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In the last six weeks I've only averaged 10 sit n go's a day. Not nearly enough, I'm getting too lazy. What I need is a target to shoot for and in Pokerstars new frequent player pont program I think I've found it.

My aim is to get to the Supernova level (100,000 VPP's) by the end of April. So it's 4,000 $55+5 tournaments in 4 months. Once I get this I can enjoy the equivalent of about 28% rakeback. (For explanation see the Porsche for FPP post (http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=4975.0))  I'm hoping to maintain an ROI of 15%, but will be happy with anything in double figures. If I hit the 15% target that'll be $36,000.

Day 1 went ok, 41 tournaments down (1% of my task completed :D). Up $548 so 22.2% ROI so far (very early days, doesn't mean anything yet, but it's nice to get off to a winning start)

 :goodpost:  Tank, keep us updated,  :)up

please excuse my ignorance, but what's ROI?

Return On Investment

It's a term we use in poker, don't worry about it for now you will understand about it later... 8)

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There is only one meaning for ROI...........

Repulic Of Ireland

anything else is a cheap imitation!! :D

tank,

do u intend to play   ,on avg,33  stt s per day for 4 months,investing a total of  $240k
to win $36k (hopefully) whilst holding down a f/t  job  to  claim a 28% rakeback  allowance??

I donmt think our tanko is "working" in the general sense od the word, Poker is work for tank.

The job is p/t not f/t but yes, that's precisely what I intend to do. Some days I'll play none, some I'll play 60 etc. The whole point of it is to get me to play more, the Supernova VIP status is a means to an end, a target I have in mind. I'm doing this to get the $36k rather than the Supernova status, the point is, without a goal in mind I'd probably only play 1000 instead of 4000 and make just $9k (which barely keeps me in macaroons.)

It's not as bad as it all sounds. I can manage 40+ turbo sit n' gos in 8 hours very easily.

gl.hope u keep updating.

Im really interested in this thread tank as i intend to give my full attention
to STT's in 2006, i have no real $$ target in mind but would like to of gotten
to the stage by june/july to regularly earning at the $50/$100 level. (current bank roll only allows for the $10/$20)

so please keep us up to date and good luck mate.

P.S  do u only STT's on stars or can u recommend another decent site for structures and  ;fish;

By good structure do you mean slow structure? If so, the regular tournaments on Pokerstars are very good. I hear blue square just started ones slow blind levels aswell.

I prefer a bad structure, Greatly reduced ROI% but an increased hourly rate. (If it takes 50 minutes, rather than 1 hour 40 minutes, to complete a tournament you can play twice as many.)

As for the  ;fish; ;fish; ;fish; I found the low limit STTs on Party Poker to be the easiest dosh I ever made. Loads of traffic there, you'll never have to wait for a table, the structure is decent, 10 hands a limit, rather than timed levels. The only problem is Party are evil.

How many of these do you play at once (41 in one day is almost as many as I've played since June!)

Good Luck in ur quest Tank....seems ambitious with any work committment at all.

Ive found $50 and $100 on paradise profitable and again they are based on blinds up every 10 hands......this seems to mean a similar time at early stages but a crapshoot when the table is down to 4 and below and blinds seem to be increasing every 5 mins or less.

Let us know hew you get on mate.    ;applause;

I find the STTs on Tribeca beatable, I prefer timed levels for the reasons Jag mentioned, but the levels are currently 8 mins which means they finish in about an hour.
 It looks like Tribeca are introducing 12 minute levels but they have yet to do this at the $100 level, frankly I'd prefer it if they didn't. I currently play 2 tables and have an ROI over 20%. Changing the time of the levels will mean adjusting my game and perhaps a short-term dip in ROI, I can't see that I'll be able to increase my ROI enough to cover the inevitable drop in hourly rate as the tourneys take longer.
 I'll probably start playing 3 tables at a time.

One the best thing about STTs is that as long as you are beating the game then your variance and therefore bankroll requirements are both much lower than either cash or MTTs.

Tank

Just saw your post in the other thread in response to my querying whether rakeback was better than fpp.  Firstly I get 30%+ rakeback on crypto.  Also rakeback is cash whereas points can only be redeemed for specific items.  I don't think that standard fpps as they were are anything like as good as rakeback (60 or so to a $) but if you can accumulate them at a faster rate they might be ($1 every 17 hands rather than $1 every 60 hands) but the freedom to use cash as you like, edges rakeback for me. 

That said, the best of luck with your plan!

Thread hijack warning!

Can you explain why, for those of us who are slow on the uptake?

A reasonable limit cash game game would expect to make just over 2 big bets an hour and require a bankroll of at least 300 big bets.

A reasonable low limit single table tournaments player would expect to make 35% of the buy-in per tournament (ROI), and require a bankroll of at least 25 buy-ins.

So, playing $1/$2 limt you'd make about the same as playing $10+$1 tournaments. With the former you'd need a roll of $600, but only $275 for the latter.

Similarly, MTT and NL cash games require a bigger bankroll than STT.

Thanks Tank,

That's better put than the explaination I just wrote! Delete!

Good luck with reaching your goals. That's a lot of STTs how many hours do you put in?

A darn good point, always better to be paid in cash than in cigarettes.
I had thought about it, and decided that I didn't mind. I'm just going to use the points to buy-in to tournaments that I would be buying into anyway (a few events at this summers WSOP maybe, the WCOOP, etc) so it won't make much odds to me. I understand it wouldn't be right for everyone.


50ish a week should do the trick


4 at a time, after much experimenting I've found this works nicely for me.

Not 5 tis too many, or 3 tis too few :D

Day 2 - A very good day results wise, less good as far as volume of play goes.

Only played 20, half of yesterdays total. I was busy with a few things in the afternoon/evening so I'll let myself off the hook for now. I'm tired now and there's no point in playing on when I'm sleepy. Task is 1.5% complete.

The good news is, the few tournaments I played in went really well.

Day 2 result : +$1,225.8 ($1773.8 total)
ROI : 48.5% (Still meaningless, it won't stay anywhere near this high. So long as it stays in double figures though, I'll be chuffed)

I'm trying to maintain a certain ambivilance about my results at this early stage of proceedings. Not celebrating too much when I win should help me not feel too gloomy after a bad day. Should help keep the tilt wolf from the door too.

There will still be highs and lows in my life, their absense would make for a drab existence indeed. I just don't wish that said ups and downs are dictated to me by my poker results. I'd rather my moods change because of what's going on in my life outside the random number generator.

Milestone #1 reached today, the Silverstar VIP status for 1,500 VPP which gives me a 50% increase in FPPs earned. Goldstar should only be a few days away, another 99 tournaments needed for that.

Great thread Tank...Keep em coming mate :)up

Very good start tank, now get out of bed and get grinding up the hours :D

Good luck
Jim.

For those STT lovers, VC Poker running stt promotion. Win 3 on the trot get $20, 4 gets $200, 5 gets $2000.

Just thought you should know, not mentioned elsewhere on this site

From the VC website....

"Payout Structure:

1. For claims containing tables with a buy in from and including $1 up to and including $5—25% of the total bonus payout will be applied.
2. For claims containing tables with a buy in of greater than $5 and up to and including $15—50% of the total bonus payout will be applied.
3. For claims containing tables with a buy in of greater than $15—100% of the total bonus payout will be applied.
4. All tables with a buy in of less than $1 are excluded from this promotion
5. If there is mixtures of table buy in within any prize claim—the lower percentage will be applicable."

It's still a good promotion for those who play low limits.

If you win 20% of your SNG's it works out as an extra $0.22 EV per tournament. $10 or $20 buy-in players expect a 4% increase in your ROI.

If you win 16% of the time it's an extra $0.11 EV per tornament extra. $10 or $20 buy-in players expect a 2% increase in your ROI.

Even though the jackpot payouts are a quarter at the really low limits ($1-$5 buy-ins) players still do well from this promotion. $1 players with a 20% chance of finishing 1st coming out best getting a 17% increase in their ROI. (If they're that good they should deposit a few bucks and play the $10s though :D)

Note :- The numbers here will actually work out slightly higher than those stated, as you'll adjust your style (by gambling it up more than normal near the bubble) after winning two or three in a row to slightly increase your chance of getting 1st.

My records go back 846 games, I make 20% ROI but i've only won 3 in a row once and never more....

I'm not saying it can't be done, but I don't think this promo adds much to the EV of your STTs except perhaps it attracts a few more fish.

Day 3 - Managed 32 last night so that's 93 in total (2.3% complete) I was wanting to do more but ran out of steam. Mechanical as these things are, sleeping whilst playing might reduce maximum efficiency.

I promised to mention poppet7 today and thank her for her support. She's railed me for a few batches of 4, whenever she does I seem to cash in far more than my fair share of them. She feels the traditional "aaaaaayyyyyyaaaaarrrrrr" too masculine and opts for a more girlie "yaaaaaaaay" instead.

Poor girl must be really bored, as dull as these things are to play they must be even duller to watch. Thanks poppet :)up and good luck in your studies when you go back on Thursday.

Day 3 Result : +$1,050 ($2,823.8 total)

ROI : 50.6% (zoiks, won't keep this up, tis a physical impossibility)

I want to hit 200 before blonde bash. I'm going to deal at Cincci's on Thursday so i'll need to clock up a fair few today to get anywhere near that target. An early start should help.

whats your stars online name tank , if you dont mind me asking?

Are you planning on hunting me down? Please don't take all my dough ;goodvevil;.

Stars name is tigmong.

Another great day mate,
2 day winning streak (mmmm wonder what thats like).

Keep up the great work,  im gonna have to check you out and pick up a few tips  :)up

Either Yaaaaaaaay or WoooooHoooooooo!

I'll be watching again today cos I like being lucky! It's a pity I can't be lucky in my own games. Well done for the near $3k profit, i'm looking forward to the drink! Keep it up!

Love Sophie x

Day 4 - Aiming to play a fair few, only managed a reasonable, but ultimately dissapointing, 31. This 4000 target is going to be a bit tough, I'm not giving up yet though.

Spent an hour or so giving someone tuition, railing their game and giving them pointers so that's my excuse for not playing more. I didn't mind doing it, teaching is a great way to hone your own game. I got just as much out of it as I hope the pupil did.

Day 4 Result :  +$367.5  (+$3191.3 total)
ROI - 42.9%

That's why I love STT, 50 buy-ins is an ample bankroll to take on the turbo tournaments, I've made over that in my first 4 days. :D

124 down, the quest is 3.1% complete but 3.3% of my time has gone. Will have to make it up somewhere if I'm going to win through.

Very interesting Tank,.....thanks for the updates, and keep it up! :)up

I'm a STT fan as well,(but not turbo!) usually found on Blue Square .....trying to AVOID Wardonnkey  :D :D :D

I wish you luck in your quest - playing approx 12000 $50 sng's just to win a seat in next years WSOP main event does seem a bit of a long winded way of getting there!!

Pokerstars will have made $60000 in rake from you and in return they will be giving you a $13000 package.

you get more than that Matt, can't find where I did the calcs but it's roughly a WSOP package, a 32" LCD TV a 19" LCD TV and still a few fpp's left over.

Tank thanks for posting this thread it's great motivation for me even though I'm miles behind in both sng's played and ROI at the moment. Perhaps I'll compare stats at the end of the month.

It's slightly concerning that the PS owners are talking about selling up or going public. ATM I trust them more than my bank but I can imagine saving up 2,900 000 fpp's and some muppet decides to scrap/change the VIP scheme. 

Mine was just a rough calculation and as they have yet to announce how many fpp's are required to purchase a WSOP main event package i estimated that it would be around 1,000,000 fpps (as this is how many are required to purchase an entry into the €10000 EPT main event at Monte Carlo).

Tank needs to play 4000 $50+$5 sng's to acheive supernova status (100,000 VIP points) and in the process of earning these 100,000VIP points he will probably gain around 200,000fpp points - leaving him with a deficit of about 800,000fpp points.

Once he achieves supernova status instead of earning 25fpp points for a $50+$5 sng he will now earn 87.5 and will therefore need to play another 9142 $50+$5 sng's to achieve the WSOP main event package.

i used an approximation of 12000 $50+$5 sng's in case the WSOP main event package is slightly less that 1,000,000fpp points - but i cant see it being too much lower.

Until they let people know the exact details though it is all guesswork. Good luck in your quest as well!!  ;goodluck;

yeah I'm basing it on WSOP being 750K, 10,000 euro's is approx $12,000 isn't it? also there's talk of stars making it good value so they get tons of stars players there.

well they got over 1000 entrants in last years through pokerstars satellites and they weren't very particular about who they were as they even allowed monkeys. I cant see them making it too easy to obtain a seat in this way otherwise they will have to restrict themselves in how many seats they award via satellites which they wont want to do.

suppose we'll have to see how many runners they cap the main event off at this year.......

capped at 8000, why wouldn't stars want to take say 4000 out there and have a coinflip at having the winner again, they have got tons of publicity out of Raymer and Moneymaker.

They probably will want to take 4000 runners - especially if they can get people to pay $660,000 ($600,000 in tournament fees and $60,000 in rake) for every $13,000 package awarded!!

$240,000,000 in rake plus as much free publicity as possible for 4000 people wearing pokerstars merchandise as well as the chance of one winning the event itself.............. i'm sure thats what they are hoping happens in the Pokerstars Marketing Department!!!!  :D

Here's where I disagree with you Matt.
My estimate is 800,000 FPPs for the $13,000 WSOP  main event package. Based on them wanting 310,000 for entry into a WSOP $5000 event and 145,000 for a $2,500 travel voucher.


Close enough, 242,250fpp if anyones interested.

So it would be an additional  557,750 points to get if one wanted a WSOP package.


6375 more $50+$5 sng's by my calculations.


but.....

I'd like to make it clear that a WSOP main event seat for FPPs is not my quest, 10,375 sng's is probably as much as I'll manage all year. The mission is simply SuperNova VIP status by the end of April. I was intending to use the points for buying into other WSOP events and either buy-in directly to the big one, or win a satellite. I might use the points for other things as I see fit, no definate plan yet, but plenty possibilities.

I'll re-iterate that the main thing I'm getting out of this is the winnings from the tournaments.

The points are simply a way to motivate me to increase my volume of play, and in doing so, win more.

or lose more......Surely the thought of making $10000 a month in profit should be enough incentive to play as much poker as possible?

i understand what you are saying, as you know i only play on pokerstars and was interested in learning what this new VIP scheme would involve. I have no interest in added bonuses as i only play the game for profit, however is someone is going to give me something for free then i'm not going to turn it down.

The VIP scheme however is useless for regular mtt players who do not play stt's or cash games. I am a regular player of mtt's on pokerstars but i will be lucky if i clear the supernova status by the end of 2006 - and i play most of the big tournaments available.

That sounds logical, unfortunately it doesn't work for me like that in practise.

Before, if I played a batch of 4 and won two of them, I'd quit for the day, happy with the healthy profit and not wanting to risk losing it. In the long run, that's been costing me as my volume of play has been ridiculously low for a so called "online professional"

Admitedly, playing for the coupons sounds very silly at first, but it is working for me so far.

I'm glad they've brought the VIP scheme in, it's always been a bugbear of mine that the MTT players get their leaderboard and the STT guys get nothing, even though we pay much more rake.

We get a leaderboard but we dont get any reward for it. I finished 17th in 2004 and approx 70th this year. All we got in both years was entry into a top 150 freeroll where 9 seats were awarded to the WPT-PCA event. I also disagree with the tlb as it is not a true reflection of player performances as you can actually score tlb points without finishing in the money. i once had a week where i bubbled in 4 tourneys and scraped into the money in another 2 for a total of 915 points but a loss of $415 then at the weekend i took a 3 way split of a $50 rebuy scoring 115 points but making a $4000 profit - hardly seems right....

You pay more in rake because you play more tournaments. the rake on a $50 sng is $5, the rake on a $50 mtt is $5.

I'm feeling inspired by both Tank and Gigabet's brother who has posted that he has played over 700 $55's on Party so far this year. I have played 106 $60's so far and I shall not rest until I hit 200. I have bought a supply of red bull which will hopefuly get me through the night and hopefully I'll be finished in time to have a good night's rest before the blonde bash. See ya at the tables Tank 8)

Don't forget to stop and smell the roses every so often fellas.

Well done Thomas!! You've done so well these past few days, so keep it up  :)up
Good Luck for today/tonight  ;cheerleader;

Day 5 - My confidence is sky high at the mo. 8) Haven't had a losing day yet. Although I'm happy about this, I'm concerned that I might be percieved as just using this thread to boast about my winnings. That isn't the intention at all. I would be happy to report of a losing day, just as soon as one comes along. Until then however......

Day 5 Results : +$309 (+$3500.3 total)
ROI - 42.6%

Only played 13 as I was working late and didn't start the online sesh till 6am. 200 looks unlikely before blonde bash, but I'll try to get as close to it as possible.
Played 137 in total, another 3,863 to go. Piece of piss, bring em on.

Meanwhile I'd like to wish all you fellow STT crusaders the best of luck :D
(I don't really believe in luck, but I wish you well)

GL tank - definitely a fantastic start

Are you playing turbo's or normals (think i read somewhere that you were playing turbos)

Is this just because they are quicker - as surely they are much more of a lottery tho i appreciate the normal ones can take a long time.

Presumably the $55 turbos is about being aggresive early - you cant hang on and hang on like you do in the normal ones?

Stars turbo's ain't that quick really but I am used to 6paks :D The bubble can last for ever on some of them, the blinds go from 100/200 to 100/200 with a 25 anti when for playing massive amounts of games it would probably be best if they went 150/300. In a way though it is good cos you've got more time to wait for a good hand even though by then I'm usually already playing poosh or fold poker.

didnt realise they were 5 min levels - that is about norm for most sites normal tournies!!

Have just studied a few tables and it looks like you lose most people at the same kind of level as in the normal ones (just in quicker time) so maybe patience is the key.

In fact wtaching you do ratger well in a 55 as we speak.

Maybe turbos are the way forward!

If by aggressive you mean loose aggresive then no, you want to be playing these things very tight in the early levels.

Day 6 - I find the age old poker cliche "it's a marathon, not a sprint" applicable to this 4 month mission I'm on. That's why I'm not bothered that I only played 21 STT today. If I spent the first few weeks playing 45 a night I might burn out. I'm starting off at a comfortable pace and can pick it up later on if I like.


Easy to lose sight of, I'm trying to bear this in mind. Thanks for the reminder Wardonkey. No doubt they'll be plenty rose smelling going on at Blondebash. Days 7 and 8 I'll be taking off for obvious reasons. Will be back on Day 9 to give you another update. Enjoy yourselves this weekend everybody!
;letsparty;

Day 6 Results : +$769.5 (+$4,269.8 total) 
ROI - 45.0% (from 158 tournaments played)

Fantastic going Tank........You are a Machine... :cheers:

I wimped out at 183, will you be posting next weeks target on Monday? My ITM is nearly as much as your ROI :D

 

Not wanting to hijack Tank's thread, but since this is all about SNGs,  you might want to check out this post (http://pokernerd.blogspot.com/2006/01/less-cryptic-heres-deal.html) from a guy who is a serious SNG specialist and is also targeting the new Stars bonus scheme.

Some discussion on ROI, best games to play, and the merits of (I kid you not) TEN tabling.

Keep it coming thetank. I must say that when you moved on Simon Trumper's blind last night, your face was a picture. :D
I've never seen a table collapse in fits on laughter so quickly.

Well Done Thomas, I am so proud of you, you must be so pleased. I've been watching you play since you started your mission and I'm happy that you haven't had a losing day yet, lets hope it stays that way. Be good to see you back to work on Day 9! x

So did I copy him, or did he copy me? Fools seldom differ they say.
I'm keen to find out this cat's username on Stars, do you know it?


This weeks target can be 184 then :D

Interesting thread.  I can certainly empathise with your 'play 4, place one, win 2 quit for the day' mentality, its something I have 'suffered' with for the last 3 years and my income from poker is modest...at best, because of this.

I know you are playing the STT, turbo and 4 at a time, but how many runners are there and how many get paid and at what %?

Impressive results so far, I hope it continues for you.....

9 runners on Star's STTs. The top 3 get paid with the standard 50%/30%/20% payout structure.

Fantastic thread - well done so far !!!

Its made me realsie how much I need to learn on the numbers front - back to the books I guess.

Hope yor reach your goal !

Jay

Tank,

Hows this for a record 2 sng's 2 wins (Blonde Bash) most opponents slightly p****d including myself, so no more Stars,just need to find 9 more drunk people wondering the streets 4 times a day and i'm on a winner.
Suggestions on where to look and best times would be a help.

 :)up
 

I once got told, the best time to play on Stars is about 8-9am, because that's when all the Yanks come in drunk from the bars and start playing.

Not sure if this is true though.

More for live play Homer think the airfare getting drunk yanks back to my house may wipe out any profit  :dontask:

 :hello:

If you pay for my drinks I'll come and lose my money to you! :cheers: (I only drink Absinthe mixed with champagne)

rotflmfao

Glasgow definately, 9 slightly wuzzicked opponents to be found in Cincinnatis 6 nights a week for sng frollicks.
Best time is just now coz all the students just got their grants.

After a really piss poor loosing session, here are my xmas break STT stats:

Earnings:   $192.00       Avg. Return:   $3.76       Return Std.:   $38.42
Win Rate:   $6.97/hr    Avg. Win Rate:   $-10.55/hr    Win Rate Std.:   $112.27/hr
BB/hr:   0.00    Avg. BB/hr:   0.00    BB/hr Std.:   0.00
ROI:   17.53%    Time played:   27h 32m    Avg. Session:   0h 32m
ROI vs. DJIA:   15.85%    Expenses:   0.00    Avg. Expenses:   0.00
Sessions:   51    First:   2005-12-28    Last:   2006-01-08

As you can see, my earnings have been shot to pieces by a run of 10 back to back sessions without a cash.

I refer you to his July 2005 archive. (http://pokernerd.blogspot.com/2005_07_01_pokernerd_archive.html) Scroll to the very bottom and work up.

Not sure on screen names. It might be in that lot somewhere.

Cheers Div
It would appear his pokerstars name is The_Venetian. Good to know.

Best of luck is what I say to a non-stop STT 10 tabler. I think he has much more gamble in him than I have, so may need it.

Tank,

Hows this for a record 2 sng's 2 wins (Blonde Bash) most opponents slightly p****d including myself, so no more Stars,just need to find 9 more drunk people wondering the streets 4 times a day and i'm on a winner.
Suggestions on where to look and best times would be a help.


Especially when your A 7 beats their A Q on the river...

First time I've read this one Tank and have to admit to being impressed, I do however feel very sorry for all your ovine friends who are being neglected out there because of all the time you're spending playing poker!
Maybe you should think about one of those blow up ones, at least you will only be letting her down when you let the air out!!..lol

On the serious side good luck pal and hopefully I will see you when I get back in February, a couple of us are coming thru to CinCins to see what all the fuss is about!!

Day 9 - A special thanks to all those who offered me encouragement in this endeavour at blondebash, aswell as all those who have stopped by this thread and posted their well wishes. Knowing my progress is being followed drives me forward.

I've been moving towards playing these things by batches of 4, as opposed to continously having 4 tables open. That way, all my tournaments are at roughly the same point and the whole thing isn't quite so intense. The drawback is less tournaments played, as I need to wait till the last one finishes before I can get the next four started.
I can counter this drop in play volume by moving up to 6/8 tabling if my results stay this good.

I'll need to sort myself out with a bigger monitor first though. If I can manage to 8 table these things effectively by batches then I'll easily knock up 40/50 a day.

I managed 28 tournaments tonight, started at midnight. I was knackered after blondebash, so that's only just after I woke up.

Day 9 Results : +$696 (+$4965.8 total)
ROI - 44.5% after 186 tournaments played.

The Goldstar VIP status milestone was reached today. 214 more and it'll be Platinum.

Do let us know when you do and I'll certainly make a point of popping in that night. It'll be nice to put a face to the name as I missed you when I played in Edinburgh.


When this happens, hand the player who held AQ the deck of cards and tell him to "Deal with it!"

Great going Tank, the thread has me hooked :)

Yet another winning day,

I know its early days but im very impressed by your consistency, keep up the good work and i'll be avoiding you at
all costs  :D

P.s do u manually work out your ROI or do u have a piece of software?

All the best
Jim.

Eh up Tank,

Never been a regular sng's player but having read your posts there is a decent profit to be made.
Last night i played the folllowing Tournies
$50 PL no result
$50 rebuy ($155 invested) no result
$10 omaha hi/lo no result

So 3 hrs invested no results so i decided to play 4 sng's before bed $55 Turbo's, Results 1st 2nd 2 blanks ($200ish profit).
So i'm going to give it ago on Weds night no Tournies just $55 Turbo's will try to play 20 and see what happens  :dontask:

GL to me

BA

thats because you suck..........  :D

sorry "legend" ;)

I manually work it out. The money made divided by the product of the number of tournaments I've entered and $60. Easy enough with windows calculator, takes 20 seconds.
I find statistical software, which was invaluable while playing cash games, not nearly as vital in tournaments.


I hope this thread doesn't encourage too many players of your calibre to give these a try. For the moment though, there's plenty water in the turbo well for all, so good luck to you.

Tank this is a great thread, keep it up, informative but also with your own unique sense of homour.  :)up

Just started keeping records of my STT's

played 8 sit n go's and have a ROI of 90.48%  8)  i suppose its too early to say im phil ivey ;D

I am doing the same. word of warning - after 9 SNG's last week my ROI was 99% and i thought i was Phil Ivey!!!

Honestly thought i was unbeatable and could make a lot of money from SNG's

Now have done 27 as of tonite (only playing recreationally approx 4 a day) and my ROI is 22% and i am really struggling to get it back again!!!

Where did it all go wrong?? Someone help!!!

You thought it was too easy. Thats prolly where it all went wrong sir

Day 10 - Finally, I've had "one of those days". More 3rds and 4ths than you could shake a big hairy stick at. Not moaning, this is what happens in poker. I'm just happy that I managed to get another 34 under my belt. This ain't no bad beat thread, and I don't intend to make it so, no matter how bad they get.

I bought a new computer today, with a view to allowing the possibility of playing more than 4 tables. Even if I do stick to just the four-at-a-time, the 24" widescreen monitor will still come in handy. It'll make it easier on my 'ol mince pies. If I stare at my laptop for 8 hours every night I'll probably eventually go blind (even faster perhaps, depends what I'm using it for :D)

Got it from t'internet, so I have to wait a week or so before my new toy is delivered. I'll have to fiddle with wires to set it up though, that always stumps me for a fair few hours.

Day 10 Results : -$555 (+$4410 total)
ROI - 33.4% (after 220 tournaments)

9 winning days and 1 losing day, you will take that!

Tank, can you show me how to work out ROI based on this ficticious set of results:

100 tourneys entered @ 66 a go
$12k profit.

181%

66x100 + 12000.

Then divide that by 66x100

Cheers.

Just went through it and I got the same (wrong) results as I had before I asked.

66x100 (6600) + 12000 = 18600

18600/6600 = 2.818.

Where did I go wrong?

your forgetting the return is after u take away the 100% u started with.

2.81 is 281%, -100 so 181%

Yeah, I'm delighted so far.
Will confess to feeling somewhat invincible after last week though.
Not too bothered, I still feel invincible, just slightly less so. :D

On the most part, I'm pleased that the first losing day has not left me with a bitter taste in my mouth. I know I played well and am going to sleep content with that knowledge.

Tank ,just a word on the new computer. I set a few users up with duel screen capability, normally for CCTV monitoring or CAD package users, its very simple to do, all you need is another screen the correct adaptor and a download and you are away, believe me you will find this highly beneficial and find it much easier to seperate the games mentally when they are split between two diffrent screens.

I find it simpler to divide your profit (12,000) by your total entance fee (66*100)
and then multiply that by 100.
Both methods will get the same answer (181.8%) but I find with this one, you're less likely to go wrong. That and there's 2 sums to do instead of 3 (multiplying by 100 not counting as a sum in my book)

That would be the better way, lol.

Or you can just use pokercharts.com :D

Ta for the advice.
I'll probably bend your ear about this when you visit Cincin's if that's ok.

Nae bather!

Played 7 STT's , my ROI is over 160%. I think i like STT's. Im good  8)  TANK you are my idol.

Im doing nowhere near as good as you tanky :(

Earnings:   $182.00
ROI:   13.84%    Time played:   32h 13m    Avg. Session:   0h 32m
Sessions:   60

(Simplfied the output from pokercharts for your wee brain to digest :D)

 :hello: Jpoot  ;welcome; to blonde.

 :hello: Tank, welcome to Jpoot   :)up

Better luck for tonight Thomas, I know how frustrating it was last night but tonight you're going to do much better - I just know it!!  ;goodluck; ;cheerleader;

OK Played my 20x $55 sng's started 7.30pm finished 11.35pm including 10min break.
Played four at a time max anymore would be to complicated.
Played a more aggressive game than my normal style 5min levels gambling is a big part of it.
So the scores on the doors.

Played 20
6    1st
1    2nd
13  Total blanks

Overall Profit $433.50 which i'm quite pleased with may have been more but Tank kept knocking me out  :o
May keep the experiment going for a week and see what happens.

Regards
BA (Tank Clone  ;tightend;)

Day 11 - Played a decent amount today, 38 tournaments in total.

I said the following on Day 2,

I'm trying to maintain a certain ambivilance about my results at this early stage of proceedings. Not celebrating too much when I win should help me not feel too gloomy after a bad day.

This might be true, today I've shown another small loss and don't feel "too gloomy". It's bloody harder to think of something to write about that isn't a self indulgent moan though. 8)

Day 11 Results : -$349.5 (+$4061.3 total)
ROI - 26.2% after 258 played

So the ol' ROI has come back down to earth at last. I knew it would happen eventually. Would like to have had it flirt around in the 30's for a bit longer though, maybe a stormer of a Day12 will sort that out.

Will certainly hope for a winning sesh tomorrow. If it turns out as 3 red pen days on the trot, I'd feel like I was dissapointing y'all.

Well you will all be disappointed to know that you wont be finding any of the monkeys "dead money" appearing at a turbo sit and go near you at any time in the foreseeable future!

Having returned home from watching the league cup semi final at a friends house i decided that i had just enough time to try a $55+$5 turbo tourney to see what all the fuss was about. Having seen one about to begin where neither BigArmo or thetank were playing i entered. not much happened for the first 15 minutes or so, never really caught any cards but did enough so that i still had just above the starting stack of $1500. However as we got another 15 minutes into the tournament the blinds were now at a level where antes were being taken and within 5 minutes the blinds were at 200/400 with a 25 ante, we were still 7 handed and the average stack was just under 2000 with myself lying 5th of 7 with just under average.

Basically what followed just became an all-in fest. You had the choice of two moves, either all-in or fold - if any player put any kind of raise in that wasnt all in they were pot commited anyway and weren't going to pass. We soon lost 2 more players as basically people were now trying to find any two cards that they could at least race with. The longer the tournament went on in my opinion the less skill became a factor, 5 handed with 200/400 blinds about to become 300/600 and only 1900 in chips AJ suited looked like a monster, my all in was called by 99 and i missed and departed in 5th.

I suppose that by beginning to play these tournaments on a regular basis i could adapt my game to best suit these tournaments and try make a regular profit - however i feel that if i do then my MTT game may suffer as a result which is not a risk i particularly want to take.

Therefore i will leave the path free for thetank to tear up the turbo tourneys and clear up any profit that other players seem to have left lying around :)

Good luck sir  :)up

Aww tanky!  :-*

You don't disappoint me, I'm just disappointed for you because I know how hard you try. Obviously there will be losing days, but overall you are up a lot so stay focussed on that. Saying that though, we can't have 3 days losing in a row so tonight you're going to go onto Stars and kick some ass! I'll make sure of it!

Good Luck

Sophie xxxx

I can just imagine it now.. CHOO CHOOOOOOOOO!!

Good stuff, well done at your +VE start to turbo tourneys this year.  :respect:

Like I said before, I hope I don't encourage too many others to try their hand at these. My cash cow might dry up. (Unless they all let me hit flushes on the river for free when I'm in the big blind ;hide;)

Most wise, for similar reasons I know I couldn't bring my A-game to a multi at the moment.
The turbo head is on and locked in quite tight.

 ;iagree;

Play to the style that suits you best :)

Tank Said

Like I said before, I hope I don't encourage too many others to try their hand at these. My cash cow might dry up. (Unless they all let me hit flushes on the river for free when I'm in the big blind ;hide;)
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Hmmm was not my best play of the night, possible flush possible full house so i'll raise with a str8  >:?.

Tank hope you have a better day, may the force be with you  ;goodluck;.

Matt you stick to MTTs more bananas for ya  8)

BA

Great thread Tank...entertainingly written and very interesting to follow.  ;applause;

Please keep it going and best of luck over the next few nights.

Day 12 - Didn't get to play too much today, was working but managed to squeeze in 23 tourneys afterwards.

Started off the day by playing three batches of 4 and only reaping a lowly three cashes, all of them 3rds. After that happened it became more than likely that the red pen was going to have to be used for a 3rd consecutive day. Happy to report that I didn't let this get to me. I played the next 11 exactly as I've played the previous 270 before them (I'd like to think) and finished the day having not pissed too much away.

Day 12 Results : -$191.5 (+$3869.8 total)
ROI : 23.0% (after 281 tournaments played)


Cheers BA, I did. I lost much less than I did yesterday  :D.

All my play was after 3am, so techically Friday 13th was the date I played these. Can't expect to win on Friday 13th so I suppose I got off light. To paraphrase your pal monkey boy, that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

It's simple m8, you are a fish!!!

It's watching all the fishy play at blondebash you have gone from good to crap!

I told you Friday the 13th was gonna be bad for poker!

Better Luck tonight :D

Day 13 - Decided to make a rule. If I ever have 3 losing days in a row, I'm to take a day off.

Sensible idea I think, the fact that when I finished work I was completely dogged helped me come about it. I'll try to stick to it, should I ever have 3 bad days in a row again. (Might not happen :D)

I start work tomorrow at half five for the 100 re-buy at CinCins. We're likely to be at capacity so I don't see me getting off till very late. If I'm too cream crackered, I won't play when I get back. If there's no Day 14 update that'll be why.

I'll be sure to get back to you and let you all know how Day 15 goes though.

Falling behind I know, but when the new computer gets delivered, I'll be experimenting with 6/8 tabling. If that works out I'll hit my target with greater ease.

Day 13 Results : Day off, to break the negative momentum.

No point in playin when you are knackered pal, just throwing it away.

Tank,

I've just found the time to sit down and read this whole thread properly. I think you are going ahead a storm!

I know everyone is behind you all the way, and we really wanna know what that lovely TV is going to look like!

Have you got the new pc yet? Multi monitoring is great, I use my 19 incher with my lappy sometimes and it's good, if a bit strange.

Keep going hun, i think you are doing fab!

Heid
xx

Phew, just read through the whole lot. It's a hell of a read!

First off, congrats on attempting this. You've show heaps of bravado and discipline to give this a proper shot. Many would quit after a few days, but you seem determined to see it through. Best of luck to you, sir.

Secondly, don't worry too much about the red pen. If you're absolutely sure that you're still playing well, then just look at the number sitting beside it. That tasty net profit should keep morale up.

A few questions for you. I demand answers:  ;tk;

(i) How has this mission affected your health and general fitness level?
(ii) Has it disrupted your social life?
(iii) Are you playing when tired just to keep up? In other words, are you sacrificing your standard of play in order to get another game under you belt?
(iv) What strategy are you implementing with these turbo STTs?
(v) Are you meeting the same players over and over again? Are you hunting fish down or avoiding various opponents?
(vi) Are you getting bored?
(vii) Have you titled in any way?
(viii) How many hours have you played in total?
(ix) Will you start throwing games near the end just to make your target within the allotted time?

Darn, I really feel like I should round it up with another question. Bah, I don't have anymore.

Anyhow, stop playing and start answering these questions!!!

please...  :D

i) I'll have a better idea after more time has passed. I try to get to the gym 3 times a week and have thus far managed to go only twice. I've had the flu for a few days at the beginning of the year so that's my excuse.

ii) Not really, but again I'll have a better idea after more time has passed.

iii) No, I know when I'm tired, I go to bed. (after posting bollox on blonde for a bit) There have been many days so far where I've played less than 30, my reasons for doing so were that fatigue was setting in.

iv) I'd prefer not to talk too much about this. Lest my strategy be countered by people who read this thread. I don't want to make it too easy for them.

v) There's around 50 or so that I see regularly. There's no one I particulary avoid, the knowledge that someone is a good player can sometimes be used against them. A couple of players have started avoiding me though :D

vi) Actually I'm enjoying myself more since I have a target to shoot for. Before I started this the turbo sit n gos were boring me though.

vii) From 281 tournaments there were 2 desicions that I regretted immediately afterwards and would have done differently. Neither were particularly damaging.
The first was when I went all-in with a hand that was too weak compared to the blinds which were not yet worth the risk, everybody folded .
The second was when I folded J10o in the big blind to an all-in when I should have called as it wasn't too sizeable a proportion of my stack and might have burst the bubble.
Having said that there may have been some less than optimal play that I've not noticed. In fact I'm sure there was, nothing I would diagnose as tilt though. Not yet anyway, touch wood.

viii) lots, lots more to go. Still very early days.

ix)  rotflmfao If that were my intent you would be within your rights to shoot me. You'd be doing me a favour.

What's happening?

Winning again?

I think hes been sleeping snoop, he was working last night and Sat night at Cincins.

no tank last night at cin cins

hmmmm, wheres he gone!

Tanky. Cmon. We're on the edge of our seat here...

Day 15 - Sorry folks I would have updated last night (by that I mean 9am-10am) but was really tired. Just woke up and now I'll let you know what's been happening in the wonderful world of Turbo STT's

Day 14 wasn't worth updating. After getting back from Cincinattis, I only played one batch of 4 before deciding that I was too tired to contine. Wish I had updated now, I won $7.5, at least that would have been a win to report, as it happens I'm afraid it's another red day today.

In fact last night I spotted the first signs of tilt. I didn't enter any more tournaments immediately after the following happened.....

In the big blind. Blinds were 100/200 6 left, I have just over 2k in chips (13.5k on the table) I have JJ. There is a raise to 400, then a re-raise to 800. Alarm bells 'R us. I should be folding here all day and all night. I didn't, I went all-in, sure enough the re-raiser shows the Aces and I crash out of the tournament in 6th. This is such a horrible play and I was ashamed of it, even before the AA called and turned his cards over.
Definately time to quit for the day if you find yourself doing something like that. 34 was a decent amount to get under the belt anyway.


Day 15 (and 14) Results: -$597  (+3272.8 total)
ROI : 17.1 % after 319 tournaments played (Much closer to the 15% I was originally anticipating)

Although the variance in STT is much lower than playing MTT or cash games, it is still very much there. A lot of my edge will come from winning more than my fair share of heads up encounters because my opponent is not as aggresive as he should be. This can't come to bear if I'm going through a streak of finishing 3rd too often.

If the ROI stays above 15% after 500 tournaments I'll be a happy bunny.

I just found this Thread and I am well impressed tank, Keep at it mate, I am rooting for you mate. By the way let me know when you need a monitor and I will get you one at cost. :)up

I'm going to update on a less regular basis now, maybe once or twice a week.

I don't want it to become just a results post, I'll only update when I can think of something to write about aswell, or when I reach a milestone.

For fans of this thread don't worry, I'll still strive to update it about twice a week.

Are you the first person to reach Supernova status Tank?  It's mentioned on logging in to Stars.

Lol I'm only barely 10% of the way there, there are far bigger nutters than me out there.

lol oh sorry :D

Ah well, keep up the good work.

Good luck Tank i've taken to multi tabling the $100 and $200 stt's on Stars at times although i play the longer clock as i have really good results in these, i'm terrible at the turbos. Just reached platinum status myself today 10% of the way to Supernova!

A player called 'elky' was the first person to reach Supernova status

I hope 'elky' doesn't lose all his dough in the process.

He'll need to save some back to insure that Porsche!

Days 16, 17, 18 and 19 - Father forgive me, it has been four days since my last confession. Actually I'm not Catholic, Day 16 made me wish I was though. I typed up a report on it at the time. After reading it through, it looked like a self indulgent whine-athon so I janked it. I am trying not to whinge about running bad, or at least keeping it to a minimum  (Won 4 races out of 30ish, nuff said.)

After Day 16 I knew I'd need another day off, lest I steam off loads of dosh. Finished off down about $1.5k (eek)

So I took Day 17 and 18 off. That's made me fall way behind, but when you're breaking because of a bad run, it takes as long as it takes. Went out and did the whole social thingy, pretended I was a normal person for a couple of days.

It did the trick, Day 19 saw me back to my winning ways. Up about $800 last night.
Players at the table have started calling me offensive names again, always a good sign  8)

Day 16-19 Results : -$753.5  (+$2,519.3 total)
ROI : 10.9% (after 385 tournaments)

Oddly I kinda feel better just now than I did after the end of the first week.
Then my ROI was 40%ish and, realistically, I knew it could only go down.
Just now, after a week of rotten luck, I'm confident it will rise. The glass is always half full.

Day 19 was a winner, my confidence has been restored. I'm gonna knock em dead the rest of the month and get that ROI up to at least 15% before I hit 500 tournies played. Ra ra ra aaaaayyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaarrrrrrrr

good stuff tank....gotta love that postive attitude.
like the self analysis and ability to take a break when you know its going pooh style.

confidence always gives you energy.

keep sticking it to them!

aaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrr!

Yes the name-calling at the table is always a good sign ;) Keep up the good work, glad to see that you've finally had an 'up' day! I think I might watch a few of your games, I know it had a positive effect last time!

as always, Good Luck

Love Poppet xx

Not necessarily - If the name calling comes about because he is constantly calling with inferior cards and sucking out then it would be a cause for concern rather than a good sign. Law of averages says that the inferior hand will lose more than it will win and therefore your profit margin will suffer........

<note - monkey is not trying to imply that tank was constantly calling with inferior hands, i'm just making a generalization about the name calling being good>

Ok Monkey boy, you're right... here... have a banana... :)

A tad later than planned but I'm there now. 90% still to go. Not finished for the night, but thought I'd update with this news.

Two other blondites that I know of are platinum already, and have been so for a wee while.
It has been confirmed that the new monitor is on the way, then I can pick up the pace. I'm going to push to be the first Blondite to go Supernova.

Well done big man

Great read Tank, i've got nuff respect for people who can multitable sngs effectively. Good luck in your quest.

Congrats, keep it up  :)up

Days 20 and 21 - Day 20 I took off, went to a home game instead. Very glad I did, it was a cracking night, many thanks to lazaroonie for hosting a well organized poker sesh. We had chips, cards, seats, finger food, booze and good company. All essential ingredients for a good poker night.
Was intending to fit a few in when I got home, but a few Laz sized nips of 12 year old Macallan after a half dozen pints of the black stuff put paid to that idea. Wasn't worried, the poker would still be there in the morning. I fell asleep that night a contented chap.

Back to the salt mines for Day 21. Pokerstars flashed a message on my screen after I got knocked out of a tournament informing me that I had just obtained Platinum VIP status. It didn't do that for Silver or Gold. Made me feel dead special. (almost made up for crashing out of the tournament)
I can now do all sorts of platinum stuff....nah doesn't feel that special. SuperNova is where it's at.
Managed 7 batches of 4 today. Half a dozen batches feels like a days work, the 7th is for luck.

Days 20 and 21 Results : +$745.5 (+$3264.8 total)
ROI : 13.2% (from 413 tournaments played)

So I'm back on the straight and narrow. Best get to bed now, I've got some schooling to do at 3pm in the unofficial blonde tournament.

glad to see your back on track mate,  lets hope for another winning streak.

I havent really read too much about the vip status, what benefits does platinum provide you with?

As regards the 3pm tourney id love to play but i am transferring my $$ across from paradise and it hasnt arrived in my neteller account so unable to deposit.

P.S Do u know if poker stars do i sign up bonus?

All the best

|Jim

Nice to hear you're back on the road to riches my friend.

Out of interest, heres my online STT stats (playing a mix of $11, $22 and $33, mostly $33):

Earnings:   $-130.00
ROI:   -7.31%
Time played:   38h 30m
Sessions:   75

Which is depressing to say the least, especially as I was over $400 up at my peak.

Still I can't really grumble. STTs are just not my thing I've decided. I'll stick to grinding the MTTs now I have built a sizable roll on virgin. Before last nights little satellite win my online MTTs where at 236% ROI (with an overall total ROI of 72%). Now they are peaking at 658% for MTTs (275% overall). Of course that blip will go back down when I bomb out early in France.

It allows you to buy things from the VIP store.

Amongst other things:

SilverStar, an iPod nano for a mere 16,000 FPPs

GoldStar, Dell 19" LCD TV for a mere 42,000 FPPs

PlatinumStar, WSOP $1000 preliminary televised TV event for a small issue of 62,000 FPPs

Porsche Cayman S, yours on the PlatinumStar program for the handsome figure of 3,000,000 FPPs

Check it out now, the funk soul brother http://www.pokerstars.com/fpp_store.html

That is a very nice posrche. Maybey another 35 years and I will have enough points to get one. Actually by that time, we will probably have flying cars or something crazy like that. I think I will settle for the poster of Issabelle Mercier instead.

So as i see it the higher level you reach the quicker you earn the FPP points

So just for example: instead of getting say 5 points for every $ in fee u pay at basic level you get 10/15 points for platinum level (not sure the points are correct but you get my drift)

Double congrats Platinum & a winning day  ;applause; :respect: ;applause;

Plenty of freerolls to go at now Tank  ;goodluck;

BA

Days 22 and 23 - Man this is gettin tough. Only managed 12 on Sunday (went to the pub) and 16 tonight. Thats one days work from 2, a poor effort. Packing it in tonight after just 16 as I'm pissed off about something so it's best not to play. It's nothing a nights sleep won't cure.

The new pc (with it's lovely big monitor) has been confirmed for arriving on Friday. I'll be able to breeze through 40 a day with that no problem. Or at least that's what I'm telling myself at the moment, we'll see how it works in practise.

Days 22 and 23 Results : +$349.5 (+$3614.3 total)
ROI : 13.7% (after 441 played)

I'm confident in my ability to play at least 6 tables when the new pc comes. I've already got some good notes on most of the regulars. That and 4 seems very easy for me now, even when they are all approaching the endgame at the same time.
If things go wrong, and it looks like I can't manage that many then I'll step back down. Reaching my target is important to me, but I'm not going to piss away the bankroll to get there.

All that being said, I still think I can make it.

I'll be busy on Wednesday but will be back early Friday morning to let you all know how Day 24 and 26 go.

Out of interest, Tank, how do you go about your note-taking for these?

Do you make notes directly at the time of play or do you use PT to review the sessions and import notes from there?

Are you detailing general information (general stats) or the play of specific hands?

Sheriff

I just make the notes at the time of play. I haven't yet got round to working out how to log the actual hand historys from the tournaments into pokertracker. The e-mails pokerstars send me only contain results, not the hands. I'm sure their is a way, I've just not figured out what it is yet.

For most players, I like to know how likely they are capable of folding to a re-raise pre-flop and with what tenacity they will defend their blinds.

On many guys I've just got one word, (caller or folder) this is better than nothing. One advantage to keeping it simple like this is that I avoid second guessing myself.

The hand histories should already be stored on your hard drive (assuming you've got the option set to do so) - check out the PokerStars program directory and there should be a Hand History folder within there with them in.

Failing that you can request hand histories by tournament - its another option alongside where you request the tournament summaries from.

Sheriff

Aye, I should really get the finger out on that one and sort it.

Cheers for reminding me Sheriff.

wish you the best of cards Tank, quite fasinating to see how you get on m8


regards onenote            8)

Hello Tank.....Keep it up mate :D

Just curious , have you tried staggering the start times , eg start one each time you reach the third level , that way you won't have 2 or 3 playing fast short handed ?

ACES

Keep going tank!  ;goodluck;

Welcome to blonde Keith, thanks for stopping by.  :)up


Aye, I've tried staggering start times before Aces.
I've found I prefer having them all in roughly the same place. That way, when I change gears in one, I am pretty much am changing gears in them all.
I find mistakes such as overplaying AK too early can creep into my game when I stagger.
If I am 3/4 handed in 4 at the same time, I seem to manage ok. In worst case scenarios Pokerstars give you plenty time to act should multiple "descion pots" come at me simulataneously.

Another reason I haven't favoured the stagger is I like to play a batch, then do something else, play another, go for a walk, play another, have something to eat etc. If I'm honest with myself, I suppose I have too many breaks.

2 or 3 short handed I can manage but 6 would be a different kettle of  ;fish;. So thanks for the suggestion. On Fridy I'll try 8 tabling 2 batches of 4 staggered by 25 minutes and see how I get on. The play in the first 25 minutes of these things is very mechanical anyway. It'll be a different game now I've got a huge monitor and can play them all with no overlap, so hopefully, no mistakes.
Playing 16 (4 batches of 4) like this will only have me sitting for no more than 2 and a half hours without a break so I guess that's reasonable.

Playing less than 8 hours a day, I'd manage 48 tournaments like this. That'll definately get me back on track if it works for me.

Hi Tank,

Have u tried giving the $100 Turbo 6 handed tournies a spin, good for clocking up the VIP points but not quite as good return on ya money.

GL looking forward to your next post.

Regards
BA

Days 24, 25, 26 and 27 - Have adjusted the ol' sleeping pattern over the last few days as I've had things to do during the day, some of them I needed to be awake for. The big drawback of sleeping at night is that I've been unable to play a lot of poker then. As ABC as these things are, it's difficult to play them in my sleep.

I spent a night up in Aberdeen so that's part of the reason why I've only managed 34 tournaments in total only over the 4 days.

Yesterday got me pissed off. Waited in all day for the computer to be delivered but it never arrived. Phoned them up this morning, apparently the driver reported that there was "no access to site". I think that's a delivery man euphamism for, couldn't be bothered so we knocked off early. They might have phoned me and said so. GRRRRR

Days 24,25,26 and 27 Results : -$318.5 (+$3295.8 total)
ROI : 11.6% (after 475 tournaments)

Doesn't take a Sklansky to work out that 4,000 in 4 months is 1,000 a month. Managed just less than half that with Month 1 approaching it's conclusion.

I really need this new monitor to increase my volume of play and reach my target. If for some reason it does not arrive on Monday (they have promised me it will) then I'll be a very bitter bunny indeed.

Cheers BigArmo, I might give them a look at some point. I'd have to have a wee look and think about how to play them first though.

I imagine beating the rake 6-handed would be much tougher. 2 good players in the same game would drastically reduce your EV more so than they would 9-handed. This kinda turns me off them.

Sorry Tank, I am just picking up on this non-delivery of the monitor bit of your post. Who are you buying it from?...

Dell were slow when delivering my old mans computer monitor. But when it did arrive a week late, he was given a free Virus check disk as an apology.

I would like to get a new monitor to add to my laptop. Switching around between lots of tables can sometimes get confusing.

Are you using a laptop or a computer?  If you are using a laptop, are you able to add another monitor to this?

good luck...hope it arrives soon

Hi Tank.

What name do you play under on stars?

Like to look in sometime and see if I can pick up some tips.
Promise I wont chat whilst doing so. Wouldn't like to put you
off your game.

Cheers

TT

Don't tell him tigmong

ooops

LOL  ;applause;

Thanks Robert

 rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao

Thanks Tank

TT

Days 28, 29 and 30 - I'm a little miffed. Stayed up all day yesterday waiting on my pc to come (again) and it finally got delivered at 8pm. Well most of it anyway, the flingin' flangin' monitor has still not arrived.

Phoned them up this morning to give them an earful. That plan went awry when a softly spoken Irish girlie answered the phone and spoke to me in an apologetic tone before I was able to start my ranting.
She promised me the monitor today and I accepted that politely without demanding reductions etc. I felt a little dissatisfied at the end of the conversation. I wanted to shout at someone. You just can't get pissed off with a girl who sounds like Dervla Kirwan (Assumpta from Ballykissangel)

Can't wait to get the new set-up up and running. Although maybe the cards looking bigger on my big screen will just piss me off more when the wrong ones land on the flop, turn and ri-ri-river.

A daft amount of blank batches and no great ones in the last week, this perhaps pisses me off more than monitor delivery shananigans could. I'll be reviewing my play of the last 50 I played tomorrow when I have a fresh head. I think my plays been ok and I'm just going through an unlucky patch. If there are holes creeping into my game though, I'll need to plug them up fast.

Days 28, 29 and 30 Reults : -$610.5 (+2685.3 total)
ROI : 8.6% (after 519 tournaments played)

Oh bum, a low point. We're in single figures for my ROI. In my last 100 games I've had more 4ths than 1st,2nds and 3rds combined. It'll be my bubble play that I'll specifically review. It just feels like I'm getting too many hands cracked and losing too many races.

I still believe I'm a 15% ROI player when I 4-table these. If I can't do something about this then I'll have to admit that I'm not as good as I thought I was. I can complain about bad luck all I like but there ain't no such thing in the long run and the numbers just don't lie.

I'd wager a fair chunk of dosh that my ROI will get bigger and things will turn around. However, I think today, is the lowest I've felt so far on my quest. I think my confidence might be waning.

It is my sincere hope that my next report will tell you all how my new pc has been baring me to better fortunes.

i sense pent up anger like the angry man out of chewing the fat...
post a random rant thread and shout at the screen...get it all out.


that aside fascinating posts tank and the self analysis is so even handed. hope it does turn round for you...new monitor new tank!

Just remember that the ROI will have up points and low points, you cant get an average of 15% without being low at some point - you'll get it back :)

What's missing from this picture?  :redcard:  >:(  :tikay:

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still no show?? Grrrrrr have strong words regardless on how nice she sounds tomorrow - and dont settle for a free antivirus disk either!

you didnt mean cushions did you ;)

hi tank

just read the whole thread.... enthralling

dont get to down mate im sure you will start showing a better roi soon.

good luck

the aquarium?

My new 24" Acer Monitor arrived this morning on TIME its brill  ;D.

Err no whats missing ?.

WOW its soooooo big gonna tell everyone !!!!

the monitor

 ;iagree;

Days 31 and 32 - Well done everyone who guessed correctly. Yes indeed, the friggin monitor is still nowhere to be seen.

If I thought it would do any good, I'd send this thread to Dell and say....
Look how few STT I've been playing because I've been sleeping at night (when I work) and staying up during the "no play zone" that is daytime to await your delivery. Ya big bunch of hi-tech pansies.

Another phonecall to be made tomorrow.
I'll be as civil as I can on the ol' dog and bone. I don't want to turn into my Mum. She always shouts at people on the the other end of the telephone. I believe that's self defeating to your cause most of the time. It's not usually the person on the end of the phone's fault (although it could be) and you want them on your side so they can help you sort whatever the problem is.

As with all things in life though, it's easier said than done. I'm fuming about this as I hate being lied to and this nonsense is costing me money. Making nice and refraining from swearing will be a big challenge for me.

I don't like regailing you with bad beat stories on this thread and this monitor palava I see as being something similar. I shant keep boring you if it all continues to go wrong. If it turns up and doesn't work I'll just keep schtum about it till the situation is resolved. It's all about the poker baby!

End result of being awake during the day means I only 21 played in these last 2 days. That's next to hee-haw.

Days 31 and 32 Results : +$214 (+$2,889.3 total)
ROI : 8.9% (after 540 tournaments played)

Not a great haul. My old, very unwelcome, friend the blank batch (4 tournaments with no cashes) reared it's ugly head again to prevent it being a much better result. Still, the way things have been going at the moment, I'm delighted with anything that isn't red.

One good thing about being awake during my "no play zone" is that I've had plenty time to review my recent play. (Keep looking for the positives Thomas)
A few things I've noticed, the main one being that I've been laying down a few hands which I shouldn't have. I'm feeling good about my play on the whole though.

Tank, the monitor episode has become an integral part of this thread I demand to be kept updated  ;technophobe;  :D

 ;iagree; where the F*** is it, even I'm getting annoyed   :tikay:

Maybe a little comment that you keep a blog (of sorts) about your attempt & it's read by a lot of poker players might make them move.

Tell them they're looking stupid in front of a proffessional (and amateur) group of hi-spec computer users & they have some work to do to get their reputation back....

this seems interesting, what have you discovered you are laying down?

A few too many hands 3, 4 and 5 handed when I've my opponent out-chipped and the blinds are big.

Not millions of them thankfully, usually my judgement is quite good but I feel it's a hole I need to plug. One mistake is too many.

The more I analyze desicions based of tournament equity, the better my judgement becomes. Post mortems improve your play enormously. Most of the time I keep my results to myself as I don't want to give away too much information on how I play. (I'll save that for when I win a bracelet and write a book  :D )

Well I've raised them this morning. I informed them that if the monitor is not delivered this evening then they can come and take the whole computer back and give me a full refund.

I'm not sure what I'll do yet if they re-raise me all-in (by not delivering the monitor)

Poker isn't a metaphor for life. Life is a metaphor for poker.

lol
LOL :D

A computer delivery tale.

A few years ago I ordered a new computer with bells and whistles, including a surround sound speaker system.

A few days later it turned up, except they'd sent the wrong speakers, the ones I ordered were a more expensive model. I phoned them up and they said they'd send someone round with the correct speakers.

The next day I waited in for the delivery, with the speakers they originally sent all boxed up and ready to be taken away. The delivery man comes and drops off the new speakers. He turns to leave and I say, "aren't you going to take the old ones back with you?". He looks at his clipboard and says "It doesn't say anything here about collecting anything, just dropping off. I'll ask about it when I get back to the depot".

Of course, I never heard anything more and, to this day, have surround sound speakers for both my computer in one room, and my TV in another.

This is not a poker or computer story. Just a delivery story.

I ordered a MTB a few years ago online form a large Cycle company. After a week or so my bike arrived. I thought to myself, not bad a week for delivery.

A few days later, one of my neighbours came to the door and said they had excepted an delivery for a bike as I was out. Realising they had made a error I phoned straight away. They said they would come and collect it the following day and appologized.

I waited in the following day. Nobody appeared.

I went to work the next day and upon arriving home, my neighbour came to my door with a familiar looking box. Another bike.

Again I arranged for it to be collected and again nobody appeared.

At this stage I was getting abit angry and like Tank I bluffed them. I explained calmly that if nobody appeared at the arranged time to collect the two bikes, I would leaved them out in the street. In the area where I lived at the time, two £1000 bikes would last about 10 seconds.

My bluff worked and I was given a gift as an apology

Well done Tank for raiseing the game.  Sometimes you have to play hard ball with these people.

Much happier bunny now.  :D  Guess what just arrived.

Love her already, I'm calling her Clair....

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Look at the size of her. . .

And dressed in Black.

A fine selection, may she bring you much luck.

A Black Beauty indeed

Very nice. She looks fine indeed :D

Days 33 and 34 - On Day 33 I put in a decent days work would you believe. 10+ hours of genuine bone-fide labour dealing at Cincinnatis. Upon returning home, even with the lure of new monitor to play with, the only thing I was thinking about testing out were my pillows.

Regular peeps who have to work every day have it tough. That's one of the reasons I try not to indulge myself by regailing you with bad beat tale after bad beat tale on this thread. I'm pleased to report that even if that were my modus operandi, I wouldn't be doing so in this update. There were not too many to gripe about on Day 34.  :D

Shortly after I woke, Clair (my new monitor) was opened up to see what she was capable of. At her maximum resolution she easily fits 4 screens with no overlap and room to spare. I can squeeze 10 in such a way that none of the of the betting action buttons overlap. I tried 8 tabling at a much lower limit for a couple of batches. I found this not too different from playing a batch of 4 on my laptop.

But then......

I tried a regular batch of 4 $55's with the screens not overlapping in any way.  It makes such a gigantic difference that it's difficult for me to express in words. Suffice is to say, once you've experienced Clair's 24" of pixelly goodness, you'll never go back.  I'll be getting another one before I add playing more than 4 at a time to my repertoire.

In the meantime (monitor deliverys can take a while I hear) I'll still be able to increase my volume of play. Firstly, because it's much easier on my eyes now. I'll be able to put in longer sessions before I grow weary. Secondly, the spare brain power that's saved from flicking between screens will allow me to run the tournaments in a continous stream rather than batching them.

Days 33 and 34 Results : +$305.5 (+$3,194.8 total)
ROI :  9.5% (after 559 tournaments)

I only played 19 with all the experimenting going on today. Tomorrow, with hee-haw else on my agenda, I don't see me fitting in any less than 50. Then we'll be cooking with gas ladies and gentlemen.

I'm now able to pick up more information, which I might previously have missed if I were still playing on a smaller monitor. The ROI is creeping upwards again and I think/hope this trend will continue because of this.

Good Luck... I hope that you and your new lady friend have a happy future together, hope she brings you lots of good luck!

I must say that your work space looks nice and tidy, perfect place to spend many hours of the day! You should see my desk :o

what a fantastic thread! thankyou for spending so much time and sharing your experiences tank, its great to read such an honest appraisal, i'm sure your attitude and approach will reap the rewards you seek.
good luck, matt.

Days 35,36 and 37 : Played the 50 tournaments I wanted to on Saturday, so felt like treating myself to a few bevvies on the Sunday night

I played the £40 Superbowl freezeout at Cincinnatis and went out 2 from the money with a bad beat. Got a little more drunk as the Superbowl concluded and asked to get in the cash game. It was fair enough that the boss said no as I'm an employee and that's the rule. Funnily enough they don't change the rules just because you're sozzled. It was quite hard to get my head round that at the time though.

Still, I fancied a small bosch at a cash game before I went to bed (poor plan) I went home and opened up Pokerstars (bad plan) logged on and opened up at a $5/$10 no limit table (worse plan) sat down with $1,000 (terrible plan)

There was only one other guy at the table. Patiently waiting for me perhaps?
Anyway, first hand, I'm in the small blind with J7o. I raise to $30 and the big blind folds.

I'm $10 up, I decide to sit out because I thought it might be funny.

It amused me to the degree that it wholly and completely satiated my need to gamble that evening. One hand, it was all I needed, could have easily been down $1,000 though. Playing when drunk is an example of the highest order of dafty waftiness. :D

I felt bad about it in the morning as it wasn't really polite on the other guy, bad poker etiquette is not usually my style. After coming to my senses though, I wasn't about to continue sitting there and give some money away. Getting up was the right thing to do. It was the sitting down that was wrong.

Today I've mostly been dikking around setting up a 2nd monitor...
http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=6815.0
Dead proud of myself for getting there in the end  8)

Days 35, 36 and 37 Results : -$16.5 (+$3178.3 total)
ROI : 8.6% (after 618 tournaments played)

A brief note on why I love STT.

Today someone caught perfect on me. A35 flop, I had top set. He moves with Jacks, hits runner runner quads  :D
Now in a cash game or a MTT that might upset me. In a STT it doesn't at all. If I play enough, this kinda thing will happen. Gladly putting 50p in the bad beat tin, and I'm ready to storm the world of online poker tomorrow.

Hmmm u where lucky not to blow some serious $$$ Tank good restraint in the end.

Or not invested the $1 u sent me but my plan is i'll play some $1 s&gs or heads up and we will split the profit (if any) at the next Blonde Bash may be a pint or 2  :)up.

BA

I'd bring your own wallet tank to the next Blonde bash if i were you..............

Days 38 and 39 : I spent most of Day 38 mucking about with lower limits trying to find a system of multi-tabling that I was comfortable with. I have now settled with continously 6-tabling. For the moment, at least, 8-tabling is a little too much for me. Batching 6 leaves quite a lot of "empty space" on my desktop so I think I've found a happy medium.

Day 39 I put it into practise. I'm feeling good about how it's fairing against the Yankee hordes on Pokerstars so far. There was a point, early on Day 38, where I thought that if things continue to not run so well, I'd need to go back to Party Poker (We certainly don't want that now, do we kids and kiddies?)

Do you remeber the good ol' days in the first week of this thread. Days 2 and 3 when I reported four figured +ve results, it seems like quite some time ago. Thankfully not any more.....

Days 38 and 39 Results : +$1,250.5 (+$4,424.8 total)
ROI : 11.0% (after 669 played)

Well I think I can churn out 50 tournaments using my new method on "workdays" quite easily.

Have to deal tonight (real job), will be able to put in 50 on Friday, but then I'm going away to Aberdeen for the weekend. (Formal dinner/dance on Saturday night that I need to be kilted up for) So it won't be untill next week that you see the tournaments played statistic start to really get moving in an upwards direction.

It'll need to, at the moment 31.7% of my time has elapsed and only 16.7% of my task has been completed. 41 tournaments per day are now needed to get me there. That's pretty much 50 a day allowing for one day off a week. Most weeks I've had two days off, so I'll have to start putting in a little extra effort somewhere.

At least the ROI is back in the realms of respectability. It'll take some doing to get it back to 15%, although it's by no means impossible. (Two more days like today I think'd do it)

 ;slavedriver;

Glad to see you're getting back on track  ;goodluck;

Thomas the Tank back firmly on his railroad track... Choo Choooooooo!! :D Well done and keep it up! x

Well done. I look forward to reading future posts.

Days 40 and 41 - A scary thing happened in one of my tournaments today. The game was uber-loose and was heads up within 20 minutes. I'd managed to get on the right end of some good pots and had around half the chips.

The blinds were still 50/100, that meant we each had over 60 big blinds...eek. For ages I've been in all-in or fold auto-pilot when it comes down to the last two. I'd almost forgotten how to play real poker.  :D

Thankfully it, sort of, all came back to me. I think I managed to juggle being aggresive with keeping the pots small and accumulated a healthy lead by the time the blinds had risen to all-in or fold time. There was even a gear change or two in there to keep him guessing. I took down first place and felt really chuffed about it. The first tournament that I felt I had "earned" in quite some time.

Finally, I'm pleased to report that the grand $$$ total is higher than it was on Day 9.

Days 40 and 41 Results : +$927 (+$5,351.8 total) A new peak.
ROI : 12.6% (after 708 played)

My solution to falling way behind my tournaments played target is, when I come back from Aberdeen, to make next week 'Crazy Chicken Week'.

I'm going to live, sleep, eat and breath STT for a week, starting Monday. I'm going to play as if I were going for a record of the most STT played in a week, clocking them off at an anti-social, unsustainable rate. Then, some time next month, I'll have another 'Crazy Chicken Week' and try to beat whatever total I get next week.  :D

All I have to do is go to work next Thursday, but apart from that, I have no plans. So, hopefully, I'll chalk up 400+ playing like a mad piece of poultry.

I know this seems a bit unbalanced. If truth be told, it is. I justify it by thinking, it's only a week. Working solidly will enable me to do more in future weeks with regard to going out, being normal etc.

The only thing that'll stop me is if I run into a bad streak and it affects me mentally. Then, as always, I'll need to take time off to avoid pissing dosh away needlessly.

Glad to see ya ROI and profit both on the increase mate,

Seems that lovely new monitor arriving (taking away the delivery stress) has helped a great deal

good job and good luck.

Jim.

I love this thread, only one question, when does the tanks definitive STT strategy come out? hardback £16.99 he he he

there are those of us in the know that will publish these works for a substantial fee.

I echo Liam. This is far and away my favourite thread on the forum atm, and always one of the first I check when I'm on.

Keep up the good work, Tank!

 ;goodluck;

Sorry, I messed up the above post

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I assume you had the permission of whoever owns the copyright on those terms and conditions before you made that post Mikky  :D

Keep going m8.

GL Tanky  :)up :)up :)up

Still not played that $1 u sent me.

BA

Ok, that was a helpful post on copyrights.  It looks like your book profits a few years from now will be yours, Tank.  :D

Hi!
Great thread tank! Really informative insight into the business side of online poker.
You've inspired me to go on a bit of a stt mission as well, not quite as hardcore as you but I'm playing a lot more than I used to.
I'm playing £20 + £2 six seater stt's on crypto. So far, after 3 days:

Played: 25
Profit: £268
ROI: %48

I'm only playing one game at a time so my volume's pretty low, but I think it should keep my ROI up a bit (I don't think it'll carry on at that level tho!).
The fact it's 6 seater makes the rake steeper, I've already been taxed £50. I just don't have the patience for 10 seaters tho.

Anyway, keep up the good work.

I'd like to thank everyone that has wished me well over the course of this thread. There is no doubt in my mind that you guys have hepes me win more money.

On occasions when I was winning for the day, and might otherwise have ended my session, the urge not to dissapoint made me play more and in many cases win more. So a big thankyou to everyone. The Blondpoker forum has done so much for me.



I have news though. Dave Colclough has offered me a job managing Cincinnatis for him and I have accepted. It is a huge commitment and will not leave me any time to play online at the volume that would be necessary to complete this.

So thats the end of this quest for me, unless I get fired after a week. That's not going to happen though as I intend to pour my heart and soul into this new position. It is my sincere hope that what is bad news for fans of this thread will turn out to be good news for the Cincinnati card club. I'm giving this my best shot.

I'll hope to see you all at the BlondeBash, where I'll be wearing my tournament directors hat, (So won't be getting as drunk as I was at the last one) and at the Cincinnati Spring festival (details to follow very soon)

I'm always happy to hear suggestions and answer queries. Please get in touch with me about any Cincinnati related issue, either on the board, or better still by getting yer arse down the club to play, and speak to me in person  :D

It's a great wee club, but with your help, we can make it fantastic.

tank

Good luck with the new job, I sure you'll do well. It has been a great thread and certaily got me thinking.

Congratulations tank.

Well done on the new job and good luck

Congrats tank.  ;applause; ;applause; ;applause;

Will you be wearing your tournament directors sticker on your forehead too??  :D

Congrats on the new job and even better news that you are giving the fishes back to us pokerstars regulars for us to fleece on a nightly basis - might have to start a new STT career!!

Congrats Tank!

Just admit it though, you bottled it  ;goodvevil;

Great news tank. I'm really chuffed for you, Best of luck in the new job m8! :D 8) :D

Congrats Tank. ;applause;

Good luck in your new position  ;slavedriver;

Great News tank, First order of business is to extend me a line of credit, and alwasy send the fish to my table.

Well, your first executive decision should be an easy one then  :D

Congratualtions, Tank.

I truely believe that Dave has made a wise choice in selecting you for the role.

Good luck...

best of luck. Its been great reading this thread - if a little frightening.
excellent determination and good skills to maintain that ROI.

nice one tank

well done Tank.
disappointed you have to do a real job as this thread was engrossing and a favourite read.

baptism of fire coming up with blonde II ...best of luck

Wow   Congrats on your new job m8 and best of luck too.

Loved your thread and sorry to see it go. Well done as far as you got...........maybe you can pick it up when you get to retireing age?   LOL

Congrats, just a shame this thread is over for now.

Wish you all the best with your new career Tank.

Im really looking forward to seeing the Cincinnati club at the bash as i've heard soooooo much about it.

Good luck mate.

Jim

Boooooooooooo El Blondie double whammy no more tread and 1 less PRO (official complaint going in)  :o.

Well Done Tank look forward to seeing u in your new role in March  :)up.


 ;karabiner; :cheers: <--- maybe 1  :dontask:

BA

Congratulations Tank - sounds like a great opportunity!

I've really enjoyed following your progress and you ended up suckering me into the same games (at a less frantic pace).  Shame the quest had to come to a premature end but thanks for an enjoyable few weeks reading.

Sheriff

Very Good Luck Tank in your new position.......hope to see you at the Bash but if not     XX

Congratulations Tank.

Good Luck

See I told you you'd never do it didn't I :D

Sounds like a great opportunity.

gg, gl

Congratulations on the job Tank :D

Shame not to have this thread to look forward too anymore, perhaps you can start a Cincinnati's one instead :D

Best of luck, Tank - I know you'll do a great job.  8)

Well DOne M8, and good luck well deserved, you will be a success  :)up

Congratulations on the job - Hope to see you up there soon.

Thanks for the thread - Best of Blonde anyone.

 ;iagree;

Although it would be a bit cruel on any newbies who after having trailed thru 17 pages realised that the happy ending was not the one they expected  :D

Congrats TANK. and now you cant play online poker how about just sending the money out of your cashier on Poker Starrs to mine ;) The names _K_D_T_  Thanks :D hehehehe.

Wish you all the best for the future mate good luck

OMG, thankyou all so much for wishing me well.

After just 3 days on the job I've decided that I can't do what I need to do to make that club a success. I'm letting Dave down but I really feel that I don't have what it takes to run that place.

Am I just being lazy and just shy of a bit of hard graft. I don't think so but anyone that wants to believe that is welcome to do so. I'm not going to argue with them. I have personal reasons for not taking the gig on too. It was a marvellous oppurtunity, but I've had to fold it. I don't really want to explain myself more than that here.

Am I a quitter, yes it certainly looks that way.

That's why this thread is back on everybody. Back on with avengence. I have to prove to myself that my life just doesn't consist of taking too much on and quitting prematurely.

So hold the bus.


Any money that's changed hands, please give it back. I just might manage this still.

Days 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 and 48 : Took a job, quit the thread.
Quit the job, am now taking back the thread.

Where did I leave it?

Days 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 and 48 : +$927 (+$5,351.8 total)
ROI : 12.6% (after 708 played)

Ah yes, I remember now.

I know it was a hard decision to make but after talking to you I know you wasn't quitting because of laziness. Sorry it didn't turn out as you expected.

Good Luck for the 4,000 stts in 4 months... AGAIN!

Poppet x

Cincin's loss is the readers of this thread's gain!

Welcome back!

Sheriff

PS: Hope your decision proves to be the right one for you in the long run.

Wahey he's back!  Stay focused now and get those Stt's down you  :kiv: ;goodluck;

Topsy-turvy-tank-tastic!

Good luck man, attack that challenge with renewed vigour!!

Sorry to hear about the job. C'mon you can tell us.....Was it working with all those Scotsman that did it?  ;hide;

I think he is bluffing!

Hmmmmm I may have come across not how I meant to come across again. When I met Tank at Blonde Bash I said he'd never do 4K sng's in 4 months purely because he was 4 tabling in sets at that time. Whilst not impossible it's very very hard to play well over the amount of hours he would need to do that over 4 months. I have had 2 monitors for just over a year now and I 8 table. Every month I say to myself that I'm going to play 1000 sng's but I think I've only managed it 2 or 3 times. Yes you can force yourself to put the hours in but if you're on tilt, tired or maybe even just running bad you're just going to lose a load of money.

So I wasn't having a pop at Tank, I've played against him loads of times now and have a lot of respect for his game. He has a good chance of hitting 4K by the end of April now he's playing 6 tables continuously, he should be getting in around 10 games an hour, but it ain't gonna be easy for the above reasons.

I wish him the very best of luck.

I Beleive you made the right decision Tank, I dont know the club or know you but if you feel deep down that you shouldnt do then somethings right, Eeverything happens for a reason an Just beleive it was for the right!!!!!!

Anyway go start Kicking ass in the STTs again Tank. Pitty about me not havng your roll tho (damn you should of kept the job hehe ) GL dude

I am abit slow I think. Over the last day or so, I kept seeing Tanks name on the Blonde screen.

I was thinking to myself, that El Blondie must be a great boss, he must give alot of time off. I didn't realise Tank had stopped working there full time as I hadn't been reading this thread.

At the end of the day, whatever makes you most happy is the best decision. Who cares what others think. You are the master of your own destiny.

Atleast now you can get to those final tables at the W.S.O.P alot quicker

Good luck

Day 49 - Time to step on the gas. To that end, I had an early night on Friday and woke up on Saturday with the intention of starting to make up for lost time. At the weekends I'm not restricted by the time of day I can play, (the games are juicy from friday at 10pm till Monday at noon) so I can kick it whenever I choose.

Got some clay chips out of my closet and put 30 of them on my desk. The plan is to use them to keep track of the number of tournaments I've played in a session. Evertime, I register for a tourney I take a chip from the pile and put it in a new pile. When all the chips are in the new pile, I'm almost done for the sesh. I only need to finish the tournaments I've started, then can proceed to busy myself with some other pursuit for a wee while, before getting back to buisness.

I ploughed through two such 30 tournament batches before having a cheeky snooze and then playing another. After managing 90, I thought it rude to not push for 100. So, just for good measure, I squeezed in another 10 before bed.

Playing 100 tournaments within 24 hours is great, I feel like Jack Bauer or something.

Day 49 Results : +$28 (+$5,379.8 total)
ROI : 11.1% (after 808 tournaments played)

Ok so not much to show for it, but the day didn't start too well. At one point I was down around $800 so I'm happy to finish up even-steven.

Actually, I'm on a bit of a high. In the last tournament of the day, I was heads up against The Venetian (one of the strongest players of the $55+5's) and I needed a win to save getting the red pen out on this report. The heads-up confrontations really are crapshoots if your opponent knows what they're doing. This guy wasn't about to start folding too many hands.

Crapshoot or not, doesn't really matter. I won, so I'm telling myself I'm the champ, ra-ra-ra.  :D

Well played Tank.

Good to see you back in the saddle.

Im sorry to hear it didn't work out at CinCins Tank, because i could tell that you were genuinely excited at the prospect of the oportunity given to you by DC.

Although im glad that you have returned to this mission with renewed vigour, and i look forward to following your success again.

All the best.
Jim.

100 in a day is some going. Nice one. Keep it up.

100! :o

Well Done!! x

Day 50 - I played a more modest 44 tournaments today.

I know what you're thinking, "If you're playing these things in batches of 30 Tank, how come you only played 44?"

Well, if you're sitting comfortably, I'll tell you.

I had just completed a bizarre tournament. One of my opponents, was giving me abuse of the type "You can't play poker you moron" and "You just go all-in all the time, you dumb %*#@!"
This in itself wasn't the strange thing. It was more that, when the bubble burst at the end of the 100/200 antes 25 level, I had 1,800 chips. Ten minutes later I had 10,200 chips. I had pinched them all without a single showdown and only having seen 2 flops.  :D

The whole time I was on my blatant pot stealing campaign, matey boy launched his best counter attack. This consisted of a full scale verbal assualt while folding constantly. Of course I've seen his type of foul language before, (anyone who's played online for 15 minutes has) and it usually never bothers me. For some reason, perhaps it was because I'd practically stolen the tournament uncontested from being the short stack, I felt the need to step in and defend my play.

I know there is absolutely no purpose served in sparring with him, explaining how well I'd done to nick all his chips and that he was the silly sausage for letting me. Was I trying to encourage him to play more aggressively? Surely not.

If nothing else, it was daft because it monopolised my attention that could have been put to better use on other open tournament tables. There is a time and place for witty retorts and 6-tabling on Pokerstars is not it.

It was to my severe annoyance that, when heads up with a 3-1 chip lead, the villain of the tale found himself a big pair and then AQs. They both held, and he took the tournament down. These things shouldn't be personal but it needled me somewhat to lose this one against him.

This is why I stopped one of my batches short of the mark. I needed to step away from the PC and give myself a stern talking to. I dish out the odd bit of advice on this forum. One of these nuggets is "The only person at the table who needs to know you can play poker is yourself". It seems I don't always practise what I preach.

Day 50 Results : +$320 (+$5,699.8 total)
ROI : 11.1% (after 854 tournaments played)

One of the questions I like to ask myself at times like this is, would I have recognized that I was doing something pointless if I had instead won the tournament? Or would I just have just continued palying with a smug grin on my face?

Hopefully I can cut this sort of thing from my game. I'll strive to keep my opinions to myself (and the Blonde forum)  :D

Another fanatastic honest open posting.

good to have you back tank

keep it up mate cincins loss is blonde forums gain :)up

Day 51 - Usually I don't post hands that I find interesting or amusing as I don't want to give too much away about my style or play. (I'm saving them all for the paperback  :D.)

Small break in protocol though, as I found this one too funny. It's for all you Brian Wilson fans...



PokerStars Game #4046694530: Tournament #20109501, Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2006/02/21 - 01:07:36 (ET)
Table '20109501 1' Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Supersetoy (1780 in chips)
Seat 3: mensrea59 (2700 in chips)
Seat 5: keeneland ki (1380 in chips)
Seat 7: AceKing2000 (2570 in chips)
Seat 9: tigmong (5070 in chips)
keeneland ki: posts small blind 75
AceKing2000: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to tigmong [4d 7d]
tigmong: raises 300 to 450
Supersetoy: raises 1330 to 1780 and is all-in
mensrea59: folds
keeneland ki: calls 1305 and is all-in
AceKing2000: folds
tigmong: calls 1330
*** FLOP *** [ Aspades 5h 7h]
*** TURN *** [Aspades 5h 7h] [7s]
*** RIVER *** [Aspades 5h 7h 7s] [6c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
tigmong: shows [4d 7d] (three of a kind, Sevens  ;karabiner;)
Supersetoy: shows [Ad Qd]
keeneland ki: shows [Jh  Ahrt]
*** SUMMARY ***
Seat 9: tigmong showed [4d 7d] and won (5090) with three of a kind, Sevens




Day 51 Results : +$855 (+$6,554.8 total)
ROI : 12.0% (after 914 tournaments played)

Playing 5 handed and bursting the bubble in one hand with the Royal Wilson will surely put a bounce in your step.

It got bouncier, as I went onto win the tournament holding, guess what?  ..............4s 7h.  :D (Coz both hands were in the same game, I deemed it postable)

74os.... Yay!! and twice in the same tourney, you lucky little....

Another good day at the office mate,

And im happy to see that ROI on the increase.
Keep it up

The first one was sooooooooted.


I believe that, over the course of 4,000 STT, there will be no such thing as luck. This is why I try to keep self indulgent whining to a minimum on this thread.

Telling tales of having Aces cracked 5 times in a row will achieve nothing. It looks like I'm a 12% ROI player and that's that.

Tank sometimes it pays just to turn chat off.

Day 52 - Another 60 to be marked off the totalizer. (Mental note - I totally need a totalizer. Next time I take a day off, I might get all arts and crafty.)


I'm doing just that, turning it back on when I'm down to the last tournament of the sesh. (Can't stop me chatting completely)

So far, it seems to be working....

Day 52 Results : +$1,399.5 (+$7,954.3 total)
ROI : 13.6% (after 974 played)

I don't believe that this result was entirely due to turning chat off. However, I'm still buying Div a pint when I see him next.   :cheers:

A jump of over 1% in the ROI in one day, after playing this many, is a big deal for me. Looking back, I believe this is the single most successful day of the campaign so far.  :dd:

A nice days work Tank

More good work, sir. Are you going to check out your numbers of 1st's, 2nd's and 3rd's once you reach 1000?

good job - great to see your ROI gettin back up to near your target area...

just buy one of thse wee abacus type thingsy with the beads on it and it`ll give you something to play with as well as a visual aid on how many you have played

I keep these to myself, sorry.

No problem. - The WSOP seat isn't looking all that far away now.  :)up

Great Stuff, Tank!

As for a totalizer, maybe you can get one off of Ben Affleck (from that Lynx commercial)...? I don't think he'll be using his again.  :D

Day 53 - Today's efforts pushed me past the 1,000 STT played mark. Good to get there but I'm 22 days late. Not too worried as.....

Dull statty bit

On Friday I'd managed only 17.7% of my target while 40% of my time had gone. I was behind a whopping 23.3%!

Today 25.8% of the tournaments required are behind me and 44.2% of the time has elapsed. I'm now only behind by 18.4%.

So in 4.2% of the clock I've put in 8.1% of the total tournaments needed.......and I feel fine  :D


My play is much more regimented and professional-ish now. The structure of my work day is much better too. Play 30, take an hour and a half off, then play another 30. In the last 5 days I've put in 324 tournaments. I've finally started to play like I mean to get there within four months. I think this is largely down to the new, more disciplined, regime.

Before, I'd sleep when I was tired, play poker when I fancied it and had days off on a whim. Instead of 7 sleeps a week like a normal person, I'd have around 10 short ones. Most of the time I wasn't sure what day it was.

I'm still going to take days off (not that mental) but I'll plan when they'll be and adjust my sleep schedule accordingly. Days off will still be  necessary if I feel tilt creep into my game.

Day 53 Results : +$360 (+$8,314.3 total)
ROI : 13.4% (after 1,034 tournaments)

The first batch o' 30 wasn't going too well at all. It finished amazingly stongly though. When I used to play batches of 4 I never ever had a "perfect batch" (four 1st places) Pleased to tell y'all that 1st place money in the last four tournaments before "lunch break" (4am) were all taken down by tigmong.  (That's me  :D)

New word for your dictionarys, professional-ish : Verb used to describe someone who is serious about their STTs but still munches duck pancakes by the computer and gets plum sauce all over the mouse.

Tank,

Think this is the first time I've posted in this thread but I've been following it all the way. So far very well done.
Two questions if I may;

How many VPP's have you amassed so far?

And have you considered moving up to the $105 turbo's? I don't think you will notice an increase in standard, these are pretty soft at the moment.

 ;goodluck;

Cheers for posting Rob  :)up

25,870 VPP amassed thus far.


As for the $110+$9's, I thought they were your turf  :D

Not too keen to move up just yet for a few reasons.

There are less of them going about, at time of writing only 3 are currently in progress as opposed to 10 $55+$5's. I've got a good run going at the $55's at the moment and wouldn't feel comfortable multi-tabling a higher limit just yet.

I buy into Magnus Magnussons "I've started so I'll finish" philosophy. (Except when it comes to managing card rooms  ;hide;)

After the quest, I'll review the situation and consider playing higher limit STTs and/or MTTs.

Going well tank i'm glad to hear.

What are you going to do when it's over?

I know what you plan to do with the points etc but will you keep playing at the same rate? or try a new discipline?

Thanks for reminding me, must get passport sorted.

1. Holiday  ;letsparty;

Shortlisted destinations at the moment are Thailand (4,000 STDs in 4 months perhaps?) and Australia

2. Qualify for WSOP main event (Playing the $1,500 limit shootout on the 24th and the $1,500 NLHE on the 25th anyway. Going out on the razz on the 26th coz it's my Birthday  :dd: )


I want to put in the same amount of hours in a working week, but take more time off to travel.

As for what discipline, that's still to be decided.

 rotflmfao

sounds like a decent plan. gl

Thailand is amazing, you'll have a good time there :)

Pattaya in Thailand

;tightend; Buffalo Bar

I'm on 15k VPP's, but I've been pretty lazy so far this year and only play three at a time max. Still I've just hit Platinum status so should be able to pile up the FPP points from now on, and like you I am planning to use them for WSOP preliminary event buyins. I see your point reagrding the number of tables available, and of course if it ain't broke why try to fix it.

I was on the $210+15's but since the VIP club was introduced I've found a lot of the top MTT players are using these to rack up VPP points. Obviously there's not as much value sitting at a table with Johnny Bax, Sheets, Premier, Riverloser, etc as there is playing with some of the clowns at the $105's.

LOL :D Such a difference between our levels of play.  I would tend to call them great players :D

Just goes to show.

Speaking from experience that's a great plan. I've been living in Thailand for 4 months now and counting. Nice hot weather, great food, cheap cost of living and excellent internet facilities (which to me was of primary importance). I also spent six months travelling Australia a few years ago, last time England were there for the Ashes in fact, and I plan to head over there for another six month stint (and see us defend the Ashes) in September.

If you want any advice about either just ask  :cheers: but I can pretty much guarantee it beats living in Luton  ;scarymoment;

[ playing with some of the clowns at the $105's.
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Like Silo, I would have called these players good players.  I have alot to learn..lol

Like Silo, I would have called these players good players.  I have alot to learn..lol
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You'd be amazed. It's all relative to what you can afford to lose.

I personally have always found that the toughest levels lie between $20 and $50, as this is where the players who have become aware of starting hand selection play. Basically they are as tight as a nu........

Day 54 - Dealt for the last time at Cincinnatis this evening. Don't really need the gig anymore, and it'll get in the way of travel plans etc. (Not to mention my blonde bash drinking plans)

As I was working, only did a half day when I got back. Just the 30 tournaments.

Day 54 Results : -265.5 (+$8,048.8 total)
ROI : 12.6% (after 1064 played)

I like the timing of my day off tomorrow, just after a losing sesh. I'll be back early Sunday morning to tell you how many I played on Saturday, and hopefully, report another win.  :D

Hey, Tank

were you are dealer(that is a card type..lol) before you got the job at CinCins?

how good do you have to be?  Would card magic skills be ok?

cheeers, and good luck

Answers to your questions as far as I understand them.

No, not very and always.  :D

Days 55 and 56 - Decided to mix it up today and played a bunch of the $105+9's. If I can beat them two things'll happen. I'll get Supernova sooner, and I'll make more dosh. Both good things I'm sure you'll agree so why not give them a try.

The quest is still to play 4,000 though. I'm not allowed to change the rules halfway through. That would just be naughty.

It just means that getting 4,000 and becoming Supernova won't coincide. Twice the drama or half the drama? I'll leave that for you to decide.

A bunch of guys mix it up playing a combination of 55's and 105's. The 105's can be quite slow to fill sometimes. I think I'll do that. Today I played 38 big ones and 4 little ones.


Days 55 and 56 Results : -$882 (+$7,166.8 total)
ROI : 10.5% (after 1106 tournaments, 1068 little ones + 38 big ones)
VPPs 28,620
FPPs 66,417

So I stepped up and lost. Is it time to step back down again? That's what I've been pondering for the last hour or so.

I've decided to stick at the 105's for another day, what swayed me was, when looking back over the 38 tournaments, I was knocked out or crippled by AA a total of 17 times. Running into that many aces won't be typical so I think it's safe to assume I've had a bad run and it's worth giving them another try today.

I'll be sure to let you know how it goes. If I'm down by an amount with a comma in it then I'll certainly leave them be.


Well I felt comfortable enough today. If I lost big again though, I probably wouldn't.

I think I have a new tactic for STT. This is probably obvious to the people like Tank who play them all the time. But from now on, I am going to be ultra agressive. Before when I played STT or 2 table tournies, I would wait and wait untill I got dealt premium hands when all my opponenets collected vast chick stacks around me.

I think this is why I have reached alot of final tables. But as you know when playing tournaments  it is only the top 3 or 7 who get paid. So it is no use being at the final table unless you are in a chip position to go to war. Last night I played 4 small ($3 buy-in) STT. I won three of them and went out in 10th in the other. I did this by playing very agressively and taking some gambles.

I think agression really pays at these small tournaments. Is this the correct way to approach things?

Is one of the factors to take into consideration when playing STT, a gambling factor?

What do you think?

In my usual ring games, you can sit and wait and wait and wait. The you get a good hand and get paid. But at STT, the blinds start to hurt if you just wait for a top hand.

ty

I think you need an adjustable strategy for all games that is dependant on how your opposition is playing. If they are tight then you can loosen up and be aggressive, if they are loose then a tight approach will often get the job done.
As regards to Sttt's I think you need to ask yourself where does your edge come from . If a group of fairly tight players play and only play decent hands ect then after say level 3 everyone is waiting for a hand to move in with so your edge ( if you had one at the start ) has gone . This is why I will play early on when it is cheap to do so and can make the most of my edge on the field. The benefit of having a good stack at the sharp end of an stt is also pretty big.

Good luck with the bigger STTs Tank, I agree that 17 times being faced with aces is just bad luck, let us know how you get on today, hope it all goes well for you. Speak to you soon.

Sophie xx

Day 57 - My first batch of 30 went very well. I had all but made up for the previous days loss. I began to feel not averse to these $105 thingies.

The 2nd batch began disatorously though. A run of bad luck (I hope) had me even further in the hole. I could feel myself in the beggining stages of tilt and had to continually talk (out loud) to myself to stop it's onset.
The session rallied in the end thankfully.

I really needed it too as, if it didn't, that would be me and the $105s parting ways for the time being.

I was getting to the point with the $55s where I was so comfortable that I could take three bad bubble beats on different tables simultaneously without batting an eyelid, secure in my knowledge that I'm a long term winner at them. I don't have that yet for the $105s, hopefully it will come with time.

Untill it does, I shall set tilt-watch to Defcon 3. It is more of a danger now than ever.

Day 57 Results : +$406 (+$7,572.8 total)
ROI : 10.2%   after 79 $105s and 1,087 $55s (1,166 total)
VPPs 31,200
FPPs 72,867

I really need a days results with a comma in it to set me at ease with these larger tournaments and get the ROI back on track. It has fallen today, even though I won a modest amount.

Bit of a  :blonde: forgot about the $100k VIP freeroll this month. Oooops

Don't want to split hairs but in STTs (Single table tournaments) it's rather easy to reach the final table.  :D

Are you talking about multi-table sit n go's?

Tank, quick question, how do you manage to have such an odd figure for your winnings? +$7,572.8 total, are the prize structures for these not split into whole dollars?

Yea, I was talking about the multi-table sit n go's. Sorry, that was my  :blonde: for today.

For a while, I thought I was playing them well. But when I actually look at my chip count upon reaching the final table, it is normally on the short side.  I now realise anyone could get to the final table if they just stay out of trouble early on.

I am now going to be alot more agressive early on. I think in my small stakes sit n go's, agressive seems to work best. Go out early or build a nice size stack for the later stages.

What do you think?

What site's this on then Sark?  Sounds interesting.   :D

Good luck with your strategy experiments though.

Continues to be a great thread Tank.  Hope you have a big day on the £105's soon.

I understand some of the old-timers like Doyle used to refer to chips as 'checks'?

Presumably if you cross chips with checks, you get...   ?   :dontask:

Well spotted

Looked into it and I believe it's due to a very minor accounting error on Day 2 stemming from the fact that I did not have an exact round number of $'s in my account on Jan 1st but treated it as if I did.

Perhaps, just to keep things right, I'll knock $0.30 off the total on Days 58+. Not sure if it's that or $0.20 to be added, but I'll go with the subtraction.

Day 57 "Rod friendly" Results  :D : +$7,572.5 total

Sark being aggresive is always good, are you meaning to loosen up aswell? I'm not sure if you should early on. It all depends on the structure and what your opponents play like of course, but generally the pots are not worth getting involved in the first few stages.

You can't win these things in the first half hour, but you can certainly lose them. Just before the final table is when you should be stepping things up a notch IMO.

Thanks Jezza and Tank for your comments.

Yea, I mean loosen up aswell.  I hear every poker commentator and almost every poker book discuss 'switching gears'. I am not really sure how to do this in an effective way.

I always try to switch gears and adapt to how my opponents are playing. I think as I usually play $10 buy-ins, the players tend to play in the same way throughout the game. So switching gears can sometimes be hard. In a section in Super System 2, DB talks about adapting to how the other players at the table are playing. He makes this sound as if it is the easiest thing in the world to do, but for someone such as myself, lack of experience can sometimes make this difficult to get right all the time.

I think I must have the world record for fourth place finnishes in the 18 player sit n go's on Stars..lol.  It would be nice to win some of these events. Playing the $3 or $6 sit n go's are alot easier to play. Atleast in these I can get in the money most of the time. But I still feel that playing sit and go's at the low levels I am at the moment, there is alot of gambling. Some guys play whacked out hands.

Playing $1/2 Limit Hold-Em, I feel is a more consistent game. I can sit and wait for a premium hand. The blinds don't kill me and there is alot more time to observe how my opponents are playing. I also have notes on everyone, so I know them. Of course these are not always accurate as it is impossible to say what mood someone is going to be in on any given day. I am a member of Poker School Online and am working my way through Rolf Slotbooms cash game leasons. I never play the 'play money' games on the site, I only use the extensive leasons available on the site. I think I will give up sit and go's and play Ring Games for six months. After I have improved at these, then I may consider some of the higher limit sit n go's if my bankroll allows me to.

I don't really know if it is possible to be a successful online player and just play ring games. But this is when I feel most excited about playing. If I could freeze time, I would be able to learn Ring Games ,MTT and  STT . But unfortunately it will be one at a time for now. Its cool, I am fairly young so by the time I hit fifty I should have it all sorted out  :D

Thanks.

Thankfully, when it comes to online poker, there is something for everyone.

There is absolutely no law that says you have to "do it all"; so if concentrating on just one discipline of poker means that you are enjoying the game more and making money then how can that be bad?

 :)up

That is very true, I Zimbra. Didn't think of it that way.

Although wading in at several disciplines and finding which one you like best, before pursuing it with detailed vigour, is always a good plan too.

Day 58 - The second tournament I entered was a $110+9 six-seater. Registering for it was an accident. Never mind, I thought, will try to make the best of it.

I was shocked by some appaling play. A couple of players threw their chips at me and I ended up winning it. This made me think I'd been wasting my life playing 9-man STTs. The six-way action looked lucrative to say the least.

I played another four, walking away with a couple of 2nd places. With 2/3 ;fish; in them, there is oodles of value in these things.

The problem, as I was soon to discover, is that with 2/3 fellow ;shark; at the table, there is no value whatsoever. Multi-tabling, I might have even been -EV (shockeroonie). From the following eight I attempted, I only harvested myself one lonely cash, and even that was a piddily 2nd place.

No more six-seaters for me thankyou, I'll stick to what I know.

Settling into the 9-man $105s I played an ok game. Managed 30 of them on top of the 13 disastorous six-pacs. I even dabbled in one cheeky wee $55 game. Let me tell you of it's bizzarity.....

I set a new personal record for speedy winning of a STT, 29 minutes!
We didn't even get to the 100/200 25ante level. 

It was great fun, within the space of seven hands the random number generator bestowed upon me AA, QQ, AA and 99. Each one knocking a gob-smacked player to the rail.
Heads up I finished the, quite grateful, short-stack off with J8o. (He hadn't played a hand all game)
Most fun I've had in a Sit n Go for a while.  Even MikkyT could have won that tournament.  8)

Day 58 Results : +$859 (+$8,431.5 total)
ROI : 10.6% after 1210 tournaments    (13*$110s/109*$105s/1088*$55s)
VPPs 33,360
FPPs 78,267

Not too shabby at the end of the day after pissing away pest part of $1k six-pacing to begin with. You'd take $800 every sesh if you could.

;chieften; is still hungry for that day with a comma in it though (+$x, xxx)
Close just isn't good enough  ;goodvevil;

Discalimer - Mikky is a good player, I have a lot of respect for his game.

Just noticed, a cheeky wee milestone has just been reached on Day 58.

33,333 VPPs surpassed. So I'm over a third of the way to SuperNova now.

What is the most STT you have won in a row.? Also most lost.?

Tank,

Still a great read.  Well done on the 33,333 and I hope the other comma arrives soon.

Keep it up.

4 wins in a row a few times, never five, now that I six table, it's harder to keep track of what constitutes in-a-row.

As for how many blanks in a row, I deliberately don't keep tabs on such things, self indulgence of that sort can bring about no good.
I'd estimate around a dozen-ish.

Lets hope we see a comma in your next update tank :) I've got a feeling it won't be long! xx

Tank,

Get out of my games! :redcard:

Seriously though well done so far on the step up. Are you noticing much difference in standard of play at the $105's compared to the $55's?

Also, I assume you use Pokertracker to record your stats? If so how do you get on requesting tournament histories as it seems you can only get five tournie history's on one email? Does this mean you have to request about 12 a day and then individually request any tournie summaries that were missed out? Or is there a quicker method that I haven't noticed?

Good luck and keep going.

I'm doing a bit of a quest on the $20 + $2 STTs on Stars, out of interest what time do you find the best to play them? 

Without a doubt I find the mornings in UK the best time.

Well done on your results so far!

USA weekday evenings and 10pm Friday-Monday 10am. (GMT)

Day 59 -   I kinda slept in, woke up at 6.30 am and only had time for one batch. The Yanks are in their beds now so I can't really play another. Stayed up too late last night, was 8pm or thereabouts by the time I nodded off. Usually I zonk out around noon.

It's midday now and I'm wide awake, oh dear. I'll work something out, can't really afford to fiddle with my sleeping patterns too much. I need to be awake during "playtime"

Only cashed in 8 out of 30 tournaments today, that's a little depressing.
Thankfully, still a profitable day, as 7 of the 8 cashes were 1st places in $105s.  :D
A few more cashes instead of those pesky bubbles and I woulda had my comma.

Day 59 Results : +$428.5 (+$8,860 total)
ROI : 10.7% after 1240 tournaments

After 11 hours sleep, theres no way I'll be napping for a while.

Maybe I'll go play a heap of $3 tournaments today to get the ol' tally up.
How many tables do Pokerstars let you play at once? Never mind, I'll soon find out.

Free money available on the $3 turbos later on today then! See you there.

I've noticed they are a little tougher, bigger regular/fishies ratio. The games are more aggressive, less chance to steal as others have already raised etc.


I don't put them all into pokertracker for that reason, too much of a kerfuffle.

Occasionally (once a weekish) I'll take the days tournaments into pokertracker and take a look, make some notes and all that polava.

You can save the Stars hand histories onto your hard drive as you play, and get PokerTracker to pick them up automatically.

Go to the Stars lobby and select

Options -> Instant Hand History Options

Voila!

Day 60 - Fifty under the belt just today. Sleeping patterns all muffed up still. 20 of them were the $3 turbos (http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=7616.0) played just to say that I had 20-tabled and to knock over a few more towards the total during the "no play zone"

When the WSOP qualifiers start, I'll play the STT satellites to the super if I'm awake during the day. They'll still count towards the 4,000 won't they? If and when I win a seat in the Super I'll count that as real $ for ROI calculations.

Word from Pokerstars is that they'll kick off early March. (Mon then Stars, arse in gear, I fancy playing a few today)

Day 60 Results : -$298.5 (+$8.561.5 total)
ROI : 10.0% (after 1290 tournaments played)

Can't win 'em all. It'd be good if you could.

Halfway, and I'm 710 tournaments behind schedule. March will be a month of madness and I'll be the roight side of 2,700 come 1st April. That's the plan anyway.

If the ROI stays in double figures and I'm playing mostly the $105s then I'll remain a happy camper. 15% is now a distant dream.

Keep it up mte, this is the best thread I have read in over 3 years of wasting too many hours on poker forums!

I'm still stuck in a 'play 3, win one, place one, run' mentality which means my progress and eanings online is/are restricted.   

Similarly hooked on ;chieften;'s every word here...

 ;goodluck;

 ;D

great thread Tank! 

Haven't read everything but caught most of it,  I can't belive your in profit though after the asy you played that 7 4 on that QQQ board! ;-)

Thankfully my online play is somewhat different to my live shennanigans at the moment.

I think I played the fishiest of all 61 entrants last night  :D

Trying to move big laz off the QQQ flop when he just showed everyone the hand previous that he wasn't in the mood to lay down much.

WTF was I doing calling a raise and then a re-raise with 47o anyway? Just having a bit of fun. Letting off steam and the like.  :D

Bad habit, been a while since I played live poker with my 'A' game. Might have even forgotten how. Next time I'm in Cincinnatis, I think it's time to dust off the big guns.

If you see me win/lose any pot next week with 47o, when I'm not in the big blind, you have my permission to kick me in the face.

you will however have to travel to cornwall, as thats where the back of the queue is :D

Day 61 - Two things to report on today.

Firstly, I decided to take on the $55s during the "no play zone" If I'm going to stand a chance of playing 4,000 then limiting my hours of when I can play is going to be a problem. I tried a batch of 30 today and it went allright, not too much more difficult than the early morning tournaments.

One good thing about playing during the afternoon. Different bunch of regulars, most of whom don't have me clocked yet   8)

Secondly, them there $105s are tough. So tough in fact that I believe I may even be able to make more playing the smaller ones. Most of the time, I have almost no edge when it gets down to 3/4 handed and I hardly ever see myself with an edge heads up. The same bunch of bozos play them all day long. These bozos are hard to beat.

So I'm going to leave them for now, before I have a really bad day. Going back to my $55 stomping grounds. The tournaments that I feel I was born to play and now believe that I can beat whatever time of the day it is.


Day 61 Results : +$640.5  (+$9,202 total)
ROI : 10.2% (after 1,334 tournaments)

After 182 $105 rock festivals I was only beating them for around 6% ROI. It's too small a sample for that to be accurate, but I didn't "feel" like I had an advantage over others when playing them. That's a good enough reason for me to make a tactical retreat at this point.

Mr. Sherwood, they're all yours again.

Great thread, Keep it up.

Good to read again, Tank.

I have 5 questions though.   Why is it you play during the night mostly?   is it because you think clearer at night?  or are there worse players at night, because they are tired,ect?

I have heard people say that on weekends all the drunk Americans play and lose their cash to the Europeans. Surely all the Americans know this and as a result change their strategy. Does the picking on the drunk American strategy work as well at the £55+ limits you play?

I think that was actually 4 questions, but never mind.

ty and gl

I'm still praying for that comma for you! :) xxx

You're talking about a population of 300,000,000 people. That number is so big it doesn't mean anything.

To give you an idea of how many people that is. If you were to take all their nostril hair and put it in a big pile, you'd have a very big pile of nostril hair indeed.

Sure they don't all play online poker. My point is you can't bandy about statements like "all the Americans know this" so casually.


I don't really "pick on" anybody. I just enter tournaments as and when they come, not avoiding or seeking out any particular players like a ring game player might. I do not believe that choosing to play most of my tournaments at the times of day/week when the games are easier is "picking on" any one demographic in particular

When I enter a tournament, eight others do aswell, and they become my deadly enemies till I have eliminated them all, or I myself have been eliminated. If one player is particularly weak, I may rough them up a bit, but that's the nature of the game. Outside the context of the game, I never pick on anybody. Except you maybe  :D

Most of my opponents may be from America, if they were all from the South pole it would be of no particular consequence to me. I am not a racist and derive no pleasure in the geographical origins of my profits.


I do my best thinking when the sun is in the sky, like most other human beings, it's the way we're designed. The games just happen to be easier in the middle of the night, and that's the way it is at the moment.

Night shift workers in regular jobs are appropriately compensated for keeping anti-social hours, I am too.

lol. I wasn't having a go, honest.

My choice of words weren't the best.  When I said the " does picking on drunk americans work at the $55  limits". I honestly wasn't having a go at you. I should have said " do they not play better at the $55 limits".  I know that the lower limits where beginers like myself play have less experienced players. As a result, I thought that it would be likely to come upon a player who may not have considered the disadvantages while playing drunk. After reading what I wrote before, I can see why you could have thought I was attacking you. I wasn't.

I know you aren't a racist. I used Americans as an example becasue of the time difference.

I got my answers though.

Sorry If I upset you

I wasn't annoyed at you Sark, don't worry.

It's just a little pet peeve of mine how online poker and online poker professionals are sometimes portrayed in the popular media. Lads mags, Sunday supplements etc. They'd have people believe that we only make money from intoxicated Yanks. That we are somehow cashing in on a drinking culure. Combining two of societys greatest evils, gambling and drinking, what a scoop!

Some people play when drunk sure, others play when too tired. Some guys (and gals) fall short when it comes to discipline, playing erratically after a bad beat. On the most part though, players just can't be bothered to think about the game too hard and don't learn how to play it as best they could. Whatever peoples reasons for playing less than optimally, I'm sure there are many more, the end result is the same at whatever limit you play on.

Searching out the weak and incompetent is certainly more of a cash game thing anyway.

ok, thats sorted then   :)up

Day 62 - Are yous wanting an update?

Get tae buggery, Friday's me day off. I'll catch you later.

Yes !!

 ;slavedriver;  ;ifm;

Day 63 - Sorry for the delay folks, I've been otherwise occupied today. First with some mad girlie attacking me, (Hell hath no fury.....) then with the blonde tournament and also I popped by with a wee donation to the afternoon game at Cincinnatis.

At the aforementioned afternoon game, I was guilty of bingo-ing it up somewhat. Cheers for making it 4 re-buys max Scottish Dave. Saved me a tenner. :)up


Eh yes, well, erm. I meant next Thursday.  :D
After this mornings fun and games with mad bint, I needed to let off some steam. I'd rather do it in a £5 re-buy game than on the internet this evening. That's my excuse anyway.

Day 63 Results : +$465 (+$9,667 total)
ROI : 10.4% (after 1,383 tournaments)

With some re-buy madness out of my system, I fell sufficiently centered enough now to take on the tables this evening.

Doesn't look like I'll be bringing along any +1's to the blonde bash.

Now that I'm registered I'd just like to say how much I look forward to reading this thread.  Even if you don't hit the target it's a massive achievment. 8)

I agree with Bambam, great read, wish i could follow in your footsteps tank, i just need to stop pretending i can win in cash games first

Day 64 - I'm writing this quite early. Usually I push through till much later on. Not so much into the wee small hours, but right past into the rather big ones too.

Not this evening though.
Having notched just the 45 on the clock, I feel it's time for Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz as it's been a long, not entirely incident free, day. (The mad woman earlier this morning, brrrrrrrrr)

A good nights rest and I'll be back to kick the bottom of at least 60 tournaments tomorrow.  ;slavedriver;

Day 64 Results : +$517.5 (+$10,184.5 total)
ROI : 10.6% (after 1,428 tournaments)

We seem to have arrived at another milestone children. I shant mention what it is, because it's one that I only wish to reach once, if you know what I mean. (That and it's a little obvious)

No reason to tempt fate.

Not that I believe in such a thing of course. Fate is as inconcievable a concept to me as that abstract some people refer to as "luck". ;goodvevil;



 

Cheers guys, your support is appreciated  :)up

Just a question - the point of the 4k games is to get the the WSOP for free isn't it?  Wont the $105 games have an impact on the points that you need to get for this making the number actually less or are you still going for 4000 games regardless?

Nice going again Tank, hope the mad woman stays out of the way for a bit so we can get some real progress happening again soon :D

 

 :hello: Wow... i just read thorugh this thread... great stuff you doing here tank...keep it up. ill be following it from now on! ;goodluck;

 :hello: J8OFFSUIT, thanks for taking the time to read the thread. Welcome to the Party  :)up

Silo, in answer to your questions....


No, everyone seems to think that though.






Yes, it will and yes I am.


Having played the $105s's for a bit, I have VPPs in hand. If I were to play 160 odd $3 tournaments, I'll still reach Supernova, and I'll still have played 4,000. This'll give me a little room to maneouver later on.

For instance, if there's 2 days to go, and I still have 250 tournaments to complete, I can play 160 $3 tournaments 20 at a time in around 7 hours. Playing 160 regular tournaments would take me 3 times as long. (As there's no way I'm 20 tabling at the $55 level)

Ah ty :) Should have paid more attention!

20 tabling must be mental.

if you end up 20 tabling, please videotape that :P must be fun to watch ..

20 tabling is horrible.

 ;iagree; only dabbled once, still have bad dreams.

It may have to be a means to an end come Day 119, but hopefully there'll be no need.

I can't even imagine what that is like. Doesn't your brain fry?

 

I would need a beer ( several)  if I tried 20 tabling   

It isn't Poker ;tk;

Hey Tank,

Just a question regerding your profit, do you draw out a set weekly/monthly wage and leave any excess in to boost ya bakroll or do you just take ALL profit made that week/month?

Jim.

Totally, 20-tabling is more like a session of 'bat the rat' or 'bash the gopher'

Poker is not a game of reflexes.

On Tuesdays I wear blue pants. On Wednesdays I wear blue pants too, but not the same pair.

Also, I ain't padding the roll at the moment, I just withdraw any profit on a monthly basis.

Gooooooooooooooooooo Tanky  :)up :)up :)up :)up :)up :)up

Still not invested our $1 :-(

To play 20 tables easily you need a huge, massive, extra large touch-screen that can fit 20 tables in (an 1 msn window for Poppet ;)) so that you can just click the buttons by pressing them on the screen, would be fun to watch too! :)

At home games he wears socks with holes in them, although this maybe not confined to home games come to think of it  ;goodvevil;

He'll not be allowed into my hoose again with holy socks.

Lowers the tone of the neighbourhood sweety,

Fans of holeless feet woolery will be glad to hear that I have invested some of my winnings in toenail clippers and new socks.  8)

Locking up your daughters will now no longer be necessary.

Tank, as you withdraw all you of your profit from the task that you are currently on what bankroll are you using for these STTs?

80 buy-ins I like to keep in the account. More than is necessary normally but that's the way it should be.

Higher bankrolls are necessary if you rely on poker as a source of income and if you multi-table.

If I have a 20/30 buy-in downswing and I am just working from a normal roll of 40/50 buy-ins, things start to loook depressing and it's good to avoid that.

Days 65 and 66 - I'm again beset with monitor problems! ARRRGGHHH, Clair is being testy.

Whilst in the middle of playing 6 tournaments, four on Clair and two on her little sister, Clair suddenly went all black! I paniced, turning her off and on, randomly clicking about and pressing buttons trying to restore visual contact with my precious tournaments.

I grabbed the laptop and fired her up, tried to log into Pokerstars but it wouldn't let me, I was still logged in on the friggin' desktop.
Couldn't switch the desktop off (the screen was black!) so I turned the whole damn thing off at the wall.  ;technophobe;

By the time things were up and running on the laptop, I had been knocked out of two tournaments and was not looking healthy in the others. Pokerstars give you plenty time to reconnect if there's a problem. However, as far as their software was concerned, there was no problem. The internet connection was still tip-top, just the minor fact that I couldn't see the screen. Still being logged in, my hand would be folded after timing out and then it would sit me out. When sitting out while still logged in, your hands are folded immediately. Not blaming Pokerstars, the problem was on my end.

Some consolation was that in one of the tournaments, I'd finished 2nd. There were 5 left when the screen went black. They must have all eliminated each other squabbling over the absentee's blinds.  :D

It happened again the next day, but I was ready. First thing I did was jank the usb modem out of the back of the computer thus breaking the connection to the internet. This way I didn't miss out on any more than one hand per table while I got thing running on the conviently located laptop. If you lose connection at a critical stage of a tournament, their software gives you 120 seconds to make it back on the first hand and 60 seconds to make it back on the 2nd. Plenty time. I should have pulled the connection the first time aswell, but I was paniced and ill-prepared for such a contingency.
I managed to cash in 5 of those 6 so it's not all bad news.

Haven't played since, I need to sort out this problem big styl-e. On the phone with the Dell-boys just now.

Days 65 and 66 Results : -$387 (+$9,797.5 total)
ROI : 9.7% (after 1510 tournaments played)

Plenty to sort today then, monitor shennanigans, single figure ROI and a measely 4 figured grand total.

Also, only playing 82 tournaments in two days when I should have done 120! A couple of 90 tournament days will be needed twice this week to catch up. I might forego Cincinnatis on Thursday to make up the ground. This is all assuming I actually manage to fix the monitor problem.

I'll get it done one way or another.  :)up
Still,  ;technophobe; is certainly my over-riding emotion at the moment.

Excellent news. You can come anytime...

one of my very favourite things socks. I have often said if I was to have serious wealth one thing I would treat myself to would be a brand new pair of socks every day....sometimes even twice a day...

Sorry to hear about your problems with Clair....

WOMEN!!

They told me to turn it on and off again. Genious.

If I blow my wad playing with a blank monitor and have to get a job, I think I might look into doing computer technical assistance by phone. It sounds like a piece of piss.

Said in a Lee Evans voice "Just bang it!"

just something simple here, but I assume its just one of the two monitors thats not playing ball ?

can you try swapping them over ie , if monitor 2 works in the socket for monitor 1 then its likely to be the video card.

Aye it'll be the video card as I can have the monitor working allright when I change it round. Dell have their top Hamilton Accie on the case i'm sure.

It's just a rroight pisser when something which was working nicely decides all of a sudden to %*~# up in my face. Assigning the monitors female names was probably a bad idea, that kinda ensures that the whole setup will get testy at some point. I've been fiddling around with their DVI and VGA plug thingies when perhaps I should have just been buying them both some flowers and telling them how much they meant to me more often.

maybe theres a sock in it....

might be an idea to pursue graphics card problems youself - type the make and model into google followed by "screen blank" "dual monitor issues / problems" and see if you come up with any helpful forums

No wonder she's playing up. I can hear her now... "You're just using me Thomas..." *sob*

Well pokerstars have finally announced how many FPP's are required for a WSOP main event seat when you have achieved Supernova status.....

700,000

Less than anticipated so no excuses for tank to be absent from the 2007 main event!!

At my current rate thats about 39 years for me.

I look forward to being the oldest entrant that year.

Not that I can make that but does that include a hotel, flights etc or is it just for the buy in to the tourney?

700,000 gets you a WSOP main event package which includes $10,000 buy in to the main event, hotel accomodation (or $1,000 cash) for the duration plus $1,000 real money credited to your pokerstars account which can be used towards travel.

(or if you live in Las Vegas - $10,000 buy in and $2,000 cash for free)

that's not too shabby, just another 699,760 to go then :)

621,934 actually ::)

I've lost track, what day are we on  8)

Tuesday 4th January 2006......

Days 67 and 68 - (Sounds about right)

I've been fiddling manically with com-poo-tah and I think it's more broke now than it was a couple of days ago. Dual monitoring has become a complete no-no. If I have them both running, it offends the computer to the point of it crashing in protest.

Very annoyed with the whole thing and have decided just to leave it till I can get Delll-Dell to fix-fix it for me. If I continue my repair attempts, I'll just get frustrated to the point whereby I might piss away money.

Played in the early evening again, ended up down around $500. Decided to not play anymore at that time (before midnight) as I'm feeling much less invincible about doing so. (Might still have the odd afternoon sesh and see how it goes)

Using just one monitor, four tabling was annoying me. The other monitor is sitting right next to me, mocking me, as if to say, you should be playing six big boy.

"Six six six, all the cool kids play six six six" she whispered enticingly.  :tikay:

So six I played, with a little bit of ovelap. That pissed me off too, having played with no overlap, it didn't feel right.

Then something inside me decided to go for a gay skip in the meadow. Seeing as I'm playing with overlaping screens anyway, why not play 10? The last 60 I played were 10 at a time. I broke roughly even (just getting used to it is my excuse)
I need to speak aloud to myself to keep the focus. That helps me loads, I live by myself so no-one is going to have me locked away for being a loon. 

Day 67 and 68 Results : -$308.5 (+$9,489 total)
ROI : 8.6% (after 1,678 tournaments)

Pisch ROI, oh dear. At least I've put 168 more tournamentals in the bag.

I'm very aware that I'm still a while away from 2,000 tournamentals (that'll be halfway fergus  :D) and time is slipping by quite quickly indeed.

To that end, I'll try 10-tabling again in my next sesh. Very tentativily though, if it starts to flump up in my face, I'll cut down to 4 or 6 at a time. I may have to turn the classic rock volume up so I can't hear the shrill hollow whispers of the temptress that is my second monitor.

I wish

Tank

Were you using Ultramon with the new monitors?  Its a utility for multi-screen setups and, if not, it might be worth downloading and seeing if there's any difference (assuming that you haven't already confirmed that its a hardware issue with the monitor itself).

Just a thought.  Probably won't make a difference but maybe worth a try (initial trial version of Ultramon is free).

Sheriff

Days 69 and 70 - Friday, as always, was my day off. No poker played, not on the internet anyway. I decided that moving up to 10-tables was probably a bad plan right now. Increasing the number of tables you play at one time is basically stepping up to play a higher limit. You should never step up after a losing session.

On Day 70 I mucked around with a few WSOP satellites. Playing the $5 rebuys, $15 double shootouts and the $30 rebuy into the main event.

Very upset with myself, managed to make it all the way to the final table of a WSOP satellite (the $30 rebuy) with a decent chip lead. 3 seats were being awarded. I donked away my chip advantage and finished in 5th.

We've all been there, you'll know well meaning consolatory congratulations for making it that far and the $700 (ish) booby prize come as litle comfort. I know that I played "controversially" and will have to live with that. It would have been fantastic to qualify for the WSOP in the first satellite I played, it wasn't to be.

A reminder of why I play STT. A 4th place in a sit n go will not affect my mood, nor will 10 of them, or 20 for that matter. Can't quite match the dejection and agony of being within a hair breadth of a $12,000 WSOP package and blowing it. Anyone who can just shrug that off is a better man than me.

What I'm most annoyed about is not coming so close, nor is it that I could have played differently on the final table, it is the way that I'm handling it that is getting to me.
I'm upset at my being upset, if that makes any sense.
I used to pride myself on being able to keep my cool with internet poker and possesing a certain ability to emotionally distance myself from my results. I can't yet do that in multi-table tournaments, especially satellites. My 5th yesterday was a stark reminder that poker is a tough game, and to play it well, to keep my focus at crucial moments, I have a long way to go. Hats off to anyone who plays MTT for a living, I hope to one day, but need to engineer a great deal more mental strength for myself before I do.

At least the 36 regular STTs I played went well.

Days 69 and 70 Results : +$1,008 (+$10,497 total)
ROI : 9.3% (after 1,723 tournaments)

So I should be happy, I've finally got that comma I've been looking for. I should be happy.......

I'm going to work my WSOP qualification campaign from a seperate bankroll. So any satellites will not be included in the above ROI% calculations, it is just for cash tournaments (I've decided)
I've plenty W$ (money that can only be used for WSOP satellites) as I had a good day at the smaller satellites (which are very soft). I should be able to build from that and not need to nip into my main roll. (The $10,497 figure is exclusively the STT proceeds.)

Well done on the four figure result. Now please keep building on the $10k, not sure I have the nerves for this  :D

Day 70 Supplemental - I went for a walk, got my feet a bit soggy in the snow, but I feel much better now. A long stroll usually helps me put things into perspective.

I'm going to play a lot of satellites in my poker career, I'll win some and lose some. This will happen again, the so near but so far syndrome. Next time I'll be able to handle it better. I'm putting what happened yesterday down to experience.

I'm sorry for the above self indulgent, feeling sorry for myself, entry to this thread. Usually I try to avoid that sort of thing.

I'm getting back to the tables tonight and will, as always, let you know how it goes.   8)

Glad to hear it  ;)

Knew it was in the pipeline... excellent job!  8)

The WSOP Satellite - I've said everything about that to you already... so...

CONGRATULATIONS on finally getting the special comma! I knew it wouldn't be long, you should be very pleased.

Good Luck for Tonight/This Morning :)

Love Poppet xx

Zoiks

I need to catch up.

Note to self.

Read the last few pages of this thread tomorrow.

Tank.
I was watching Planet Earth on BBC 1 last night and a short item on it reminded me of your present situation.

It concerned the Himalayan Snow Leopard. A shy and elusive creature that lives around 4000m
up in the mountains.
Anyway, up in the Himalaya's pickings are slim. The BBC had tracked down two leopards a mother
and her cub. Both fighting for survival. The piece started with the touching scene of the mother
lovingly cleaning her cub before she started to hunt. Before long the leopard places her cub in their
den and heads off into the snowy gloom.

Then,across the slopes she spots her prey. A group of deer type thingy's(never caught their name)
and the leopards instincts kick in. For hours she tracks them, keeping out of sight,up the hill, down the
hill, strategising ( is this a word ?), plotting ,waiting,using her years of experience and know how. She's
waiting for the right time , the spot, the place where she can go in for the kill.
Eventually, she finds it, a damp area where she can get above them and use the high ground and where
the dampness means they cannot hear her coming. Purrfect..
This is it.. the hours.. the patience...the scheming..the planning....this is it..you can see it on her face( see Mike
Caro's book of Snow Leopard tells)......She pounces!!!....  

Deer type thingy's scatter off on all directions . The Snow leopard  goes after one. Down and down the mountain
they go. Hunted followed by the hunter.  They look like Slalom skiers at the Olympics. The Leopards got it..No..it's away.
Then after a long chase the lepoards catches up with the deer. Jaws around the hind leg. 'This is it' says the leopard to
itself  ( a  leopard talking out loud would just be ridiculous) 'Dinner time for me and the bairn' ...but no.. the deer
twists one final time breaks free and jumps in a river. End of chase..The leopard stares after its prey..dejected, in disbelief,
in astonishment.. how could it spend so much time ,have its prey in  its grasp, and lose it all at the final moment.

You could almost see the feeling of failure in the lepoard as it trudged back to its den and her cub. The cub stuck his head
out of the den on her mothers approach. You could almost here him whisper' Anything to eat today mum?'...
'No ... son.' says the leopard...' a bad beat..no luck TODAY'

Moral of the story (apart from I watch to much TV) is tomorrow is another day Tank.. and you only have to get lucky once.

Good luck    ;D ;D ;)

 Td Th

Tank

Great Thread!

You are proving that goal setting with a realistic target is a great motivator (and that you can play well enough to achieve it). Good luck in the WSOP hunt and make sure you celebrate well when you finally hit the 4000.

Potless

 :)up

Tank.

Great to reads that you've hit no major blips and that things are running well.

I've recently been considering playing STTs.

2 questions:

Do you play shorthanded STTs?

How many hours is a standard day of STT playing? [I fancy giving them a crack, but am not overly keen on spending the whole day on them]

-- apologies if these questions have been covered recently --

Answering questions is getting easier now, I can just refer back to earlier writings in the thread. Not a dig at whoever asks the question that has been answered earlier, it is a big thread after all. No aplogires necessary Snoopy.




As many as you like, I try to put in 8, but that's because I play them pretty much exclusively.

Playing for 8 hours I can get in 60 turbos playing 6 at a time. At roughly 10% ROI that's averaging $300-$400 a day. (When I manage to play that many  ;technophobe; )   :D

In the future I might play them for 2/3 hours a day and play MTTs or cash games aswell.

I suppose it would also depend on what type of STT you play, the Turbos last under an hour, ones with "better" structures last nearer two hours. (but your ROI would/should be bigger)

thx tank

And are they all turbos? I've up-to-date on the thread now, and am under the impression that you always play turbos. Is that correct? If so, then doesn't this take away your edge?

It's hard for me to keep up.

Yes, edge is taken away, playing regular STTs I would expect an ROI twice the size, however....

I can play twice as much turbos in a given amount of time and....

Optimal Turbo strategy lends itself to multi-tabling better. I will lose less edge playing 6 turbos at a time than I will playing 6 regulars.

So according to my calculations, hourly rate will be higher playing turbos. (and I'll get Supernova faster, and thereafter more FPPs to enter EPT events, travel the world etc. Always a brucey bonus)

So you have enough of an edge in the turbos to make it worthwhile?

 :D

How long do the levels last on pokerstars turbos? What about the normal STT's? never really used stars

5 minutes for turbos. 15 minutes for regulars.

I'm with tank here, I can't play a $20 or $30 STT standard table, because the 90 minutes or so is just too long for me. Best STT's on the net though imo.

Day 71 and 72 Results - Good News. I got my monitors sorted  :D

Here's what I did......

Filled the 3 gallon jug exactly to the top, poured it carefully into the 5 gallon jug. Then I filled the 3 gallon jug in the same way as before and poured it into the 5 gallon jug till it was full. This left me with exactly 1 gallon in the 3 gallon jug. I emptied the 5 gallon jug, then it was easy. Just put the 1 gallon into the now empty 5 galloner before refilling the 3 galloner one last time and poured it in again. This left me with precisely 4 gallons in the 5 gallon jug. Voila... My monitors then worked perfectly. Computetrs are easy.

I also switched back to my old graphics card and used the software Sherrif Fatman told me about, though I don't see how this could have helped.

Day 71 and 72 Results : -$150 (+$10,347 total)
ROI : 8.8% (after 1,808 tournaments played)

Not really a result, but I don't care. My monitors are working again so......

;chieften; is a happy camper today.

Playing more than 6 tables at once has probably got something to do with the red pen result today if I'm perfectly honest.
None of this 8/10 tabling for me anymore then (for now at least) it's 6 all the way home  :D

Whenever I start thinking like this I usually go on a nice long break even run. Don't forget you need about 10K of these to have an accurate idea of your ROI. Overconfidence and boredom can be a problem for me, not trying to imply it is for you.

gl

 

Thanks Byron, you make a fair point.  If I play 60 tournaments I'm looking to win all 60 of them, important to bear in mind and thankyou for reminding me.

It's like the ridicolous fallacy of trying to make 1 big bet an hour in a limit cash game.
You're in it to win as much money as possible. If that works out as 1 big bet an hour or 10% ROI then so be it.

You're playing for all the money on the table every time though.

Day 73 - Although I turn the chat facility off, I occasionally turn it back on for the last couple of games in a sesh. When I've just one or two tables running, it won't distract me much.
Tilting people can sometimes work well, not really my style though.

What if they're swearing at you, is it ok then? Yeah, of course it is, anyone who talks trash at the table is fair game. If they dish it oot then they can expect some back.
At a much classier level of course. I'm not going to cheapen myself by telling anyone where to stick it or what to suck you understand.

After moving in with A3s and being called by Queens, Mr. QQ was not a happy bunny to have lost the hand to runner-runner flush. He started venting his frustrations at the websites software and a couple of choice phrases directed at poor old ;chieften; here. I believe my mother was brought into the equation somewhere aswell  :o

He still had chips so I thought, right, lets get ya.
Told him that there was no such thing as bad beats, only bad losers. That worked ok but I needed a little more. Whats better at upsetting people than talking complete bollox. Get them too busy debating to play their cards.  :D

Mr QQ was told of how A3s vs. "wired Queens" was virtually a coin flip so he shouldn't be so upset.  ;topofclass;
..and similar such falsehoods.

Seemed to do the trick, he and his buddy seemed determined to prove how my loose agressive strategy was wrong and not proper poker. (The blinds were 300/600 by this point) How patience was the key and that a big fish such as myself was bound to lose eventually.
Talking such a loose game, no-one stole my blind for fear of being called. Isn't it great when that happens.
After all, you cannae bluff a muppet   ;)

Patience is indeed a virtue. Seemingly determined to not risk any possibility of getting their chips in with the worst of it, even with 600/1,200 blinds, they very patiently folded me 1st place. Thankyou very much  :D

Was the last one of the slow session and put me in the black for the day so I was quite chuffed.

Day 73 Results : +$141 (+$10,488 total)
ROI : 8.6% (after 1,868 tournamentals)

A slow day is always better than a bad day.   8)



Miley-stone to report to y'all
I've got my grubby paws on 50,311 VPPs so far, over halfway to Supernova.  ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;

Well done on your halfway!! x

Well done Tank.

Keep up the good work.  I sometimes try and watch some of you games in the morning if I'm up early for work, just to see how your doing but each time I watch you seem to get beat in the only hand you play, I don't think I'm a lucky mascot for you!

Nice going Tank.  You have inspired me to go for silver rating on Stars next month.  I'm in practice at the moment with $6 +50 turbos but will move on to the $15+1 hopefully by the end of the month.

As always  :goodpost:

Days 74 and 75 : Time marches on and these last two days the totalizer hasn't much. Nor will it the next three.


A tournament with a rich history and a list of winners that reads like a who's who of poker.
Simon 'ACES' Trumper back in January 2006 and eh, that's about it.

I have enormous respect for ACES game. Tightend has him listed as 10/1 a seemingly ridiculous price in a 100+ runner tournament. It's not that far from the truth though, that dude can play.
I hope he's not on my table, at the last bash he was able to read me like a book. If I'm fortunate enough to make it to the final table, I feel there might be no avoiding him.  :respect:

What I meant to say is that it's a tournament that will have a rich history and a list of winners that will read like a who's who in poker.
I'd love nothing more than to add my humble-bumble name to said list.

Trouble is 100+ players would love the same thing. Never mind all the jokes, the ribbing and the jossling. The fact of the matter is that the BlondeBash II double chance freezeout will have a lot of top quality oppostion in it. Whoever wins it has my undying respect. (I really hope it's self-respect  :D )

Days 74 and 75 Results : +$238.5 (+$10,771.5 total)
ROI : 8.8% (after 1,874 tournaments played)

My excuse for only playing 6 these last couple of days? Went out to Cincins on Wednesday around 10pm-ish, just to say hello.

The craic was cracking so I stayed till around 5am and had a few beers. Not exactly in a playing frame of mind when I got home if you know what I mean.  ;)

Thursday evening, I was busy too. El blondie asked me to deal as they were stuck and i thought I'd oblige as a favour. I felt I owe him one or two after dikking him about in bob-a-job week. Back from that and played just the six. Was a little too tired, that's why I killed the session prematurely.

tank what time do you actually play? would love to watch you play after reading this post for so long - if you don't mind of course - is it "tigmong" on stars?

Can't promise it being that much more enthralling than watching an undercoat of Dulux dry to be honest, especially in the early levels. I usually turn chat off so will be unlikely to respond to any aaayyyyyaaarrrrrr's or similar. (Not just being rude)   

Recently I've been logging most of my hours between 1am and 11am.

Aye, tis tigmong on stars. Shan't be back till Monday as I have to get well sloshed at the blonde bash or risk losing my reputation.  8)

Days 76, 77 and 78 : Loads of folk at the bash said how they were fans of the thread and to keep it up. Thanks everyone, I'll try.

I went to bed on Sunday, wimping out of the blonde bash finale on Sunday night at Cincins. It had been a very busy few days and I felt I had nowt left.

Early to bed means early to rise so I woke up still having enough time to sqeeze in a batch during the play zone. With 2,096 tournaments still to play, I'll have to fit in these batches wherever I can.

Days 76, 77 and 78 Results : -$672 (+$10,099.5 total)
ROI : 8.2% (after 1,904 tournaments played)

Looking back though I see that it was after BlondeBash one that I went on a huge downswing.

Wasn't planning on updating until tomorrow, but after a piss-poor batch of 30, I thought I'd come along and state that I really hope this doesn't happen again. Ooo-errrr

Respect for touching poker again, so soon after the bash! More luck with the remaining 2,000!!

I've just read through this whole thread (slack 2 hours at work - plus attentive reading (&re-reading!)).

It's excellent.

This is somewhat of an invasive question.  I apologise in advance.

If you have no other work outside of poker, and your winnings are $10k, you must be living on somewhat of a shoestring. 

I admire your committment but is this realistic long term?

$10k is about £5700.

Or about £2000 a month - tax free.

That's not too bad is it, certainly wouldn't call it a shoestring - plenty of people will be living on less!

tanks only 78 days  into this and as Bongo says he's made about £5,700 which would work out around  £26,790 year, i agree with Bongo that this certainly aint a shoe string, i wish i could win this much

Well done Tank!

Hope the success continues ;goodluck;

£2K a month tax free is living on a shoestring? We must have had some serious inflation since I last watched the evening news.

Thanks for taking the time to read the whole thread cantona, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Others have told me that I'm not really doing that well, your question is a valid one. This ain't a show-off diary though, rather a true tale of poker grind.
Some people make more, some people make less, I'm happy enough and just trying to do the best I can.



As Bongo and Rusty say, the $10k ain't too bad. I've just finished getting myself sorted in the first 10 weeks with what tournaments to play and how many at a time, on what hardware to play them on and how to get it all to work properly.
The number of tournaments I've played, although it looks like a big number hasn't really involved breaking too much of a sweat. Certainly easily sustainable.

The current ROI is 8.2%, after 10,000 I'll get a better idea of it's true value but I'm confident that it will be at least this.

In 8 hours I can now play 60 tournaments easily.
A 5-day week playing 300 tournaments, that's $1,476 a week.
With 12 weeks holiday, I could still grind out £33k in sterling a year.

In addition to this, I'll be racking up the equivalent of £6 per hour in bonuses at the Supernova level.
These bonuses will pay for all my holiday flights and accomodation. Also buying me into a few large poker events where any cash finish will bump up the yearly earn quite nicely.

I have other plans too though, don't worry. (some not including flops turns and rivers would you believe!)
I understand there are major drawbacks to what I do as well as advantages, I wouldn't want to play online poker as a main source of income forever.
However, there's nothing stopping me doing it just now for a few years while I'm young and travelling the world while I'm at it.

I've probably shared a bit too much in this post/thread, but hey-ho. I'm a very open chap.



 

I know the idea of doing this was to play more and get VIP Points but I was wondering why you havent doubled the entry fee of the tournaments, so you can make more?   At $200 per tourney you could also halve the time you spent and make around the same, assuming your edge goes up with you.  or you could reduce the number of tables if you need to concentrate more.   I cannot imagine your strategy getting exposed and beat at one level above.    Just curious how you have resisted the temptation....

£26k a year tax free is about £40k a year in true earnings, i think you have done very well, especially as you have stayed at $100. 

£26k a year is cracking money - tax free.

Do you think you could earn a greater ROI elsewhere though, tank?  Or as Pokerron says, move up a level?

I find my results are better at $200 STT than $100 STT.  Still, whatever works enough for you to be happy with.  GL.

I tried the higher limit and found a greatly reduced edge.
Certainly can't play 6 $105s comfortably. I believe I can make more playing 6 $55s than fewer at the higher limits.

Would prefer to just play out the 4,000 at the $55s and then go from there.

I'm not sure if i've posted yet in this thread but have read every word.  Rather than hiding away I thought I should add my commendations on your perseverence.

I hope you continue to build on your ROI and I am looking forward to an exciting conclusion as you hammer home the final tournos!

I'll see you in Cardiff and will buy you a respectful beer!

Jamie.

Even better earnings at $55 level, nice one.   I don't blame you for finding out what works and sticking with it.   I guess the time to think about mixing it up is at the start of  '4,000 STTs in 4 months II' ;)

Very nice thread tank, hope to see you at World Series of Poker this year. 

Have you ever considered playing cash with that roll?  You could comfortably two-table 2/4 NL and I'd imagine you could make more money, I hated the grind of STT's when I used to play them so just wondered if you've considered it.  I will never get bored of cash as I mix a few multi-tables in as well, which I find a lot more exciting.  I no longer play STT's.

I'll certainly be there WellChief. Whether I'm playing or not remains to be seen.
Well done on your seat, great result.

My NL cash game needs adjustment before I can rely on it as an income.
Working on it is on my list of things to do after the mission. After going on holiday but before cleaning out the oven.

That'd be great, after all I'm on a shoestring here.  :D

 :cheers:

How does the Supernova level and other levels on Stars work?

I have had a look on their website, but I didn't think it explained things very clearly.

Yea, I would be more than happy earning what you have so far, for doing something you love.  At 23 yrs old, that aint bad at all.  Not many people at your age earn that sort of cash in a short period of time. Well done..

Higher levels enable you to earn points faster. Thus effectively increasing your rakeback. If you have bronze level its around 10%, this increases to around 25% with supernova.
It also gives access to better freerolls and VPP store items ( such as WSOP buyins etc. )

Good luck with the oven...

Days 79 and 80 - A combination of poor planning and a little bit of laziness meant that I only managed to fit in one sesh a day instead of two.

Have been too tired during the play zone so going to bed prematurely. If I had my evening snooze instead of unproductively dikking about then I would have managed more. It just feels natural to be awake during the day and that's what my body leans towards.

Not trying to make excuses, if sometimes I need to force myself to sleep when I'm not too tired and sometimes I need to stay awake when I fancy a nap, then that's just what it'll take to get this done. People who have regular jobs have to go to work when they don't really feel like it, I should too.

Two weekends away in the next couple of weeks mean that I've only really got 35 days left when I can play. A quick sum shows that their is no more margin for error. If I mean buisness, every day in which I play, I must complete 60 tournaments.

Note to self,  /:-|   ;yellowcard;  ;slavedriver;

Days 79 and 80 Results : +$1,225.5 (+$11,325 total)
ROI : 8.9% (after 1,964 tournaments)

Can't be all slapping myself on the wrist for not playing enough. A good couple of days results wise will afford me a little celebratory song.

Comma-comma-comma-comma-comma chameleon.
You come and go
You come and go-o-o
Poker would be easy if your colours were like my dream.
Red, gold and green
Red, gold and gre-e-een
 :dd:

A comma, woo hoo. Must work harder though.

Your doing great tank, keep it up. :)up

lol Nice going Tank - keep it up, all the "hard work" will be well worth it.

Ayaaaaaaar!! A comma!! I have to say that song made me laugh! I will have to come and watch you playing again soon seeing as I am the lucky lady! Good Luck for the next 35 working days! xxx

i played on the same table as you yesterday tank. -

do you get bored of bashing out 60 of these a day? - multitabling like crazy?

Good going tank.

Gr8 to see that you're still going strong.

Although I gave up my job in November, I've rarely played more than an 2 or 3 hours a day. Sounds few, but I just don't enjoy it enough to play longer and playing short sessions is enough to get me by.

I echo junior's question, are you getting sick of it yet? I'm always worried that if I overdose on poker I'll lose my passion for the game.

Try that mr muscle stufff.... :D

Keep it up Tankster, great thread still mate. Strangely enough i find higher level stt's easier than the 50/100's however i rarely play stars, mainly crypto.

Not just yet, ask me in 5 weeks though  :)

Well done Mr Engine!!

Keep up the hard work and continue to fight the good fight! :D

I've been reading this quest since it started when I was a lurker. But now I'm all registered VWD Tank ;applause; keep up the good work ;tightend; your on the home straight now just one final push!

Congrats so far and ;goodluck;

Jub

Come on Tank you can do this mate. Good luck for the tournys you have left mate.

Peace!

Day 81 - When a football fan is watching a match, if his team let a goal in, he'll be proper gutted. It might even ruin his day.
A basketball follower watching his chosen team concede a basket, (although he'll not be over the moon) he's unlikely to feel as if his stomach has been wrenched out with a fruit spoon.

Obviosuly this is because it's a far more frequent occurence in basketball. If the basketball manny was to feel as bad as the football fanatic every time his team let one past, he'd lose about 2 stone in weight every match and be unlikely to live through the weekend. Needs must....

It's the same with me and poker at the moment, playing such a high volume, I'll get around 10 bad-ass beats a day. I really don't care about them, whether they be on the bubble or heads up or wherever. Just get on with the next one, or next six as the case may be.  8)

Day 81 Results : -$120 ($11,205.5 total)
ROI : 8.7% (after 2,024 tournaments)

So, as you can imagine, I'm becoming less and less able to muster sympathy when others regail me with tales of their bad beats.
It's hard work trying not to come across as an arrogant ass by saying something like "I get 5 of them before breakfast, shut yer cakehole"

Results are all that counts, now go get em.  ;goodluck;

Glad to see your spirits are still high even after a losing session.

Keep it up Tank, a big payday is just around the corner.

Really like the pragmatic realist take on the bad beats..shit happens get on with it...come on tank there will be a big in the black day coming round the corner...

Multitabling must help with the beats.

When I'm playing one table at a time, and get a beat or two - it's the end of a session - and I have nothing to do except stress over it. (And then go and make a cup of tea and gradually calm down.)

If you're playing 6 tables at once, get a horrible beat in one of them, you still have 5 STT screens to concentrate on - so you don't have the luxury of agonizing over it, surely! There's still work to be done, you can't un-register from 5 games in progress to go shout at the walls about a runner-runner.

So - it's a great system for avoiding the beat-worries, I think - but then you have to remember that not all of us are blessed/talented/have monitor large enough to be able to play six games at once...

So please spare a thought for us single-tablers, when we're muttering about the horrible things the poker gods have forced upon us.

"Oh Tank, forgive them, for they know not what they do..."    ;reallyamsorry; ;D

I really liked this post, very imaginative but also spot on. I admire you for the way you handle the nasty red pen days, I think it would get to me if I knew i'd worked hours and hours to be minus profit at the end of it but good ol' Thomas the Tank just carries on and thats what makes me look up to you, I'm sure others do too and that's why this thread gets so many views and posts everyday.

I really hope you make your target, you deserve it because of your determination. Even when you have had problems such as your screen messing about you haven't let it severely effect you. I wish you the very best of luck and I look forward to hearing of more black pen days and perhaps some more comma days, if you're lucky!

Sophie xxx

Having read this post for the first time the other night, you owe me 90 minutes of my life!

I think 15% ROI was ambitous, 11k in less than 3 months playing mainly $60 sngs is pretty damn good though.

My guess is, in spite of the fact that you are clearly very strong in these games, the frequency must affect the ROI a little bit.

Can I ask you, how do you think you would do if you played 1 table at a time, and 4 or 5 $530 sit n gos a day?

I'm afraid refunds are only offered for the first 10 minutes. Thereafter it's assumed you would stop reading if you weren't enjoying it.

The $530s are tough. Even playing just 4/5 a day I doubt I could beat them for much more than 10%.
So I'd make roughly the same as what I am now, but playing much less.

However, I doubt at this early stage in my poker career I could cope with the downswings.

I might drop 10K in a month, one day I might be able to cope with such things, not anyday soon though.

I take my hat of to you tank, It takes more dedication than I have. It must be a mental strain playing 6 tables for 6 hours or so each day, my brain would be fried.

I like to play the $1/2 cash games for an hour or so, pick up anywhere from $60-$120 and then play maybe two MTT that day spending no more than I won on the cash games. Sort of keeps my small bankroll in check.. if I lose a little at the cash then no MTT for me today until I get back any losses.
The best of luck mate you sure as hell deserve it.

Interesting analagy, and I can see your point.

However, most bad beats take you out of comps, whilst a single score in basketball will rarely be so decisive. I think it's more the conseqences of that one basket rather than its frequency that make it less painful.

Are you not being pissed off by any of your bad beats at the moment? Do you think you'd be more affected if you were on a losing streak?

I think playing STTs is different to an MTT - going out of an STT is much less significant.

I find bad beats rarely affect me anymore, i get far more annoyed if i make a bad decision than if i get unlucky.

You are right tank, I have enjoyed it.

I'm impressed by the fact that you do actually think everything through, none of this is on blind faith or ego.

after the experience of the last few months, ghow many sngs a day is optimal as far as enjoying the gme?

I get the feeling 1 a day would not be enough and 40 a day is less fun than 30 for example, so if the money or ffps were not important, how many do you think you'd play on a normal day?

In said analogy.....

The basketball game relates not to a single tournament rather all 60 tournaments that you play during the day.

I would be more affected by beats on a losing streak....but I'm working on it.


Interesting question.

I think that even if withdrawing money from poker wasn't important to you, the thrill of making money would still be where one derives much of the enjoyment.

I would change from person to person but for me it would be however many it takes to log a small profit.
Whether it be 2, 20 or 200. So long as you made a little to put a spring in your step.

This is what I've been trying to get away from though, as it's not best for maximizing your winnings.

Days 82 and 83 - Batches of 30, continously multi-tabling for up to four hours at a time can prove wearisome. Going to need a little more oomph to my groove-thang, to get me fired up to finish this.

To this end, I figure 3 batches of 20 would be better than 2 batches of 30. Shorter sessions, more breaks in between the tournaments, keep the mind fresh etc etc. I'll see how it goes.

Was going to be going away this weekend, of up to the 'Deen for Mammy's Day. Turns out my dear old mum is away to Shetland instead, so it'll be back down the salt mines for me.

Quite right, I've got work to do! She can get her choccys some other time.

Days 82 an 83 Results : -$38.5 (+$11,167 total)
ROI : 8.4% (after 2,088 single table poker match thingies)

Pains me to report a loss today, at one point it was looking like another comma day. I then proceeded to run very dry.
I shant indulge myself by telling you all just how dry (unless anyone asks   ::) )

Never like getting the red pen out. Very tempting to just update after tomorrow instead. It's important to me that I don't go down that path though.
D-i-s-c-i-p-l-i-n-e, he said through gritted teeth.  :D

One mental weekend of poker coming up. I might leave the house to buy toast, but that's about it.  ;slavedriver;

Just in from a night of poker action myself Tank - of the live variety though. Showed a decent profit after chopping the £10 rebuy and then "investing" my winnings wisely in the cash game - how easy this game can seem when you have nights like this! ROI: 215%!!!!!

I haven't passed any comment on this wonder of a thread yet, but thought it about time to add my praise to your quest, how well it is going and how enjoyable it is to get an insight into your thinking and mood as your progress.

All the best for your long weekend of action ahead.

It still amazes me you can keep this up, well done that tank!!!

just one thing tho;

you buy toast? surely you have time to buy bread and toast it yersel.

you may be pushing too hard m8

Therein I thought the humour would lie.

Perhaps I am trying too hard on that front.  :D

you could be right m8, its still early and ive not had my porridge yet

Days 84 and 85 - The smoking ban has begun in Scotlands places of work, which includes public houses.

I decided a wee while ago that when this happened, I would quit. I'm on the patches now and it has been over 48 hours since my last cigarette.

When I went out to get my nicotene patches, I still had a half packet of cigarettes in my pocket. On my way home, I passed a group of teenagers, aged around 16/17, a couple of whom were smoking.

I took my last fag packet out of my pocket and announced "Who wants these, I've quit" A lanky chap took them from my hand and gave me a peculiar look. 7 years ago, when I started this filthy habit, that lanky chap giving people peculiar looks was me. When the willpower fails, hopefully that circular poetic harmony will help keep me off the tabs.  :D

Days 84 and 85 Results : +$1,519.5 (+$12,686.5 total)
ROI : 9.1% (after 2,188 tournaments)

A much needed jump in the ol' Republic of Ireland, lovely-jubbily.

I know this is a poker forum, and a poker thread. I've just been talking about smoking (or rather not smoking) today so my apologies. It's probably because that is all that's on my mind.

(the ;chieften; is gasping.)

Perhaps I can replace my addiction to cigarettes with an addiction to commas instead? I would have no problem with that.  8)

Hidden in all that nonsense about smoking is actually a pretty decent set of results for the weekend....

No worries, for my next home game smoking will be banned - unless what you choose to smoke is about half a foot long and made in Cuba :)

Big thanks to Snoopy.  :respect:

Amongst his hard work on the new home page, he has put a version of this thread in the Articles>Diaries section.

It contains just the diary posts for anyone wanting to read an abridged version of this thread.

4,000 STTs in 4 months (http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/1005)

I'm now writing a few articles for blondepoker. You can find these in the tankbank (http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=taxonomy/term/126) aswell as in the tips and advice (http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=taxonomy/term/9) section.

If anyone fancies stopping by and having a look, it would be greatly appreciated.  :)

New content will be added every week!

Quick question tank - whats your ITM percentage?

Sorry, one of my stats I choose not to share.

no probs reckon with a 9.5% ROI, you have a lot of 1sts because of your style so would presume it it is somewhere around 20%.

Good luck - love your thread.  Truly is an amazing challenge

Have something similar around the $20-$30 level going on.  Played about 150 odd so far of the normal STT's.  Bit of a grind but see it as a challenge.  Hovering around the 22% ROI and 45% ITM.  Need to cut down the no. of 3rd's i get.

Would love to show you the results....

Nice going Tank, a nice comma figure indeed there :)

Good luck on the non smoking too, it's a good thing to do and will make you feel better in the long run - keep it up mate :)

Excellent going Tanko!

I knew when Is aid to you on MSN last night you would have that comma, and you smashed through!!

Keep up the good work.

Well done Tank, keep it up!

I've just found this thread and I've been riveted reading it for the past couple of hours.

By the way, I help people quit smoking for a living (and I'm darn good at it!) so if you want some help, just ask. I'll gladly waive my normal fee for a couple of gems of poker wisdom  ;topofclass;.

Mark

Days 86 and 87 - A familiar pattern emerged these last two days.

Attempted a sesh before midnight, got my booty handed to me, dropping around a grand.

Grinded some back after midnight, told myself to stick within the "play zone"

The next day didn't play till after midnight. As I was up during the day doing some writing, I was too tired to complete 3 whole sessions. Instead of 120, I only managed 87.

Days 86 and 87 Results : -$241.5 (+$12,445 total)
ROI : 8.6% (after 2,275 tournamentals)

So there's 33 days left, only 28 days of which I'm intending to play. I now need to complete 62 tournaments on each of those days, this is gonna be tough!

That is going to be seriously tough. You can do it.

Gooo oooooon  the tank.

Good Luck! The only thing I can advise is that if you feel you can do more than 62 on one day then do it so that on another day you can rest a bit more. You can do it though, I know it ;) xx

Yooooooo can do Eeeet!

NAe probs Tank, mind over matter.  We all have faith in you to complete the task.

62 tournaments a day left. Tank if you wana make it then i would play 65 a day maybe 70. No offense mate but all through this topic you've come up with different excuses why you couldnt play or coz you wanted to drink etc.

I realy want you to accomplish this mission so i congratulate you so far an wish you all the best for the tournaments you have left.

Good look make ;)

Tough challenge but I will keep my fingers crossed for you.  I would imagine that most people who are trying this would have a "friend" play a few sessions for them which would give them a break.

Just to clarify, when I said I'd need to do 62 tournaments a day, I meant on average.

I ain't planning to sit down every evening and play 62, no more, no less. I'll play as many as I can fit in.

(Did 72 today :) )

It's now up to 6/7 at a time.

I don't play at Party because they are EVIL

Not really, but I didn't like the way they handle the customers service side of things. Was fed up, so I switched to Stars around September of last year.

As a long time thread lurker I suppose I should contribute something, so I'll answer Foxy's question and save tank some typing time.

Its all in the thread Foxy, but mostly $55 turbos, there are some 100's and some 3's(when 10 +tabling!).

Keep up the good work tank.

Keep it up mate. Ive tried to watch a few times but every time i search your name it doesnt find you  ;goodvevil;

Make sur eyou are searching the right name

tigmong makes use of the hide from search feature. It can be found in the requests tab of the main lobby.

Makes if harder for opponents to profile me (if anyone was so inclined)
I'd rather they profiled someone else instead.

Ah, thats why I haven't been able to find you :)

As there's usually only around 10-15 $55+5s running at any one time and I play 7 of them, I shouldn't be to hard to find.

Not really worth anyones while though, I turn chat off so will be unable to acknowledge you.  :(

I was just curious to see the game in progress, I wouldn't come to cheer you on ;)

Keep your arms and legs inside the ride at all times.....

.....and remember not to accidentally click on register  ;)

For those who want to watch thetank, if I am looking for him I click on every other $55 game and you'll usually find him. Easy Peasy!

Hello there. I've not posted yet on this thread but I've been reading it regularly! Just thought that while the thread's managed to wander nearly halfway down page one of the forum that I'd make a post to say well done so far thankyou for the read and good luck for the rest of it. I look forward to the next update (as I always do :D) :)

I've just been having a go at 4 tabling STTs (at very low buyins!) and I'm ready for a break already having only played 8. How you play 7 at a time and do so many in a day amazes me. The whole 'mission' inspires me to have a go at my own STT 'mission' (albeit on a much smaller scale!) so thanks for that too  :D

 :hello: :cheers: :goodpost: :respect: ;goodluck; ;cheerleader;

Goooo on Tanky!

Cult viewing this thread, you have a great writing style, and i'm looking forward to your other Blonde work. 8)

Having just read the whole thread(took bleeding ages) cant wait for the next installment.
Keep it going Tank!

Where is this man, TaNK ? choo choo and come back :D we want an update of your success.

Thomas the Tank has told me to inform you all that he has been away in Cardiff this weekend for the p4c poker tournament and had an awful journey home. He promises to update you all when he has finished todays games.

Poppet (TheTanks PA) x

I have just read every post on this thread for the first time. It feels a little like I am watching Big Brother and I have a big bet on the contestant Tank. I admire your work sir, I think you write superbly and I can see in some of your posts the sheer ups and downs that we all go through be it poker related or just life in general.

Good luck with the quest, I think you deserve to reach this goal and judging by the comments of others we will all be very pleasd to see you succeed.

All the best mate.

Days 88,89,90,91,92 and 93 - Jeez it's been a while. Sorry folks, time flies by when you're having fun  8)

Had 3 of the 5 days off I'm allowing myself when I went to Cardiff for the weekend. During the journey home, I accidentally got on a train heading in the opposite direction from my intended destination. I was in a bizzare mood, so stayed on board because the craic was good. That kinda sums up my trip. A good laff, just what I needed.

(A more complete trip report is due to appear on the homepage soon.)

Two days off left, one will be a homegame, one will be when I pop up to see my family at Easter. The rest will be just like tonight, hard graft and cases of Red Bull.

Days 88,89,90,91,92 and 93 Results : +$547.5 (+$12,992.5 total)
ROI : 8.6% (after 2,428 tournamentos)

A couple of folk asked me at the weekend "Are you going to do it"
The only reply I could offer was "I've got to"

So many people putting in all that time reading my thread, I ain't about to let them all down. I can, and I will, complete this in time.
You ain't going to hear any miserable excuses such as "I was tired", "I was up for beers" or "My house was robbed and they nicked my monitor" We don't slack during Month 4, time to bring it home.

thats the spirit!!

Tank, you're a bad influence!

I've just stayed up all night playing sngs. Mostly 18 seater $30 +3 games. I'm 4 tabling and have churned out 43 of them. I amd now in a position to totally admire your stamina. 4 days of this would kill me, never mind 4 months.

Maybe just 4 more tables before bed......

What is your i.d. on Stars tank?

I tried 4 tabling on the $25+2 turbos, and played 24 in a day and loved it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So i'm now playing the $55+5 when I play sngs, and I'm 4 tabling, I believe this is what you play?

I've only played 12 so far cause I play mostly multis...had some luck and monied in 8 of them, but, I've not seen Thetank, just wondered if your i.d. was the same?

Quite right, now...  ;slavedriver; ;D

Keep it up Tank!

Did I read on here that the number of points needed to get to supernova status had dropped, if this is so has your own target dropped or are you still aiming for the original target you set?

GO ON TANK...THAT ISSSSSSS THE SPIRIT...

 ;cheerleader; ;chieften;  ;cheerleader; ;chieften;  ;cheerleader; ;chieften;  ;cheerleader; ;chieften;  ;cheerleader; ;chieften;  ;cheerleader; ;chieften; ;cheerleader;

Tank 1st of all got to say this is a great read

just wondering how many FPP you have as this was the reason you started this quest. As i have noticed that when i moved upto silver star in my vip status i collected points quicker and looking at the vip page on stars you get more points the better your vip rating. so i guess your collecting more points then you realised you would as your vip rating goes up

4dam

Only your base VIP count towards the status however, the bonus comes via FPP. So if you have silverstar and earn 1000 VP you make 1500FPP if you have silverstar.
Your VIP status is asseses only by your VPP points, but yes, his FPP will be substantially higher, I assume he has platinum at least.

if he was to treat himself to a ipod would those points spent affect his overall points towards his supernova rating.

4dam

At the moment I've got 153,367 FPPs and 63,400 VPPs.

Every $55+$5 tournament I enter, whilst I'm platinum. gets me 25 VPPs and 62.5 FPPs. (87.5 when I'm SuperNova)


If I were to treat myself to 9 i-pods, I would then have only 9,367 FPPs. It would not affect my 63,400 VPPs, or my quest for Supernova.

I ain't going to be some e-bay i-pod whore though. I'd much rather I used the points on World travel and buy-ins to large comps such as the EPT.

Why would you want 9 iPods? That's just silly.

Coasters?

Let me know when you decide to throw a dinner party...

There's far better things to do with my points........

I could get 306 T-shirts and save loads on Laundry.

Or 191 copies of Matt Lessinger's "Book of Bluffs" so I get really good at it.  :D

Whats funny is way back when someone spent a million FPP ish on tshirts, they must be kicking themselves now.

Just in case you lose 8

9 different colours of i-pods maybe, to match whatever earings I'm wearing that day.


Or.......I could name a star after each member of the So Solid Crew and still have enough left over to pay stellar homage to Take that, Westlife, Blue, my Mum and Dad and buy 27 Isabelle Mercier posters.....

tigmong

Do you find that the games are easier to beat up at the high high stakes of the $55 turbos or slightly tougher, iv heard from various places that the games are easier at the slightly higher levels but i think that was about cash games, whats the STTs like? After my bankroll plummeting at the $15 turbos iv had to drop back down to the $6 games but that may have just been a slight glitch, whats your opinion?

Don't tell Oopsnay!

As players become progressively tighter and more aggressive I have only ever observed a tougher game as you move up the limits in STT.


If on a short roll, perhaps steering clear of the turbos for a while would be good. The regular tournaments have a smaller variance as you'll be able to bring your (hopefully) superior poker to bear more often.

Days 94 and 95 - 69 down one day, 80 under the belt the next.
Just like a Mars, half a dozen cans of Red Bull a day, help you work, rest and play.

Well almost, they don't do much for the ol' resting malarky.
This bothers me not.
 Sleep is for sleepy people, are there any discos open at 10am? :dd:

Days 94 and 95 Results : +$405 (+$13,397.5 total)
ROI : 8.3% (after 2,577 thingies)
Required daily rate : 61.9

Do you see what I've done boys and girls?
A new statistic in the results section of every update for the final run-in. It's how many tournaments, played per day, I'll need to average to get the job done.
It takes into account that I'll have two more days off this month.

Henceforth I'll use the acronym RDR instead of required daily rate (to confuse all the people who haven't been keeping up properly  :D )

You are close - 1423 to go -  8)

I watched one of your tables last night - about 11pm or thereabouts, interesting game, you finished 5th in that one. I suppose since you are playing 60+ a day you won't have any recollection of any one particular game. I will observe a few more during the run-in.

p.s. This thread is legendary.  ;tightend;

Can't wait to read about your 8000 STT challenge next month  ;goodvevil;

8000 in a month!

That will be fun :)

I think after he has completed this he needs a well deserved rest!

or a good night out on the tiles!

ill go with you

I have to agree, top thread.
Ive followed this from day 1.
Can you have a count down aswell in your figures, ie- 1423 to go etc.

Great work Tank!

Is it a boys night or can I come ;D

Keep it up Tank, super effort.
I watched a couple of your games last night/this morning, unlucky to run into AA with your AK in one, but hey, playing that often it's bound to happen!

Just like Cricket... Required Run Rate

Tank

I met you at the BB II and i think I said that it would be difficult for you to finish this challenge in time but  I was wrong. You have continued to drive though the STT's and now its only 3 and a bit weeks left.

Keep going you can do it.

and to play proper poker!

It is proper poker ;D

I agree

Tank, this is a great thread!   :respect:

Probably the longest thread I've ever been bothered to read  :D

Best of luck with it - I'm sure you'll do it!

The dual monitor setup makes such a difference doesn't it? I switched to 2 x 19" portraits to multi-table and I could never go back. Have been looking at upgrading to a 4 monitor set-up... *drool*

Not biting.

I'm falling in love with 4 tabling turbo sngs

3 x 9 man and 1 x 18 man................1st 3rd 1st in the 9 man and 1st in the 18 man, $750 profit in less than an hour!

tank, I already liked these events but hadn't tried 4 at once, so thankyou, I owe you........(this doesn't mean I'll actaully send you money or anything)

btw, those turbos are 5 minute blinds, the turbos at The Rivercard are 2 minute blinds!  anyone tried them?  they are anything but dull :).

One swallow doesn't make a summer, young Jedi. ;)

750 swallows make a good hour though.  :)up

What name are you playing as?

how do you get 4 at once on your screen without overlap? - do i nee a bigger screen or can i re-size the windows?

You'll need a bigger screen, one with a natural resolution of 1600*1200 (mine's 1900*1200)

Dell 2001FP is what I have. (http://search.ebay.co.uk/dell-2001fp_W0QQcatrefZC6QQcoactionZcompareQQcoentrypageZsearchQQcopagenumZ1QQfromZR10QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQfstypeZ1QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQga10244Z10425QQsacatZQ2d1QQsaprchiZQQsaprcloZQQssPageNameZWLRS)

thanks Nem.
will wait then - i have a sony Vaio laptop and although its a widescreen i cant get 4 on without overlap.

If you're drinking snakebite you're allowed....

One swallow makes my night - and is better than a spit...