although they're only $10. For me, it's a short term achievable goal to shoot for. It seems I was getting one every two days or so. Now on to the 1,000 VPP Stellars. They shouldn't be that bad but there's only two of them. Then, they release in 5k and 10k increments so it becomes more of a grind for a free payday. I've decided that I'll wait to redeem my Stellar Rewards bonuses until I reach 5k VPP's. This will give me a $100 payday so it should feel better than a bunch of smaller $10 bonuses.

Anyway, here are the results:

January 11, 2011
Hands: 1,462
+/-: +$93.50
VPP's: 316.14

2011
Hands: 14,933
+/-: +$1,004.81
VPP's: 2,974.40
BR: $1,856.00

January 10, 2011

Whoops! Almost forgot to post again. It's hard to believe I've posted 10 days in a row. Considering my blogging history, this has to be some kind of record. Anyway, yesterday was pretty uneventful for me. I didn't play many hands again but booked another win. I fell behind pace for Supernova so I need to get my ass in gear and start putting the time in. Not much more to say so I'll just post the results.

January 10, 2011
Hands: 632
+/-: +$42.05
VPP's: 107.97

2011
Hands: 13,471
+/-: +$911.31
VPP's: 2,658.26
BR: $1,762.50

January 9, 2011

Another day down and one more winning day in the books. Yesterday was another swingy day for me but still ended up in the green. I achieved my third VIP Stellar Reward Milestone for another $10 which is cool. I still haven't redeemed any of my Stellar Reward because I want to either wait until the end of the month or until I have something like $50 worth so it feels like a bigger gain lol. Not too much more to say about the day. I started off playing really nitty at something like 17/15. Started loosening up throughout the day and ended the day 20/17. It's weird how my sessions differ in terms of VPIP, PFR, and 3 bet. One session I can be 15/12 and the next I will be 27/25 and feel the same for both. I also have sessions where I 3 bet anywhere from 3% to 10%. I guess it all averages out in the end but it's interesting to see how different I play from session to session feeling the same.

EDIT: I'm going to keep posting my monetary results for the time being but that may change some time in the future.

January 9, 2011
Hands: 1,640
+/-: +$61.21
VPP's: 322.74

2011
Hands: 12,839
+/-: +$869.26
VPP's: 2,550.30
BR: $1,720.45

January 8, 2011

Another day in the books and another win. Yesterday wasn't very interesting. I decided to play my hands before the NFL Playoff games and the PGA Hyundai event. I got almost exactly enough VPP's to stay on pace for Supernova. I really need to start putting in the hands to get above pace but lately, I haven't been in the mood. I think a lot of it has to do with wanting to book winning days. When I'm up for the day, it's so easy to quit and book the win. I understand I should be playing for the long term and keep playing when I feel I'm playing well. But so far, this system of booking wins is working and I'm OK with it.

My calorie intake yesterday was below my 1200 goal too. I'm feeling like I might increase my allotted daily calories. 1200 is so few and I'm feeling really hungry throughout the day. I realize this diet should not be easy but I'm reading things that say 1500 calories a day is "weight loss" type intake. I don't know. I'll see how it goes but for now, I've been under 1200 two days in a row!

January 8, 2011
Hands: 1,356
+/-: +$63.40
VPP's: 269.94

2011:
Hands: 11,199
+/-: +$808.05
VPP's: 2,227.56
BR: $1,659.24

January 7, 2011

So yesterday was kind of meh for poker. I didn't really feel like playing again. I guess that makes two days so far this year when I didn't want to play. At least I played more than 75 hands. I booked another winning day so that keeps the "green day" streak alive. I also barely stayed on pace for Supernova which is good. I'm feeling like the 200k VPP goal may not be realistic. We'll have to see what the future holds but as of now, I'd either have to move up in stakes (which is possible) or double my volume (also possible) to achieve 200k VPP's for the year. I definitely think 100k VPP's is reasonable and will be disappointed in myself if I don't reach that goal by the end of the year.

On a totally different note, I started watching what I eat this year. The past 7-8 years, I've really fallen into a bad spot health wise. I'm a small guy who should weigh anywhere between 130-135lbs. I've let myself slip to 155lbs. I literally eat out 90% of the time and probably drink 7-10 Cokes a day. My calorie intake is through the roof. So far this year, I've only had 1 Coke (January 2) and have really changed my eating habits.

I downloaded a cool app on my iPhone yesterday that gives me a day by day calorie goal and lets me track what I eat. If you can believe it, I am only allowed 1200 calories a day! I'm happy to report yesterday I was under my goal by 148 calories. I obviously would like to eat anything I want but I'm finding this diet is fun in a weird way. It feels like a game I'm playing with myself and I obviously don't want to lose to the calories. Let's hope I can keep this going.

January 7, 2011
Hands: 976
+/-: +$88.15
VPP's: 211.64

2011
Hands: 9843
+/-: +$744.65
VPP's: 1,957.62
BR: $1,595.84

January 6, 2011

Whoops! I almost forgot to post. I'm sure there will be a day in the near future when I will forget. But for now, this blog is fresh so I will definitely try to keep up the regular posts.

Yesterday was a struggle to say the least. I did end up hitting two mini goals. First was get back on Supernova pace which I did. Second was get back to even which I did as well. It was a pretty swingy day. I started off booking a small win. Then I lost two short buyins in the snap of a finger and quit that session. I came back with two mini sessions and booked small wins in both to get me back in the green for the day. I decided to play one last small session to get back on pace for Supernova. The last session didn't go so well and was stuck ~$120 or so at one point. I really wanted to get even for the day so I decided to got the 40-100bb tables and chase my losses back. Probably a bad idea but it worked out. I've included some screenshots today for your viewing pleasure.

Edit: I almost forgot to mention I hit my second Stellar Rewards Milestone for earning 1,500 VPP. Another $10 FTW!





January 6, 2011
Hands: 3,027
+/-: +$39.65
VPP's: 573.32

2011
Hands: 8867
+/-: +$656.50
VPP's: 1,745.98
BR: $1,507.69