Finally had a nice day in MTTs...last thurs I profited like 10.5k after winning the 30k sniper on ap for 7500, taking 2nd in a stars 20r for 3800, and a couple cashes here and there....it felt nice finally to show some decent profit for the month, as I was hovering around breakeven/+3k......Ive been looking at some HH's from top players along with talking to people about tournament poker and watching alot of PXF vids, so I'm definitely improving here and there.....I've also really stepped up the aggression on AP - the site is super soft and the players are very passive compared to Stars/FTP...Actually theres alot of adjustments to make playing AP vs the main sites - I open alot lighter, play more aggressively post flop, and call shoves alot lighter. Its funny how I can play a tournament like the 30k sniper and never get 3 bet outside of big hands, then play a 20 rebuy on Stars and have guys 3 betting me so light....Its definitely a big change, and alot of times I find myself having to fold hands that I would normally snap so quick on Stars....I've also started staking my stakee again - I talk with him alot about poker and he plays very well - hes already staked on stars/tilt, so I took him up on AP. My only problem is I worry he won't put in the volume, but if he does he should have no problem crushing...tomorrow I got the 1k to play on AP that I qualified earlier this week and the 80k sniper.....my only goal with these tournaments is to play semi well and not make dumb mistakes - I make a terrible play in the 6 max AP 20k today that I was pissed about, so hopefully Im not lighting money on fire tomorrow...heres the stats for the month thus far
+13,427
52% ROI
234 MTTs played
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first time reading your blog... I have many of the same thoughts on AP vs. other sites vs. live play. Basically AP is a goldmine and if you can play a short stack late in tourneys that site is nothing but profitable lol. Saw you won the 20k last week - congrats. Last friday I got first in the 60 deepstack and the 10pm 30 rebuy back to back (first real payday of the month). Anyways my handle on AP is DONKIMAN. By the way the 530 aruba sats have enormous overlays (the $10 rebuy qualifiers that is). easy way to make some chips on the side as they only take 40 minutes or so.
Debating whether or not to start playing full time... As of now I'm up around 35k this year on AP with a redonkulous ROI of around 290% just playing weekends and occasionally after work. How did you make the decision to start playing full time?
well it was easy for me since I started in my sophmore year of college, so I had a couple years to give this a shot before deciding to go with it or not....if you have dependants I don't think I would go full time unless you showed good results on the real mtt sites like tilt/stars - AP/Cake are super soft, but you're not making a 100k+ salary just on those sites alone....if you have no dependants than go for it
as far as taxes go.... did you have to register as a "professional gambler"? or do you just claim taxes as being self employed and claim all of your income as "gambling winnings"? Also, have there been any legal issues with cashing large checks from AP, stars, etc... I generally withdraw small amounts (under 3k) so I don't have any experience with depositing larger checks. do u have AIM?
by the way, thanks for the initial response
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