I see i havent updated for nearly 2 weeks so bout time i put sommat down in writing. After the 1st week i reduced my game to a planned 5 hours ish per day 7 days a week for the last 2 weeks. Something seems to have clicked and, whilst running good especially 2 of the last 3 days, i know ive been playing a hell of a lot better. The big difference seems to be plo where im sure im getting into better spots and playing better strategy against individual players.
Just having a little analysis now before i head to the pub as im finished early for the day.
Done nearly 50k hands of plo and plo hi lo this month. The first 20k were not much more than break even but that was earning about £200 a day in rakeback for 10hours ish play (basically the first week).
The next 30k hands if i follow either the run good profit line or the ev line are pretty much as steady as can be for the 5hours per day period. The ev line shows about £3,000 profit and my £100 a day in rakeback would add to that obviously.
Ive been worried about complacency but seem to have been conquering that so far. Overall for September im sat on +£4,829 but receive a £200 bonus before i start tommorrow so say £5,029. Total rake so far for the month is about $6,200 so basing it on the 50% cash out im targetting that would be another £2,000 ish. That said my graph shows im around £2,500 above ev. That said we all feel we are due a good run and ive been "dry" now for many months as stated in previous less positive posts. Anyways hoping ill have another cracking final week to the month and will report back here after that.
Just looking at my hi lo and plo split and about half my hands were hi lo and actually the results are steady but nothing to get excited over at all. As said above that doesnt surprise me as i know ive been golden and playing better in the plo games for a change, gnnna look at those now.
.5/1plo went 11 buyins down ( i suspect the 10hrs day period ) before finishing 6 buyins up (ev line).
1/2plo steady up finishing about 9 buyins up (ev line).
Both of above 8-9k hands, 2/4 im 3buyins up nearly but only played under 1000 hands.
Prob over-analysing now anyway its all good stuff to view.
AND FINALLY (IN CAPITALS AS ITS CRAZY)
I PLAYED A HAND ON 1/2 LIMIT HOLDEM 6 HANDED WITH 67HH
BY THE RIVER WE HAD CAPPED BOTH TURN AND RIVER 3WAY AND THE BOARD SHOWED
JX,10H,9H,8H,9X
1 GUY ONLY HAD KQ BUT OTHER GUY HAD QJHH AND I LOST TO A HIGHER STRAIGHT FLUSH WHERE WE BOTH HAD USED BOTH OF OUR HOLE CARDS. SHAME NO BAD BEAT JACKPOT, THEY USED TO HAVE ONE A YEAR OR SO AGO BUT NUTS REALLY ESPECIALLY WHEN U CONSIDER HOW LITTLE HOLDEM I PLAY ANY MORE.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Monday, September 10, 2012
Sept So Far
Lost £400 odd the first day on an awful run. Think i lost 5 allins preflop in row at one point on pl hi lo which could be a record for me. A reasonable rake promotion started on the 3rd though so after a day off i wasnt quite sure how to attack it.
I began thinking i might do 10hrs a day for 28 days straight but knew this was unlikely especially at this time of year. After 2 full days i gave up on that and just did 5/7 days of the first week at that pace. Fortunately its split into 4 weeks so i can vary week on week but ive gone down the half the rake now but spread over 7 days instead of 5 this week. So last week i raked over $2,500 to get a $400 bonus added to my balance. This week all being well i will rake over $1,750 to get a smaller bonus but at a similar %rakeback value.
Back a week ago i played the $215 PL hi lo 6 max WCOOP on stars (i immediately rebuy and lasted to addon so was in for $615 total) . After a final table last time i hoped again for good things but began slowly and couldnt seem to push on. That said i was patient but only because i was 6-8tabling for the above rake promtion at the same time. It was very difficult to watch what was goin on all the time. When i finally began to push things as blinds went up it went more my way and i managed to get my stack right up, often without showdown, apart from busting 1 or 2 shorter stacks. I was actually never allin covered and called right until my bust which was around 120th/500+ which paid around 80 if i remember right. I did get to average stack with about 150 left but just went backwrds from there, still was a good run i guess.
Obviously the above dented my month but most days overall were fairly steady profit wise. Still had some bad sessions but there were often preceded or followed by good ones. Im now sat on +£674 for Sept which doesnt sound brilliant but given the above start and mtt i should be really happy with, especially with the rakeback points racking up as well. Its kind of nice to be back on just 1 site (except that sole mtt and 1st Sept) and hopefully i can keep focus and just keep things progressing.
I began thinking i might do 10hrs a day for 28 days straight but knew this was unlikely especially at this time of year. After 2 full days i gave up on that and just did 5/7 days of the first week at that pace. Fortunately its split into 4 weeks so i can vary week on week but ive gone down the half the rake now but spread over 7 days instead of 5 this week. So last week i raked over $2,500 to get a $400 bonus added to my balance. This week all being well i will rake over $1,750 to get a smaller bonus but at a similar %rakeback value.
Back a week ago i played the $215 PL hi lo 6 max WCOOP on stars (i immediately rebuy and lasted to addon so was in for $615 total) . After a final table last time i hoped again for good things but began slowly and couldnt seem to push on. That said i was patient but only because i was 6-8tabling for the above rake promtion at the same time. It was very difficult to watch what was goin on all the time. When i finally began to push things as blinds went up it went more my way and i managed to get my stack right up, often without showdown, apart from busting 1 or 2 shorter stacks. I was actually never allin covered and called right until my bust which was around 120th/500+ which paid around 80 if i remember right. I did get to average stack with about 150 left but just went backwrds from there, still was a good run i guess.
Obviously the above dented my month but most days overall were fairly steady profit wise. Still had some bad sessions but there were often preceded or followed by good ones. Im now sat on +£674 for Sept which doesnt sound brilliant but given the above start and mtt i should be really happy with, especially with the rakeback points racking up as well. Its kind of nice to be back on just 1 site (except that sole mtt and 1st Sept) and hopefully i can keep focus and just keep things progressing.
Friday, August 31, 2012
And Finally...... (Aug Figures)
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Sorry i needed that although i do seem to have finally mellowed a bit from a few hours ago. Had one of, if not my worst (this year) online day today (could still go back on but not planning to). Just got destroyed mostly on plo against some huge fish. Annoyed the hell out of me as i had like 1 losing day since last post, 1 or 2 break evens and lots of steady or good wins. Prior to 8 hours ago i was at peak of just over £1,000 profit for August having spent 75% of the month in the loss. Fast fwd to now and i basically lost about £1,600 before cashing in some rakeback ----> -£467 :((
Uncashed rakeback amounts to over £1,000 but thats not the point as i never include it until i finally cash it in. So unless i do go on later its officially my 3rd losing month in a row which ive never done before. On the plus side its a small loss covered by rakeback, a bit similar to last month. On the down side i really could do with a promotion to focus me next month but theres nout visible on the horizon.
Volume for August wasnt bad in end ($3,400 gross rake on main site) considering i didnt play more than 4 hours max a day while the Olympics was on. Trojan attack messed with my desktop and my brain mid month and just could get anything going , especially when sitting on higher end of the stakes.
Its weird how a few hours and 1 session can change your mindset and motivation but could be a tough few days coming. I was doing well volume and profit wise last couple days especially. Not sure what ill do , prob just start a fresh tommorrow. Hoping to take a few shots at WCOOP this month, esp hi lo. Prob give other mixed games a miss though as i just dnt fancy taking the $200+ hits when im struggling to just make a few $ of late. Arrrrrrrgh so annoying just when everything seemed to be fitting into place in both poker and non poker ARRRRRRRRRRgh. :(
Sorry i needed that although i do seem to have finally mellowed a bit from a few hours ago. Had one of, if not my worst (this year) online day today (could still go back on but not planning to). Just got destroyed mostly on plo against some huge fish. Annoyed the hell out of me as i had like 1 losing day since last post, 1 or 2 break evens and lots of steady or good wins. Prior to 8 hours ago i was at peak of just over £1,000 profit for August having spent 75% of the month in the loss. Fast fwd to now and i basically lost about £1,600 before cashing in some rakeback ----> -£467 :((
Uncashed rakeback amounts to over £1,000 but thats not the point as i never include it until i finally cash it in. So unless i do go on later its officially my 3rd losing month in a row which ive never done before. On the plus side its a small loss covered by rakeback, a bit similar to last month. On the down side i really could do with a promotion to focus me next month but theres nout visible on the horizon.
Volume for August wasnt bad in end ($3,400 gross rake on main site) considering i didnt play more than 4 hours max a day while the Olympics was on. Trojan attack messed with my desktop and my brain mid month and just could get anything going , especially when sitting on higher end of the stakes.
Its weird how a few hours and 1 session can change your mindset and motivation but could be a tough few days coming. I was doing well volume and profit wise last couple days especially. Not sure what ill do , prob just start a fresh tommorrow. Hoping to take a few shots at WCOOP this month, esp hi lo. Prob give other mixed games a miss though as i just dnt fancy taking the $200+ hits when im struggling to just make a few $ of late. Arrrrrrrgh so annoying just when everything seemed to be fitting into place in both poker and non poker ARRRRRRRRRRgh. :(
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
And Once Again....
That didnt last long. Back in the loss for £434 :((
Had a good afternoon winning ~£200 but evening went much worse dropping ~£600. I did lose a buyin on 5/10hi lo but recovered on that site running well on 1/2 plo. Worst damage was on another site where a bad run saw me lose pot after pot in a short space of time. Wasnt much i could do about it though and done reasonable volume in total so hopefully that can prop my figures up once again. Im not annoyed at all unusually just a bit gutted. Every time i take a shot or semi-shot at higher games i just seem to run awful. This is now quite a few months of it online. At end of day as long as i dnt lose too much like i said rakeback will prop me up and hopefully the good times will return soon, twas a golden first 4 months of the year and it would be nice to get back to something resembling that. Promotion on my main site dnt look good for nxt month as its purely based at mtts. Sometimes they run a cash games one alongside that sort of promo though so im still crossing fingers right now.
Had a good afternoon winning ~£200 but evening went much worse dropping ~£600. I did lose a buyin on 5/10hi lo but recovered on that site running well on 1/2 plo. Worst damage was on another site where a bad run saw me lose pot after pot in a short space of time. Wasnt much i could do about it though and done reasonable volume in total so hopefully that can prop my figures up once again. Im not annoyed at all unusually just a bit gutted. Every time i take a shot or semi-shot at higher games i just seem to run awful. This is now quite a few months of it online. At end of day as long as i dnt lose too much like i said rakeback will prop me up and hopefully the good times will return soon, twas a golden first 4 months of the year and it would be nice to get back to something resembling that. Promotion on my main site dnt look good for nxt month as its purely based at mtts. Sometimes they run a cash games one alongside that sort of promo though so im still crossing fingers right now.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Levelling Out Again
Finally got around to getttin my spreadsheet back up again, pretty sure i was worse off than i thought ~a week ago and prob went close to -£1,000. Still kept at it to finish a promo off on Sunday and played quite a bit today especially this afternoon when i seemed to be more up for it than normal.
I still havent reinstalled pokertracker so ive no idea just how well im running but i kind of like that for a change. Sit at -£57 now for August and seem to be pretty positive right now about poker or other stuff. Im kind of hoping theres a decent promotion to my liking next month so might encourage me to play more volume days like today ended up. In the meantime ill play when i feel like it and maybe even take some time off if the weather holds up.
I still havent reinstalled pokertracker so ive no idea just how well im running but i kind of like that for a change. Sit at -£57 now for August and seem to be pretty positive right now about poker or other stuff. Im kind of hoping theres a decent promotion to my liking next month so might encourage me to play more volume days like today ended up. In the meantime ill play when i feel like it and maybe even take some time off if the weather holds up.
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