Today's Results: ($100) in 1 hour
Felt like I ran pretty terrible today, even though I got some premium holdings. I played a total of four hands during the hour. First hand at the table I'm dealt AQo in the CO and raise a limper, take it down pre. Then I blind down to around $95, get AJo in the SB, one guy opens to $10, a loose-passive player calls on the button, and I call. 3-handed flop comes T76 two tone, and I c/f. Blind down to around $80, pick up AA in the Cutoff, make it twelve over 4 limpers, everyone folds and I make $10.
Then blind back down to $83, pick up QQ on the button. 5 limpers to me, I pop it to $15, get 4 callers. Flop comes 985 two tone, big blind leads for $15, the guy behind him raises to $40, two folds and I shove my last $68 (too short to consider folding an overpair with an stack-to-pot ratio of 1 after the preflop action. Big blind re-shoves around $200, other guy calls instantly, and I'm essentially dead vs the Big blinds flop set of 9's and the other guys' flopped straight with a flush draw to boot 76s.
Gonna take next weekend off I think and try to get my head right. I'm pretty sure I'm just running poorly, but it still messes with your confidence to lose 2 sessions out of 3, with the winning session not all that successful either. Maybe I'll work on my game online some.
Summer Profit Total: ($175)
Current Bankroll: $325
Total Time Played: 3.25 hours
Hourly Win Rate: ($53.85)
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Take Two
Today's Results: +$25 in 2 hours
I started off well today, over-limping KQo the first hand I was dealt. Flop rolls out QT7r and I lead $10 5-handed (3 checks in front). One caller, who check/folds to my $25 turn barrel on a Kh, which put two hearts on the board.
Next orbit I find AQo and raise to $11 from UTG +2 8 handed. One caller in the CO, same villain who called my KQ flop bet. He folds to my $20 c-bet on KT7tt.
An orbit later I'm sitting on about $115 and pick up black AA in UTG and open to $11. UTG+1, a competent but somewhat weaker female TAG flats, and the table hyper-LAG in UTG+2 squeezes to $31 (was probably playing close to 50/35). Table folds around, and I could call, but we would go to the flop 3-way. I probably should be ok with that and hope someone hits TP on the flop, but instead I elect to 4-bet, and the only option there is to ship. Two folds later and I'm up to almost $160.
I reach my peak of about $180 about an hour into the session, and then I open once with AKo, flat a couple opens with AKo and 66 and miss all three flops and drop down to the $135 range. Blind down a little further and decide to call it a day with a modest win so that I can prepare for the annular solar eclipse that will happen a few hours from now here in ABQ.
Hope next weekend treats me a bit better, but I do need to play a bit more aggressive during my sessions; this session was hampered significantly by the LAG two to my left. I would have liked to take advantage of his style more, which a couple people who had position were able to do.
Summer Profit Total: ($75)
Current Bankroll: $425
Total Time Played: 2.25 hours
Hourly Win Rate: ($33.33)
I started off well today, over-limping KQo the first hand I was dealt. Flop rolls out QT7r and I lead $10 5-handed (3 checks in front). One caller, who check/folds to my $25 turn barrel on a Kh, which put two hearts on the board.
Next orbit I find AQo and raise to $11 from UTG +2 8 handed. One caller in the CO, same villain who called my KQ flop bet. He folds to my $20 c-bet on KT7tt.
An orbit later I'm sitting on about $115 and pick up black AA in UTG and open to $11. UTG+1, a competent but somewhat weaker female TAG flats, and the table hyper-LAG in UTG+2 squeezes to $31 (was probably playing close to 50/35). Table folds around, and I could call, but we would go to the flop 3-way. I probably should be ok with that and hope someone hits TP on the flop, but instead I elect to 4-bet, and the only option there is to ship. Two folds later and I'm up to almost $160.
I reach my peak of about $180 about an hour into the session, and then I open once with AKo, flat a couple opens with AKo and 66 and miss all three flops and drop down to the $135 range. Blind down a little further and decide to call it a day with a modest win so that I can prepare for the annular solar eclipse that will happen a few hours from now here in ABQ.
Hope next weekend treats me a bit better, but I do need to play a bit more aggressive during my sessions; this session was hampered significantly by the LAG two to my left. I would have liked to take advantage of his style more, which a couple people who had position were able to do.
Summer Profit Total: ($75)
Current Bankroll: $425
Total Time Played: 2.25 hours
Hourly Win Rate: ($33.33)
Saturday, May 19, 2012
First Day Back in the Game
I went down to the casino today. Unfortunately, I didn't stay as long as I would have liked. I ended up only playing for about fifteen minutes and losing my entire $100 buyin. Nothing special happened, I had gone through the blinds once and raised/4-bet shoved AKo into QQ against the most active player at the table (he had played 7 hands in the 12 or so hands I had seen, and at least 3 raising or 3-betting). Not much you can do about that. I'm planning on heading down tomorrow as well, hopefully it goes better.
Summer Profit Total: ($100)
Current Bankroll: $400
Total Time Played: 0.25 hrs
Hourly Win Rate: ($400)
My next buyin will be for $100.
Summer Profit Total: ($100)
Current Bankroll: $400
Total Time Played: 0.25 hrs
Hourly Win Rate: ($400)
My next buyin will be for $100.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
My NM Summer Plan
I will be returning to New Mexico for the summer this year before returning to California to finish my Masters' degree in the fall. In addition to working, hanging out with friends, and everything else I plan on doing, I am also planning on trying to get back into the live grind. The rake in NM is lower than here in CA, and I think that suits my style a bit better, especially since I will be playing on a short bankroll. Below is an outline of my plan to get back into the game.
Starting Bankroll: $500.
This is a predetermined amount that has been agreed upon as an acceptable amount to be willing to lose.
I plan on using a 5 Buy-In rule, with the exception that my buy-in never be less than $100, and applying that rule only in $100 increments of my bankroll. The breakdown is as follows:
BR < $600 - Buy-In for $100.
$600 < BR < $700 - Buy-In for $120.
$700 < BR < $800 - Buy-In for $140.
$800 < BR < $900 - Buy-In for $160.
$900 < BR < $1000 - Buy-In for $180.
And once my bankroll exceeds $1000, I will buy in for the maximum, $200 at $1/$2 NL.
I won't plan on moving up at all during the summer months, I just don't think I'll have the time to generate the bankroll required (I'd want >$5k to move to $1/$3).
I'm hoping to play at least 10 hours a week for the summer, but that might be ambitious. I will post an update for every session I play. I plan on having my first session in the middle of May, something like the 20th sounds about right.
If things go well, and I return to CA with a roll of >$1500 or so, I would like to try to use some of it to play once in a while at one of the rooms in San Jose. But let's not get ahead of ourselves.
Starting Bankroll: $500.
This is a predetermined amount that has been agreed upon as an acceptable amount to be willing to lose.
I plan on using a 5 Buy-In rule, with the exception that my buy-in never be less than $100, and applying that rule only in $100 increments of my bankroll. The breakdown is as follows:
BR < $600 - Buy-In for $100.
$600 < BR < $700 - Buy-In for $120.
$700 < BR < $800 - Buy-In for $140.
$800 < BR < $900 - Buy-In for $160.
$900 < BR < $1000 - Buy-In for $180.
And once my bankroll exceeds $1000, I will buy in for the maximum, $200 at $1/$2 NL.
I won't plan on moving up at all during the summer months, I just don't think I'll have the time to generate the bankroll required (I'd want >$5k to move to $1/$3).
I'm hoping to play at least 10 hours a week for the summer, but that might be ambitious. I will post an update for every session I play. I plan on having my first session in the middle of May, something like the 20th sounds about right.
If things go well, and I return to CA with a roll of >$1500 or so, I would like to try to use some of it to play once in a while at one of the rooms in San Jose. But let's not get ahead of ourselves.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
3rd and Likely Final Session at Bay 101
I would bet you can guess where this is going from the title. Pretty rough time for me to go on a "downswing" (I put it in quotes because anything below 3 buyins can't really be qualified as a true downswing, but it feels like a lot to me since I was on a sub 10 buyin bankroll to start with). I played for just over 4 hours today and again lost $200. I felt like I ran pretty terribly, but I think there are also some pretty clear flaws in my game. I play far too tight on a limited roll, and that's not a good strategy for beating the games.
Can't really complain too much, I was at a much improved table compared to yesterday, I just never got anything going. Not a single time in the last two days have I been even a dollar above my starting stack of $200, I just hardly ever won pots.
Just fold garbage hands repeatedly until I've dropped ~$20 from blinds alone, then see an ok hand, raise over some limps, and check fold the flop when I air-ball the flop. As a fun example, I had 99 and about $95 in front (after folding a bunch for a few hours), there are a few limpers and I jack it to $30 expecting that I'm shoving most flops against one caller and probably half of flops against two callers. Instead, I get two callers, the flop is AJT with two clubs, and one of the villains leads into me for 1/2 pot. I fold and the eventually get it in after the other villain turned a royal.
I did double up after I had dropped all the way to $50 with AcQc against 7h8h. Though in testament to how I've been running, I did this while not improving one bit throughout the hand.
My last hand of the day, and likely the last hand I'll play in California (unless I magically become better at poker without an online game to practice with, or I somehow come up with a significantly larger bankroll) was an AsKs with just over $100 behind. A bad player opens to five, another bad player calls, I bump it to $30, get a flat caller on the button, everyone else folds. Flop comes Q86 rainbow, and I can't c-bet without being committed, and I don't really want to give up after investing so much, so I open shove about 1.2x pot and lose to KQo. Pretty pleased he called with that preflop, but hey, what can you do. I play TT+, and AQ the same way, so I think he's losing money on the deal, but in this case luck was on his side.
I thought I was going to get more mileage out of posting after each live session, though now I'm quite sure this will be the last post regarding a live session in at least 12 months. Until next time.
Can't really complain too much, I was at a much improved table compared to yesterday, I just never got anything going. Not a single time in the last two days have I been even a dollar above my starting stack of $200, I just hardly ever won pots.
Just fold garbage hands repeatedly until I've dropped ~$20 from blinds alone, then see an ok hand, raise over some limps, and check fold the flop when I air-ball the flop. As a fun example, I had 99 and about $95 in front (after folding a bunch for a few hours), there are a few limpers and I jack it to $30 expecting that I'm shoving most flops against one caller and probably half of flops against two callers. Instead, I get two callers, the flop is AJT with two clubs, and one of the villains leads into me for 1/2 pot. I fold and the eventually get it in after the other villain turned a royal.
I did double up after I had dropped all the way to $50 with AcQc against 7h8h. Though in testament to how I've been running, I did this while not improving one bit throughout the hand.
My last hand of the day, and likely the last hand I'll play in California (unless I magically become better at poker without an online game to practice with, or I somehow come up with a significantly larger bankroll) was an AsKs with just over $100 behind. A bad player opens to five, another bad player calls, I bump it to $30, get a flat caller on the button, everyone else folds. Flop comes Q86 rainbow, and I can't c-bet without being committed, and I don't really want to give up after investing so much, so I open shove about 1.2x pot and lose to KQo. Pretty pleased he called with that preflop, but hey, what can you do. I play TT+, and AQ the same way, so I think he's losing money on the deal, but in this case luck was on his side.
I thought I was going to get more mileage out of posting after each live session, though now I'm quite sure this will be the last post regarding a live session in at least 12 months. Until next time.
Saturday, September 3, 2011
2nd Session at Bay 101
Played this afternoon for 3 hours and lost $40. Played ok, never really had any good situations or very man bad situations. Just a boring session with no major hands played.
The table overall was very tight for a live table. I may have arrived too early in the morning (~10:30 am), but the table I was seated at had a bunch of nitty middle aged guys. Weird that middle aged guys were as nitty as they were (typically these are the money guys since they tend to work 9-5 and are just in the game to gamble and get away, but apparently not the ones in my game). In fact, the table was so tight overall that I don't think anyone at the table could have been a long term winner with that table lineup, meaning I think that the money would mostly just move back and forth and everyone would lose out to the rake.
Without rake, I think I could have beaten the lineup, but with the $5 per hand that sees a flop at the Bay, there's really no way to be a good lag unless you are deep stacked or playing in a 2-3-5 game. So my game, even at tight tables like the above, is limited to playing tightly so as not to lose out to the rake as much. With a percentage rake schedule allowed in most other states, I would loosen up considerably at a table like this and take advantage of people folding too much, but that is simply not a good option here, in my opinion.
Anyway, I'm planning on heading back over tomorrow around noon and hope for a better table.
The table overall was very tight for a live table. I may have arrived too early in the morning (~10:30 am), but the table I was seated at had a bunch of nitty middle aged guys. Weird that middle aged guys were as nitty as they were (typically these are the money guys since they tend to work 9-5 and are just in the game to gamble and get away, but apparently not the ones in my game). In fact, the table was so tight overall that I don't think anyone at the table could have been a long term winner with that table lineup, meaning I think that the money would mostly just move back and forth and everyone would lose out to the rake.
Without rake, I think I could have beaten the lineup, but with the $5 per hand that sees a flop at the Bay, there's really no way to be a good lag unless you are deep stacked or playing in a 2-3-5 game. So my game, even at tight tables like the above, is limited to playing tightly so as not to lose out to the rake as much. With a percentage rake schedule allowed in most other states, I would loosen up considerably at a table like this and take advantage of people folding too much, but that is simply not a good option here, in my opinion.
Anyway, I'm planning on heading back over tomorrow around noon and hope for a better table.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
First Session at Bay 101
So I played my first session at the Bay 101 this afternoon. It didn't go as well as I would have hoped. I played for 4 and a quarter hours and lost $200.
I wasn't really nervous at the start of the session (I usually am at a new casino or a new game), so that was good. I started off the session poorly, loosing ~$60 in the first 30 or so minutes. Then I came roaring back, starting with a JJ hand where I was one of the blinds, and had a raise to $13 and 3 callers to me. I bump to $55 with ~85 behind and take it down. This brought me back to about even. Following this, I had a TT then beat AKs for ~$50 and an AKo that took down a $70 pot on the river w/o showdown.
And then it all fell apart. Three hands did me in. In two of them I had 99, and one was JTs. I played them largely ok in my opinion, just bad spots. Here is one of the 99 hands:
I have ~$280 OTB.
V1 has >$500 UTG.
V2 has >$450 in CO.
V1 limps for $4, folds to V2 who makes it $20, I flat, V1 calls.
Flop is 78Tr, V1 checks, V2 bets $50, I call (could have folded but I had quite a bit behind and thought a J or 6 peeling was likely to get at least some action), V1 folds.
Turn is 5d (2 diamonds out), V2 bets $100, I fold. V2 says good fold and flashes AA.
I played the JTs hand too passively, I should have led the flop instead of c/c'ing top pair, as villain likely would have just mucked his hand if I lead flop. Instead he turns 2pr and rivers a boat with 95o on 9d6cJc5s5d. I call down (I had him triple barreling boats and whiffed draws only, maybe AJ but not to the sizing chosen) and am sad.
Oh well, there's always the weekend.
I wasn't really nervous at the start of the session (I usually am at a new casino or a new game), so that was good. I started off the session poorly, loosing ~$60 in the first 30 or so minutes. Then I came roaring back, starting with a JJ hand where I was one of the blinds, and had a raise to $13 and 3 callers to me. I bump to $55 with ~85 behind and take it down. This brought me back to about even. Following this, I had a TT then beat AKs for ~$50 and an AKo that took down a $70 pot on the river w/o showdown.
And then it all fell apart. Three hands did me in. In two of them I had 99, and one was JTs. I played them largely ok in my opinion, just bad spots. Here is one of the 99 hands:
I have ~$280 OTB.
V1 has >$500 UTG.
V2 has >$450 in CO.
V1 limps for $4, folds to V2 who makes it $20, I flat, V1 calls.
Flop is 78Tr, V1 checks, V2 bets $50, I call (could have folded but I had quite a bit behind and thought a J or 6 peeling was likely to get at least some action), V1 folds.
Turn is 5d (2 diamonds out), V2 bets $100, I fold. V2 says good fold and flashes AA.
I played the JTs hand too passively, I should have led the flop instead of c/c'ing top pair, as villain likely would have just mucked his hand if I lead flop. Instead he turns 2pr and rivers a boat with 95o on 9d6cJc5s5d. I call down (I had him triple barreling boats and whiffed draws only, maybe AJ but not to the sizing chosen) and am sad.
Oh well, there's always the weekend.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Transition to Live Poker
So it's been a fairly long while since my last post. In that time, a number of things have happened:
- I started playing on FTP in mid-March of 2011. I wanted to take advantage of RUSH poker since my time available for poker is typically limited. RUSH allowed me to play ~700 hands/hour playing just two tables, and I did not have to table select. Instead of setting up a session of 5-6 tables on Stars, which typically took 10-20 minutes depending on the time of day, I just fire up 2 tables of RUSH and go to town. My winrate was a bit lower but the volume made up for it, I was on pace to clear 40k hands/month, which would have been my record by almost 2x (previous record was 23k hands in Jan of 2010). I was hoping to use RUSH as a signifcant motivator in my poker development. I had never had an avenue through which I could reliably get good volume in, and this seemed like a great way to do that. It would have been great for me to get in so many hands, but unfortunately:
- Online sites shut down in US by DOJ in mid-April 2011. Known as Black Friday in the online community, this obviously sucked for me. Even though poker is not a main income source for me, I enjoyed having something that was intellectually challenging as a hobby that I could do in the comfort of my own home. Unfortunately, the government does not agree that I should have that ability (before this gets any more political or I get comments from anyone saying "F big government", etc.; you should know that the banning of online poker is largerly to entirely due to the conservatives in congress in their desire to legislate morality and "protect families"). Sorry about the rant there, I'm still a little bitter.
- I started playing live $1/$2 NL at my local casino. I ended up playing 2-3 times/month over the summer for 3-5 hours per session. I felt myself getting much more comfortable at the tables throughout my time. The casino was actually fairly nice, with a non-smoking poker room, and by all accounts the best room in the state. I gave myself a starting bankroll of $1,100, which was roughly the amount I was able to withdraw from Stars after Black Friday (still no money from FTP). Through a combination of 2 tournaments and 8 cash game sessions, I increased my bankroll to $1,718. I ran above expectation in my opinion, though I don't think I played poorly. I just think that for my current skill level (was a big winner at $10NL and small winner at $25NL online) a $21/hr winrate at $1/$2 live is probably unsustainable. That type of winrate is reserved for pretty good players in fairly weak games. If I'm being honest with myself, I'd like to think I could sustain a $10-$12/hr winrate at those games.
- I moved to the SF Bay area in August 2011. I haven't played a live session yet, but I plan on playing mainly at the Bay101 casino in San Jose. This is because it has the most tables and is the most renowned/well regarded in the area from what I have read (though regs at other places tend to like their place more, typically Bay101 is high on everyone's list). Plus, Matt Savage works there, and it is widely known that he is one of the best tournament directors in the industry. I'll keep my bankroll at $1,718, which will be a little tight because the smallest game spread at Bay 101 for no limit is $1/$2/$2 with $4 min bring in (no limping for $2). So my risk of ruin is actually higher than I'd like, but I also would like to think that my potential upside is substantial.
In the coming months, I will be updating this blog after every live session with session length, winnings (losses), monthly totals, and current bankroll. I haven't yet decided if I should deduct travel expenses out of my bankroll or out of my other life-roll accounts under the premise that they would be the same if I drove to any other hobby I might have (hockey, golf, etc).
- I started playing on FTP in mid-March of 2011. I wanted to take advantage of RUSH poker since my time available for poker is typically limited. RUSH allowed me to play ~700 hands/hour playing just two tables, and I did not have to table select. Instead of setting up a session of 5-6 tables on Stars, which typically took 10-20 minutes depending on the time of day, I just fire up 2 tables of RUSH and go to town. My winrate was a bit lower but the volume made up for it, I was on pace to clear 40k hands/month, which would have been my record by almost 2x (previous record was 23k hands in Jan of 2010). I was hoping to use RUSH as a signifcant motivator in my poker development. I had never had an avenue through which I could reliably get good volume in, and this seemed like a great way to do that. It would have been great for me to get in so many hands, but unfortunately:
- Online sites shut down in US by DOJ in mid-April 2011. Known as Black Friday in the online community, this obviously sucked for me. Even though poker is not a main income source for me, I enjoyed having something that was intellectually challenging as a hobby that I could do in the comfort of my own home. Unfortunately, the government does not agree that I should have that ability (before this gets any more political or I get comments from anyone saying "F big government", etc.; you should know that the banning of online poker is largerly to entirely due to the conservatives in congress in their desire to legislate morality and "protect families"). Sorry about the rant there, I'm still a little bitter.
- I started playing live $1/$2 NL at my local casino. I ended up playing 2-3 times/month over the summer for 3-5 hours per session. I felt myself getting much more comfortable at the tables throughout my time. The casino was actually fairly nice, with a non-smoking poker room, and by all accounts the best room in the state. I gave myself a starting bankroll of $1,100, which was roughly the amount I was able to withdraw from Stars after Black Friday (still no money from FTP). Through a combination of 2 tournaments and 8 cash game sessions, I increased my bankroll to $1,718. I ran above expectation in my opinion, though I don't think I played poorly. I just think that for my current skill level (was a big winner at $10NL and small winner at $25NL online) a $21/hr winrate at $1/$2 live is probably unsustainable. That type of winrate is reserved for pretty good players in fairly weak games. If I'm being honest with myself, I'd like to think I could sustain a $10-$12/hr winrate at those games.
- I moved to the SF Bay area in August 2011. I haven't played a live session yet, but I plan on playing mainly at the Bay101 casino in San Jose. This is because it has the most tables and is the most renowned/well regarded in the area from what I have read (though regs at other places tend to like their place more, typically Bay101 is high on everyone's list). Plus, Matt Savage works there, and it is widely known that he is one of the best tournament directors in the industry. I'll keep my bankroll at $1,718, which will be a little tight because the smallest game spread at Bay 101 for no limit is $1/$2/$2 with $4 min bring in (no limping for $2). So my risk of ruin is actually higher than I'd like, but I also would like to think that my potential upside is substantial.
In the coming months, I will be updating this blog after every live session with session length, winnings (losses), monthly totals, and current bankroll. I haven't yet decided if I should deduct travel expenses out of my bankroll or out of my other life-roll accounts under the premise that they would be the same if I drove to any other hobby I might have (hockey, golf, etc).
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Embarrasing River Call
I butchered this hand.
Preflop is obviously fine. I think flop is ok too, I can't raise and fold to a 3-bet, and when he just calls a raise I am probably not doing that great against his range. Folding is not an option, so calling is fine.
On the turn though, I need to bet 100% when he checks this blank. I don't want to give a free card to draws, and I want to get value from worse Ax and 9x hands. I knew this was a mistake as I was checking behind.
When he overbets river, he polarizes his range to flushes/air. He's not doing this with 2pr because my range includes FD's as well, imo he'd most likely make a standard size bet with anything that a flush beats. I doubt anyone at NL10 is overbet bluffing nearly often enough to make a call correct here, he would need to be bluffing upwards of 37% of the time, which is just incredibly unlikely, especially on this board. I need to fold here always, and I knew that while the hand was unfolding. I make bad bad calls way too often. It really needs to stop if I want to be any good at this game.
Poker Stars $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 569152
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter
CO: $9.45
BTN: $7.45
SB: $15.25
BB: $11.80
UTG: $14.70
Hero (MP): $10.15
Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is MP with A
Q
1 fold, Hero raises to $0.30, 2 folds, SB calls $0.25, 1 fold
Flop: ($0.70) 9
A 2
(2 players)SB bets $0.40, Hero calls $0.40
Turn: ($1.50) 4
(2 players)SB checks, Hero checks
River: ($1.50) 8
(2 players)SB bets $2, Hero calls $2
Final Pot: $5.50
SB shows 7
6 (a flush, Ace high)Hero mucks A
QSB wins $5.25
(Rake: $0.25)
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
February
February was a pretty bad month poker wise. Didn't play much, but played a larger than expected number of tournaments, with the following results:
And here are the cash results:
Basically the whole month I felt like I was running bad, and I got tilted way too easily and stopped playing. So the volume is absolutely terrible. Woops. March will be better.
As far as progress on my yearly goals:
Goal 1: Structure my daily routine
A) job-search 60 min per day
B) Play 16 table hours per day
or do tons of push ups/situps.
Result: LOL so far. None of the three have been accomplished. I'm way way way off track. Time to get some focus back. I'm averaging less than 4 table hours per day (in cash) and even less than that in tournaments. Unfortunately in HEM I don't really know how to find multi-tabling ratio, so I'm really just basing the table hours on the fact that I've played a total of 100 hours of poker so far this year.
Goal 2: 400k Hands of 6-max cash.
Result: About 45k behind pace right now as I've only played 19k and should be averaging ~33k per month to reach this goal. No real excuse, reason for my lack of hands is a direct result of being short on goal 1.
Goal 3: Play the SM >2x (or equiv.)
Result: Already played one, the 2.5M guaranteed special (which was 2 weeks before the 4 mil guaranteed special, blah). Played like scared money. Kinda disappointed that I didn't play like I know I can. Next time should be easier. Also planning on playing quite a large number of the low buyin SCOOP events that will be in early May, though these don't exactly count as equivalent tourneys.
Goal 4: Achieve and maintain Silverstar + status.
Result: Got it in Jan, but lost it back after Feb. I just didn't have any motivation in Feb due to my poor mental state. Already feel much more focused in March and am more than 10% of the way to silverstar again, so this should be back on track within a few weeks.
And here are the cash results:
Basically the whole month I felt like I was running bad, and I got tilted way too easily and stopped playing. So the volume is absolutely terrible. Woops. March will be better.
As far as progress on my yearly goals:
Goal 1: Structure my daily routine
A) job-search 60 min per day
B) Play 16 table hours per day
or do tons of push ups/situps.
Result: LOL so far. None of the three have been accomplished. I'm way way way off track. Time to get some focus back. I'm averaging less than 4 table hours per day (in cash) and even less than that in tournaments. Unfortunately in HEM I don't really know how to find multi-tabling ratio, so I'm really just basing the table hours on the fact that I've played a total of 100 hours of poker so far this year.
Goal 2: 400k Hands of 6-max cash.
Result: About 45k behind pace right now as I've only played 19k and should be averaging ~33k per month to reach this goal. No real excuse, reason for my lack of hands is a direct result of being short on goal 1.
Goal 3: Play the SM >2x (or equiv.)
Result: Already played one, the 2.5M guaranteed special (which was 2 weeks before the 4 mil guaranteed special, blah). Played like scared money. Kinda disappointed that I didn't play like I know I can. Next time should be easier. Also planning on playing quite a large number of the low buyin SCOOP events that will be in early May, though these don't exactly count as equivalent tourneys.
Goal 4: Achieve and maintain Silverstar + status.
Result: Got it in Jan, but lost it back after Feb. I just didn't have any motivation in Feb due to my poor mental state. Already feel much more focused in March and am more than 10% of the way to silverstar again, so this should be back on track within a few weeks.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
wtf January
Started out super hot in January, finished up meh.
Cash results:
12,041 NL 10 hands
866 NL 25 hands
$228.6 profit
8.63 BB/100
Pretty good, except I'd like more volume in February. I had only 3 days with more than 1k hands, and my new years resolution basically had me doing 1.6k daily. So I've completely failed in that regard. Time for some will power.
Tournament results:
32 played
$324 in buy-ins
$1039 in cashes
220% ROI
This is pretty awesome, though I would have like to do better in the Sunday Million Special Edition I played today. I was basically scared money and played a bit too nitty, though I didn't have very many playable hands. Next time I play this I expect it to be much different (but that probably won't be for a good 3-4 months).
Managed to make Silverstar this month, just barely. Got a nice little $10 bonus for doing so. Now I need to focus, play lots more hands and move up to $25NL so I can get tons of FPPs while crushing souls.
Cash results:
12,041 NL 10 hands
866 NL 25 hands
$228.6 profit
8.63 BB/100
Pretty good, except I'd like more volume in February. I had only 3 days with more than 1k hands, and my new years resolution basically had me doing 1.6k daily. So I've completely failed in that regard. Time for some will power.
Tournament results:
32 played
$324 in buy-ins
$1039 in cashes
220% ROI
This is pretty awesome, though I would have like to do better in the Sunday Million Special Edition I played today. I was basically scared money and played a bit too nitty, though I didn't have very many playable hands. Next time I play this I expect it to be much different (but that probably won't be for a good 3-4 months).
Managed to make Silverstar this month, just barely. Got a nice little $10 bonus for doing so. Now I need to focus, play lots more hands and move up to $25NL so I can get tons of FPPs while crushing souls.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
BOOM!
2010 is off to a great start thanks to playing some tournaments on Saturday. I tend to not play well on weekends in cash games, so I decided that to get my requisite 16 table hours on weekend days I would rather focus on tournaments. I ended up winning a $1 6-max with 4900+ runners for $762, which also just so happens to be my largest career tourney score.
I also played 300 hands of 10NL and won like $1.50, so all in all it was a great start to the year. Unfortunately, I didn't complete my full hour of job searching, and I've done neither job searching nor poker today, so I owe 600 pushups and situps, which I think I'll do 200 per day until I'm strong enough to do the 300 (so far 100 is killing my wrists/elbows).
I also played 300 hands of 10NL and won like $1.50, so all in all it was a great start to the year. Unfortunately, I didn't complete my full hour of job searching, and I've done neither job searching nor poker today, so I owe 600 pushups and situps, which I think I'll do 200 per day until I'm strong enough to do the 300 (so far 100 is killing my wrists/elbows).
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