Bad Downswing!

So the other day i lost around $1600 in 4000~ hands. I took a break and managed to get back on track and grind some of it back but it was still horrid. The first session was at 100nl 6-max and i think i was allin about 8 times in the session. I lost all but 1 flip and lost 3 times when i was 80% fav. At one point i was 16bi below EV over 3,000~ hands as you can see from the orange line on my graph.

Now i just have to grind alot to try and make $3,000+ by the end of the month.

Ended one stake, started a new one.

People who read the regs thread in SSNL will have seen that WCG|Rider has decided to end his stakes.

"Over the course of the past week stakes have really bombed, and with my new house, I'm looking to somewhat lower my variance on the staking front, so I decided to begin to end my Staking program."

Well i was one of these horses and have been staked since August. It was kind of annoying to hear it ending as i had plans to move upto 200nl and maybe even higher and had really not saved up much money at all for my own roll (just spending alot on nights out, eating out & new clothes). Anyway i have managed to get a new backer at a better % split so things should be ok :)

The stake with Doug started at 50nl and didn't really go well at first. It didn't go badly i guess but i was breakeven for a long time. I hadn't really played full-ring before and it deffinately took a lot more adjusting too than i though. What i have learnt now has really changed my game up, for the best i should add.

Here's a graph and some stats over the duration of the stake;



Anyway, over the course of the stake i was only playing full-ring (except for 1 session when i chased a fish to HU) and have decided to try and mix in some 6-max again. I played 2 sessions of 6-max (50nl and 100nl) and did pretty well, so i might start mixing in some 6-max from now on, depending on my mood.

Long Grind

I've been playing alot :x

And my month so far.. going to try and push for 120k hands!

Mixed thoughts on yesterdays session

First off i have to say i had a great session yesterday! I made a decent amount of money in the end but was and am still annoyed at myself for not quitting sooner. There was a point where i was up $980~ and though to myself "nice, another $1k day" so carried on playing to try and reach the 1k mark. I was forcing the action to try and get up to the amount and wasn't playing my usuall game. Of course i dropped a ton of buyins and ended up stopping just short of $600~ ;/


I played a lot more hands than i normally would in a day. I lent my 2nd monitor to my house mate as his broke and i felt really bad for him playing poker on a 13" screen untill his new order from FTP comes through. Because of this i havn't been playing tiled but rather cascading. I think this has helped alot (mostly due to eliminating fancy play syndrome) and now i feel quite comfortable 16 tabling 100nl.

Sadly the last hand of the session was a deep pot where i turned a Q high flush /w QJdd vs his turned K9dd flush :( My month so far..

Re-starting the Blog

This might not last very long but i thought i might start doing this blog again. I've re-read this blog from the start (from way back in Jan 2007 when i was playing 1000nl!) and it's quite fun and interesting to read and see how my game and outlook has changed.

At this time i have just started playing 100nl Full Ring on Pokerstars, moving up from 50nl where i had been doing quite well. 100nl is pretty breakeven so far but im thinking that once i put in some volume i should be able to get the hang of it. It's pretty tempting to move down to 50nl again so that i can just make some good money but i think im going to try and stick with it.

Thats all for now. I will probably update later after my next session /w graphs etc.

v.sick session this morning

So i just played an hour long session and decided to quit and book a nice win, i usually dont do this and grind for god knows how long, maybe it had something to do with the place down the road doing an amazing £5 full english breakfast :)


After my horrid shot at 200nl my month is coming together again nicely and imbeating 100nl at a very good winrate, if only i didn't take shots! ;)


Bankroll: $5600

Why i should stick to 100nl

I understand how grinders like XleprechaunX, mikey miz, eastern motors and Bagataway stay at 100nl forever now.

My month at 100nl so far:


My month at all other stakes: (failed shot at 200nl at the start)


Bankroll: $4800