My professional career so far

Here are some numbers starting from last May, which is when I graduated from LMU.

From May 09 to today July 9th, my current profit is $131,033.27. This includes expenses and profits/losses from backing and other gambling. That's 14.25 months, which is an avg monthly profit of $9,036.77.

In 1,068 hours of recorded live play since October 09, I have won $127,664. That is about $118/hr. This is also spread out across a variety of stakes from as low as $0.25/$0.50 to as high as $50/$100. However, having sold action out in many of the higher stakes games, my own personal profit is not that high.

I have played 52 tournaments live since October 09. I have a net profit of only $3,082. That is pretty meager. I need to improve my skill level in tournaments or it's simply not worth playing. To be fair a lot of those losses were incurred this summer during the WSOP, where I was on a pretty big downswing. I cashed in 8 of the 52 tournaments for an 15% in the money rate. However, since it's from October on, it doesn't include last year's WSOP, where I had my big cash.

My online results are more complicated due to sheer volume. To sum it up, since May last year, I'm down in online tournaments, and probably around break even in online cash games, although the exact number is unknown.

I'll see you across the felt.
Bryce

The end of the WSOP

Busted the main event today. Was grinding for a while, but I couldn't ever get any easy chips. I had won them all the hard way and then they went all down the drain when I had to fold JJ on an ace high board in a 3bet pot, then had a guy backdoor a straight against me.

Altogether I played 22 WSOP events. I have two cashes both in PLO. My total tournament net is -$17,378.

I won $2,782 in cash games while in vegas.

I'm down $10,114 backing people while in Vegas. $3,000 was backing Kevin in a 50-100 PLO game and $5,500 was my share of John's main event action.

I'm $1,885 playing blackjack. Also got barred from playing at South Point Casino.

Overall the trip cost me, $26,595. Sucks.

I'm debating playing the Venetian $5k on Monday. I've heard it's a good tournament, but I honestly don't know if I want to play it. Busting the main event was so emotionally draining. We'll see. I kinda just want to get back to playing cash games in LA.

I'll see you across the felt.
Bryce

It's the greatest tournament in the world!

day 1 of the WSOP main event

Started with 30k at 50/100

ended with 23.5k at 200/400/25

Fourth hand of the day I get 77, raise to 300, and the BTN calls. The flop is KK7r, I bet 475 and get called. Turn is a 3. I check going for a c/r vs Kx and wanting to avoid blowing a hand like 99 off the hand. He checks behind. The river is a J. I bet 1125, and he raises about 2400 more. I'm not happy but I'm also not about to fold a full house early on day 1 without rock solid reads. I call, he has JJ.

I 3barrel a guy a few hands later and find out he turned a set. First round of blinds down to 16k, and ran into two sets. Not good.

I spent most of the day slowly grinding back up. I got up to 35k several times, but then lost big pots to get back down. I had to fold JJ to a 3barrel on a 7 high board. Then I made two pair with QT on a QT99 board and he had 89. To end the day I got AKo AIPF vs 88 and lost that flip.

The big pots I won were QQ vs A7s on Ts2s3c flop, and one pot where I made a big bluff with 95o. I also busted a shorty when he called my reraise with KQo. Bad, especially when the board comes out Queen high and I have KK. I did hit two more sets that day with KK and JJ but won small pots with both.

Nothing special to note. My table was bad, but I was unable to capitalize. I didn't flop pairs much. Pretty sure the odds of flopping a pair are about 9:1 against. I'm not a math player though. :)

Hopefully I run better day 2. Good thing the structure in the main event is amazing.

I'll see you across the felt.
Bryce

June Monthly Report and WSOP updates

June

Cash Games

Live $38,782.00
Online ($509.25)

Tournaments

Live ($12,704.68)
Online ($824.83)

Poker $24,743.24

Staking ($3,534.00)

Other Gambling $825.00
Month's Expenses $0.00
Net on month $22,034.24

I started winning in blackjack again. I'm still stuck overall though. On the bright side I got a confirmation that I'm counting correctly. I got barred from playing at South Point Casino. I'm actually kind of proud. That's a milestone in every counter's career.

I've played 20 WSOP events so far. I have 2 cashes, $3,800 for the $1500 PLO, and $9800 for a 19th place finish in the $2500 PLO. Overall I'm down though. Been running pretty bad in tourneys.

Last weekend, the Hustler Casino told me I was a finalist in their $100k drawing and that I had a 1/100 shot to win a hundred grand. When I drove back and arrived, they told me actually I was 1 of 100 people to enter a 4 digit passcode. And if THAT matched, then I won the 100k. So basically my EV was only like $10. Hardly worth driving back to LA for. I decided to go to Malibu after the drawing, which wasn't a total waste. I won a Snuggie.

I ended up having a killer session at Malibu. I played for 20 hours and ended up winning $36k. I deposited some of my winnings, took some back to Vegas, and the game actually couldn't pay me that day cause everyone was on markers. The guys running the game actually flew out to Vegas to pay me my winnings. That's pretty good service right there.

I'm really looking forward to the main event. I feel a little rusty in NLHE, so I'm playing online as practice. I feel like I'm due to make a big run, and I'm hoping it's in the main event. But I need to practice hard, so I can make the most of any good luck I might receive. Wish me luck.

I'll see you across the felt.
Bryce

WSOP Updates

I'm currently 0/7 in tournaments so far.

I've played

$1k NLHE

$1.5 Limit O8

$2.5k 2-7 Triple draw

$1.5k NLHE

$1k NLHE

$1.5k NLHE 6 handed
$5k NLHE

I've been running pretty bad in the tournaments. In the $5k I got 3 outted twice to go out.
I raised TT to 375 on the button, and the SB calls and Annette Oberstad calls in the BB.
The flop is Qs Qc 6d. They both check, and I bet 700. Annette calls. 5d hits the turn. She check calls 1250. The river is an Ace. She checks and I valuebet 2600. She calls with A4o. Sucks she got there, but I think I made a good valuebet on the river. Later Annette and I talked for a bit and she thinks I made a thin but good valuebet.

Then I got moved to table 1 where this happened within 4 hands.

First hand, I fold

Second hand, I decide to fold J8o in HJ.
CO opens to 525, Havad Kahn 3bets the button to 1375, Noah Boeken cold 4bets the SB to 4100, and the BB tank 5 bet jams for 18k. Everyone tank folds to the shove.

Sick table I'm at.

Hand 3 I fold.
Hand 4, UTG raises to 550, I get AK in MP and 3bet to 1350. He shoves and puts me in, I snap call. He has AJo. Jack high flop and the tournament is over.


I also had a rough cash game session last night where I lost about $2k. Almost all of it was to John Hanson, who just ran super hot against me. John's a friend of mine from Hustler casino, but doesn't play Omaha hi/lo very well. Oh well it happens. I'm still around 8k in that 5/10 omaha game.

Taking today off. $1.5k PLO tomorrow, then another day off. Next weekend, I'm going to head back home for a few days then come back, unless I go deep into a tourney on Thursday.

I'll see you across the felt.
Bryce

May Results and more about the WSOP

May

Cash Games

Live $25,372.50
Online ($506.34)

Tournaments

Live ($1,316.50)
Online ($431.99)

Poker $23,117.67

Staking ($5,730.00)
Other Gambling ($3,000.00)
Month's Expenses ($135.58)

Net on month $14,252.09


I ended up bubbling the $1500 O8 event. I placed 97th. 81 spots paid. That sucked. I also lost my last longer bet with Jeff Madsen. Apparently I also bubbled the $1k buyin, cause after day 1 only 40 people needed to bust in order to cash.

Since then I busted the $2500, 2-7 Triple draw event, and the 1500 NLHE. I've also won about 2500 in cash games, so at least it's not going all downhill.

I got more coming up, but I might take a break for a few days and celebrate a friends birthday. Might not too. Sucks be a degen sometimes.

I'll see you across the felt.

Bryce

First week in vegas during the WSOP

I showed up and had fun before the WSOP started. I was hanging out with Matt and we played some 1/2 NL and 1/2 PLO. I also managed to drop 3k in blackjack. Counting has gone very badly for me. I am 100% sure I am counting properly, but working on a 1% edge is very small. I would estimate my edge in poker is around 3-5%, and my swings in that are huge. A 1% creates substantially bigger swings. It doesn't bother me though, and I hit my stop loss, so that's all that matters.

I played the $1k NLHE event at the WSOP, now that it's officially started. I spent the entire day grinding a short to barely below average stack, and simply couldn't get any traction. I made several really big laydowns, including folding TT to a 3bet when I had only 11bb. I was right and he had JJ.

I eventually busted with only 10 minutes left of play in day 1 when I shoved with K4s with 9bb and ran into aces.

I'm going to play the $1500 limit Omaha 8 or better tourny today. Wish me luck.

I'll see you across the felt.

Bryce