Congrats man, on attempting your dream. I have a similar dream as well, but I am going to grind from micro stakes on lock. Whilst getting a job. However, if you're ever in CT Mohegan/Foxwoods, let me know, we should grind sometime. Love the fact that you are attempting this.

 

Originally Posted by unemployable

Total for June: 32 hrs +$790 if my math is right....

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This is important. Try to be as detailed as possible with tracking your results so that you can keep tabs and on where you're at in regards to your goals, expenses, BR, etc....Can't stress this enough.
Also, I respect what you're doing and wish you the best of luck, but there's a big difference between being a "true grinder" and being "homeless"..... Top priority should be finding an extended stay, which there are PLENTY of in AC. Won't be glamorous, but like someone else said, you'll never have to worry about finding somewhere to sleep at night.

Also, like someone else said above, I play at Borgata when i go to AC and primarily only play poker, and I am comped Sunday-Thursday year round. Weekends are a whole different story, but it shouldn't be too difficult to attain this as I don't play nearly as much as you currently are. Just FYI. Keep us posted and best of luck......

Odds are good I'll be down on Saturday sometime, probably gonna swing by 1/1 instead of 1/2 cause I'm just heading down to kill sometime.
Hope this thread continues so I can live vicariously.

Keep that up and you are on your way to about a ~52k yr income. Not bad for no bills. More than I make a year with my job.

You should really try and get to Vegas. Treasure island has a sweet deal for degenerate grinders. Play for 60 hours a week you get 599 in comps plus $2 an hour. Works out to $12 per hour in "rake back". I saw this in one of the OT threads seems right up your alley.

Good luck and keep up the updates.

After a 46 hour week how do you feel about being able to put in 60+ hours a week anyways? It sounds do able, but week after week I am not sure it is that attainable, especially when at those stakes you will hopefully have a life roll for some leisure time. That is a lot of time to do just about anything a week, let alone sit elbow to elbow with people you won't always enjoy being that close to. So basing your move on TI alone is probably not going to be that lucrative IMO.

Haii guys!!!

I'm sure you've been axiously awaiting an update. Of course you have. Well I haven't played. Been visiting the girlfriend. Went to a baseball game. Friends had a private box, that was awesome. Then went to buddy's house, kept drinking, watched the Heat win and then saw the fight (actually blacked out before it started). My girl hasn't let me leave yet. She's persuasive and I go weeks between seeing her so its hard to leave (for her, I'm a loner).

Some posters have brought up good points. It takes a high level of commitment to grind 50ish hours a week especially when you have the time and money to do almost anything. It's not easy but you have to stick to your goals. I want to go to Vegas right now and degen it up with Jaybone and others during WSOP but I'd rather do it for the next thirty years. At this time I'm working my endurance back up to handle long grinds but I don't want to burn myself out again.

If I get to Vegas and I'm grinding the TI promotion I'll look to do 3-4 consecutive weeks of 60 hour grinds and then take up to a week break. I have a good friend in LA that I can visit regularly to get away. That would still allow me to rakeback about 2 grand a month enoug to cover rent and most of food/bills. Until then I'll likely remain nomadic or homeless, moving from spot to spot. It will force me to grind so and can get room offers as opposed to sitting in an extended stay for days straight because I can.

I appreciate the input just know I have a plan in mind and though not set in stone I am commited to seeing it through. This tread is a public declaration of goals and outcomes. I'll keep better track of big hands for those that want them. Just know I'm not going to explain my thinking in depth as I don't want to tip the world on my strategy and open myself up for exploitation. This wont be a "heres how I play and where I play so come try and beat me" thread. Ride along if you want, with or without, this train is just picking up steam.

awesome write ups! keep them coming and GLGL

I suggest slightly more aggressive BRM that includes some targeted-shot-taking after a decent upswing at your current stakes. Just cause you play 1-3 once doesnt mean you have to play that game all the time from that point on. YOu can take a certain amount for a shot/reward for discipline if you have the ability to not tilt-reload at higher stakes if you get badbeat (which sounds like you do have this emotional control).


50K networth by next year is very doable. See you in Vegas 2013

The 60 hour a week promo is brutal, you have 5 minutes per hour bathroom break etc... if youre gone 6 minutes to take a dump or phone call you just lost an hour. Game selection can be abysmal at times with nothing but rocks who dont wash properly because they dont have the time after putting in 60+ hours a week. the rake is high with a jackpot drop. You have to really love poker to make this work.

Otherwise nice thread, GL op.

That is still 30 bucks n hr. Awesome

 

Originally Posted by ShyGuy03533

All good and stuff for the OP, hope all goes well, but isn't this what blogs are for? So many threads get started like this that keep getting bumped up to the top just from OPs updates... Kind of silly/annoying

red x is for you, it's a great tool. and if this was a blog I never see it.

I like this thread, just saw it, keep us updated OP, gl.

It's pretty wild that shyguy is the one of two P5er I've ever met. Just randomly played with him at Parx about a year back.

Anyway, about the freeroll. We chopped it 17 ways. Added $1725 to the bankroll. Yes sir!!!

17 way chop sounds ridiculous

Where were you in chips? I don't think I could find it in my Jersey to chop 17 ways.

The guys at my local casino chop 20 ways all the time. I'm sure he was playing the monthly freeroll for the folks who qualify by playing X amount of hours a month.