1/15/08 Stud anyone?

Havent updated this anyway, but im exhausted and its late so Ill keep it short. The 6 mans are going good my roll from those are about $850 in profit after a week, which is great. Also I havent played as many as I wanted so 850 is amazing. Tonight I just got 2nd in a Horse tourny for $480 which is good, but I was a monster chipleader and ended up blowing it... I ran amazing in that tourny, prob best Ive ever run in one tourny, but when it became HU we were even and the game was Stud. I plain and simple suck at Stud, Im horendous. So why play Horse Josh? I dont know lol. But I vow to not play horse again until I read up on Stud, Im okay when its 8 handed, but HU i was a total meltdown in Stud... I got out to an early lead, so just tried to bully my way to the win, but made a huge error, when I started with A23 all clubs, valued it too much, and he had trips.... all downhill from there. But its okay, I jsut play that tourny for fun to mix things up so not bad to win 450 profit.... Anyway thats it for tonight......

1-9-08

Well I said wait and see if Im smiling, and I am lol.... Tonight went extremely well. I started slow, did 3 6 mans and got 2nd in one and lost the other two. Than I did another 4, I won 2, got 1 2nd, and 1 loss. Than to make that even better, I did 2 more, and won 1 and got 2nd in 1. A terrific night which puts my bankroll at $536.50. Gotta love the upside of variance. That's it for tonight....



-Josh

Variance comes back my way 1-8-08

Today I started to grind the 6 mans again.... I just started with 3 and won 2 of them and got 2nd in 1 which equals $239 in profit. It's amazing how variance works. It's funny how poker test you, it really is a cruel game. I lose 6 in a row, and get it all back in 3 games, less than one hour... thats why it's true that when you grind at a game you can beat, a win= a loss and a loss= a win..... I make around $6.50-$7 a game in these $39 6 mans win or lose.... It's nice to run good in those 3 though, for a second I was questioning if I really am as good as I think at those....So i got my confidence back which is a good thing.... I was gonna play more tonight but decided to stop while im happy, no need to ruin it, I want to get in at least 120 or so 6 mans a month which shouldn't be hard at all, espically once I start 4 tabling them. Anyway that's it for tonight, and Ill end this post with a smile... :).

-Josh

P.S. stay tuned to see if I'm smiling tommorow, lets hope so lol

Welcome New year, please be good to me :) 1/4/08

Well, it seems appropriate that I went back to 0 as the New Year has begun, so I can start fresh, and everybody loves fresh air.... I got back from my vacation to North Carolina 2 days ago, so I basically played no poker for week and half or so.... yea I missed it lol..... anyway I decided I am not going to start grinding the 6 mans until I get back to my place in Orlando on Sunday 1/6/08, so just 2 days, and than I will get back to the grind. Where I will start fresh and have the right mindset.... Yesterday I just messed around played an $11 180 man turbo, and a HU, and a 45 man lost the 180 and 45 man and won the HU, just used Girlfriends money so I lost her $11, which isnt too bad.... Since I am not going to grind for 2 days, I decided to run a stake for my stakers, 10 $34.50 4 way Hu turbos..... Basically its makeup/cake for them since I owe them money from past stakes, where the stake went for a loss, but I don't mind, just getting me back in the right mindset, and making sure Im not rusty.... I worked on a 6 man strategy guide and plan to have that finished shortly, and think it will be a great guide for winning at 6 mans, its very precise... Also, I will work with my friend and post a HU strategy guide, from his view and mine in the near future, which will always be a good guide, since I am very successful at HU play, as well as he is... Although I am aggressive, and hes a little more passsive, so I figure both views would be a cool way to look at strategy. Lastly, I am figuring out how to post hand history videos on here to give readers a way to see all my hands, and a easy access to understand my views on hands.... all in the near future.... until than, Happy New year, and let 2008 bring all of us the best of everything....


-Josh

12/23/07 Fuck you variance

Well tonight went horendous, I started with a session of 3, and made a lil profit. Than lost 6 straight 6 mans. Which left me with $33 profit so I just tilted that away at 2/4 limit and now Im right back where i started, at 0. The way I run, when I run bad, I run bad. I mean 6 in a row is just plain ridculous. After I lost 3 I should have stopped and called it a night, but I didnt. And Im an idiot for tilting away that 33, very stupid of me, because althouhg its not that much money, its money. The frustrating part about grinding is you only make a certian amount win or lose. Lets say I make $6 avg. profit in 6 mans. That means whether I win or lose I make 6 dollars. In the long run it equals out. Well Im going on vacation for a week and half, and than hopefully ill be in a good state of mind when I come back to start grinding again. I wish I had a big bankroll already, and things would be easier, but starting a roll is the hardest thing, because having a good roll, these 6 mans wouldn't bother me win or loss, but trying to start one makes each match matter more to me...


-Josh

12/22/07

Just ended tonights session, its 2:20am now... I played 6 6 mans tonight, Im being slow and cautious, trying to build my roll slowly, so I dont have to borrow any money from my beautiful girlfriend. I ended today at $243.78, which is not bad, I should have had 2 1st's, but cards didnt fall my way, but hey 2nd's arent bad, still money. $243 is really good right now, espically since I havent played that many, once I get my bankroll to around $400 or so I can start playing them 4 or 5 at a time, but until than Im 3 tabling at the most... I'm going to post some articles soon probably tommorow or the next day. Anyway that's it for now, night all..

-Josh

12/21/2007 The beginning of the Grind

Well after running completely on stakers money for a while, I have started to grind out for myself. I ran a couple heebs for stakers, trying to turn $815 to $2000 or more, but I did not run good in the multi's so the heeb had to end.... Now I need money for myself though, to start my own roll again, and to have some money for life, at least until I get a job. What I grind is $39 6 man turbos on Pokerstars, I have made a good amount of money doing these, and these 6 mans as well as heads up SNG's are the only games I can 100% beat in the long run... But for now I will strictly run $39 6 mans and nothing else for a while.. It is very boring, but hey, its money.... Ill keep daily results on here of how Im doing, I started yesterday, with just 5 6 mans.. I won 2 of them, got a 2nd in one, and lost 2.... which is a great start. and puts my bankroll at $161, but that is running good, I wish that can continue, but we'll see. My biggest problem is that I expect to win every game, got to learn to accept variance. I understand variance, I know all the variables, yet I can never cope with it lol....stay tuned for more...

-Josh