Take two!!!

I am giving it another go. I know you all are so so happy. This blog had been on hiatus too long and you were just lost looking for a replacement. Amirite?

Well fear not after about what 6 weeks i have changed my mind again. I am back on a stake. This one is a little different in a few ways. 1) its a little smaller. Ill be playing $10 mtts for awhile, 25nlfr, and learning 9man sngs. Its a pretty padded br, with very low risk, and medium to high reward in my opinion. If you recall on my last stake attempt that i flamed out on in like 2 weeks, i set some pretty lofty goals. I believe it was supernova and 8% roi in the 45mans, while having wife, baby, and full time job. In retrospect LOL_me! This time i came in very modest with my expectations and was very upfront with my staker. I cant guarantee volume, but i can guarantee im plus ev in every aspect of this stake. And i can also guarantee that winning brings back the fire to play.

So far learning the sngs has been humbling to say the least. I played 9 games and my coach found 18spots that he felt were bad. When we talked them over a bit it was basically me leaking in every stage of the sng. Then i played another set and saw myself falling into the same patterns, it was very discouraging. The funny part is variance is smiling on me and im up a bit with them. Cash on the other hand i feel i have leaked a couple spots. More i have applied some 100nl and 200nl strat to the 25nl and it will take a few times of kicking myself to shake that but thats on me to adjust to my opponents. But even with that if a hand or two had went my way id be up on that part of the stake too and overall the stake is up a small amount over 200ish hands of cash and 20ish sngs. I havent played any mtts but here is where this stake is very +ev in my mind.

Once ive booked some profit and gotten back into the groove of poker and mixed it into my life, i will play some mtts where i have never had lower than a 60% roi on any site at any limit. The potential for a big score combined with the steadiness of sngs and cash sounds like a good combination.

So why did i come back? With all this on my plate, why would i come back to something it appears ive fallen out of love with? Well tbh i dont really know. But i know i need to make some money, i know id rather play than search for job #2 and be away from my wife and unborn kid, and i know deep down poker will always be a part of me now.

This time ive set the bar low enough to get over it, and with a lil help in the sng arena this should be a bit of fun. So watch out sng grinders im focused on taking some ev out of those games and i like my chances!