I'm a Father!

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Make sure to use signup code jhub for 33% rakeback when signing up for Cake Poker. Make sure you type it in as the SIGNUP CODE, not the promotional code or any other code. There's also a 100% deposit bonus up to $500. Transfers do not count as deposits. However, if you get money transferred into your account you will still be eligible for a deposit bonus once you actually make a deposit. If you need help getting money into Cake I usually have excess money in there & can swap money for money on another site where I have an account. Just post a comment on my blog or email me.

Here's some pictures of my new son Gunnar & his parents & a leaf:







In case you didn't notice, he's adopted. We got him last Saturday. He's a yellow lab. While he's peed in the house a lot I think he's been very good for a puppy. He hasn't pooped in the house yet & he's pretty good when in his kennel compared to most dogs. Best of all, I haven't had a losing day since I got him. Perhaps I should mention that I've only played 6 1/2 hours over the course of 2 days since getting him.

Overall poker hasn't been very good. Since I play such a wide range of buy-ins my overall profits rely heavily on a small sample of games at my highest stakes. This can be really frustrating at times since I don't have too much control over my short term results. Here's some sick #s for 2009: Between $500+ on Pokerstars, $500+ on Full Tilt, and super turbos on Cake I'm down a combined $82,890 pre rakeback, & this # peaked around $90K.

jhub30 1,194 -$23 $531 -4% -$27,150 - N/A FullTilt Year2009 S>=500
jhub3000 4,804 -$6 $110 -2% -$29,280 - N/A Cake Year2009 Spd=ST
jhub3000 820 -$32 $543 -5% -$26,460 - N/A PokerStars Year2009 S>=500

If you've read my past posts on variance & table selection you should know that these #s tell us very little about my long run #s at these games. While I'm down overall in super turbos pre rakeback, the good thing is that I'm still up in $500+ over the course of my online career (about $24K over 4,000 or so games across all sites...this # jumps to over $50K if you explude the minuscule >200 games I've played at $1K+). It will probably take me 5+ years to get in a reasonable sample of games at $500+, and the game conditions will obviously change many times during that stretch. The ridiculous swings & lack of control over short term success are just some things you have to deal with if you want to play high stakes & maximize long run hourly rate. Thankfully for me I happen to make a ton of money in rakeback to keep me sane during the rough stretches. For the record I'm looking forward to the ignorant jealous hater comments about how I can't beat the high stakes anymore that this post will inevitably bring. They should be funny as hell like usual.

I'd like to thank everyone who donated to the cancer benefit my brother was raising money for. He reached his goal & I know readers of this blog played a part in that.

The Twins have Vikings have been a blast to watch lately. The run that twins made at the end of the season to win the central was ridiculous, even if they're a big dog to beat the yankees. As for the Vikes, as long as Favre's arm is fine the whole year (a big if) I think they can play w/ anyone in the league.

Results:

Year of 2009:
SNG Profit: $(23,259.28)
Rakeback/Bonuses: $181,972.53
Total SNG Profit: $158,713.25
Staking: $42,219.80
Total Yearly Profit: $200,933.05



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