March on Full Tilt
Half way through March - need to be on target for my 900 games - need to be building the BR.
Games 395 - BR $2900. Now, I know that it sounds a bit bad, and it is, BUT, as a man with a plan, I am on the case.
I guess you could say my plans are evolving in an unexpected manner on an almost weekly basis -
Let me lay this one out there. I WILL NOT FAIL!! I WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES!!
So what is my problem and how low will I go to try and correct it.
Firstly since starting my quest I have failed to regularly update and reinforce my knowledge through the training site I use. Not great but not the sole reason for my failings.
Secondly, I did decide to improve my play by the use of HoldemManager (HEM) in order to track my play and the play of others quicker in order to add the extra tables I was playing. This has been a major problem.
I downloaded the software and signed up for the trial etc and during this process (being a technical retard) I managed to completely screw up my Pc. The files were not going to the correct folders and in the end my newish Pc gave up. It took me over two days to rectify the problem and get the Pc restored back to factory setting and start all over again. Safe to say HEM is not on my Pc now and will not be until somebody offers to come round my house and set it up for me. (Essex, UK, if anybody took the hint). When I did get the computer back online I did the unforgivable and tilted off some of my BR.
Onto the corrections! I looked hard at the Ironman benefits on Full Tilt and decided it would be more beneficial for me to go bonus whoaring
For the uninitiated, that has nothing to do with quitting poker and heading for the red light district. Instead I headed on-line and searched for the site that was going to offer me the biggest bonuses to start playing on their site.
With a new site found, I registered quickly as I have lost playing days this month already. The bonuses I will be obtaining look something like this.
Sign up bonus will be $500 for playing an easy amount of games. I could have gone for a bigger one but was unsure about the traffic on the site.
I will be entered into an exclusive monthly leaderboard as I signed up through raketherake.com. From previous boards, I should earn between $75 and $140 per month.
A leaderboard for the last two weeks of March should net me another $75 or so.
Furtherstill I have a few freeroller tournaments to play and the offer to seal the deal was a satellite ticket for a tourney where 10 from 200 will win WSOP packages on April 12th.
So even if I do break even for the next 4 - 6 weeks, I should still profit in excess of $700. Lets hope I dont break even and we get back on track. After 75 games on the new site I am confident of good profit.
I know bonus whoaring is not the greatest thing to be doing for an aspiring poker player due to the short lived nature of the offers but in these circumstances needs must.
During my web surfing I did notice a good deal which I had just missed at William HILL Poker which was giving away WSOP packages (albeit smaller ones) simply for raking a certain amount (cant remember how much, but it was very dooable). So disappointed at that but did find some others which may interest me as my satellite hunt steps up.
I am hoping my next blog takes a step in the more positive direction as this and the last were about me failing basically.
Along with 2 days off with no computer and 1 day off to spend with wifey as she was stressed over exams at work, I did manage to squeeze another night off from poker on-line to go play live. A £100 freezeout at a local festival. (Just realised thats 4 days off from 16 - better knuckle down)
How did you do live? I hear you ask - Well I sucked like a fish - Really sucked.
I can only put it down to having been playing 10 tables at a time and probably 120 hands every 5 minutes, I was suddenly playing just 1. I was falling to sleep, bored and found myself playing numerous small pocket pairs from the SB without hitting anything and bluffing at every pot. The only time I did not stoke the pot seemed to be the two times I did have winning hands. Oh well lesson learned. At least one night off before next live action and new additions to the Ipod.
One more live trip to a £55 freezeout, next Sunday but that could be it until Vegas.
Nothing else going on really - I need to focus all my efforts on pulling this around. On the plus side though, I did realise this week that I have enough air miles with Virgin to pay for my return flight to Vegas, although the dates are limited.
Two of the horses (poker players) I staked turned a profit this week. Only small but a profit. While a third one ran off with my money. He had lost most of it already and only made off with a small amount, thankfully. Unless I am being heartless and something terrible has happened to him which has meant that he cannot contact me or return my messages then I only wish him bad things for letting poker down. I am not worried about the money, that will come and go. But the integrity of poker needs to be kept intact for all those private stakes and private games along with all the prop bet action we are lucky enough to encounter.
If the bloke who has not returned my money is an avid reader, I have sent my nephew with something for you. I have attached his photo so you know it was me who sent him.
Thanks for reading, until next time, Good luck at the tables.
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