The last few days have been weird. I've been putting in my hands at $50 and getting my ironman points that way, but I've also been playing at lower limits for different reasons. I was making some changes to my stat programs and needed a table up while I fine tuned things, and I played at $10pl with a friend for another session.
At $50, I've been up and down like a yo-yo. I'm playing break even poker there through the past 4 or 5 days, just feel like I can't get anything going. For whatever reason though, I'm just KILLING it at the lower limits. In a couple of sessions (probably around 500 hands at each of 25 and 10 plo) I'm showing profits of over 50 ptbb/100. I know those are small sample sizes, but the results are just too vastly different from my regular game to ignore.
I don't know what change I'm making at the lower limits, I'll have to put in some more hands to get a true statistical picture of my tendancies, but I'm certainly open to finding out and hopefully bringing those skills to the higher limit games.
For right now, I almost have to stay playing $50 as my main game, especially in January with the Fulltilt Ironman bonus that I have to clear - but I really think I'll start mixing in some $25 for some sessions. I'm so overrolled for it that it's not even funny, but maybe that's what makes me open it up and get in more pots where I have an edge but may back off at the higher level.
We'll have to see...
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Monday, December 24, 2007
Holiday Thoughts and Wishes
I know this is a blog about poker, but Christmas tends to be one of those reflective times of the year so I thought I would use this time to reflect back over the past couple of months and give thanks to those that have helped me out since my return to (semi) serious poker playing.
I started out August 1st with a small-ish deposit of $400 and thought I could make a go of it at $50plo. Man was I ever wrong. Found out quickly how bad an idea that was, but thankfully with the deposit bonus and the rakeback, I was kept afloat in those early days. I started posting a pile of hands and getting advice from the regulars on FCP. I redeposited another $200 and went back to work.
I dropped down to $25plo, where I had a much better concept of bankroll management and started putting in some hands. I don't think I won anything in September or October, with rakeback keeping me going, but the bankroll declining. Still tried to keep posting hands and reading and learning from those with more experience.
By the end of October, I'd had enough. I felt like I was playing my heart out, but just wasn't seeing the results and wasn't getting any better. I had $250 left with one day to go in the month. I was at my wits' end and ready to call it quits. I'd already promised that I would take whatever rakeback I got at the beginning of November and cash it out, hoping to recoup some of my original investment.
Out of boredom or stupidity, I decided to play a couple of tournaments on the 31st of October. I put a stake thread on the forum and bought four guys in to a plo tournament, then I entered the $10 rebuy. ($10 rebuy with $200 in my account...a bit out of my bankroll) The four horses in the plo tourney went nowhere -- another member of fcp piggybacked on to the idea, and staked ONE guy from the same thread I created -- That guy went on to win the tournament...That pretty much sums up how my month had gone.
While I was watching my stake players lose my money, I actually started building a stack in the $10r tourney. I was running well in the third hour when I got involved in a big hand. I flopped two pair and got a guy all in where I was 80% to 20% with one card to come. Of course, he hit the card he needed and I was crippled. I was so dejected, but still had a few chips left to work with. An hour later, I'd built back to a top 20 stack and had it going again, feeling good. Get dealt KK and push preflop when the blinds and antes were becoming a factor. The guy in the big blind calls with 99 (another 80% / 20% hand) and flops a 9 on me to take the pot and cripple me yet again. I was ready to break something. We were already in the money, and if I'd held on that hand, I would have had a huge stack and been among the top couple of guys - instead, I was back struggling for my tourney life again.
Thankfully, I got lucky soon thereafter and tripled up in one hand. I had I think AQ and beat out two underpairs, jacks and eights if I recall. From there I cruised to the final table - I just couldn't get anything much going on the final table, but I did end up finishing third. Who were the two ahead of me?? Oh - BOTH of the two clowns from the hands I mentioned above, who I had both of them all in as 4/1 underdogs and they sucked out on me. That was tough to swallow, but the $1,750 that I took home helped to ease the pain.
So in one day, my roll went from $250 to $1900 and I was no longer planning on quitting the game, but instead pondering moving up in limits to play $50 plo...It was almost too good to be true.
That score allowed me to play in the November version of the $4.40 challenge on the forum as well. I started out on fire, I think I had 4 final tables in my first 7 tournaments. I just couldn't win one for the life of me. The best chance I had I ended up going out in 7th place, losing with AA to KK all in preflop for what would have been a monster chiplead. The point scoring was so heavily weighted for the winners though that it was still a close race. I think I went in to the last tournament with a one point lead on the guy in second. Unfortunately, he decided to totally own the last tourney we played, taking 3rd place, and I went out somewhere in the 40's to end up in second place. It was ok though, I was still happy with my play throughout and the score added a bit to the bankroll.
I've been playing $50plo pretty much exclusively this month, but for a little stint at both $25 and $100. I started out the month just on fire. I was hitting everything in sight and thought I finally had the game figured out. Then.......it all fell apart. I went on a huge downswing. I couldn't win an 80/20 to save my life, and forget ever hitting a coinflip. When you're running like that, the grind of poker really can get to you. Thankfully this last week or so, I've turned it around and am grinding my way back close to even. I'll be ok by the end of the month, and rakeback and FTP's year end bonus will put me right back in line with where I should be. I might treat myself to an Ipod or something shiny with all my FTP points next month too - we'll have to see.
Last but not least, I just wanted to mention that I am eternally grateful to a few people who've worked with me through the past couple of months. BudBundy (Firat), Simo8Ball (Mark), and TheBigLebowski (Jim) have been the only thing that's kept me from quitting at times. I appreciate the help and support and advice that they've given me more than any of them know.
Thanks to them, and anyone that reads this, and I hope each and every one of you have a happy and safe holiday season.
I started out August 1st with a small-ish deposit of $400 and thought I could make a go of it at $50plo. Man was I ever wrong. Found out quickly how bad an idea that was, but thankfully with the deposit bonus and the rakeback, I was kept afloat in those early days. I started posting a pile of hands and getting advice from the regulars on FCP. I redeposited another $200 and went back to work.
I dropped down to $25plo, where I had a much better concept of bankroll management and started putting in some hands. I don't think I won anything in September or October, with rakeback keeping me going, but the bankroll declining. Still tried to keep posting hands and reading and learning from those with more experience.
By the end of October, I'd had enough. I felt like I was playing my heart out, but just wasn't seeing the results and wasn't getting any better. I had $250 left with one day to go in the month. I was at my wits' end and ready to call it quits. I'd already promised that I would take whatever rakeback I got at the beginning of November and cash it out, hoping to recoup some of my original investment.
Out of boredom or stupidity, I decided to play a couple of tournaments on the 31st of October. I put a stake thread on the forum and bought four guys in to a plo tournament, then I entered the $10 rebuy. ($10 rebuy with $200 in my account...a bit out of my bankroll) The four horses in the plo tourney went nowhere -- another member of fcp piggybacked on to the idea, and staked ONE guy from the same thread I created -- That guy went on to win the tournament...That pretty much sums up how my month had gone.
While I was watching my stake players lose my money, I actually started building a stack in the $10r tourney. I was running well in the third hour when I got involved in a big hand. I flopped two pair and got a guy all in where I was 80% to 20% with one card to come. Of course, he hit the card he needed and I was crippled. I was so dejected, but still had a few chips left to work with. An hour later, I'd built back to a top 20 stack and had it going again, feeling good. Get dealt KK and push preflop when the blinds and antes were becoming a factor. The guy in the big blind calls with 99 (another 80% / 20% hand) and flops a 9 on me to take the pot and cripple me yet again. I was ready to break something. We were already in the money, and if I'd held on that hand, I would have had a huge stack and been among the top couple of guys - instead, I was back struggling for my tourney life again.
Thankfully, I got lucky soon thereafter and tripled up in one hand. I had I think AQ and beat out two underpairs, jacks and eights if I recall. From there I cruised to the final table - I just couldn't get anything much going on the final table, but I did end up finishing third. Who were the two ahead of me?? Oh - BOTH of the two clowns from the hands I mentioned above, who I had both of them all in as 4/1 underdogs and they sucked out on me. That was tough to swallow, but the $1,750 that I took home helped to ease the pain.
So in one day, my roll went from $250 to $1900 and I was no longer planning on quitting the game, but instead pondering moving up in limits to play $50 plo...It was almost too good to be true.
That score allowed me to play in the November version of the $4.40 challenge on the forum as well. I started out on fire, I think I had 4 final tables in my first 7 tournaments. I just couldn't win one for the life of me. The best chance I had I ended up going out in 7th place, losing with AA to KK all in preflop for what would have been a monster chiplead. The point scoring was so heavily weighted for the winners though that it was still a close race. I think I went in to the last tournament with a one point lead on the guy in second. Unfortunately, he decided to totally own the last tourney we played, taking 3rd place, and I went out somewhere in the 40's to end up in second place. It was ok though, I was still happy with my play throughout and the score added a bit to the bankroll.
I've been playing $50plo pretty much exclusively this month, but for a little stint at both $25 and $100. I started out the month just on fire. I was hitting everything in sight and thought I finally had the game figured out. Then.......it all fell apart. I went on a huge downswing. I couldn't win an 80/20 to save my life, and forget ever hitting a coinflip. When you're running like that, the grind of poker really can get to you. Thankfully this last week or so, I've turned it around and am grinding my way back close to even. I'll be ok by the end of the month, and rakeback and FTP's year end bonus will put me right back in line with where I should be. I might treat myself to an Ipod or something shiny with all my FTP points next month too - we'll have to see.
Last but not least, I just wanted to mention that I am eternally grateful to a few people who've worked with me through the past couple of months. BudBundy (Firat), Simo8Ball (Mark), and TheBigLebowski (Jim) have been the only thing that's kept me from quitting at times. I appreciate the help and support and advice that they've given me more than any of them know.
Thanks to them, and anyone that reads this, and I hope each and every one of you have a happy and safe holiday season.
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Just Plugging Away
I've been putting in a lot of hands this month, which is a good thing, and my results the last couple of days have started to turn around. I started posting on and reading a new forum as well in an effort to get more/better/different input on my play. I love the internet, there is SO much information out there if you know where to find it, and there are so many people willing to help others learn.
I'm actually anxious for this month to be over, I'm looking forward to a few things in the poker realm next month. First, I'll get my rakeback for the hands I've put in this month, which should get me back to around the 50 buyin threshhold where I'm more comfortable. Then, I can start working on clearing my year end bonus from FullTilt. I can get $375 if I put in the hands and earn it all. Once I get that happening, assuming I can continue to learn and improve......hopefully I can get back on track.
I really have to stay away from tournaments at this point. The varience is too high, and the time cost of playing a tourney where I'm stuck in it for 2+ hours then bust out with little or no profit really starts to add up, when you consider that I earn ~4/hr just in rakeback alone.
I'm well on my way to Iron status this month which is good. FullTilt's bonus point offer and the Ironman medals help too. I think I might make a purchase from the FTP store next month - treat myself to an Ipod or something. It's been a long 5 months of play, but I'm happy with where I've gotten myself to and where I'm (hopefully) heading.
I'm actually anxious for this month to be over, I'm looking forward to a few things in the poker realm next month. First, I'll get my rakeback for the hands I've put in this month, which should get me back to around the 50 buyin threshhold where I'm more comfortable. Then, I can start working on clearing my year end bonus from FullTilt. I can get $375 if I put in the hands and earn it all. Once I get that happening, assuming I can continue to learn and improve......hopefully I can get back on track.
I really have to stay away from tournaments at this point. The varience is too high, and the time cost of playing a tourney where I'm stuck in it for 2+ hours then bust out with little or no profit really starts to add up, when you consider that I earn ~4/hr just in rakeback alone.
I'm well on my way to Iron status this month which is good. FullTilt's bonus point offer and the Ironman medals help too. I think I might make a purchase from the FTP store next month - treat myself to an Ipod or something. It's been a long 5 months of play, but I'm happy with where I've gotten myself to and where I'm (hopefully) heading.
Sunday, December 16, 2007
If It Wasn't For Bad Luck....
I can't believe how this month is turning out, I'm seriously questioning everything about the game right now. I can't catch a break.
I played the $10 rebuy tonight to try and change things up. In the first hour, I got dealt pocket queens twice. BOTH times, someone else at the table had Aces...sigh.
I get through the first hour running ok, and start building a stack. I had about 6k in chips when the average was 10k, and the huge chipleader at our table raises my big blind (immediately after he'd gone all in over a raise and a call in the previous hand with the monster Jack/Ten offsuit) I have Ace/Queen, and go all in over top of his raise, he insta-calls. I feel good when I see he flips over Ace/Ten and I have him dominated. Four seconds later, he has a four card board flush and I'm out of the tournament. Beautiful.
Then I get in to some omaha. Short story long, I play 450 hands of break even poker, not getting in any big pots. Then I get involved in a monster. I'm in the big blind, so I see a free flop with Ace/Ten/Eight/Three...the flop is Ten/Eight/Three, and gives me a flush draw to the ace as well as the three pairs. I bet and raise the flop and get about 40% of my stack in there. The turn is an ace, so now I have four pairs, and the nut flush draw. Get it all in there....the guy shows a lower flush draw OH -- and he also has the only other two 3's in the deck for bottom set. It holds up, of course, and I'm down $80 more. Siiiiiiiiiiiiigh.
I don't even know what to think or do right now with this poker stuff. I have a decent amount coming for January in rakeback and fulltilt's bonus money for the end of the year....I don't know whether to just shut it down for the rest of the month and start January fresh, OR if I should keep at it and hope that it turns around.
I played the $10 rebuy tonight to try and change things up. In the first hour, I got dealt pocket queens twice. BOTH times, someone else at the table had Aces...sigh.
I get through the first hour running ok, and start building a stack. I had about 6k in chips when the average was 10k, and the huge chipleader at our table raises my big blind (immediately after he'd gone all in over a raise and a call in the previous hand with the monster Jack/Ten offsuit) I have Ace/Queen, and go all in over top of his raise, he insta-calls. I feel good when I see he flips over Ace/Ten and I have him dominated. Four seconds later, he has a four card board flush and I'm out of the tournament. Beautiful.
Then I get in to some omaha. Short story long, I play 450 hands of break even poker, not getting in any big pots. Then I get involved in a monster. I'm in the big blind, so I see a free flop with Ace/Ten/Eight/Three...the flop is Ten/Eight/Three, and gives me a flush draw to the ace as well as the three pairs. I bet and raise the flop and get about 40% of my stack in there. The turn is an ace, so now I have four pairs, and the nut flush draw. Get it all in there....the guy shows a lower flush draw OH -- and he also has the only other two 3's in the deck for bottom set. It holds up, of course, and I'm down $80 more. Siiiiiiiiiiiiigh.
I don't even know what to think or do right now with this poker stuff. I have a decent amount coming for January in rakeback and fulltilt's bonus money for the end of the year....I don't know whether to just shut it down for the rest of the month and start January fresh, OR if I should keep at it and hope that it turns around.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
It Becomes A Grind
Continued to run terribly today, ended up 3 buyins below my equity yet again. In the past 3 days, I'm 8 buyins below where I should be. It's times like these where it is tough to force myself to put in hands. I lost a hand today where I flopped a full house and got all the money in, only to watch the guy go runner/runner to make four of a kind against me. I seriously almost broke the screen off of my laptop.
Somehow at the end of the day, I did manage to turn a small profit, unfortunately it took me just shy of 1,300 hands to do so. Whatever I guess, that's a good number of hands and the rakeback and ironman bonuses have to count for something.
As I said yesterday and have to continue saying, tomorrow is another day, hopefully I can continue to play well (I've never been happier with my stats and aggression) and the luck factor will turn back to the good side and I'll hold up when I'm ahead and catch up when I'm behind.
Somehow at the end of the day, I did manage to turn a small profit, unfortunately it took me just shy of 1,300 hands to do so. Whatever I guess, that's a good number of hands and the rakeback and ironman bonuses have to count for something.
As I said yesterday and have to continue saying, tomorrow is another day, hopefully I can continue to play well (I've never been happier with my stats and aggression) and the luck factor will turn back to the good side and I'll hold up when I'm ahead and catch up when I'm behind.
Monday, December 10, 2007
Just Getting It Handed To Me
I don't even know what to say today...I ran HORRIBLY, and that's almost an understatement. Got my money in as a favourite or at least a coinflip time and time again, and didn't win a single one of them. The final straw was losing a stack as a 90/10 favourite with one card to come. Just unbelievable, I had to shut it down after that happened. I know I ran very well for the first week or so, it just kills me to see those profits flow back to the donators that they came from. I'm somehow still up money for the month, but I'm gonna have to turn this terrible luck around to show the results I want for the month.
I ran six buyins below equity today somehow. I've never even SEEN a graph like that. It's pretty brutal, to be honest. I can't complain too much, as I was well above equity on the luck graph, but it's now reversed itself and I'm running where I'm used to...BELOW expectation. I need to have a fresh mindset tomorrow though and not let today's losses affect me too much. Hopefully I can sleep it off.
I ran six buyins below equity today somehow. I've never even SEEN a graph like that. It's pretty brutal, to be honest. I can't complain too much, as I was well above equity on the luck graph, but it's now reversed itself and I'm running where I'm used to...BELOW expectation. I need to have a fresh mindset tomorrow though and not let today's losses affect me too much. Hopefully I can sleep it off.
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Keep Plugging Away
Had a rough day Saturday, put in a good number of hands, played well, stats right on line with where I want them to be, just didn't get the results. Call it varience, laws of averages, luck, whatever, it just wasn't going my way. Dropped about three buyins through the day, couldn't make anything at all happen.
Thought today was going to be much of the same, was down two more buyins at one point. Had a good late session rally though and ended it off by taking down a three way pot for stacks to actually turn a profit for the day. Felt good, almost like vindication...lol
Got my ironman points all weekend, well on my way to iron status this month too.
For the first week, I won 6.5 ptbb/100 which is perfect for my goal. It's too bad, I was winning at double that rate for a bit, but I just have to stay patient and keep putting hands in. I know the results will follow.
Thought today was going to be much of the same, was down two more buyins at one point. Had a good late session rally though and ended it off by taking down a three way pot for stacks to actually turn a profit for the day. Felt good, almost like vindication...lol
Got my ironman points all weekend, well on my way to iron status this month too.
For the first week, I won 6.5 ptbb/100 which is perfect for my goal. It's too bad, I was winning at double that rate for a bit, but I just have to stay patient and keep putting hands in. I know the results will follow.
Friday, December 7, 2007
Solid Day and Some Thoughts on Staking...
Played around 500 hands of 50plo today. Results were very good, I think I ended up somewhere close to +3 buyins and 25-ish bb/100, both of which I was very happy with. I'm right on track for all my goals for the month, playing enough hands for Iron status at FTP, winning at a decent clip, stats where I want them to be, feeling good.
Also keeping another goal I set for myself by staying away from tournament poker for the time being. The lure of the big payoff I have to admit does tempt me. I'd love to play the daily doubles every night, along with the 4k gtd plo and plo8, and a couple of the knockout tourneys, along with the $10 rebuy which is what I scored in to give me the roll to still even be playing today. The cost for these though, adds up very quickly if you're not cashing in them, it'd be very easy to spend $100 on entries in a few hours, which I can't afford to do right now. (Doubles are $12 each, $4k gtd's are $26, the $10r is minimum $30-50)
I did however put up a stake thread on FCP, giving out 5 stakes to a $2.20 donkfest on pokerstars. I don't have a whole lot of money left on Stars, as I moved over the majority of it with the help of a friend from the forum, so I'm just gonna have some fun with what's left on there, play some sng's and maybe donk some 2-7 triple draw (man I wish FTP would add that...)
Anyway, I staked 5 players in to the $2.20 tourney, 3 of which were out within the first ten minutes, the 4th just seconds after the first break, and the 5th just posted that he barely has the amount of the starting stack, an hour and a half in to the tourney...there's some good news....
I truly don't expect wonderful things when I put up these stake threads, but man...a cash, or some genuine effort would be nice. To see some of the hands these guys post, they shove when they're clearly beaten, is so frustrating. ("hmm, the guy just 4-bet me all in preflop, and I have AQ offsuit...I CALL!!!)
I really think I'm done staking people on the open forum. I understand the nature of the whole thing, and I've been the one looking for stakes at some points in my poker career. I still remember when bkice was good enough to stake me and about 6 or 7 others in to a $27 tourney after a big score. Such a selfless act, and I've always remembered that and always tried to "make up" for being on the receiving end.
I've just had NO luck at all though. I staked TEN people in to the $500 added private FCP tourney. The size of the WHOLE field was under 150 players, I had like 6% of all the entries in the damn thing and couldn't get so much as a CASH from any of them. I've done a few more stakes, and with the exception of $5 that I GAVE to Elo and Ag out of appreciation for scoring the $4.40 pool, NOBODY ever has cashed. Elo cashed on the stake for $20, and without even asking or talking about it sent me half as per the usual stake deal. I sent it back to him and told him to let it ride. I never gave him the $5 in the hopes of getting $10 back...he's a guy with little to no roll who seems to have some talent. Hopefully he can make something of it (and ship me a real amount when he hits a cash in a sunday million or something...lol)
Anyways, screw anymore staking. Back to the plo tomorrow. Hopefully the stake karma is good for a two-outer or something when I need it. GL.
Also keeping another goal I set for myself by staying away from tournament poker for the time being. The lure of the big payoff I have to admit does tempt me. I'd love to play the daily doubles every night, along with the 4k gtd plo and plo8, and a couple of the knockout tourneys, along with the $10 rebuy which is what I scored in to give me the roll to still even be playing today. The cost for these though, adds up very quickly if you're not cashing in them, it'd be very easy to spend $100 on entries in a few hours, which I can't afford to do right now. (Doubles are $12 each, $4k gtd's are $26, the $10r is minimum $30-50)
I did however put up a stake thread on FCP, giving out 5 stakes to a $2.20 donkfest on pokerstars. I don't have a whole lot of money left on Stars, as I moved over the majority of it with the help of a friend from the forum, so I'm just gonna have some fun with what's left on there, play some sng's and maybe donk some 2-7 triple draw (man I wish FTP would add that...)
Anyway, I staked 5 players in to the $2.20 tourney, 3 of which were out within the first ten minutes, the 4th just seconds after the first break, and the 5th just posted that he barely has the amount of the starting stack, an hour and a half in to the tourney...there's some good news....
I truly don't expect wonderful things when I put up these stake threads, but man...a cash, or some genuine effort would be nice. To see some of the hands these guys post, they shove when they're clearly beaten, is so frustrating. ("hmm, the guy just 4-bet me all in preflop, and I have AQ offsuit...I CALL!!!)
I really think I'm done staking people on the open forum. I understand the nature of the whole thing, and I've been the one looking for stakes at some points in my poker career. I still remember when bkice was good enough to stake me and about 6 or 7 others in to a $27 tourney after a big score. Such a selfless act, and I've always remembered that and always tried to "make up" for being on the receiving end.
I've just had NO luck at all though. I staked TEN people in to the $500 added private FCP tourney. The size of the WHOLE field was under 150 players, I had like 6% of all the entries in the damn thing and couldn't get so much as a CASH from any of them. I've done a few more stakes, and with the exception of $5 that I GAVE to Elo and Ag out of appreciation for scoring the $4.40 pool, NOBODY ever has cashed. Elo cashed on the stake for $20, and without even asking or talking about it sent me half as per the usual stake deal. I sent it back to him and told him to let it ride. I never gave him the $5 in the hopes of getting $10 back...he's a guy with little to no roll who seems to have some talent. Hopefully he can make something of it (and ship me a real amount when he hits a cash in a sunday million or something...lol)
Anyways, screw anymore staking. Back to the plo tomorrow. Hopefully the stake karma is good for a two-outer or something when I need it. GL.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Good First Few Days
Haven't blogged for the first couple of days, I've been sick as a dog, sleeping most of the days away, trying to put in 50-100 hand sessions here and there.
My results actually have been very good, by my standards. I started out on an ugly downswing, losing 4 buyins almost right away. I've stuck with the aggression game that I'm trying to get comfortable with, and I've gotten lucky a time or two and had some hands hold up where they needed to and I'm doing well.
If I can keep this going, and get some money moved over from pokerstars, and add in my november rakeback money, I'll have a decent roll online for a change. Hopefully I can keep this up and start thinking about how and when to move to 100plo.
My results actually have been very good, by my standards. I started out on an ugly downswing, losing 4 buyins almost right away. I've stuck with the aggression game that I'm trying to get comfortable with, and I've gotten lucky a time or two and had some hands hold up where they needed to and I'm doing well.
If I can keep this going, and get some money moved over from pokerstars, and add in my november rakeback money, I'll have a decent roll online for a change. Hopefully I can keep this up and start thinking about how and when to move to 100plo.
Saturday, December 1, 2007
November Recap
Well...I finished second in the $4.40 challenge, despite going in to the last tournament with the lead. I actually got fairly deep in it too, but the guy who won (fitzinabox) just totally hit everything in sight in the last one to take down the challenge. I have nothing at all to complain about, I exceeded my goal, and took a few hundred bucks for my trouble.
As for the rest of poker, I turned a small profit in November, which is partially depressing BUT, given that I was down $400 inside of six days, I'm glad that I was just able to get things back to the good side before adding in rakeback and ironman bonuses. I didn't earn as much rakeback as I'd hoped but this coming month, I'm hoping to get to $500.
I'm doing well right now, and really feel like I've made great strides in the past few weeks and am really learning to play this game properly. If I can keep it up, hopefully in a few months I'll be ready for the leap to $100.
As for the rest of poker, I turned a small profit in November, which is partially depressing BUT, given that I was down $400 inside of six days, I'm glad that I was just able to get things back to the good side before adding in rakeback and ironman bonuses. I didn't earn as much rakeback as I'd hoped but this coming month, I'm hoping to get to $500.
I'm doing well right now, and really feel like I've made great strides in the past few weeks and am really learning to play this game properly. If I can keep it up, hopefully in a few months I'll be ready for the leap to $100.
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