I was unhappy to record a net loss for the month of January--down $255, to be exact. Not devastating, by any means, but unpleasant and disheartening. Some of it was due to bad luck, of course, but I'll admit that I was also afflicted by a streak of the Fancy Play Syndrome virus. Reverting back to my more habitual by-the-book, ABC, solid, value-bet approach seems to have turned the boat around. This week, though yet incomplete, is already my fifth-best since moving to Vegas, and the very best week that doesn't include a tournament score (i.e., it's my best-ever cash-game-only week).
But in the last couple of days, the news has presented me with more reasons not to feel quite so bad about a -$255 January:
1) There's this guy, who apparently owes Caesars and Rio some $14.7 million.
2) There's Tom "Durrrr" Dwan, who reportedly lost $3.5 million playing online in January. (Reached via this Wicked Chops Poker post.)
3) Then there's the Fertitta family. For a long time, it seemed that everything they touched turned to gold, but since taking their Stations Casinos company private, they are estimated to have lost no less than $3.5 billion. Now that's gotta hurt!
I guess I can take my little bad month in stride....
Friday, February 06, 2009
I'm not the biggest loser
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The numbers for durr are not accurate, since they only keep track of Full Tilt games. Nobody knows what he won or lost on Stars (he is Holdem_NL there) and other sites, also he is known to stake a lot of people as well as when he plays nosebleeds some players have % of his action. He might not be a loser at all or he might be a bigger loser than 3.5, we just don't know and all the numbers are speculative...
I had a decent January till I dropped 1.9k in one session and only finished it up 1200. This month being crappy too, up 165 in 15 hrs blah and down 450 online :( Where would you say the softest games are in Vegas? I need to score a couple of winning sessions to boost my confidence.
Grump, it happens to the best. I read your blog all the time and see you kicking ass on a regular basis, so don't feel bad. I too had ONE losing month Feb 08 (-$130.00) in the 15 months I've been in Vegas.
What's you hourly rate of all time? That's the most important number right? Mine is less than $20.00 and most $1/$2 players are about the same. I wonder if you are over $20.00
I am at 24$/hr in Sep1-Jan31, but I have some huge losing sessions, had one -1800 and another -1900. Had I known when to quit at times that rate would be better.
Grump do you reply to the comments?
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