31 days, 27 sessions - August Report

I know August is not officially over yet but I think I am gonna take a break tonight so I'm calling it a month. July was a huge month for me so August had a tough act to follow. It started out great and within the first 3 sessions I was already close to my monthly profit target. Then it see-sawed back and forth to end the month at almost the same point. I experienced my biggest losing session of my career, down 600bb in just 5 hours or so along with some interesting events.

Don't be shocked. The pink stack was not mine. I borrowed from the guy next to me

Overall this month I played in 27 sessions and was personally up about 1000bb of my average stake game. It works out to be a decent 6bb per hour. 6bb/hour is not a great hourly rate but because I'm playing at a higher stake, the bottom line is not too shabby. But after deducting action sold and bought, ended up with a profit of just shy of 500bb. Considering I had one session that I lost 600bb, and my daily expenses here costs only about 3bb, it's a good result. I also squeezed in a holiday to Bangkok in between, so it's been a decent month. Sorry for being vague about the numbers but I also want to be transparent about my journey for those interested in pursuing their poker dreams too.

I had a few interesting "incidents" this month as well. There was a guy that owed me money and I think blocked my WhatsApp. I managed to find his wife and got him in trouble with her. He immediately messaged me asking me to cover for him. I told her it was a prank and he paid me back the next day and even thanked me for it. Don't mess with me man. Haha

There's a company across from my room and every morning at 8:40am there's a shift change and they are super noisy when they are waiting for their 9am shift. I was so pissed one morning I ran out there and into the office telling the boss to control his staff. It worked at least for the next few days. :)

Found time to take a river cruise with some friends

Another interesting story. There's a poker room in town that offers free food vouchers for play. I had two that expired. Granted I was naughty to change the dates and tried to use them but I was pretty upset that the F&B supervisor wanted to take further action. For all the rake I have generated for them, the positive reviews and support, and just being like the regular joker always friendly with everybody, they want to be petty about $20? He may have saved them $20 but he just cost the company a lot of money. I haven't been there ever since. Haha.

I have a backer that trusts and supports my game. But recently he has not been able to be present at the game. I had one session I was grinding hard and ended up winning a lot for the both of us. Then greed poked it's head and had a small voice in my head. "Why not just tell him you won less than that. You worked so hard for this profit." I am not a saint and I am human, but I am learning to be a better version of myself. Though tempting, I insisted on reporting accurate results to him all the time. I would be a hypocrite if I did otherwise. All my posts about being ethical, being a better person, blah blah. I hope I will be rewarded for my honesty.

Let's lose some weight

Also I started to do something about my weight. Just today I joined a Futsal game and I was seriously out of breath. At one point I was worried I was going to collapse and get a heart attack. I have not played regularly for maybe 8 years and I am seriously out of shape. But hopefully I can join them every week and rebuild my stamina and shed some pounds.

Finally I am planning to start a small business soon. It is very exciting times but I am quite lazy and a procrastinator. Right now I need a local graphic designer that speaks good English. If you know anyone who might suit, please let me know. And also please follow me on my Facebook page if you haven't. I will post regular updates there about my story.