Lack of Updates

Because of lack of playing... :(
But i did play a donkament... also i cashed out $3,800 this month :)

Day 3: Sick heater @ 50nl!!

So i have decided im going to just stay at NL50 this month and grind like mad as my winrate and hourly rate at this level is massive in comparison to any other level i've played.

Yesterday i played a session and for the first time in about 2 months decided to use my HUD, i hadn't been before as my computer is pretty old and it slows it down like mad when i use the HUD but i was also only 6 tabling which i think it can just about cope with.

Anyway the session went really well and in just over 4 hours i had made $700 (14 buyins!). Today wasn't too different and i made just over 9 buyins. So heres my graph for the first 3 days of February.


Total Hands Played: 8,000 (660/hour)
Total Hours Played: 12 hours
Winnings: $1250 (+ $110 rakeback)
Pace: $540

Bankroll: $3000

February Challenge

This month i think im going to set myself a challenge, my hourly last month was still $34/hour and my winrate 3.7ptbb/100 which suprised me, i guess i only put in 39 hours of play, which is nothing since this is my sole income! So next month im setting myself a target of making 100 buyins! Thats $5000 at NL50.

I think what this will do is encourage me to play, i want to try and stick to a pace so if i fall behind i will have to play more to catch up, i don't know how many hands i will have to play but heres some examples of how i could get to $5000;

25,000 hands @ 20 BB/100 (1070 hands/day)
50,000 hands @ 10 BB/100 (1780 hands/day)
60,000 hands @ 8.3 BB/100 (2150 hands/day)
80,000 hands @ 6.2 BB/100 (2680 hands/day)
100,000 hands @ 5 BB/100 (3580 hands/day)
150,000 hands @ 3.3 BB/100 (5350 hands/day)

The 'pace' that i will have to keep means making $250 a day (5 buyins) assuming i play 5 days a week. I'll try and keep this blog updated as much as i can.

End of the month wrap-up

So it's the end of the month and i don't really consider how much iv made much of a sucess. The month would have been a lot better had i not lost ~$1000 on the first day of the month :( I felt i played really well at NL50 which showed by running at 9ptbb/100 over nearly 20k hands but i really need to be playing at NL100 in order to be playing better players and to try and increase my winrate at that level.

I moved upto NL100 again a few days ago and had a really good run straight away where i made ~$900 in my first session. I then took a break and had a really bad session later on in the day which pretty much wiped out my days profits.


Bankroll: $3560

My good run continues

Im still beating NL50 at a huge winrate and have decided to keep playing it until i have a comfortable roll for NL100 (maybe $5k/50BI's). The only annoyance im having at NL50 is that the rake is so small (wait am i complaining?) and so im only making about 1/2 as much in rakeback, officially not a rakeback grinder anymore i guess :P



I have been playing about with my style of play too, i've been opening a lot more from the button and cut-off and also 3betting a little wider (trying not to flat as much). My winrate is still 16.5ptbb/100 and im close to clearing my end of year bonus ($290 out of $375, 1700FTP's to go)

Bankroll: $3050

Soo Pretty!!

My NL50 graph so far this month. Yes thats 18.3ptbb/100 or $190/hour!! Shame NL100 play so differently.

[ ] Sample size

Bankroll: $2650

A bad day followed by a good day

So a couple of days ago i put in a marathon session at NL100 and played about 8,000 hands. I started off ok and was up about $500 at one point but then i think tiredness set in after about 8hours and i lost a few big pots that tilted me. I should have stopped playing just then but of corse i didn't :(


So anyway today i moved down to NL50 and had a really great session that boosted my confidence alot, it seemed soo much easier than NL100 and i managed to win about 6 buyins in just a short time.


I also ordered my monitor the other day, woo :)

Bankroll: $2000