Well hello again, it's me, Nemo. Sorry for the long break but I had some irl stuff to sort before I could get back into online poker. Everything is in order now and things are good :)
I havent played much online poker since my leave. I've dabbled a little here and there and even did a little stake with BurnleyMik(which I think I still owe $12 to) and am currently doing a stake with Cogs from RTR. When I came back from Austin, I had no online roll whatsoever and it really sucked. As a matter of fact, I had no roll period, not even live. I contemplated selling my vehicle or even my house so I could have money again but quickly realized both were terrible ideas. So I did what any normal unemployed loser does and found me a regular job. It was fun but I missed playing poker for a living.
One Friday night, after I got my paycheck, I hit up the casino with $200. I didn't know what I was gonna play but I knew I wanted to play poker. I saw the $4/$8 LO/8 table open so I sat down with my $200 and 6 hours later I had $800. I basically ran like God and knew I was especially lucky because of it. I went back the next Saturday and decided to sit in the $5/$10 LO/8 table(yes i know, horrible BRM) and played for a cool 10-11 hours that day and made a nice 5bbs/hr. I was on a ridiculous heater obv and wanted to ride it out to it's fullest so I went back the next day as I knew it was going to be my last day of the week to play. I played another 6-8 hours and made 2bbs/hr for that day. I was highly pleased with these results, so being the young idiot that I am I decided to quit my day job that very next week. At first I thought I was going to regret it but to make a long story short I'm averaging anywhere between 3bbs/hr to 3.5bbs/hr playing $5/$10 LO/8 and that's what I'm currently doing for a living.
Obviously I wish I could play online instead of live, for several reasons really: 1) The casino is a 1hr drive one way. Pretty shitty imo. 2) I have more friends online who play poker and I love chatting with them when I'm playing. 3) I love the convenience of being at home.... Bottom line is, I'm a lazy fool who would much rather wake up in the morning, eat breakfeast, and play poker for a couple hours, maybe some good ole' Call of Duty on the PS3, then more poker for a couple more hours. Problem is, I still can't deposit online due to stupid bullshit laws here in the great USA and my current State in particular but hopefully it will all pass soon and I can be playing full time, online.
I've also joined the lovely world of Mixed Martial Arts and currently train at
Jackson's MMA... which just so happens to be one of the largest and best training camps for MMA in the world. I currently study/practice Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai. My striking abilities have improved tremendously since I've been training and I feel that's going to be my strong suit when I actually get to fight in the Octagon. I'll keep updates on that stuff as well here on this blog as it's more convenient for me instead of creating a new blog.
Anywho, back to poker stuffs. Cogs from RTR was nice enough to give me a nice little stake to play HUsngs on FTP. Why HU? Well I've always been fascinated with the fact that all the guys on the Sharkscope Leaderboards are HUsng pros. I started doing some research on them and found that it's a much tougher game to beat than any other form of poker and requires 100% concentration. I've been consulting coaching options and decided to go with Cog Dissonance from HUSNG.com. I havent had the money to pay him yet but plan on doing so very soon! So here I am again, playing online poker in my spare time, playing HUsngs. Right now I'm currently at the $10 level as I'm still learning the game but I'm progressing very fast.
I first started playing them about two weeks ago and got completely destroyed but now I'm learning to beat the game very well. It's very hard to multi-table these so for now I'm single tabling. Hopefully I can get to the point where I'm 2-3 tabling but I'm going to take it slow. Here are my stats for yesterday, which I'm very pleased with:


Yeah it's not much, but profit is profit and I'm slowly going to move my way up the ladder and hopefully I'll be playing the $50s soon so I can actually start making real money.
That's all for now fishays. I've missed you all and g'luck on the tarbs!