$100 to $100,000

Hi Hatas, I'm back off Hiatus

2010-07-06T17:24:00.000-07:00

Its been over a year since my last post sorry for the unexpected hiatus. I will start updating my blog more frequently from now on. Ight lemme fill u in on what's new . Unfortunately I didnt manage to turn $100 into $100,000 in one year. I ended up not even close to accomplishing that goal. I only ended up making about $17k during that time. I was delusional to think that I could turn $100 into $100,000 in just my 1st year of grinding HU turbos.

But I did learn a lot during this time and I think that I have the potential to be one of the best hu players in the future. But from now on instead of making monetary goals I will only be making volume goals. I've began exclusively playing the HU super turbos on Full Tilt (my username on full tilt is- " bighusla ") These games are probably the future of Husng's. The volume that's possible in this game is unbelievable. I've 1 tabled 200+ games a day a few times and the competition is soooooo badddddd thus far. I reaaaaaaaaally hope the coaching sites dont teach these fools how to play and fuck up this game up in the future. I started out playing at the $50 level on June 24, 2010 not knowing what I was doing at all for my 1st 600 games. But after losing over $1100 it finally clicked and I began crushing this game. I'm up over $3k since then and $1100+ today. Take a look at my lifetime graph for these hu super turbos (hust's)

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Hopefully I continue to play and run well in these and this is not just a fluke. My goal for this month is to play 3000 hust's and move up to the $100 level by the end of the month. My next update will be before Friday

Current Roll- $10,207

Week 1 April Update

2009-04-08T07:47:00.000-07:00

The First week of April turned out to be a complete dissapointment. In terms of volume and money I completely failed. Dispite staying home basically all week I still only magaged to get 120 games in. This is mostly because when I am running bad I usually only 1 table so I can concentrate better and win games I really shouldnt win. But 1 tabling 4 mans is like torture especially when you are losing. Playing 1 game for 30-45 minutes and then lose is def a slap in the face so I am back to 2 tabling I don't care if I'm losing.
The good news is I have managed to turn my April downward spiral into basically a breakeven stretch and I am even up +10 buyins since last post.
The bad news is I am still in the negative for this month in the tune of about 17 buy ins ($600).
Regardless I still have high hopes for this month and once variance stops being a bitch I am confident that I can get back on track to another big month.
On a side note I have noticed that short term downswings and breakeven periods actually make me a better player and person. So I am going to use this to be a more humble and grateful Person. I now realize that the $$$ I win is not always a guarentee regardless of how large my edge is on the game. +$5000 months are sexy but not essential. As long as I make enough to cover my bills, maintain my lifestyle (I'm a life nit so thats not hard) enjoy life, play my best, get a good volume in and keep on enhancing as a player I'm goot. Hokiegreg once said practice makes perfect doesnt apply to poker but I desagree. I feel that the more I play the better I get. My reads become more dead on and my general understanding of the game and other players logic enhances, thats why sometimes I dont mind shortterm breakeven or losing sessions because I gain experience and humility. Thats it for now, hopefully by next update I will be out the red for the month! (Fingers Crossed)

Current Roll: $9,885

Get Your Balls Out My Cereal

2009-04-06T12:18:00.000-07:00

Fredebiel just asked me how I am I doing? I told him I have a fucking fishbowl on sharkscope for this month. There is literally a Fucking Fish Jumping in and out of a small tank of water next to my name. Fuck sharkscope and Fuck Pokerstars. I went from having a shark in March to a homosexual fish in April. Bartchalker said it best though "One day the poker gods love you, The next day they put their balls in your cereal."

Current Roll: $9591

CRUSHING

2009-03-31T11:30:00.000-07:00

March has been my best month ever. I've been mostly only playing the $34.50 HU 4 player games on Stars. These are my results so far this month in them
Games played 456. AVG. Profit $12.29. AVG. Stake $33. Total Profit $5606

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Averaging $12+ a game hu in the $33's is insane. $12 a game is what most HU grinders AVG in the $110's on a good month lol. Yea I know what You are thinking, this is a small sample blah blah... But take a look at my lifetime 4 man graph so far after 1492 games

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That's pretty much it. Life is good im running well and playing well. I'm shooting for a $10,000 month next month. Also I'll be updating a lot more I promise!

Current Roll: $10,746

Serious Grinding

2009-02-24T21:54:00.000-08:00

Ok, Last Tuesday I finally decided to step it up and play the $55 2 man hu. I grinded 8-12 hours every day with breaks only to eat and shower. because of this I was able to put in 264 games 1 tabling with decent results. I made about $1100 net and I think my potential is much higher. I was able to make this decent profit dispite running horribly and being on a sick 180 game breakeven stretch. The $55's are filled with bad regs and fish I am pretty sure I will be able to dominate this level for the next month. I will begin 2 tabling once I get to $7000 and I will move up to the $115's when I get to $12,000.

Current Roll $5,184

2009-02-19T15:28:00.000-08:00

Ok let me start off by apologizing for the long layoff. I have had a pretty crazy month outside of poker. my volume has been nowhere near where I would like for it to be. My results have been pretty solid when I have played though. I began this challenge on November 21, 2008 now its been nearly 3 months and my roll is only at $4,665. Although my Roi is excelent 15% I have 2 very major leaks stopping me from reaching my full potential.
1-Insanely low volume- caused by a completely unorganized lifestyle and distracting people around me.
2-Fear moving up in stakes- Although my game is very capable of beating the higher limits I still tilt very easily and cannot handle the mental aspects of losing a large amount of money. In fact I never feel completely comforatable playing a game unless I have 100+ buyins for that level.

With all that said heres the new plan. I stll think that I am more then capable of reaching the $100,000 mark by November 21, 2009 If I create and follow a realistic proper work schedule each month.
Current Roll- $4,765

How to Play Class 5 Starting Hands

2009-01-12T11:55:00.000-08:00

This is a must read by "JoyOfPoker"

Playing Class 5 Starting Hands

Hi Everyone,

Today I'd like to talk about a class of starting hands that most people just fold preflop.
Most poker players know how to play big cards like Kings and Tens, they know how to play pocket pairs and how to play "any two suited cards"; but, only the serious pros know how to play Class 5 starting hands.
I tell my students all the time that if they can't put you on a hand, they can't beat you. So, I offer you a hand that I am particularly proud of.Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $2/$4 Blinds - 6 Players - (LegoPoker Hand History Converter)
SB: $272.90
BB: $1,174.25
Hero (UTG): $756.00
MP: $828.10
CO: $404.20
BTN: $802.40Preflop:
Hero is dealt J 3 (6 Players)Hero raises to $8.00,
MP raises to $28.00,
4 folds, Hero calls $20.
This hand is a Class 5 starting hand. It has the advantage of being able to make a big straight with the Jack, a small straight with the 3 and two different flushes.
I am in the best position at the table. Both blinds are forced to put money in preflop without knowing their cards and I have the immediate position on them and am first to act. I make a standard raise to isolate. MP goes crazy with a huge raise which is a sign of weakness so I call to outplay him postflop.
At some point in the hand, I hope to put him to a decision for all my chips.
Flop: ($62) 5 K A (2 Players)
Hero bets $8.00,
MP raises to $60.00,
Hero calls $52.00.
OK, that's a pretty good flop for my hand.
I hit all my potential back door draws. Both straights are still live as is my spade flush draw. At this point I put out a feeler bet to see where I stand. He raises me huge again which is almost always a bluff. If he had a real hand, he would probably bet $20 to string me along. I tell my students all the time: It's important to understand that when people bet so transparently, you have to go with your reads and trust your postflop skills.
Turn: ($182) 3 (2 Players)
Hero checks,
MP bets $150.00,
Hero calls $150.
Based on his preflop and flop errors, I put him on 78 offsuit or 9T suited. Turn is an easy check to allow him to keep bluffing off his chips because I'm ahead 90% of the time. Remember: You can beat all levels of NLHE with aggressive check/calling.
River: ($482) 3 (2 Players)
Hero bets $20.00,
MP raises to $360.00, Hero raises to $518.00 (all-in),
MP calls $158.00. Now, I know this river play is an advanced concept and will go over many heads in this forum. It's probably more suited for the top 1% of poker players and guys like grimstarr and ImsaKidd will "get it" right away. But, I'll offer it to the few who might understand.
The river play is a Level 4 blocker. I want him to think that I think that he thinks that I think I have a weak hand that just wants to get to showdown. He falls into my trap and makes a bluffy raise. When people's raise amount have a "6" in it, they are almost always bluffing.
So, I push the nuts, he calls, and shows... AK of hearts
Hero takes down a nice pot. Now that we know both the hands, it's obvious villain misplayed all streets and made a crying call on the end. I doubt he even considered putting me on a Class 5 starting hand, which turned out to be his downfall. Also, remember that the second most misplayed hand in poker is AK, so don't fall into the same trap as this guy did. I hope you all were helped a little and I shall see you at the tables.joy

Standard

2009-01-10T22:25:00.000-08:00

Seat 1: bighusla (2245 in chips)
Seat 2: jallen003 (755 in chips)
bighusla: posts small blind 15
jallen003: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to bighusla [6c 4d]
bighusla: calls 15
jallen003: raises 90 to 120
bighusla: calls 90
*** FLOP *** [8h 7s 5s]
jallen003: bets 635 and is all-in
bighusla: calls 635
*** TURN *** [8h 7s 5s] [Th]***
RIVER *** [8h 7s 5s Th] [4h]*** SHOW DOWN ***
jallen003: shows [Jh Ah] (a flush, Ace high)
bighusla: shows [6c 4d] (a straight, Four to Eight)
jallen003 collected 1510 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 1510 Rake 0 Board [8h 7s 5s Th 4h]
Seat 1: bighusla (button) (small blind) showed [6c 4d] and lost with a straight, Four to Eight
Seat 2: jallen003 (big blind) showed [Jh Ah] and won (1510) with a flush, Ace high

"Busto and my GF won't stake me"

2009-01-08T11:43:00.000-08:00

Ok I was on 2+2 and I came accross this post and I thought it was hilarious 5 stars seriously read this!

"I am feeling so empty right now. My girl won’t give me any cash, (she says she’s broke) she’s a liar ..a fat liar her dad can go F**K a barnyard animal. He hates me cuz I'm a poker player and he says that I am ”No good for his daughter” I'm like "She's no good for me. Cant u see how fat she is and how fat she will become?" Shut him right up. Plus, I said if he doesnt start treating me nicer I'm going to talk her into leaving his fat ass in this state, then who’s gonna take his sheep to market????? Ahahahahah. OWNED.Cus my g/f is pregnant she thinks she can order me around??? Im like no bitch, go get your own F*****g pickles. What kinda psycho-hose-beast wants a F***ing pickle. Shes like “AHHHH, but ive got a craving them all day" then bursts into tears im like "WTF don’t try that S**t on me" Im like look, gimmie $75 so I can get us living the high life ON FTP! She's like wtf is FTP. I'm like “STUPID BITCH” shes like “I hate you...i hate you...i hate you” then she did this weird grunt fell over sideways on the couch and then started doing these really loud sobs that bellowed out into the house. I was thinking she sounded like a water buffalo or perhaps a hittototamus but I didnt want to piss her off any more until I had got me a bankroll (atleast enough for the 25nl im not playing with the crotch monkeys) So Im like just give me 300 for poker and through her tears and red eyes shes like "Thats how we ended up in this mess, we aren’t even gonna be able to afford formula when the baby comes" im like "But you have big tits and can breast feed till the baby is old enough to eat spaghetti!" she started babbling again... she said I can have $25 but thats all she got, I'm like WTF I cant do S**T with $25, shes like thats all I got im like "F**K you then" I’ll make my own money. Sell some body organs. So I go google that Shi* (apparently cant sell teeth but check this shi* out...
"The sale of kidneys is now has been made legal in Australia. People from all over the world have been contacting local papers throught the area seeking to place an advertisements for kidneys in which the standard going rate is $50,000."
IM like WHOOOOAAAA!, thats nosebleeds, thats noseeeeeeebleeds and I start getting excited and my girl asks whats the fuss, im like don’t talk to me fat A**. So a bad day turned out quite good. Called my boy up and he came thorugh.We smoked and talked about it. Apperently I got 2 kidneys. KAAACHHIINNNGG! Practically printing money right now. Only Gonna sell one though hopefully will have 50k soon.
Anyway I just went upstairs about 4am and my girl was snoring but I tried my luck anyway she was like "EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW U stink" just cus I aint showered since yesterday she said I smell “musty” Im like "you should smell your pu**y." I went to sleep with grind on the mind"

Selling Action

2009-01-08T09:51:00.000-08:00

Starting February 1, 2009 I will be selling 50% action of myself in the $115 4 man turbos.
I currently crush 4 mans at my current stakes with a 28% ROI after 570 games played.
Please leave a comment or email me at jayrprofecy@aol.com if you are interested.

Quick Update

2009-01-07T15:19:00.000-08:00

Current Roll-$3,337 (894 Games 18% ROI)

I am Running and Playing very well so far this month. I've been exclusively playing the $23's and I'm up $1100 in just 101 games with a 48% ROI heads up. Although I am very satisfied with my monetary results my volume is no where near where it needs to be. I am still having trouble 2 tabling without giving up edge. Hopefully I can work out the kinks by the end of this month. Also I decided to change my bankroll guidelines. Because I am now exclusively playing 4 mans the variance is much more signifigant thus my Risk Of Ruin has vastly increased. So I will now be playing with a 150 buy in roll and move up every 200 buyins for each level to combat this. I still think that I will be able to make my $100k goal this year despite this. Expecially if I keep crushing like I have so far. That said...Here comes the downswing I bet lol

Brag Post

2009-01-03T11:40:00.000-08:00

Despite razz my razz donkage and me going on a 12 game losing streak I'm off to a outstanding start for the year. My ROI heads up after 44 games at the $23 level is a Crushing 57% and I'm up $561 lol. I know that this is obviously unsustainable just great when it happens. And beautiful to look at on the scope lol.
My ROI HU. Since November 21, 2008 is now 17% after 837 games played and my Roll stands at $2800. I hope to have a $5000 month playing the $23's. I have a propbet with "fiddy" for $150 that I wont even make it to $3000 lol.
Here are the conditions of the Propbet though. I can only play HU games under $35 and I cannot play over 1200 games this month. He's giving me 2:1 odds on my money. What do you think am I getting the right odds?

Insane Razz Donkage

2009-01-03T11:28:00.000-08:00

Last night /this moring from 2-5am I went on inane monkey tilt. I think I lost like 12 Heads up 4 mans in a row and did something insanely stupid. I decided to try and make back the money I lost playing limit cash Razz. Needless to say I donked off about $400 before wifey shut my computer down and made me go to bed before I jepordized my roll anymore...lol.(Thank God for her) In order to punish myself for this bonehead move I decided to deposit the $400 I got this year in Christmas cards and put it into my poker acccount. I originally planned to use the money to buy a couple of SB Dunks (The MF Dooms and De La Souls) ****

2009 Poker/Life Goals

2009-01-01T23:08:00.000-08:00

2008 was a wash and 2009 will be better.Here are my Goals for 2009. I will be accomplishing all of them them.

Poker
1-Make $100,000+
2-Play 800-1500 Games Each month.
3-Master 2-3 tabling withouy giving up ROI.
4-Maintain a 20% ROI
5-Reach Supernova
6-Take down a Sunday Milli
7-Dont Burnout
8-Fix My Dam Luckbox!

Life
1-Enhance myself physically Workout 3-4 times per week and Gain 20 lbs of muscle. Right now 6'2 160 lbs lol I will be updating you on my progress with this goal every month with some before and after pics soon...maybe.
2-Enhance myself mentally. I plan on doing a lot of reading this year mostly self enhancement books thogh. Such as "The 48 Laws Of power", "The Art of War", "The Art of Seduction", "Your Potential Realized"...etc.
3-Enhance myself socially. Better Maintain my Conposure on and off the Poker Table by never bitching or arguing about anything. Arguements are a serious waste of time and very -ev.
4-Take School more serious and finally graduate.
5-Be the best person that I can be and always doing what is right no matter the result.
6-Become Organized. This maybe should have been #1 lol. I need to make a Schedules and follow them completely. period. no more excuses.
7-Open Up "The Spot"

Happy New Year

2009-01-01T22:42:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year Everyone I wish everyone a great and properous one. Let me start off by saying that I now only play 4 mans. I do not play 2 man heads up games at all anymore. All you heads up grinders should seriuously consider playing more 4 mans. The ROI increase that you recieve is rediculous. Check this out Since I began the challenge
I played 366 heads up 2 man games for$11.50 and $23 and I made $603 and had a ROI of 7%.
I played 435 heads up 4 man games for $11.50 and $23 and I made $1793 and had a ROI of 25%.

The bad thing about 4 mans are though the variance is very high. 12 game losing streaks are very common, I've had several so far. Its good to keep a large roll for these. I think that I will Try and keep a 100 buy in roll in order to be able to withstand the variance and move up accordingly.

I've been working on my 2 tabling skills a lot and I seem to be slowly getting the hang of it. I understand that my mastery of 2-3 tabling will be essential in order for me to complete my goal. I am very happy with my volume so far though. Last month I was able to play 700+ games by mostly 1 tabling and playing a ton of 4 mans. I believe that when I finally get the hang of 2 tabling I will be able to pump out 1200-1500 games per month. But for now I will be satisfied with 800-1000 games.

I am sorry to kill you with numbers this post and try to make my next posts a lil bit more interesting lol

Current Roll: $2,493

Progress Update

2008-12-20T12:49:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas everyone. Ok its been just a lil bit more then a month (35 days) since I decided to hang up the old McDonalds badge, take my lil $100 savings and become a heads up pro lol. So far its been a great investment. here are my results so far.

Games Played: 695
Avg. Profit Per game: $2.68
Avg. Stake: $20
Avg. ROI: 15%
Total Profit: $1865

Although I am somewhat satisfied with my results thus far I still feel like I have a huge room for improvement. I am considering buying a few heads up videos from Hokiegreg just so that I can incorrporate a few more plays into my current arsenal. Hopefully i can get my ROI up to 22% by the end of January. I'll keep you posted.

Current Roll: $1965 (1.965% there lol)

I Pwn 4 Mans

2008-12-18T10:35:00.000-08:00

I've been 2 tabling the $11 4 mans today and so far my stats are unreal.
Games Played: 15
Avg. Stake: $11
Avg Profit: $17.8
Avg ROI.: 155%
Total Profit: $268

Obviously I know that such a high ROI. is not sustainable but my lifetime stats for 4 mans are as follows
Games Played: 219
Avg. Stake: $19
Avg Profit: $5.6
Avg Roi: 34%
Total Profit: $1,233

I am trying to figure out why my 4 man stats are so much insanely better then my 2 man stats. Here are a couple reasons I have thought of
1-My sample size is to small and will even out eventually
2-I am insanely hard to beat in the second round by the players at this low level because of my bets and the increased stack sizes
3-My ROI is just naturally higher in 4 mans

Whatever the reason may be hu. 4 man turbos are definitely my best game. I will be two tabling the $11 ones for the next few days to properly Beta Test the variance and EV of this game. I will post my conclusions in a later post.

New Blog Links Posted

2008-12-18T09:05:00.000-08:00

I have posted links to some of my personal faviorte blogs and sites check them out they are some good reads.

Variance Is A *****

2008-12-18T00:18:00.000-08:00

A failure is a man who has made mistakes, but is not able to cash in on the experience. So I am not going to do the typical rant (that everyone does) about how I've been running so bad and poker gods must hate me so much and how I am the unluckiest person in the world. Because quite frankly we all go through the same slumps and coolers its just part of poker. Variance is a ho that messes with everyone lol. Its just how you deal with her that seperates the good players from the great players. So rather then complain I am going to take advantage of her and use her to enhance myself more as a player. I also realize that my slump is not entirely due to the fact that I've had a really bad run of cards (although mostly it is due to that fact) but I'm going to keep it real....I have not played a few hands particulary well. I really need to work on
1-How to play small pocket pairs on raised pots out of position during the early blind levels
2-All in Calling ranges during the 25/50 blind levels when the villain has between 600-1000 chips and just keeps going all in randomly(I am going to be studying The SAGE. System for the next two days maybe this will help)
3-How to better play super Aggro. players during the early blind levelsI know that every player is different and no set system is guaranteed to work 100% of the time but Aristotle said it best "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit"I believe that this is true for a lot of things in life particuarly poker so I will continue to beta test new techniques and winning strategies until I am able to almost always play each hand I come accross in every scenario flawlessly. I will also be posting the hand histories of hands I feel meet this criteria.

Dec. Goals

2008-12-16T14:19:00.000-08:00

December goals

700 games (volume is low because I didnt quit my job until Dec. 10 January I will try to get 1000-1200 games in)
Maintain a 12% ROI.
Build My roll to at least $2500
Study my hand histories 1 hour per day and plug all leaks

Streaky Day

2008-12-16T13:55:00.000-08:00

I started out today playing 4 mans and I ran horribly (6 straight 2nd places) I Decided to stop playing 4 mans for a while and stick to 2 mans and won 7 out of my last 8 games. I wont be back online to later tonight because wifey really wants to go the the movies. Hopefully I can get 10 games in when I get home.

Current Roll: $1570

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds

2008-12-16T00:01:00.000-08:00

Ok I posted my goal on 2+2 and the standard response from everyone is my goal is "impossible to reach", "I need to take a bunch of risks to make it", "my guidlines are to tight"....etc But guess what nothing would ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. So after absolutely no consideration of what the peanut gallery had to say I have decided to stick to my current guidlines and grind even harder. F the haters lol. Aristotle said it best "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit". So I'm just going to try and get better and better each game I play by studying my hand histories and fixing all my leaks until not only I reach my goal but I am the best player in which I can possibly be. My goal will be accomplished.

Current roll:$1584 (Current stats since challenge 1st begun Nov. 21,2008 Games Played 481 Avg. profit $3.08 avg stake $21 Avg ROI. 15%)

The Goal

2008-12-15T23:38:00.000-08:00

My name is Jay im 22 years old a student at community college and I currently work at mickey D's...I make $140 a week working there so needless to say I need a new way of making money. My dream is to own my own business. I need $100,000 to open up a videogame lounge (I will elaborate on this idea more on a later post) Well with that said my goal is to turn my tiny $100 bankroll into $100,000 in one year playing heads up poker on pokerstars. I began this challenge on November 21, 2008 now its December 16,2008 and my roll is up to $1,542. So far i have only been playing hu $11.50 and $23.00 turbos. My current win rate so far is 57% for 2 mans and 33% for 4 mans. Hopefully I can improve this to 60% and 36% with a bit more practice. But here are the rules for this challenge.Rule 1- I am only allowed to Play games in which I have more then 60 buy ins for.Rule 2- I am not allowed to cash out more then 5% of my total roll per month until the challenge is complete.Rule 3- I must play a minimum of 500 games per month. ( I will try to play 1000 most months)Well wish me luck guys I will try to update you on my progress daily.Pokerstars alias: bighusla