Joeingram1 United States. Dec 03 2010 09:53. Posts 943
This blog is going to be everywhere and probably my longest I have written
I haven't blogged for over a month now because I was kind of embarrased I wasn't able to hit 300k VPP In October like I had bet on. I think I still set the world record for most PLO hands in a month though at about 245k (not exactly sure on #) but it ended up being my most profitable month ever. I made about 22k at the tables and another 20k in bonuses so ended up being a 40k month. Not bad for failing a prop bet !!!
I ended October at around 780k VPPs and on a great pace to get SNE in an easy manner. Naturally I wanted to give myself more of a challenge so I decided to essentially take November off . I did manage 12k vpps though! My lease ended in November so instead of poker I decided to focus more on finding a new place to live, maybe a new car, maybe new roomate and it was stressing the fuck out of me. I went to Vegas for a few days and looked at City Center and Panorama places. I liked them but the area is just too ghetto for my tastes after living out here in San Diego. Plus the weather is shitty and I just wasn't that excited about it. I got back home around the 20th and was on tilt at my computer lagging a bit. So i decided to go out and purchase a whole new setup. I bought some orange Acer computer because it "looked cool" but it did have pretty good specs on it too. I didn't want to wait and get 30' monitors so I decided to try some 32' lcd tvs at first and they were just too fucking massive. So I opted to return them and go for 2 27' LG with the intention of adding on a 3rd if I liked how the setup looked.
Current setup in my room until I decide to move it out of here
I got a little happier after I got the new comp/moniotrs/speaker system/mouse but was still kinda stressed out so I decided to go shopping on Black Friday to my new fave store True Religion and 2nd fave Gucci and spend a bunch of money there. This actually made me quite happy again and I decided to come home and start grinding again. My bankroll was doing pretty well and I really didnt want to grind PLO until Decemember so I decided to play some 5/10 6m with a medium table selection. Meaning if I wasn't on tilt then I would leave bad tables with but if I was on tilt then all that shit goes out the window. Luckily I ran like a fucking god there and in the few PLO session I played. Here are all my hands/sessions so far on my new computer
My career peak on PTR has been like 28k for about a year now and I never thought I would be able to get over that hump again. Well I was finally able to and was more excited about that then actually having the money. Naturally with all this winning going on and knowing I would reach SNE this month and get 10k Cash + 10k WSOP cash instantly, win 7.5k in my prop bet and another 12kish in Bonuses along the way I decided to look at some nicer places closer to the ocean. This naturally gave me even more stress because I have looked at so many places at this point and cannot decide. Here is the view of the last place I looked at
I mean the view is fucking amazing but the inside wasn't really renovated at all and I felt like if I was going to pay 4.5k+ for rent, that I really wanted to love everything about the place. This may seem absurd to pay but that is the pretty standard price in La Jolla which is the Beverly Hills of San Diego they say. I've decided to keep looking for places around here and hopefully will be able to find one soon. My roomate ended up moving out the other day so I have now been alone for a day or two. When I say alone, I actually mean Rachael has been here as well doing her Rachael things. I really wish I could write about my feelings on our relationship in this amazing blog post but its probably better that I do not
One of the reasons I was looking for bigger place was because I brought up an amazing idea to my old roomate Kris. He essentially lived out here for 6 months but just wasn't working hard enough to make enough money and ended up going busto due to bills he has (cc,school,etc) and couldn't make enough to pay those/rent out here. He has since moved back to live with his parents in the middle of Indiana and taken a $9.50 job. He has started playing PLO recently on the side when he is not working and has been grasping the game pretty well. I proposed this to him, he could come out here starting January 1st and move in with me for free. I would take care of his bills for the first month that he has and in return he would have to be ready to work/grind for SNE playing 50-100PLO. I would take all his action if he wanted to so basically he would just have to put in the hands and work on his game. He would have ended up making around 5k in rakeback the first month instead of the 1100ish at his current job. Not only would he make more money, he would be able to have a million more options in the dating pool as the women out here are infintly better then the docks of Indiana. He thought about the idea for a few days but has ultimatly decided not to come back out here because he didn't think he could put in the hard work and deal with it all again I was really surprised by this and am kinda sad about it because I was looking forward to him actually pushing himself and achieving something at poker!
So now I am basically back to square 1 on house/apartment/condo hunting and not really sure what I want to do. But I can't really focus much on it because I need to worry about getting SNE!! I am currently at 806k VPP and have a fun grind ahead of me
Oh Yea, who remembers that video I made for the Victory Poker contest back in May??? Well turns out I got accepted to compete in that lol, I actually found out a week after I got chosen when I was tagged in the message on there Facebook page.
The 25th spot has been awarded but there are 4 more contestants being flown out along with 2 freeroll winners, 2 sponsor exemptions & Todd Wages from the Tattoo video.
The filming is scheduled for February in Las Vegas and the competition will last 14 days. Each day there will be a lifestyle competition and a Poker Battle to test each person's all-around skills. The group will be staying in a mansion and players will be eliminated daily based on performance, attitude, overall skills, bonus challenges, etc. by a panel of judges until we reach a final winner who's life will change... ----- $100,000 in tournament buy-ins, 1 year condo at Panorama Towers, car, watch, clothes, travel, a whole new world...
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On the one hand I am excited about this because who knows what it could potentially lead to and I may even win it. On the other hand, I really had my mind set on 3mill+ VPP next year and maybe take a run at most VPP ever in a year. The FPP value in that alone is around 390k+ and that really gets me excited thinking about it. I'm going to wait to find out some more details on everything but there is a good chance I will be there and settle for 2-2.5mill vpps
I made a pact with myself that I wouldn't cut my hair until I have achieved SNE, this is by far the longest it has been in about 6 years and i just don't know how I feel about it. Here is a picture I have of me at the gym getting my fucking swoll on preparing to take down SNE!! lol
Thanks for reading the blog, I will be webcamming my last month of my prop bet because it is a stipulation in my SNE bet
www.justin.tv/chicagojoey if you are ever randomly bored and want to chat or potentially catch me playing in the nude
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qwerty67890 New Zealand. Dec 03 2010 10:00. Posts 14026
VP challenge seems kinda -ev for you, but gl.
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Joeingram1 United States. Dec 03 2010 10:05. Posts 943
Why do you think so Byrne??
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goose58 United States. Dec 03 2010 10:13. Posts 871
nice.. makes me wanna grind.
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qwerty67890 New Zealand. Dec 03 2010 10:20. Posts 14026
On December 03 2010 09:05 Joeingram1 wrote:
Why do you think so Byrne??
Im guessing youre gonna have to give up a heap of time to do VP promotional work/travel/play in shitty tournaments which would eat into your grind time.
Also, I dont see how they can let you win because its supposed to be this "live the dream poker pro lifestyle for a year" and youre probably better than every VP pro lol
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PuertoRican United States. Dec 03 2010 10:39. Posts 13127
sick life. god how does your friend turn down that opportunity. esp w/ all his action taken to lower the stress.
oh well =(
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Maynard! United States. Dec 03 2010 11:57. Posts 4453
Nice man. You seem to be doing well. I've lived in la jolla its nice. I'd suggest downtown if you want more of a nightlife but if you really wanna grind in a relaxing place think about del mar. Its only a few miles north of la jolla.
Now I really am a busto. Thanks FTP.
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gororokgororok Netherlands. Dec 03 2010 11:58. Posts 3940
how do you put in all those hours behind a computer, don't you get depressed at some point? i mean in the USA you can easily get a job that pays 100k a year after you finished study right?
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gororokgororok Netherlands. Dec 03 2010 11:59. Posts 3940
i mean if u are aiming at 3m vpp a year, you are basicly behind a computer every day for a long time no?
On December 03 2010 10:52 SemPeR wrote:
sick life. god how does your friend turn down that opportunity. esp w/ all his action taken to lower the stress.
oh well =(
I guess he's a good guy and felt he wouldn't be able to do it.
Also, grats on all the success joe
On December 03 2010 10:58 gororokgororok wrote:
how do you put in all those hours behind a computer, don't you get depressed at some point? i mean in the USA you can easily get a job that pays 100k a year after you finished study right?
Not that I'm from the US, but I think you underestimate how easy it is and how many of those jobs you can find. Its not like there aren't others trying for the same positions.
Either way, you're one sick dude. I would never be able to put your hours in, but if I could I probably would. Congrats to your month (despite the lost prop) and to getting into the victorypoker thing. I do think kind of like byrne in that you stand to lose a lot of grind time. But I doubt that it will be that much. Go for it.
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terrybunny19240 United States. Dec 03 2010 17:01. Posts 13829
definitely should go for the victory poker thing... new experience, 1st prize is pretty good, possible facetime on television, networking with people in the poker industry etc
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handbanana21 United States. Dec 03 2010 21:45. Posts 3037
aye thats beyond sick joe. congrats
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Joeingram1 United States. Dec 05 2010 01:10. Posts 943
On December 03 2010 10:59 gororokgororok wrote:
i mean if u are aiming at 3m vpp a year, you are basicly behind a computer every day for a long time no?
I would play pretty much only PLO so therefore it would be somewhere around 4-6 hours a day depending on limit. Would def leave me plenty of time to do other things in theory
On December 03 2010 10:57 Maynard! wrote:
Nice man. You seem to be doing well. I've lived in la jolla its nice. I'd suggest downtown if you want more of a nightlife but if you really wanna grind in a relaxing place think about del mar. Its only a few miles north of la jolla.
Ive started to look up in Del Mar and Carlsbad as well, I just want a nice, peaceful place with a nice view to be able to put the hours in. Nightlife isnt really something I am looking to be around at all next yaer at least. Im sure ill be able to find something really nice without rushing into anything
On December 03 2010 10:58 gororokgororok wrote:
how do you put in all those hours behind a computer, don't you get depressed at some point? i mean in the USA you can easily get a job that pays 100k a year after you finished study right?
There is 0 percent chance that I would be able to make 100k a year at any job in my life I would estitmate. I really dont have any college at all and there is nothing depressing about 200k+ years to me. I still take care of myself fitness wise, meet plenty of women and do some fun things from time to time
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Surprise United States. Dec 05 2010 09:50. Posts 275
On December 03 2010 10:58 gororokgororok wrote:
how do you put in all those hours behind a computer, don't you get depressed at some point? i mean in the USA you can easily get a job that pays 100k a year after you finished study right?
Average starting salary of a college graduate in USA is around 48k in 2010. Granted, you can get a higher salary if you pick the right major. I don't know any majors that have consistent 100k+ starting salaries tho.
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. I did manage 12k vpps though! My lease ended in November so instead of poker I decided to focus more on finding a new place to live, maybe a new car, maybe new roomate and it was stressing the fuck out of me. I went to Vegas for a few days and looked at City Center and Panorama places. I liked them but the area is just too ghetto for my tastes after living out here in San Diego. Plus the weather is shitty and I just wasn't that excited about it. I got back home around the 20th and was on tilt at my computer lagging a bit. So i decided to go out and purchase a whole new setup. I bought some orange Acer computer because it "looked cool" but it did have pretty good specs on it too. I didn't want to wait and get 30' monitors so I decided to try some 32' lcd tvs at first and they were just too fucking massive. So I opted to return them and go for 2 27' LG with the intention of adding on a 3rd if I liked how the setup looked.
