Poker was kind of lousy this month. This is not poker-related content though, I'll do a write-up on it when I get all of my records for the month in order, but for now I'll do a sexy expense report! Don't get too excited! Ok, I'm just kidding, you can get pretty excited, THIS IS FINANCE YOU'RE READING ABOUT, HOLLA! (Items with an asterisk next to them I talk about below.)
Home- 2,095
Auto & Transport*- 930
Health & Fitness*- 803
Food/dining/toiletries*- 750
Bills & Utilities- 549
Shopping*- 242
Business Services*-105
Fees & Charges- 40
Entertainment*- 241
Personal Care*- 200
Gifts & Donations- 4
Total: 5,959
Auto & Transport
Pretty happy about this number, as it's a 44% decrease from last month's car expenses. And although we picked up a second car again so our car expense will go up again, we will still save and gas and hopefully after the WSOP we can ditch one of them again or downsize it. My wife just drove the new car to work for the first time yesterday too, so the gas savings will be realized next month as well.
Health & Fitness
This number is down by 260 because we finished paying off an old hospital bill from an Emergency Room trip. We still have one that costs us 350 a month for another 6 months or so before it's paid off as well. No interest on that though so that's nice at least.
Food/Dining/Toiletries
Ugh, kind of embarrassed about this number. 750 was much higher than we were aiming for (500) and I actually thought we would be around 400 since we spent 250 on a meat package in March that lasted us through April...but somehow we still spent a bunch. We went out to eat way too much (~$200 worth) and spent the other $550 at the grocery store. To be fair though we just went to the store a few days ago and spent $200 of this 750 so maybe that will have a positive impact on May's food bill. Time will tell.
Shopping
Not much to say about this number. Bought some stuff that we wanted, but nothing really frivolous. Could maybe even put some of this into bills and utilities since $55 was pool supplies. Anyways here's the breakdown on this category:
108 Bike Child Seat
12 child helmet
55 Pool supplies
67 other - pair of shoes, some craft stuff the wife picked up at Michael's
Business Services
This month I started keeping track of what I tip to food service people at the casino, and cocktail waitresses, and the valet instead of tacking it onto my wins/losses. Turned out it was about what I was expecting it to be, but it did make me think twice about ordering a drink sometimes. I even started packing my lunch, and a water jug to avoid ordering food and drink from servers, but a few beers at the end of some nights kept this number inflated, I should be able to get it down in May, and in June I expect the number to be very low since WSOP valet is a waste unless you are running really late (although avoiding the heat for as much time as possible is a nice luxury).
Entertainment
What can I say, had to have a little fun this month. We went to a comedy/magic show on the strip that was $20 for two tickets with a special discount. We had a good/cheap time, but we spent 10 bucks on drinks and another 50 or so on an expensive dinner that we had a discount at when showing the ticket stubs. Buy one get one free at Pampas Churrascaria, a Brazilian Steakhouse in the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood. http://www.showtickets.com/Las-Vegas-...rge412x270NathanBurtonComedyMagic.jpg http://cdn.rdcimage.com/microsites/32...adic3CK4c4H-SF8xw6dXJ6OcyQYVgEdkO0JiQ
It was a nice treat, but it also resulted in one of the shopping expenses. Mrs. Wh00sel walked in her heals (like a trooper) from The Flamingo all the way to Planet Hollywood, which resulted in a necessary purchase of some new tennis shoes to walk back to Bellagio where we parked at. Luckily, she needed some anyways, and there happened to be a Journey's just outside of the restaurant.
I also went golfing once; and although I got a free round (thanks DaMurdera), I lost the flip for lunch. I also lost a couple golf prop bets, (got laid a million to one to par out after the 5th hole, I'm terrible though so probably lit a dollar on fire there) and had to get some new balls to go out, so that added up to the rest of the entertainment bill.
Personal Care
Using up our free massages at Massage Envy adds up. The massages are free but you still have to tip. So one more month of paying this bill, then we will have that expense cut out.
All-in-all the month wasn't too awful on the spending front. We did a lot of spending, but we still came in ~12.5% lower in expenses this month compared to last month, and we got (barely) under the 6k mark for the first time in a long time, which I'm pretty stoked about. Hopefully it can stay that way the rest of the year.
I'll have a poker update up in a few days at the most, got a couple interesting hands to talk about, and a couple coolers/bad beats to share too.
-wh00sel
gonna be selling action to a few of the high buyin events.
here are the tourneys I will definitely be selling to, percents im selling, and markups i will be charging:
**SOLD OUT** may 6, event 2: 2100 NL, 1m guarantee, selling 70%, 1.143:1
**SOLD OUT** may 13, event 20: 2100 NL, 750k guarant, selling 70%, 1.125:1
**SOLD OUT** may 13, event 21: 2100 NL, 1m guarantee, selling 70%, 1.143:1
may 20, event 40: 10300 NL,2.5m guarant, selling 80%, 1.0875:1
if scoop isnt going well ill probably sell action to some of the 1ks. if scoop is going well ill probably take a shot in the 5k plo, the 2k 6max events and maybe some of the weekday tourneys. but im going to concentrate on 9max NL events to start out. I will be selling each of these individually.
anyway, gonna be selling for the 2k high event on may 6 here.
1.143:1 which means ill sell 70% for 80%. gonna end up swapping around 5% and have 25% for myself. going to limit my tables to around 6-8 tops once this tourney starts and wont register much after it starts to concentrate more on this tourney.
Gotta say, it was not what I expected. The gun has a lot more power than I was prepared for, and the concussive forces were shocking. In fact it was a bit jarring and scary to hold the thing and I never quite got used to it. Just knowing what I had in hand, instant death. The slightest move of my finger and your soul is mine. It doesnt feel right to be honest lol. Man should have to earn this kind of power, it's all so effortless.
Anyway I think I found a gun I'm settled on. It's a Springfield XD subcompact 9mm. Since this gun is for one purpose only, a tool for self-defense and nothing else, it meets all the categories which are important to me. I do not intend to go sports shooting or blowing up watermelons or any of that shit. Just something I can become proficient with and save my life one day.
This gun has a number of features which really speak to a technology oriented person like me. The gun is just so well thought out. It has dual safety's, one built into the trigger itself, and the other into the grip, instead of the traditional hollywood style side safety switch. You never have to actually disengage the safety, it's ready to fire when you hold it, yet it will not fire without you pulling the trigger. The safety is always on, but always off. It's a 9mm which is plenty powerful. It's small and lightweight, yet heavy enough to inspire confidence. You can easily conceal it, and keep it portable wherever you go. It has an underslung rail for adding attachments like lasers and tactical light. It has a very simple breakdown/cleaning procedure. It has a "round chambered" indicator so you never have to worry about if there's a live round in there or not. The firing pin slides downward when the safety is on so that it cant fire if you drop it on the ground, or even throw it. It has a 16 round magazine which is kinda nuts, but I guess you cant complain about having too much ammo. And it's pretty damn accurate for such a small gun.
Going to test shoot a few more before making a decision. Today I fired a glock 9mm but didnt like it at all, despite being halfway decent with it. Sticking to the 9mm class of weapons since they have plenty of stopping power, but arent too unwieldy to shoot.
Looking to take all my money off of Lock poker. There is of course a deposit minimum(complete bullshit), so I need to trade around 50 dollars to withdraw my own money.
Respected members only please. Not going to deal with 2 post mcgee when dealing with paypal. If you need references on my end, let me know. I have a few members that can vouch for me.
12BI under ev on this damn site over 20k hands. Keep trying, but I can't reach the withdrawal minimum. Doomswitch ftl
Just got stoned out of my mind (felt great tho)by intown, April 29
I was never the pot smoker, and I honestly didn't like smoking weed except when in parties or group of friends I like and trust. Each time I smoked, which was rare, it would always just be getting buzzed or just laugh incessantly and not gain anything but temporary stuff and once it faded I would just forget about it and move on. Yesterday's one though, was a very profound for me tbh.
I just smoked the strongest weed yesterday while in the beach with friends and it was a fucking ordeal just to get
my brain to slow down from processing a clusterfuck of issues I had with myself. It was my first time to smoke weed after being hooked on Joe Rogan's podcast and for the first time I had some info on how to handle being stoned, had so much anxiety (as I always have had each time I smoked pot) that I just ktfo myself while trying to matrix my way into so many stuff that needed to be dealt with. The whole process was alien to me but the after effect was terrific because I was able to bring back most of the "solutions" to my anxiety and guilt. Honestly feels great to have that out when you really wanna zone in on some stuff you want resolved without having all the distractions.
btw, is there some kind of particular weed that does that? all I ever got to smoke were very different from this one yesterday, or did I just trip balls since it was really too strong for me?Or did Rogan just give me really good tools in handling it? I hear there's indica and sativa, the latter is what I am used to from what I hear but what the hell do I know since I really have no clue on the subject.
note;
I'm a regular LPer here(movie guy, sc2 hater, and types too much "lol" in his posts) and i just had a self ban for 1 month since I couldn't delete my blog
Realised on Friday night I was 3.3k VPP short of platinum this month! Whoops. Couldn't play tomorrow due to Manchester united vs Manchester City game! So had 2 days to clear 3.3k VPP!
About $200 profit on tables, $160 on reload bonus. ($90 left to clear), $50 stellar bonus. And 8k FPP! Not a bad two days
Played terrible at some stages this weekend, going to spend tuesday-friday going over key hands. Not losing a stack is just as important as winning one, need to realise when I'm beat and find folds that are actually easy folds when concentrating but not when in robot mode!
Wish there was a 32NL though, Nl25 to Nl50 is such a big jump. Don't feel I have the bankroll yet for NL50, think i'd want $1.5k before I take a 2buyin stoploss shot.
Only issue is that horrendous red line! Will try find some spots to analyze that and see what I could of done differently.
Goals for May is 100k hands and try take a shot at Nl50 when good tables are going!
Watched it in 3D yesterday. Easy one of the ~5 best movies I've ever seen along with stuff like Pulp Fiction, Dazed and Confused and a few others. Really awesome. Just check out the trailer and then go and see it, in 3D if possible.
Month going slow, about 30bi under ev but getting a semi-decent amount of hands in. Learning a bit too. Going to be a crazy month or two before I'm all moved to the new place.
looking to buy something like this but i have no idea what it's called. searching "tee shirt with front ties" basically just returns those stupid shirts with tuxedos printed on the front or whatever. anyone have any idea if there's an actual term for this style?
I had to laugh when I saw this after clicking on the lobby link this morning. I wanted to see if there would be any double VPP weeks although those are truly a thing of the past nowadays. This is what I found from Pokerstars tips about Milestone hands.
Milestone Hand Tips:
Play on more tables - If you are able to play on more than one table at a time, you will increase your chances of being dealt into a milestone hand.
Play longer sessions - The size of the prizes depends on the number of VIP Player Points (VPPs) you have earned while sitting at the table. Try to take a seat at a table well in advance of the next milestone hand to increase the amount of your potential prize.
Loosen up - you earn VPPs every time you contribute to a raked pot. The more pots you play in, the more VPPs you will earn.
Play more tables, more hands, and longer hours! Thanks for the tip Pokerstars .
Hey guys i was wondering if any of you tryed this facebook game and what your rank is.
At first when my gf made me try it i thought it would suck but its actually fun since your constantly matched with people close to your level and game is well made.
i'm currently rank 18.
also i was wondering if you guys think something like this: is legit. There is no way i could ever be that fast. Sometimes i think top players are bots
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