I don't know, North...but I've been playing the last 7 hours and I feel like I'm playing well enough to win. Although I just had AA<<KK on a river 2 outer (mallin preflop), so maybe tilt is forthcoming.

I have lost quite a bit from my high point, but have taken some wicked beats/card dead too.

Sick days are a good idea...I dunno I've got about 3 more hours before going to work on zero sleep. If I can make another big day tomorrow, I think I have a chance...

So here are the details:

Hours before Doyle's room closes to Americans: 204

Points required to get bonus: 165,000

Current number of points: 96,773

Remaining points: 68,227

OK...so I started trying to figure out my pace 7 hours ago. At that time (9:45PM Pacific Time) I had 92,500 points.

So lets see here...4,300/7 = about 615

and 68,227/615 = 110

So I have to play for 110 hours out of 204

I've got to work about 40 of those hours. So that leaves 54 hours for sleeping/eating etc over 8 nights. Thats not too bad, really. I'm gonna give it a shot anyway.

Oh yeah, my bankroll is currently at $647. It started today at 640, ballooned up to 745 at its high point, and has been beaten back down in horrific fashion..

I'm playing three tables of 200bb .10/.20 and one table of 100bb .25/.50

If y'all have any good ideas, lemme know.

Suicide?

OK first session in the books. 9 hours. Bloodbath. $65 loss.

But I cleared some of those Goddam Action Points. They are now at 97,578.

Bankroll is $654

February is $595

So...9 hours. 5K points. This means I am clearing at closer to 550 points per hour, which is really bad. This means that I need to play closer to 121 hours. This is looking more impossible. I will try playing one more night and reevaluating in 24 hours.

I had some truly horrific beats toward the end. KK<<66 mallin preflop as douchebag hits his 6 on the river. Kill me. Seriously dude says "about time" in the chat window after that. About time to win as a 19-1 dog? Fuck you, buddy.

So anyway, I guess all things considered I played ok. Gotta go take a shower and go to work now. I should be back by about 3pm, which means I can get in around 12 hours tomorrow (ohh so sick) and a little nap. Hopefully bankroll will increase tomorrow so that I can move up to some more .25/.50nl tables.

Christ on a stick, what a pain in my ass.

well....uggghhh...I played a lot of poker in the last 48 hours. I finally had my first real hot streak of my life, and it came after I had been awake for 36 hours. I kept it going until 1am last night, but at that point no matter how much chocolate and tea I forced into my stomach, I couldn't keep from timing out of the tables. So I staggered off to bed and got about 6 hours of sleep, and I'm feeling a bit better now...although still kinda edgy/strung out.

I ended up winning about $330 yesterday, which is about 8 buyins. I played well and ran hot. No cooler hands, which is fucking so tite. Winning is like crack.

Unfortunately this whole Action Points bonus thing looks pretty impossible at this point. I need to clear 63,000 in the next 7 days, which = 18 hours of poker/day at my current rate. I'm gonna try for one or two more days to see if I can get it within striking distance, but it looks pretty unlikely. But if I keep running hot, I may be able to move up in limits soon.

Anyway I gotta go to work for a few hours, then back to the grind.

Here's the way things are:

Bankroll = $975

February = $916

G.A.P. = 101,904

Dood ...you did goot

I had another heater today too. We'll have to continue the competition tomorrow.

Well...I played some more .25/.50 and I cleard a bunch of those G.A.P.'s...but I don't have the roll to play that limit real confidently. And I lost AA to KK 2x in a row allin preflop (and KK to 55 and KK to 66). But what would I do with 300 dollars anyway?

OH SNAP MID-POST NEWSUPDATE *** I just got it mallin preflop with this donkey...and lost AK to KQ when donkey got a straight. I officially suck at poker, as I can't seem to win when I am way way way way ahead ***

So the bankroll is down to around $900 (HEY JUSKIMO...if Pokerzen is getting near overtaking my bankroll, please pwn him at the low-limit omaha tables for a while...you will be rewarded)

The G.A.P.'s are accruing, (now at 113K), but I still am not sure if I'm gonna make it. I kinda have a plan for if I get close, but not quite there, and I want to see if some of you would be willing to help me out. My idea is to let some (good) higher limit player play (thats you out MK) like 1/2 with my roll in order to accrue the points real fast. I would of course pay out some percentage of the bonus and winnings...whatever seems fair. Anyway if anyone is interested just PM me or post in here or something. I'm not sure if I will need it or not, but it would be nice to have an option. I don't want to just leave five hundo sitting there.

So, if you were gonna let someone on BTP play 1/2 with yer roll, who would it be?

Kenny.

If I were smart, I would give it to Piers and have him mize some nice mid limit games, as I would guess that it would clear more at something like 5/10 LO8 than at 1/2 nl.

I have also never played Tribeca, so take it for what it is worth.

ua1176 @1/2 NL Tribeca