By thebigeasy59 on January 2nd, 2010 (more posts by author)

Having not written anything in the last 20 days or so, there's plenty to catch up on. First off, I still haven't done the 24 hr session. I'll do it eventually, though it won't be as soon as I thought it would. My plan was to do it on the 28th or 29th, but things came up. I think I played about 1/3 as many tourneys as I had planned to over my christmas break, and I head back to school tomorrow or Monday.

I had written in my last post that I had gotten a seat in to the miniftops $109, in which I ended up bubbling after losing AKs
Finally, on the 29th I made 2 final tables, as well as winning a $6/90 man. The next night I took 7th in one of the daily doubles on FTP, cashing in the other as well.

Overall for 2009, I profited about $6.5k for the year, plus rakeback and live poker, though I'm definitely stuck buying pieces and staking people, and probably stuck a little in online cashgames. I played about 2700 tourneys or mtt sng's, which is a number I'd like to boost up a fair amount. I think that, more importantly than volume, is cranking up the avg. buy in. If I can stop withdrawing money to pay for things like liquor and rent and fines then I should be able to move up. I feel like I'd be profitable in midstakes tourneys, given the amount I made this year at micros/small stakes. If i can manage to not cashout so much money over the year, then I don't see any reason why the goals that I've set for myself aren't attainable.

Goals for 2010-
>Profit $20k- I profited ~6.3k with an ABI of just over $6 in 09, including a 3 month breakeven spell in the summer. Like I said, I plan on playing a little higher this year, plus simply getting better at poker. With a ~$20 abi, I don't see why profitting $20k is out of the question.

>review more HH's, watch more videos- self explanatory. I think I might autopilot a bit too much, and would like to fix any little leaks I may have.

>get a new fucking computer- we had a party at my house like 6 months ago and someone spilled a beer in it. It somehow still works, though not awesomely. It might take something drastic, such as winning 3k or just having this one explode (or take a month off drinking), but this seems like something that needs to be done.

>try a little harder at school- I skip too many classes due to sheer laziness, I often leave papers and studying for exams to the last minute (if I study at all), and am just generally not really on top of things. I showed up to a midterm at one point this year not knowing that the midterm was that day. I'm not someone who really cares a ton about getting 90's or whatever; the goal is moreso about going to class more, not bullshitting all my papers, and simply doing a little bit of reading or w/e through the week instead of playing video games and getting drunk every night. I'm more than satisfied as long as I pass my courses, but I'd like to try a little harder during the course so as to not worry about anything or be nervous during exam time.

> run better at staking- I'm probably stuck about $2k lifetime in staking ventures. I had an opportunity to buy a piece of a friend in an EPT but decided against it- He took 8th for like 57k euros or something like that. During the last WCOOP I bought pieces of a few high stakes regs who all bricked, I had a few % of 2 guys in the WSOP ME, as well as another guy in the WSOPE ME, but bricks obv.

I guess that's all. I've been at my parents' house for 2 weeks now and I'm about ready to head back to school. I got to see some old friends, which was fun, but I'm ready to head back. My plan was to head back today, but it's storming out right now, and it's supposed to be worse tomorrow. I suppose I could be doing my 24hr session right now if I felt like it, but I don't really.

Ooohhhhh yeah, I already won a tourney in 2010. UB $10 6 max. Sustainable ROI imo.

-Grady