2012 Review

1 year ago i wrote....

"Final figure for 2011 came in at +£33,952
Best months were definitely when i was chasing rake/race or promotion which enduced me to put in more hours. Can tire me out but if im on 8-10hours a day at some point usually the games are good (even if they are bad for a long period too!)
Had a terrible vegas and its possible i might not go back this year, with all the sports stuff on in the summer. I would b surprised if i didnt go for 7-14days though. As above again:
Next year i will treat poker as a job more than ever.
Would be an easy cop out but to beat 2011 is 1st target. Ideally above £50,000 is 2nd and main target.
Havent been able to experiment fully on games yet cos of personal stuff but got a very good idea of what my plan of attack is for 2012."


Best months were definitely when i was chasing rake/race or promotion which enduced me to put in more hours ----> TOTALLY SAME THIS YEAR

Had a terrible vegas and its possible i might not go back this year, with all the sports stuff on in the summer. I would b surprised if i didnt go for 7-14days though  ----->   CANT REMEMBER EXACTLY BUT THINK IT WAS LIKE 20-25DAYS.  LOST ON MTTS BUT GRINDED THE LIVE CASH GAMES WITH MORE PATIENCE THAT EVER BEFORE TO GET BACK A GOOD % OF THE MTT BUYINS.   EXPECT TO GO NEXT YEAR FOR A SIMILAR TIME AND MAY PLAY MORE OF A MIX OF PLO AS WELL AS HI LO.

Next year i will treat poker as a job more than ever. -------> TOTALLY.  MORE HOURS THAN BEFORE. HATE IT SOMETIMES, LOVE IT OTHER TIMES.  THE MAIN COMPARISON IS WHEN IVE GOT AN 8HOUR A DAY PROMO GOING.  TURN COMPUTER ON NOT WANTING TO PLAY BUT ONCE IM 30-60MINS INTO THE DAY IM HAPPY AND THIS COMPARES A LOT TO MY OLD OFFICE JOB I USED TO ENJOY BACK 8 YEARS AGO !

Would be an easy cop out but to beat 2011 is 1st target. Ideally above £50,000 is 2nd and main target.  ----->   YIP AND YIP.   RAKEBACK NOW MAKES UP SUCH A BIG % OF MY PROFITS IM GOING TO DETAIL IT MORE NEXT YEAR THAN EVER AS PART OF MY PROFITS.   FINAL 2012 PROFIT BEFORE RAKEBACK WAS £50,380.   ADJUSTING FOR RAKEBACK UNCASHED WHICH I EXPECT TO CASH OUT IN THE 3RD OR 4TH QTR NEXT YEAR BASED ON MY TARGETS I CAN ADD £28,000 OF UNCASHED RAKEBACK TO THAT TOTAL TO GIVE ME MY 2ND BIGGEST YEAR IN 8 YEARS OF PLAYING POKER AT £78,380.


2012 started well for me but the wheels started to come off around mid May.  From then through to end of Aug i only roughly broke even including rakeback but it seemed to spur me on to make me work harder especially once Football, Vegas and Olympics distractions were out of the way.  I also booked my holiday at the end of Aug to the Caribbean which only served as good motivation to grind out from there on.  Since 1st Sept sommat clicked.  I think i changed my style esp in plo for the better although i still feel myself slipping back to old ways now and then.  This might be the reason to start playing less tables or keep it to say a 9 limit but not yet. 

Im more of a grinder than ever now and in the last 4 months certain aspects of my game have definitely improved.  I still get angry for no reason too often but not as often as before.  I still get impatient or even tilt but no where near what i used to.   Im kind of enjoying a new found love for plo which im hoping will last for some time yet i still worry and know that ive also run incredibly well since Sept.  Tracked games im just a sick amount up, its a shame i lost all my data before that time but in a way the fresh start seemed to help anyway.

2013 well what to expect....
Much of same at the moment, target promotions on 1 site mainly.
Also aiming to be able to cash in rakeback for $75,000 before the end of the year.  Hopefully by the end of the 3rd quarter or sooner.
A Vegas WSOP trip , dates should be out soon.  Im so addicted to online though ive got to be careful i dont book too long a trip out there !
Might treat myself to more than 1 trip to Caribbean, see how im doing come Feb or March but deffo wnna go back late in the year.
Would like to make £50k+ again but as long as my ev line is upwrds and i grind my ass off the rest dont matter in the long run :)

Good Luck in 2013 to all !!!!!

Dec Review

Lower volume month then of late but expected after playing more live the first week or just chilling on holiday, then being shattered for most of the 2nd week after travelling home.  Still raked $5,560 on my main site.  My luckiest month given the low volume running good so often helps and is always nice :). 

On the downside i dont think ive been playing as well the last few weeks but that could be complacency or more likely a combination and that and playing more tables.  Instead of 6-9 that its been in prev months its been more like 8-12 tables which is bound to effect the win rate sommat.  Ill see how next month goes before i make any sort of decision to restrict my upper limit on tables.  Seems to be a good promo from 7th Jan so intend to tank that as much as i can bear.

Final December figures are +£6,064.  Could maybe add £2,000 to that of uncashed rakeback for true figure.  If i just looked at the ev line though the month would be more like £2,500 b4 rakeback.

In conclusion, good and lucky month.  Happy New Year !!!

Happy Xmas

Happy Xmas to all readers !

Had my first full day off for a while today, although it was mainly hangover induced.

Not sure if ive been playing too well but games have been good and my volumes been good this week generally.   Also whilst I haven't been running particularly good or bad this month that changed Thursday when i ran $2,400 above ev which is definitely a record for the 1/2 2/4 and .5/1 stakes ive been playing at for a single 10 hour day.

Wont go into overall figures until end of month but its more of a good to very good month now as opposed to the ok month it was prior to Thursday.  Actually expect to play quite a bit over the next week so hopefully will finish the year on a high.

Nov Review

Sorry for the lateness but never planned to do this until i came back off holiday from 3 weeks in the Caribbean.

Didnt play well first half of the month but still ran good so still posted decent enough profit.  Most of the 2nd half of the month i was abroad but by myself and still playin 2-6hrs a day alongside 4-6hrs on the beach !

Played much better abroad , probably due to being more relaxed and still probably ran good although didnt track any of it so cant say for sure.

Split my trips live profit into Nov/Dec profits about $240/$1000 repectively.   Live plo went really well but mtts and nl holdem not so well.  Managed to bubble a 29runner $220+100 rebuys (in for $520) plo mtt then a week later bubbled the same one, 23 runners (this time in for only $320) but with as big a prizepool it hurt a bit more.

Overall figure for November was £5,579 but uncashed rake would add to that.  i raked $5,600 in the end. Seriously happy with that and actually won about double what my trip cost me while i was abroad so have no excuse not to do something similar in the new year if i fancy it.

Didnt play as much online abroad in Dec as couple of mates were out but squeezed a few sessions in to still post a good start for limited time played so far.  Done ok last couple days too since back and currently sit on £1,594.  Eyes still well tried from the travelling back despite sleeping loads but once im adjusted i will probably play quite a lot of hours the rest of the month.

Happy Xmas to all !!!!!!