So, I've been playing a lot of home games lately. They are pretty big, like 25/50 PLO, 50/100 NLHE. I had a pretty bad experience last year playing at home games, but I feel confidant these games are straight.
I know the guys running the two games I've been going to for over two and a half years now, and I feel like they are good people. One of them actually helped me out a lot last year. I also have to thank him for getting me to play these home games again, cause I've been doing quite well so far.
I've played 127 hours in them since the WSOP. And I've won about $111.7k. That's a pretty damn good hourly rate, and I think it might be a little high, but I can probably sustain something fairly close to that number. That said, these games are so large, I can't have all my own action in them. I usually have somewhere between 25-40% of myself depending on how large the game is in a given night.
Given how stretched my bankroll was at the beginning of the year, it feels nice to have a lot of cash to play with again, and I don't want to jeopardize that with one bad week at these enormous games. I think I may finally be following proper bankroll management. But then again who knows. I always want to play bigger and bigger. It's like a test to see if I'm good enough to keep winning at a higher level.
These games really are insane though. I've seen a guy lose $100k in 5 hours and have a blast. It was like he felt like it was just a game, and I guess if you don't care about the money, it really is just a game. I seen another guy win $100k in a night, and a fair chunk of that came from me. Since I started playing these games, I've had three nights where I've lost $25k or more. That's freaking crazy to me. I know that it's not all my money, but the amount of money flowing back and forth in these games is mind boggling.
And then, you always have to wonder if you are going to get paid. None of these games use cash, who would carry $100k with them? So it's all on markers. I'm still owed $27k from this January at home game I never got paid on. And I probably will never get paid. The good thing is these new games I'm at, I've had no problems like that, and hopefully won't in the future.
These games are so different from casinos. The players are different, we get a lot of rich successful people, and some very famous ones. The environment is different, it's usually in some incredibly nice location, and they offer free alcohol, food, and massages. It makes you feel like a VIP, but the cost is in the rake. It's way way way more than a casino.
Anyways, overall going back has been a good experience for me. I hope it stays that way. I'm looking forward to 2012. If everything goes right in this upcoming year, it could be pretty huge for me. My goal is to make like $200k, but if I get lucky it could be way more than that.
Wish me luck. That's all a gambler can ask for.
I'll see you across the felt.
Bryce
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