Damn, been a long time since I've updated. If you haven't noticed yet, I am updating my Twitter (twitter.com/hokiegreg) very regularly. I update my twitter almost every day with details about my daily grind, interesting hand histories, etc. Check it out.
As of my last update, I was +86.9k at the end of July. I've made just over 39k since then, putting me at +125.9k for the year. Pretty far behind my yearly goal of 175k. With 40 days to go in the year, I'm really going to have to play amazing/run good to have a shot at reaching my goal. I most likely won't make it, which is fine. 2009 has been a great year for me in a lot of ways. I finished 2008 with the biggest month of my career (28k in December), hopefully I can top that!
Monthly Totals:
August: +12k
September: +12k
October: +10.2k
November (as of 11/20): +5.9k
3 more 10k months. Pretty solid, but I think I can do better. Since my last update, I met up with an old high school friend who just started his husng career recently (SickoMcnasty -- blog listed on right). Also, one of my good poker friends, Phmerc, moved down to Richmond and lives in my condo building. The 3 of us set up a pretty baller office in Phmerc's condo and grind there pretty much every day. Having some people to grind with day in and day out has really helped me increase my volume. I'm easily putting in 200-300 more games per month than I was before. I would like to be putting in 750-1000/month in 2010. 3 months ago I would have said there was no way I'd be capable of it, but now I think I have a chance. The $$$ I could make from the fpp's of those games at my stakes is ridiculous.
I agreed to a coaching deal with HUSNG.com in October. I am releasing 2 videos per month for them (all buyin levels). HUSNG.com has pretty reasonable membership rates and has some high quality material. If you're serious about improving your husng game, I would definitely recommend checking us out.
That's all for now. Going to keep doing most of my blogging via Twitter.
I hope you all have a successful end to 2009.
Good luck.
2009 Total Profit: +$125,997
Friday, November 20, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
July/August Recaps
What up, degens? Been a while since last update. I've done a lot of micro-blogging via Twitter (pretty much daily)...I update mid-session etc. Check it out.
July: +11,995
Almost 12k month. Pretty solid considering my volume wasn't very good as always. Fortunately, I crushed in the games that I did play. Think I played about 400 total. Most of my games were played at 220s with some 200/300 and 4 mans mixed in. I feel good about how I played this month.
2009 Profit through July 31st: +86,914
August: +9kish through 8/24
Getting close to hitting 100k for the year. About 4k to go. I've pretty much made the jump up to being a 330 regular now. I don't plan to move down again since I am overrolled for the move. I should've done this a while ago, but I've never really forced things in terms of moving up levels. I just do it when I'm completely comfortable. I'm sure I've missed out on some profit bc of this, but it's made for a much less stressful career. I've been a bit more liberal with my shot-taking this month and have played a few sessions of 550 2s (and 550 4 mans). Really happy with how I'm feeling about my game. Hopefully I can put in a solid week to end the month and hit that 100k mark before September gets going.
Check out CWF blog under links on right. He's a dude I went to high school with. He's just starting to get his husng career going. We have been hanging out a lot frequently, playing at coffeeshops together and what not. Just living the dream. Cool guy, lots of potential. It's very motivating to have another poker player to chill with in real life. It doesn't really matter to me at all what stakes he is playing, it's just nice to have someone that is working towards the same goal as you. Another guy I have known from poker for a long time is moving down to Richmond in a week or so. Going to have a bit of a poker crew going, lol. Should be a hell of a time.
HokieGregPoker.com:
This is going to be my new blog/website starting in the next few weeks. I hired a webmaster and he is in the process of getting everything setup. The focus of the site is going to be on my video sales. Details are still in the works, but basically I will be producing a higher quantity of videos for a vastly reduced price per video. Sales will be done by monthly memberships somewhere in the range of 50/month (get 5 or 6 videos per month, plus video library of old vids). Going to have a forum to discuss hands/ask questions. Also going to connect the site with blog/twitter/coaching pages...so everything will be a little more streamlined that it is currently. Should be pretty cool. Stay tuned.
2009 Total Profit: 95,914
July: +11,995
Almost 12k month. Pretty solid considering my volume wasn't very good as always. Fortunately, I crushed in the games that I did play. Think I played about 400 total. Most of my games were played at 220s with some 200/300 and 4 mans mixed in. I feel good about how I played this month.
2009 Profit through July 31st: +86,914
August: +9kish through 8/24
Getting close to hitting 100k for the year. About 4k to go. I've pretty much made the jump up to being a 330 regular now. I don't plan to move down again since I am overrolled for the move. I should've done this a while ago, but I've never really forced things in terms of moving up levels. I just do it when I'm completely comfortable. I'm sure I've missed out on some profit bc of this, but it's made for a much less stressful career. I've been a bit more liberal with my shot-taking this month and have played a few sessions of 550 2s (and 550 4 mans). Really happy with how I'm feeling about my game. Hopefully I can put in a solid week to end the month and hit that 100k mark before September gets going.
Check out CWF blog under links on right. He's a dude I went to high school with. He's just starting to get his husng career going. We have been hanging out a lot frequently, playing at coffeeshops together and what not. Just living the dream. Cool guy, lots of potential. It's very motivating to have another poker player to chill with in real life. It doesn't really matter to me at all what stakes he is playing, it's just nice to have someone that is working towards the same goal as you. Another guy I have known from poker for a long time is moving down to Richmond in a week or so. Going to have a bit of a poker crew going, lol. Should be a hell of a time.
HokieGregPoker.com:
This is going to be my new blog/website starting in the next few weeks. I hired a webmaster and he is in the process of getting everything setup. The focus of the site is going to be on my video sales. Details are still in the works, but basically I will be producing a higher quantity of videos for a vastly reduced price per video. Sales will be done by monthly memberships somewhere in the range of 50/month (get 5 or 6 videos per month, plus video library of old vids). Going to have a forum to discuss hands/ask questions. Also going to connect the site with blog/twitter/coaching pages...so everything will be a little more streamlined that it is currently. Should be pretty cool. Stay tuned.
2009 Total Profit: 95,914
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
HUSNG.com Video Package
Hey guys.
I released some of my old videos (weeks 2-7) on husng.com. It's $40 total for 5.5 hours of videos. If my vids have been too expensive for you in the past, this is probably the best deal that you will ever get for them. HUSNG.com...top right of their main page is my video package...check it out.
I'm going to be producing a bunch of new videos over the next few weeks. I hired a webmaster to help me setup a more functional blog (all my blog history will be transferred to it). Also going to be setting up a video site that will allow you to buy my vids directly off of it using paypal.
The style of my videos will continue to be pretty similar. Mostly 2 tabling 220/330, pausing in key spots to expand my commentary, clear picture, no background noise, explaining concepts clearly/concisely, no bitching about bad beats (that tilts me a lot about some videos). Not sure about prices yet, but they will probably be changing slightly. I'm thinking of making a few low stakes vids, I'm open to ideas...post a comment and give me some suggestions.
Good luck.
July Profit: +3994
I released some of my old videos (weeks 2-7) on husng.com. It's $40 total for 5.5 hours of videos. If my vids have been too expensive for you in the past, this is probably the best deal that you will ever get for them. HUSNG.com...top right of their main page is my video package...check it out.
I'm going to be producing a bunch of new videos over the next few weeks. I hired a webmaster to help me setup a more functional blog (all my blog history will be transferred to it). Also going to be setting up a video site that will allow you to buy my vids directly off of it using paypal.
The style of my videos will continue to be pretty similar. Mostly 2 tabling 220/330, pausing in key spots to expand my commentary, clear picture, no background noise, explaining concepts clearly/concisely, no bitching about bad beats (that tilts me a lot about some videos). Not sure about prices yet, but they will probably be changing slightly. I'm thinking of making a few low stakes vids, I'm open to ideas...post a comment and give me some suggestions.
Good luck.
July Profit: +3994
Sunday, July 5, 2009
June = Mediocre
Another month of not meeting my goals. Wanted to play 600 games, only played 380ish. I still had a +9.2k month, so no complaints here really. Would like to actually meet my monthly goals at least once this year though, haha.
I don't know what my deal is with volume this year though. It's definitely been a struggle. While I stand by my belief that quality of games is FAR more important than quantity of games, there still has to be a balance. Law of diminishing returns for you economists out there. I have not found that balance yet.
I am obsessed with playing only when I feel I am going to play my A game. I don't plan to start playing during the times when I am going to play worse than my A game, mainly bc I think that my C game really sucks. When I'm mentally "done" with a session, I spew really, really hard. I just need to continue working on expanding my ability to play my A game over a greater amount of games per month. Not sure what the answer is yet, but I have conquered numerous other mental leaks throughout my career through trial and error. Going to figure it out eventually. It's really the only thing that is holding me back from 25-30k months on a regular basis, imo.
I'm still twittering every day pretty much. I enjoy it. It keeps my days/sessions into perspective.
June Profit: +9,240
2009 Profit: +74,919 (12.5k behind pace for 175k 2009 goal)
Also, I am going to be releasing a 5 hour video package on husng.com in the next few days. It's videos that I have released several months ago, so if you've bought my videos regularly you probably already have these.
I don't know what my deal is with volume this year though. It's definitely been a struggle. While I stand by my belief that quality of games is FAR more important than quantity of games, there still has to be a balance. Law of diminishing returns for you economists out there. I have not found that balance yet.
I am obsessed with playing only when I feel I am going to play my A game. I don't plan to start playing during the times when I am going to play worse than my A game, mainly bc I think that my C game really sucks. When I'm mentally "done" with a session, I spew really, really hard. I just need to continue working on expanding my ability to play my A game over a greater amount of games per month. Not sure what the answer is yet, but I have conquered numerous other mental leaks throughout my career through trial and error. Going to figure it out eventually. It's really the only thing that is holding me back from 25-30k months on a regular basis, imo.
I'm still twittering every day pretty much. I enjoy it. It keeps my days/sessions into perspective.
June Profit: +9,240
2009 Profit: +74,919 (12.5k behind pace for 175k 2009 goal)
Also, I am going to be releasing a 5 hour video package on husng.com in the next few days. It's videos that I have released several months ago, so if you've bought my videos regularly you probably already have these.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Quick Update
Not much to update really. Pretty standard, uneventful month on the poker front.
Up somewhere around 9k right now. Played some pitiful amount like 250 games so far this month. I'm hoping to end around 400 games (goal was 600...ugh).
I'm 26 as of yesterday. My last birthday I was starting to feel pretty old. This year I am feeling quite young.
Thanks for voting in my polls. Just wanted some kind of idea of who was reading. Also, had some sketchballs tell me I should stop tracking profit. No idea why. I'm liking the results of this poll so far, esp the 'quit poker and get a 9-5' votes.
Check out the book 'Mind Gym' by Gary Mack (sports psychologist). It is so much better than any Tommy Angelo/poker psych book out there. You can relate literally everything in this book to poker.
Most of my blogging (micro-blogging...w/e) is being done on Twitter now. I'll continue to update here once or twice a month to maintain the timeline/progression of my career. If you want daily details or want to see me brag about soul reads or how about how bad I think I play, then you'll like my Twitter.
Good luck.
Up somewhere around 9k right now. Played some pitiful amount like 250 games so far this month. I'm hoping to end around 400 games (goal was 600...ugh).
I'm 26 as of yesterday. My last birthday I was starting to feel pretty old. This year I am feeling quite young.
Thanks for voting in my polls. Just wanted some kind of idea of who was reading. Also, had some sketchballs tell me I should stop tracking profit. No idea why. I'm liking the results of this poll so far, esp the 'quit poker and get a 9-5' votes.
Check out the book 'Mind Gym' by Gary Mack (sports psychologist). It is so much better than any Tommy Angelo/poker psych book out there. You can relate literally everything in this book to poker.
Most of my blogging (micro-blogging...w/e) is being done on Twitter now. I'll continue to update here once or twice a month to maintain the timeline/progression of my career. If you want daily details or want to see me brag about soul reads or how about how bad I think I play, then you'll like my Twitter.
Good luck.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Best Day of Poker Career
It's hard to believe considering how much I make per year, but I've never had a 3k day before.
That changed today with a sick +3068 day.
You can read details about the day on my Twitter page. Kind of funny that the day I start twittering I have best day ever. Sign of things to come? Or countdown til busto starting now?
May Total Profit: +16,489 (I think I did my math wrong on my monthly total yesterday...this is accurate)
2009 Total Profit: 65,679 (7.3k behind pace for 175k year, not bad considering I should move up in stakes at some point)
Good luck
That changed today with a sick +3068 day.
You can read details about the day on my Twitter page. Kind of funny that the day I start twittering I have best day ever. Sign of things to come? Or countdown til busto starting now?
May Total Profit: +16,489 (I think I did my math wrong on my monthly total yesterday...this is accurate)
2009 Total Profit: 65,679 (7.3k behind pace for 175k year, not bad considering I should move up in stakes at some point)
Good luck
I'm On Twitter, Obv
Twitter Link: http://twitter.com/HokieGreg
Started a Twitter page today. The plan is to update throughout each day...keeping track of results, monthly goals, my mood, some random advice, marketing vids...the works. Not sure if this is something I will enjoy doing long term, but could possibly motivate me and hold me accountable for some serious grindage if I get a supportive following =).
In other news, I'm starting a business with a friend. It's not related to poker and I can't really say anything about it just yet, but I'm quite excited about it. It's a passive investment for me...just fronting the money and getting lifetime % of company + small immediate return. Hopefully it works out. Probably putting 15-18kish into it between July-September. Won't kill me if we don't make anything, but certainly would slow down the process of moving up to 330+ for sure.
I'm looking for a webmaster to do our website for this business. Any webmasters looking for some work??? I would prefer to exchange coaching vids/one-on-one coaching in return for the production of the site. Email me some samples of your work to gtillerhokie@gmail.com. The site is going to be strictly informational, so won't be overly complicated or take too long to setup (no multimedia, etc).
Good luck.
Ballin session this morning... May Total Profit: +15,963
Started a Twitter page today. The plan is to update throughout each day...keeping track of results, monthly goals, my mood, some random advice, marketing vids...the works. Not sure if this is something I will enjoy doing long term, but could possibly motivate me and hold me accountable for some serious grindage if I get a supportive following =).
In other news, I'm starting a business with a friend. It's not related to poker and I can't really say anything about it just yet, but I'm quite excited about it. It's a passive investment for me...just fronting the money and getting lifetime % of company + small immediate return. Hopefully it works out. Probably putting 15-18kish into it between July-September. Won't kill me if we don't make anything, but certainly would slow down the process of moving up to 330+ for sure.
I'm looking for a webmaster to do our website for this business. Any webmasters looking for some work??? I would prefer to exchange coaching vids/one-on-one coaching in return for the production of the site. Email me some samples of your work to gtillerhokie@gmail.com. The site is going to be strictly informational, so won't be overly complicated or take too long to setup (no multimedia, etc).
Good luck.
Ballin session this morning... May Total Profit: +15,963
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