ACTUALLY, Pure Profits Will Suffice
April 3, 2010I am forsaking my goal to attain Supernova Elite this year. It is just too much of a grind for my current bankroll/cash skills/social life/discipline/etc. Instead, I am going to focus on simply profiting like I did in the old days. VPPs will be a sideline bonus, as I will still reach regular Supernova status (~35% rakeback) in the next few months.
When I asked my MTT backer for a cash bankroll to embark on my SNE quest, he shipped me $3k and things were looking good for a few thousand hands. But then I realized I am an awful cash game player (compared to my MTT skills + experience) and these funds quickly eroded over the next couple weeks. Dejected, I was willing to re-enter a staking deal with my backer starting with a decent amount of makeup to account for my ring game losses, but first I gave a shot at some Steps SnGs using FPPs to buy in.
I bought a few Step 4 ($215) tickets and eventually maneuvered my way to a 6-max Step 6 ($2,100) satellite into the SCOOP Main Event [H]. I won it for $10,300, immediately un-registered from the tournament for T$, and traded these for real money at a 97% rate using this website . This allowed me to pay back my staker for my cash game experiment (disaster?), withdraw some money for myself to pay bills and save in general, and still leave myself 100 buy-ins for the $16 turbos on PokerStars (plus the occasional $11 MTT). Reinvigorated studying of SnG strategy as well as the strict bankroll management I’ve been practicing since February 2009 will ensure that this money only grows. Plus, no more profit splitting! 
It was a knock to my ego to have to give up on the goal which I had hyped up so much. I didn’t realize how grueling it would be to put in ten hours per day of 24-tabling *tough* games and still make a profit without going crazy or getting butt muscle cramps. However, 2011 will be a different story.
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/\/\/\ meh. that was a bot commet btw.
How you doing?
Not updated in a while.
Been doing alright…got Supernova on PS and have been trying to improve my cash game skills. SnGs are just too much for me to take anymore. E-laziness and the re-ignition of my social life over the last few months have prevented me from posting updates. I should get on that.
How’ve you been?
I’m still bad at poker and not managed to get a playable roll anywhere
Social life = family life for me, and that’s taking up most of my time, so I won’t become a poker pro anytime in the next 18-20 years (my kid is 7 months old, I’m guesstimating how long it takes to put him out the door).
(But by then, the game of choice will probably be “no limit all in pre flop omaha hi low” with 20% rake…)
I’ve read about 4 decent poker books this year, but that didn’t make a lasting impression on my poor game either.
Not thinking of giving up though