LT3: 3rd year SNE 6m Hypers (TLDR in OP)

_Anonymous_ · 2009-08-10T05:43:24Z

TLDR This thread is extremely long so I am writing a summary here for new readers that don't want to read the whole blog but still want to know the story. I will quote the yearly reflection posts. - Started playing SnGs 'semi-seriously' in 2009 tracking my progress through the low stakes Turbos on FTP (SN 'lessonthree'). Originally posted by lessthanthreee :heart:2010 wrap-up:heart: Jan - mixing 12s-24s trying to move up to the reg infested MS SnGs on FT. Feb - swongs. played mostly 12s, cashed out some of my BR to upgrade my pc Mar - played 12s to rebuild my roll. ran hot. consistently putting in +$1k months. 16 tabling at this point. Apr - blog dramas, still raping the 12s for >10%. May - playing just 24s. adjusting. swinging. Jun - solid results on 24s-36s. starting to build confidence. (first $2k month) Jul - solid results again on 24s-36s. new record profit month. (12 months of STTs 2s - 36s) Aug - got backing and hit the 60s, ran good played good. setting my sights on the 100s. Sep - avg month, small sample on 119s didnt go too well. Oct - ran like shit, about 4k < ev. 120BIs < ev on 36s. Nov - failed @ creating a freeroll. Russian bots spammed it. Best poker month of the year. ran incredibly hot. added 216s+ (lol variance) Dec - meh, ran bad. played good. ps.com video coach :) Overall I am very very happy with my year. I started 2k10 with 2k online playing $12 SnGs in my free time. I built myself up to playing the highest stakes possible with the best players in the world. I'm also very proud to have become a ps.com coach and thanks to everyone for encouraging me to do it. I wasn't sure whether I wanted to do this as a job, but I'm going to give it a good shot in 2k11. I love the freedom of setting my own hours and not stressing about impressing the boss. There is a lot of stress in being a poker professional, but also a lot of satisfaction and rewards if you work hard. Highlights: - - Ranked 13 in Holdem 9 to 10 Players Turbo $36-$100 Total Profit 2010 Leaderboard - Winning my first $555 after a 10% suck-out on the bubble. - Coaching, both receiving and giving. - Receiving encouraging and positive feedback from my first video. - Back-to-back +$2k days. :club:Statistics :club: Games played: 13341 Length: 895.8hrs played Average duration: 30.1min Winnings: $17684.12 + $11438.38 RB = +$29122.50 Rake: $42344.80 $/hr: $32.50 ROI: 3.4% EV$ Adjusted ROI: 3.6% + ~12k in other bonuses/coaching/staking/etc = + ~$41k :diamond:2010 Graph :diamond: :club:New 2010 Goals!:club: [] 10k profit over 10k games[] become a $55 reg by Dec 31st[] make new friends in the mid-stakes[] take on some more students[] hopefully make some training videos posting 2k11 goals tomorrow. 2011. - Played STTs on FTP until Black Friday. - Transitioned to SnG MTTs/scheduled for some months. - Started playing some live events in my home town. - solid first year as a pro. Originally posted by lessthanthreee STTs MTTs +~33k from staking/coaching/bonuses 17k stuck in FT :( total is around 80k. not bad for my first year as a pro. but i definitely need to work harder in 2012. 2012 - Transition to 6m hypers. Make SNE . Originally posted by lessthanthreee I feel like I’m writing an acceptance speech. I have some people to thank. Firstly, I want to thank pokerstrategy.com, particularly, Ingrid, Sven and who ever had the idea to implement a staking forum. I want to recognise the long time SnG evaluation forum regulars Kurrkabin, Gavron23 and Demonic226. Also, a special mention to my good mates Chenny8888, Tim64 and BigAl123456. Lastly, to everyone who backed me this year, you made this possible. The format of this review will be my reflection of the year followed by graphs and some stats. Reflection On November 26th 2011 I entered the world of marriage followed by Christmas and a honeymoon. It was December 2011 at a live event in Sydney where I told Chenny8888 that I was relatively bankroll broke for the stakes I wanted to play. I was comfortably rolled for the 30s-60s but I had been playing up to the $300 Turbos during 2011. I wanted to play with the best STT players in the world and maybe make a run for SNE and to do that I needed help. I contacted a few of the large stables to see what they could offer. All of the deals were not appealing to me. Without going into too much detail, I felt I could get a better deal by myself. I began my year long staking quest on the 31st of January 2012, I was already a month behind the SNE chase (my staking thread). I sold the first block quickly and started grinding the 100s. Results were normal; I was used to the swings. I continued to make profit on the stake and started adding 200s-300s in April. April was my biggest winning month pre-rb (+$13511). In May I played exclusively 100s+. This is where I noticed the high stakes Turbo environment wasn’t optimal for me. The games were soft, but the volume was lacking. This made it hard to put in enough volume at 200s+...

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_Anonymous_

01.04.2011, 05:17 0

April Goals!

Is it April already? crazy...

[ ] make iron man

[ ] 200,000 FTPs

[ ] produce 2 new videos

[ ] Watch 2 CG vids

[ ] 20k hands @ NL50/NL100

[ ] MTTs on Sat/Sun only.

[ ] Watch a few MTT vids

[ ] 6+hrs of CG coaching

[ ] add in some supers to my set

[ ] 12 table for the whole month

Increasing my CG volume, really want to play NL100 ASAP and to do that I need to get some coaching, plug some leaks and get some more confidence.

Want to try adding supers into my sets, will stick to the 30s to get used to the variance. With supers/normals/turbos I will have 3 game types to table select from, so there should be no excuse to reg into a bad game. If all the games are bad or I just dont feel like STTs ill put some hrs into cash.

I also want to go back to 12 tables to see if there is any change to my $/hr. I have a feeling I might be missing some value by only playing 9. I do think I will miss out on maybe 20-30% of notes that I would usually take, but hopefully that will be countered by an increase in volume.

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_Anonymous_

01.04.2011, 10:45 0

We have credited your account with a custom bonus of $200.

We hope you enjoy your bonus!

We are always interested to hear any feedback you may have on the program, so please feel free to get back to us anytime.

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_Anonymous_

01.04.2011, 11:40 0

What was that bonus about?

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_Anonymous_

01.04.2011, 11:46 0

just for being a valued player apparently

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_Anonymous_

01.04.2011, 12:18 0

Hmm something doesn't compute, usually they offer those bonuses to those that are inactive.

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_Anonymous_

01.04.2011, 12:23 0

Just checked now, got 300$

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Hlynkinn

Joined: 14.06.2008

Posts: 4,988

01.04.2011, 13:43 0

Now I'm jelous I want some of that free $$$ to...

My signature is better than yours

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_Anonymous_

01.04.2011, 15:02 0

Didn't receive anything either, we are getting discriminated

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SvenBe

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Joined: 19.04.2006

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01.04.2011, 15:43 0

.oO not serious if April's Fools Joke

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_Anonymous_

01.04.2011, 15:47 0

Originally posted by SvenBe
.oO not serious if April's Fools Joke

Goddammit, I knew the Aussies didn't have a sense of humor

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_Anonymous_

01.04.2011, 21:16 0

lol! its not an april fools joke.

thinly veiled brag, just bought 5k bonus.

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EmanuelC16

Joined: 02.01.2010

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01.04.2011, 23:42 0

What's with the other $200?

Btw, you're really close to 100k views. Congratz!

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_Anonymous_

02.04.2011, 01:06 0

Originally posted by EmanuelC16
What's with the other $200?

Btw, you're really close to 100k views. Congratz!

Originally posted by lessthanthreee

We have credited your account with a custom bonus of $200.

We hope you enjoy your bonus!

We are always interested to hear any feedback you may have on the program, so please feel free to get back to us anytime.

Kindest regards,

Sarah
Full Tilt Poker Black Card Support

thanks FTP ♦ always enjoy free money.

^^

thanks! cant wait to hit that 100k views. it will be a proud moment

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alejandrosh

Joined: 02.07.2008

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02.04.2011, 03:53 0

sick 5k bonus

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_Anonymous_

02.04.2011, 11:41 0

hmm, wouldn't it be much better value to buy tourney tickets for you?

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_Anonymous_

03.04.2011, 07:49 0

Originally posted by RahXephon1
hmm, wouldn't it be much better value to buy tourney tickets for you?

it probably would, but the tickets are limited to certain BIs. which I dont play.

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_Anonymous_

03.04.2011, 07:52 0

ran deep in a few MTTs today. got 3 stacks in the top 100/1.5k in the 35k gtd early antes. lost a 60/40 on the FT bub for top 3 stack then went on to finish 7th for 1k when i ran 9bbs on the BTN into AA.

played super good today, really happy with it. A bit upset that I didnt bink the top places, but it will come eventually.

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herekPL

Joined: 13.05.2007

Posts: 5,335

03.04.2011, 15:43 0

what % of your games are turbo/normal?

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_Anonymous_

03.04.2011, 20:14 0

Originally posted by herekPL
what % of your games are turbo/normal?

last month was 23% normal 77% turbos

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_Anonymous_

03.04.2011, 20:24 0

had my first 2hr coaching with Gerv last night for NL50. I still have a longgggg way to go before I will be able to move up. Lots of new things to think about, lots of practice. Going to only play 6 tables when I do play CGs to focus on these new things. I have a prop with Lg this month to play 20k hands. This might be a struggle lol.

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