Month 9 Week 2 Completion

100nl Stats

10,628 Hands Played
Profit/Loss +$1151.74
BB/100 +10.84(Poker Tracker)
V$PIP 19%
PFR 14%
Post Flop Aggro 2.3
Showdowns Won 51.5%
Rakeback $313(Estimated)
SignUp Bonus $140($500 deposit for new account) Now Complete

Total Proft/Loss +$1604.74

Previous Bankroll: $2300
Profits added to Bankroll: $800
Profits deducted for liferake: $804.74

New Bankroll: $3100



A good week, slipped slightly at the end but i guess that was to be expected because i ran hot this week, last week was the total opposite and to be honest id settle for somewhere in between. This has accellerated my move to 200nl and i had to withdraw 50% of my profits this week to life rake as im planning on booking a holiday to Vietnam and Cambodia in June so $800 to life rake and $800 to my bankroll bringing my bankroll from $2300 to $3100. I also have a rakerace finishing in 2 or 3 weeks which i should easily get the $500 prize in that so im going to add that to my roll in advance which would bring my roll to $3600 so if i can make $400 or more profit this week ill make the move to 200nl next week. I wont be making the move exclusively ill basically play the best games available between 100nl and 200nl with the preference towards 200nl but rather than play a tight 200nl game when traffic is low ill play a loose 100nl instead. Anyway this is good, i hope to build on this and i think its good i got the finger out and started trying to make things happen although im under no illussion that this is just 1 week and i cant expect to have this every week.

Am i Dillusional?

Jop said...
I wonder what you are doing to improve your game.
When I read your blog it seems full of posts where you tell that you had another losing week. Playing 9 tables and nitting it up is imho bad if your game is not great yet. You could better take some time 2 tabling or so, or reviewing sessions in depth, than 9 tabling like a bot.

Just my 2 cents

I do alot to improve my game but i dont really discuss details on this blog because i dont think it would be an advantage to giving people who read this play against me on a regular basis.

I started this blog moreso for a discipline point of view but i do discuss whats going on im my game just not in detail, its more of a stats results blog to shame me into keeping disciplined. Yes i have leaks and yes even up to recently i had some reasonable leaks and i probably still have lots of leaks but im constantly improving, constantly thinking and reviewing my game and i think im playing as well as i ever have from an ability point of view and also a discipline point of view, but over the past 8 months on this blog i think ive came a long way and in particular i feel over the last few weeks i think ive made considerable strides in improving my game which i referred to at the time saying i felt things just clicked.

Maybe im being dellusional because my results havent reflected that recently but i think over the last few weeks i have been hitting bad variance even when i was doing well and i feel i can really push on now over the next few weeks. Weve heard it all before but even the top players have went through huge spells of bad variance, i read Jmans well the other morning and he commented that he ran well for the first 2 years and that had he experinced the variance that he experienced since that he may not have stuck it out.

I post my Hands regularly on forums and im involved in a private forum where we discuss theory, hand histories and do video sessions and a few other things. Youll rarely see a day pass when i dont write or reply to a HH or thread on theory.

I think up to the last few weeks i was doing things that were lowering my winrate considerably yet i had alot more leaks when i was easily beating 100nl in October and Early November, the difference i think was i was running hot then wheras im running bad now.

On the 9 tabling thing, there was a rakerace with $7.5k 1st prize for 2 weeks on ipoker, i taught that was worth a shot, after 2 days it seemed obvious i wasnt going to be anywhere near the top few so i just gave up. Its not something i plan on continuing, i wasnt abandoning my game to persue multitabling or neglecting the improvement of my game just capatilising on what i taught was a +EV oppurtunity but the competition was alot harder than i expected.

A new Dawn And A New Challenge

Ok, this blog is beginning to get boring to be honest. I dont have the same motivation to keep it going, largely because the results havent been impressive. Anyway to recap im doing this fulltime now for the past 2 months and people must be laughing themseleves silly thinking im play 100nl for a living.

I was deluded by what looks like a hot streak i hit in Oct/Nov and taught i would be fine but my expectations were too high, that seems a long time ago now but im still learning the game and it was only just over a year ago that i didnt even know which was the better hand a four of a kind or a straight so ive come a long way.

Although it also seems clear now that over the last 6 months im a losing player not including rake and possibly even a losing player with rake but i think where im at now in my game i think im good enough to be a winning player at 100nl or 200nl and i do think although alot of my losses are down to playing bad/tilting that i certainly havent been having a hot streak since Mid November so i think im sliightly under-represented but only time will tell on that.

So i think a fresh challenge is in order, i had previously said im happy to plug away at 100nl until i clear some loans and bills and then make a break for 200nl. Since its obvious now that playing 100nl and withdrawing life expenses is going to make this a dreadfully slow and painstaking ordeal ive decided im going to commit to working on increasing my bankroll as soon as possible so i can move up.

I dont think i can continue in the medium term to play 100nl as a fulltime job and i really want to continue playing poker full time so i need to move up for the extra financial gain, then i will be in a better position to clear loand and bills quicker.

So heres the plan. Im back playing 6 tables now, i felt 4 was too slow for me and i can still play well 6tabling and using HM to get the most of stats. So i figure i can put in an average of 7k hands a week. Im setting myself a target of approx 4bb/100 and if i cant achieve that then it dosent matter i shouldnt be at 200nl.

My Current Bankroll is about $2.3k which has obviously been dented over the last few weeks. I want to get to about 4k which will be 20 buyins for 200nl and ill take shots, if i lose 6-7 buyins ill drop and rebuild to 4k again and retry.

So where before i was basically paying bills and leaving myself with 20-25 buyins bankroll for 100nl now i will withdraw the minimum i need and leave the rest for my bankroll.

So if i achieve approx 4bb/100 then i should be taking in $300 + $200 rakeback, if i can stick away 1/2 of that every week i should have enough to take shots in about 7 weeks hopefully sooner. So by Month 11 Week 1 i should be reporting on 200nl stats.

Month 9 Week 1 Completion

So much for increasing my winrate, had another bad week but hell i really ran bad, i done alot of reviewing of my hands and im pretty confident i played very well but sick beat followed after sick beat and it didnt let up, i did manage to claw from about 15 or 16 buyins down to around 9 buyins down later in the week though. Ive read a bit about downswings though and really i should be too concerned by it because what ive seen is nothing compared with some runs out there. I did play alot of hands this week because i made an attempt at the Ipoker big 100k Rakerace but gave up after a few days when i realised ipoker is either full of robots or people who 16 table 10 hours a day.

Anyway my bonus and rakeback, which seems to save me alot lately, stood up once again to turn my horrible week into a medium loss due to the amount of hands i got played. Ive only about $140 left in that bonus so i wont have that comfort next week. The extra hands i played didnt have an impact on my win rate though, basically i tightened up when i was 9 tabling which will be evident in my stats this week.















100nl Stats

13841 Hands Played
Profit/Loss -$884.72
BB/100 -6.39(Poker Tracker)
V$PIP 17%
PFR 14%
Post Flop Aggro 2.8
Showdowns Won 50%
Rakeback $375(Estimated)
SignUp Bonus $260($500 deposit for new account)


Total Proft/Loss -$249.72

Month 8 Week 4 Completion

Well the end of another month, overall im happy enough as its an improvement but i still have to believe i can improve an awful lot more. I had a small blowup during one of the days when i probably lost 2-3 buyins from making calls i felt i could have got away from but other than that i felt it was probably the best month ive put in, Not the most profitable but probably the most solid.

In saying that i done alot of review work using Holdem Manager and ive found what i consider to be a huge leak, as i dont want to be openly discussing my weaknesses on a public blog i wont say too much but i really expect that i can improve my results by at least 50% now that ive spotted this leak.

Anyway on to results, the cards just didnt run for me this week but i guess thats how it goes sometimes. I also have a new account now, which i setup so my account is in Euro which helps with currency converter charges when withdrawing to my moneybookers account and i got another $500 deposit bonus which is great.

100nl Stats

6472 Hands Played
Profit/Loss -$407.82
BB/100 -6.30(Poker Tracker)
V$PIP 22%
PFR 16%
Post Flop Aggro 2.37
Showdowns Won 51%
Rakeback $209(Estimated)
SignUp Bonus $100($500 deposit for new account)


Total Proft/Loss -$98.82














I dont have the monthly stats as i switched database from PT to Holdem Manager but heres the final profit for the month including all bonuses, if im honest bonuses and rakeback were my main earners this month.

Total Profit for the Month $2,513.76

Month 8 Week 3 Completion

100nl Stats

6573 Hands Played
Profit/Loss +$371.83
BB/100 +5.66(Poker Tracker)
V$PIP 22%
PFR 16%
Post Flop Aggro 2.8
Showdowns Won 49%
Rakeback $233(Estimated)
Reload Bonus $140(Lodged $1200 to take advantage of 50% reload bonus)
Reload Bonus Now Complete
GJP Points Bonus +$36

Total Proft/Loss +$780.83














Another steady week, not crushing but steady and i was really happy with my game. Ive also decided to play just 4 tables anymore, 5 sometimes if theres juicy tables but 4 mostly. This is so i can give my full concentration to as many decisions as possible. Ive also changed over to using Holdem Manager which i could sing the praises of but i dont want to because i hope most people buy PT3 instead, all the better for me.

So im still waiting on word back about my coaching and hopefully that will help me improve further. I should also add with only 4 tables i can only expect between 5-6k hands a week now but im firmly of the belief that i can make more money playing 4 tables than i could playing 6 even though i lose out on rake and rakeraces if i can just save 1 buyin a week i think it would easily make up for that.

Month 8 Week 2 Completion

100nl Stats

6,679 Hands Played
Profit/Loss +$478.10
BB/100 +7.15(Poker Tracker)
V$PIP 20%
PFR 15%
Post Flop Aggro 2.47
Showdowns Won 53%
Rakeback $190(Estimated)
Reload Bonus $160(Lodged $1200 to take advantage of 50% reload bonus)

Total Proft/Loss +$828.10

Not a bad week, its nice for a change to at least feel like im heading in the right direction, im feeling good about my game but i still feel i must be doing something wrong that im not beating the levels consistently so ive approached HJ from boards.ie for some coaching and hopefully we can get going on that this next week. Anyway i feel im playing well and ive seem to have gotten a grasp of 3betting and my discipline, not 100% there yet but closing in.