October 9th, 2010
I guess the difference here is, if I say I play for 8 hours, it seems like ok no big deal an 8 hour day. But unless I play straight through 8 solid hours, which I very rarely do then I have to take a few breaks and it makes my 8 hour day stretch to 10 or so, every other job has breaks that still count toward their 8 hour day, but if you aren't actually playing it doesn't count so it can be a lot tougher than it seems. And then of course with all the massive frustration that comes with NOT being a bad ass at the tables and winning 3/4 days or something it does get a bit tough at times.
A few months back, maybe back in April or so, I was doing my thing having a pretty good run and I was coming up on a spot where I was about to clear my 4k bonus AND at the same time hit a milestone to buy so my account was about to be gorged with over 8,000 in bonuses AND I had been making some money at the tables.
The day before I cleared it I lost $3,000. For no real reason at all. I was playing the same game, same style, same opponents, but for whatever reason I lost every race, every all-in with AK vs. KQ on a Kxx flop etc. It just came out of nowhere I was all excited to finally get ahead get my backer his money and get a padding and then BAM basically all my bonus gone in a single day. There have definitely been some frustrating parts, but honestly more so than even the -3k day the most frustrating is when I make tweaks to my game, win for 3 - 4 days straight, come up about 2 - 3k and then just like magic, I quit the day up a lot, wake up the next day and INSTANTLY start to lose and continue to lose for the next week straight.
There have been at least 4 or 5 times this year where I really thought I had turned the corner and had figured out some leaks, only to end up losing a ton of money a few days later. That is what really frustrates me is constantly having poker trick me saying "you did it, 6 months of nonstop play and thinking about the game when u go to sleep analyzing stats, you finally figured it out.. then the next day... NOPE, tricked you you still suck, in fact you suck worse than you did a week ago because u suddenly just lost 3,000 in 3 days, and u never used to do that did you? Haha you're screwed, you're going to lose 1k per day and bury yourself gg your life!"
That's when it really gets to you. Anyway I'm over 700k now, played 11 hours yesterday and am looking to get in at least 11 hours today. My buddy had to go to the strip yesterday to meet with some friends flying in, he just showed up at 9:00am banging on the door because for some reason he forgot to take the house keys and I didn't go to bed til about 4:30 so this could be ugly hopefully i can take a nap later today but that's not really my style.
Living off the strip in this house is SO much better than being in a hotel casino cuz it's so tempting to go downstairs its nice being a good 30 minutes or so from the strip so I can just hang out here and play.
Anyway after my 2 week stay here we should have a place lined up in Portland, OR I actually arranged to get the internet setup already even without having the lease signed just so that way we KNOW we will get it on time cuz I don't want any more down time than necessary.
