Moving Up Is Harrdddd

Well, the 40 games/day only lasted one or two days as expected. I don't really know why I thought I'd be able to do that. Judging from past experiences with moving up, I usually have to play lower volume and get used to the swings before I'm ready to put in high volume.

I'm happy with how I've played at the 200s/220s so far. I'm actually doing fine in them (8%ish ROI in 220s so far). It usually takes me a few attempts at moving up to a new level before I'm ready to deal with the swings for good.

220s Graph:




I'm going to be moving down to the 110's and put in high volume for the next couple weeks until I'm ready to move up again. It's the best decision for me financially, since my $/hr is higher 3 tabling 110s, as opposed to 2 tabling 220s.

October has been a pretty terrible month in terms of profits for my standards. I'm about +4k now after a nice downswing in 220 4 mans with Primo yesterday. I'm hoping to put a couple solid, high volume days together to round out the month at the 110s. I'd really like to finish the month at 5k+.

In the end, the most important stat in this game is Total Profit.

Good Luck.

Increasing Volume

I am having a decent month so far, but my volume is down again and I need to change that asap. I had some internet issues that prevented me from playing for 2-3 days and I've just been pretty complacent with my mediocre results.

I am +5.5k this month (1200 of that is from buying action...ty primo). I will be satisfied with finishing anywhere 5k+, but I just need to step it up and grind out some vpps. I have a good shot at 200k vpps for 2008 and getting the $2000 milesone bonus.

I'm going to play 40 220 2 mans/day for the rest of the month. That is 400 games and 20k vpps. With the significantly increased volume, I don't really expect to put up crazy results, but 2-4k profit would be nice and I would only need 2-6% ROI or so to do that.

I will update my results every day on here. If this goes well, I might try something similar for all of November, but I doubt I'll be able to maintain that kind of volume long term.

Also, my $200 chat bounty is still running and noone has caught me yet. Once again, if you catch me berating an opponent just copy/paste it as a comment on my blog and I will ship you $200. I have gone an unprecedented 2 weeks now without berating an opponent. Just wait for my next big downswing, it will be a challenge for me.

Good luck.

Supernova

I finally reached Supernova today. It's not that big of an accomplishment really at the stakes I am playing now, but when I put my poker career in perspective I think it is pretty cool. It wasn't that long ago that I was grinding out Gold star every month and wondering if I'd ever make enough vpps to reach Platinum. Supernova seemed impossible (this was when I was a 33 grinder).

I get a boost from 150% fpp bonus for Platinum star to 350% bonus for Nova, so that is pretty clutch. My plan is to start saving up all my fpp's over the next year or two and doing something baller with them (down payment on a house, car, something like that). This plan will probably only last until I have enough saved up for a 4k bonus lol, but I am going to try.

Poker is going really well for me right now. I feel really good about my game and I have pretty much made the jump to 200s/220s now and feel very comfortable there.

I am still being staked in 300s/330s, but I have been holding off on getting serious about grinding them until I feel good about myself at the 220s. One step at a time. I'm sure I can beat the 330s, but success in heads up poker is determined so much by your confidence level that I don't want to rush things. I plan to start playing a lot more 300s in the next week or two. I know my staker will be happy about that lol.

Coaching is going well. I am coaching Insane_dk (pokerstars) for 30 hours over the next 2-3 months. We have done several hours/hh reviews in the past. He is trying to make the difficult jump from marginal winner to consistent winner. I will continue to update on his progress.

If you haven't already, please check out my coaching options/rates page in the links to the right. If you are interested in purchasing any of the options, email me at hokiegreghu@hotmail.com.

Good luck.

Orel Hersheiser

Seat 1: O. Hershiser (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: HokieGreg HU (1500 in chips)
O. Hershiser: posts small blind 10
HokieGreg HU: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to HokieGreg HU [Ad 9h]
O. Hershiser: raises 40 to 60
HokieGreg HU: calls 40
*** FLOP *** [9s 9d Kc]
HokieGreg HU said, "k"
HokieGreg HU: checks
O. Hershiser: bets 100
HokieGreg HU: raises 180 to 280
O. Hershiser: calls 180
*** TURN *** [9s 9d Kc] [2c]
HokieGreg HU: bets 320
O. Hershiser: calls 320
*** RIVER *** [9s 9d Kc 2c] [5h]
HokieGreg HU: bets 840 and is all-in
O. Hershiser: calls 840 and is all-in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
HokieGreg HU: shows [Ad 9h] (three of a kind, Nines)
O. Hershiser: shows [3h 3c] (two pair, Nines and Threes)
HokieGreg HU collected 3000 from pot

Ty, Orel.

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Free Money

I'm a pretty huge dick to my opponents when I'm playing. Berating my opponents has virtually no positive effect on my results. Berating my opponents has countless negative impacts on my results.

If you catch me berating an opponent in chat during one of my games, copy and paste the text and post it as a comment on this thread.

First person to catch me gets $200 on Stars.

I know, I'm a bit of a masochist.

Some examples of Hokie-style berating:

HokieGreg HU said, "you are not good at poker"

HokieGreg HU said, "are you even trying?"

HokieGreg HU said, "suited connectors are good hands"
HokieGreg HU said, "no matter what"
HokieGreg HU said, "skill game it"

HokieGreg HU said, "you play really bad =)"

HokieGreg HU said, "there is nothing like a good spite call"

HokieGreg HU said, "this is a joke =)"

HokieGreg HU said, "are you smoking crystal meth?"

HokieGreg HU said, "ooooo what a sick player omg"

HokieGreg HU said, "you play very well =)"

HokieGreg HU said, "adsuoiOPIUREA;KER omfg sit on my facejakl; erjaw"

HokieGreg HU said, "congrats this game was a joke"

HokieGreg HU said, "hope your daughter gets the herpes"

HokieGreg HU said, "diagf"

etc, etc, etc...


Note: The only exception is if ThomasNY sits me accidentally and I refuse to chop with him. All bets are off. I can berate all I want. =)