The final day.
...results to follow soon
When I posted "Day 7" it was at the beginning of the day, so the "day" also includes the time up until 1:15pm today (1.5hrs from now). It kind of became apparent that this was going to be easy. $214.37 in 36 hrs, ok ship it. I know I had another week according to the original rules, but pride felt at stake here. Low stakes, high pride. As I played, I was getting destroyed. Not beat, raped. Not just normal raped, Law and Order SVU raped. Two outers were falling literally every hand. It was gross. Yes, it happens to everyone. Yes, it was only super low stake games. But the pride, the pride of completing this and helping my girlfriend and making a poker house with Aaron and all these other things...it was about pride. Sure I could pay an extra $214.37, who cares. But I had to win it. I had to. Fucking pride.
So after playing for 4 hours last night, I was down tons. I managed to come back to a deficit of $255.51 for the challenge. And, yes, -30 cause I check raised bluffed river in HU cash lol. So going into this morning, I was furious. I woke up bright and early and started playing at 7:34am. *Yawn*
The game just got worse. Now 1 outers were falling, every 3-1 known to man didn't hold. I actually considered getting a dice out just to keep guessing a number for it not to roll, and be wrong each time. This way at least when I'm 5-1 fav in poker, I'm more due to win now that I've lost it all to a dice. Gambler's fallacy?
So I'm down tons, try to load 16s to scrounge it back. Didn't work. I consented with myself that I wasn't going to load anymore games before the 1:15 deadline. It was over, time to throw in the towel. I get down to several games. They drop. They drop some more. I'm down ~490 from the end goal at this point, and I only have two 3r's left. Then, one. I have to bink this game to win the challenge. Pride, my girlfriend, Aaron, moving, everything. 2nd place wouldn't be enough to seal the deal. I had to win it. I needed over 490, and first was 510. Going into the break I was 1/17. My friend Kevan, who hung out with me and talked on skype the entire 4 hr set yesterday, was getting the commentary on AIM. I broadcasted the whole thing to him, each hand, each stack, each ranking change. It's pretty intense when you understand everything on the line - especially when you are reading it while you are working in a hospital:).
PokerStars had it out for me. I had to battle pocket fours, THREE TIMES. Like, cmon, give them aces. No they have 44. I was 3/3. So many intense spots and some unusual sitations, but I think I played well. And for once, good play was rewarded.
Boom imo.
Day 7: SHIP!
There are officially 26 hrs left in "part 1" of this challenge, but heck now I want to just finish it now. I've had a change of fortune/genius idea that worked out well. I realized I was at 73k fpps and asked Aaron if he'd buy my bonus before hand, and I just ship it to him when I clear it. BOOM! +1.5k instantly thanks buddy! Bigniux also shipped 5% of an mtt finish (8th in 24+2 multi entry on FTP for ~1.3k). Wow man. Impressive. I also realized I had $150 in stellar money (and another $50 very soon) that I can contribute. Here are the new totals going into the start of day 7.
I started off with $500, needing to end at $6,250 total money.
My contribution with starting roll: $2,000
Extra supernova bonus and stellar rewards: $1,650
Contributions from amazing friends: $642.50
Winnings at the tables: $1,743.13
Grand Total: $6,035.63
96.57% complete. $214.37
I'LL BE PLAYING FOR THIS $214.37 NOW WOOOOOO!
Day 6: Half day. 100 games, +4 lol.
Not worth really saying much today as nothing really changed. I did make a deep run in the 3r mtt but got coolered v AA with 99 in an ultra standard spot.
Day 5: ~210 games, +808.69
Totals: +1739.15
Progress: $2,239.15 of *$4,172.50. 53.66% complete.
*Adjusted net goal (ty to foleyfocused and big love to N.Zealand!)
Comments: After 7.5 hrs of play, I'm happy yet kind of disappointed with the results because they could have been much better with a single big 3r finish. I made so many deep runs in 3r's and just got ripped apart when it counted most. I went back to low stake games and with >100% roi on ave. stake $4 for the day, I'll take it.
Day 4: ~230-250ish games, +136
Totals: +930.46
Progress: $1,430.46 of *$4,229.50. 33.82% complete.
*Adjusted net goal (ty friends)
Comments: I decided to stop playing micro stake games. I just couldn't take it anymore. Plus, the results should have been much better - if I didn't lose every key hand. This includes a JJ vs A3o at a 3r final table which easily could have been worth $500 instead of like $40. Oh well. I didn't reach my absurd 400 game goal (dream big, fail bigger), but I will be playing tons over the next few days. I'm finding I am becoming frustrated because it is not my personality to consistently check results. I can feel every "bump in the road" so to speak, instead of just playing and not caring about winning or losing.
Day 3: 216 games, -29.56
Totals: +794.46 of $4,229.50.
Progress: $1,294.46 of *4,330. 28.90% complete.
*Adjusted net goal based on help from friends and 350 amount: $4,330
*Great news! It turns out the amount is $6,250 and not $6,600! So it's like I won $350 today lol.
Bad day at the tables, ty 3r 1st place to salvage a bad day.
Day 2: 210 games, +249.20.
Totals: +824.02
Progress: $1,324.02 of *$4,700. 28.17% complete.
*Adjusted net goal based on help from friends: $4,700
Big thanks to Ben, Elevil, clickys, Roy4l, and Weandago:)
Day 1: 298 games, +574.82
I'd like to thank those of you who have helped out. It means a lot to me.
