November 2012

Tracker says: 26.8k hands, 87.5 hours, 306 hands/hr.


£14,290 on tracked sites (ipoker bug still there but not won much on there this month)
+£2,560 on SKY

£16,850 total

Not including rakeback.



Finally we have moved into out flat. It's great and I couldn't be happier with it, there are still a few things left to do to make it into a proper home, and when that is all done it will be even better. The views from the living room window are awesome and really relaxing. It's just a great place to live and I think I always want to live beside the sea/river.

Despite having less time to play due to moving in I have still managed to have my best month of poker ever. I have ran all in terms of EV and a lot of situations have gone my way. But I've also been taking on regs a lot more when there is no other action. Vs most regs I feel I am at least breakeven and I find a lot will quit me early in the match. I have drastically improved my non-showdowns winnings (which I think is a result of playing tougher players) and I aim to keep it that way.

I must not get complacent next month. As I have learned many times in poker; pride comes before a fall. Poker has a habit of putting you right back in your place if you get over confident at all.
Saying that I have just had my best month ever and I have reached a goal that I have always wanted to reach, £100k profit in a year.

Looking back on this blog to March this year, I was only sitting with £10.2k profit after 3 months of pretty solid grinding of 6m. I'm so thankful that I decided to switch of HU, as it has given me a chance to make much more than I would have been able to at similar stakes of 6m. I just feel much more comfortable with my game now and tbh I do think that it would translate back to 6m if ever I felt the need to switch back. This is not very likely at the moment whilst the heads up games are good, but is worth having there if times get tougher at HU.

I'm just so pleased with how everything has been going and I hope it can continue for another year at least.

As every good winning month goes by, my savings are increasing. I'm defiantly looking to get into something that is another income stream for me, but it is difficult when I am earning so much from poker at the moment.

I've been messing about with garageband on my ipad and composed a few songs, hopefully I can get better at that over the next few months and make stuff that I really want to listen to.

JANUARY = +£12,005

FEBRUARY = -£9,300

MARCH = +£7,540

APRIL = +£12,570

MAY = +£10,845

JUNE = +£2,815

JULY = +£11,620

AUGUST = +£7,920

SEPTEMBER = +£16,430

OCTOBER = £11,350

NOVEMBER = £16,850

TOTAL = +£100,645

October 2012

Tracker says: 13.1k hands, 73 hours, 179 hands/hr.

£9180 on tracked sites (bug saying € table son ipoker are £, so it might be a bit less. so annoying, it could be  500-1k less?)
+£1,890 on SKY
+£280 on Bodog (now closed to UK customers!)

£11,350 total

Not including rakeback.

I've been busy this month watching Scotland lose twice at football when I was away on a trip to Cardiff/London/Brussels. Also been stripping wallpaper and painting in the flat.

So less volume but I guess I ran good and profit was good so can't complain at all.

JANUARY = +£12,005

FEBRUARY = -£9,300

MARCH = +£7,540

APRIL = +£12,570

MAY = +£10,845

JUNE = +£2,815

JULY = +£11,620

AUGUST = +£7,920

SEPTEMBER = +£16,430

OCTOBER = £11,350

TOTAL = +£83,795

September 2012

Heads up.

Traker says: 22.3k hands, 113 hours, 197 hands/hr. (/made a mistake with the hours, because oif sorting sessions by "day" in HEM)

£8,480 at tracked sites

+£5,020 untracked on SKY

+£2,930 untracked at bodog (end balance £4430)

£16,430 total

No rakeback included.

This month I have been playing almost exclusively from ~9am to ~5pm. It's something I've been wanting to try out for a while, but it was difficult when I used to play 6-max, because there just wasn't enough games. Heads-up it is defiantly do-able, and I aim to continue in this way.

This is my best month ever and I'm really pleased with myself. Today is the last day that I am playing because I'm doing a 10k run on Sunday and I'm going upto Inverness for a few nights with Claudia and my family.

I am slightly frustrated as today was my biggest losing day of the month. The month was a dream really and I kind of forgot what losing feels like, so it's especially hard to take losing today. I lost $3k to an anon fishy guy on party, who sat with $200 at $2/4, pretty tilting. I did start playing bad in the match which I am not happy with, but I can forgive myself with the month upto this day.

Still not in the flat, hopefully by the end of next month. Claudia has started her job (the main factor in me going 9-5) and is getting on well.

Poker wise next month - much of the same. Maybe again I should have quit earlier today when I was losing and not playing my best vs that guy, I will keep that in mind next month.

In October I have a trip down to Wales and the Belgium to look forward too. This will impact upon my volume, but hopefully not too much.

JANUARY = +£12,005

FEBRUARY = -£9,300

MARCH = +£7,540

APRIL = +£12,570

MAY = +£10,845

JUNE = +£2,815

JULY = +£11,620

AUGUST = +£7,920

SEPTEMBER = +£16,430

TOTAL = +£72,445

August 2012

Heads up.
Traker says: 26.2k hands, 103 hours, 254 hands/hr.
£4,930 at tracked sites
+£2,990 untracked on SKY

£7,920 total

No rakeback included.

As expected I didn't play as much this month. I've ended up with a good profit which is very pleasing as I made nearly £6k in the final week.

I had 8 days completely off and a lot of half days. A promising thing is that action has been decent, and I've played a lot during day-time.

Next month Claudia starts her new job so that will give me a lot more structure to my days. Again, hopefully we as in our new flat by the end of the month (probably not lol).

Non-poker highlights of the month include Celtic beating Helsinki and then Helsingborg to get into the Champions League and 2 games vs Barca. King Creosote, FR solo gig and Aiden Moffat/FOUND. And Paul Merton's improv show at the Edinburgh Fringe.


JANUARY = +£12,005
FEBRUARY = -£9,300
MARCH = +£7,540
APRIL = +£12,570
MAY = +£10,845
JUNE = +£2,815
JULY = +£11,620
AUGUST = +£7,920

TOTAL = +£56,015

July 2012

Heads up.
Traker says: 26.3k hands, 134 hours, 196 hands/hr.
£6,820 at tracked sites
+£4,800 untracked on SKY

£11,620 total

No rakeback included.


Played and ran well this month. Only had 4 or 5 days off. I had one horrible -£4k day which was mostly lost to one Russian donk, who I managed to play a few times since and have got back a lot of what I lost to him. After that shitty day I managed to get it together and not tilt which I'm pleased with. Action has been ok but a bit dry at times.

This month I probably won't manage quite as many hours as I've a few things planned. This week I'm going to the Celtic vs Helsiki CL qualifier as well as the Dundee Utd game in europa league. Then my pals stag do at the weekend. Might be going on holiday and who knows might even be in our new flat this month (probably not lol).

If I manage to make 7 or £8k next month I will probably be happy. My original target of £75k is looking very possible. In fact if I keep up with the pace I have been the last 4 months since switching to HU, I will have made around £95k. Any ways that's hypothetical and somewhat out with my control. I shall just take it month at a time.



JANUARY = +£12,005
FEBRUARY = -£9,300
MARCH = +£7,540
APRIL = +£12,570
MAY = +£10,845
JUNE = +£2,815
JULY = +£11,620

TOTAL = +£48,095

June 2012

Heads up.
Traker says: 33.3k hands, 134 hours, 248 hands/hr.
-£4,770 at tracked sites
+£7,580 untracked on SKY

£2,815 total

No rakeback included in these results at all.

Thoughts for this month are that I would be up a LOT more if I hadn't lost redic amounts to certain players. One guy in particular on Boss who took me for €5k+. Next month I will work on quitting when it looks unlikely I will make a comeback, and also work on taking proper beaks in my session, which is sometimes difficult when you get one opponent after another.

JANUARY = +£12,005
FEBRUARY = -£9,300
MARCH = +£7,540
APRIL = +£12,570
MAY = +£10,845
JUNE = +£2,815

TOTAL = +£36,475

May 2012

Heads up.
Traker says:121 hours,198hands/hr.
+£5,590 at tracked sites
+£4,450 untracked on SKY
+£100 untracked on MG
+£465 stars

+£240 ipoker rb

£10,845 total

JANUARY = +£12,005
FEBRUARY = -£9,300
MARCH = +£7,540
APRIL = +£12,570
MAY = +£10,845

TOTAL = +£33,660

April 2012

Heads up.
Traker says:125 hours, 226hands/hr.
+£3,200 at tables
+£7,900 untracked on SKY
+£1,100 untracked on MG
+£150 stars
+£1,020 rb on ipoker
-£800 in pieces sold

£12,570 total

JANUARY = +£12,005
FEBRUARY = -£9,300
MARCH = +£7,540
APRIL = +£12,5700

TOTAL = +£22,815

March 2012

68.2k hands

108 hours, 631 hands/hr

+£3,000 cash games
+£3,540 rakeback
+£1,000 live poker (small cash in EPT Madrid side event)

+£7,540 total

Well looking back at last months blog I apparently wanted to play 80k hands. I think is is too much. Saying that I did manage 68k which is still a hell of a lot in a month when I took a 5 day trip to Madrid. I also took the last 3 days off as well because I felt I needed a break. It's 4 days into April now and I'm glad I did that.

The standard in the €1k side event was a lot higher than I'd imagined it to be. Early on there were a few clowns but towards the last 3 or so tables there weren't really any weak spots at the table (if you can't spot the fish within 5 mins...). But yeah my short stacking tourney game probably does need some work. I did make a few moves but only enough to stay afloat and looking back I could have gambled a bit more and given myself a better chance of chipping up towards the end. I think I wasn't confidant enough in my 3b/4b/5b game with shorter stacks so I nitted it up to avoid any huge mistakes. Before the next tourney I play I shall defiantly be going over those strategies a bit more.

Anyway, online I felt my play dipped in the middle of the month. Probably due to autopilot. Unsurprisingly my red line dropped drastically during this time but was breakeven again for the last 20k hands or so. People may say it's BS but I do really think the redline shows when I'm not playing 100%.

April goals are to focus on quality of play rather than quantity, although I will hopefully do at least 50k hands. Playing less tables is gonna happen this month and I will probably mix in some $400nl as well. Both these things should allow me to game select better.

The state of the games on iPoker is also of concern. They have been patchy to say the least. Sometimes I should probably just refuse to play a session when they are really bad as it tilts me hard that noone will start tables and that when eventually a fish does sit, the table watching, software using scum manage to insta-sit with position on the fish.

Anyway. A quarter through the year and only £10k up. It's kind of in line with last year but I know I'm capable of so much more. I'm really trying and will be working on my game a lot more away from the tables, possibly with the help of a coach.

JANUARY = +£12,005
FEBRUARY = -£9,300
MARCH = £7,540

TOTAL = +£10,245

FEBRUARY 2012

75.8k hands

111 hours, 682 hands/hr

-£13,000 cash games
+£3,700 rakeback

-£9,300 total



Horrible month. Stupid "shot" at £30/60. Retarded. Played and ran bad after that. Need to get back on track ASAP. Looking into getting coaching but do feel like I'm over my perma tilt and heading in the right direction.

Goals for March are around 80k hands. I'd be very happy with a small profit at the tables, even a winning month after that trainwreck last month.

It's in the past now and it's time to move on and stop playing like a dick.

Going to Madrid and will hopefully bink the tourney that I'm playing and all will be good in the world.

JANUARY = £12,005
FEBRUARY = -£9,300

TOTAL = +£2,705

January 2012

80.7k hands

123 hours, 656 hands/hr

+£7975 cash games
+£4030 rakeback

What should be a joyous blog post celebrating my solid month has been soured by my retardedness tonight of playing £6knl and losing a good chunk of my hard earned profits from this month (-£5k). There was a huge huge whale there and I suppose it could have gone well but after only grinding 200nl for a month, to go and put it all on the line there is pretty fucking stupid. This is gonna make for a horror show of next months graph and a pretty depressing few days from me. Just need to knuckle down and continue grinding. I've been playing so much better than I did towards the end of last year.

This is my biggest losing day at poker by a long way, but at the end of the day, it's £5k. Most people do something a lot more degen throughout their poker/gambling life, I'm just such a tightarse and so careful with my money that I haven't really allowed this kind of thing to happen to me, since I've had any decent kind of roll. It's still not a great loss compared to other stories I've heard, but it is hurting pretty bad right now.

JANUARY = £12,005

December 2011

32.5k hands

64.5 hours, 503 hands/hr

-£4,670 cash games
+£1055 rakeback

Another terrible month. I've not played since the 16th December when I realized my head was too fucked to keep playing and chasing in the hopes of not having another big losing month.

The break has done me good though and I'm ready to get back to the tables and hopefully play a lot better.

I'm going to stick to 200nl for January at least, but possibly February as well. Get some drive and focus back and put in proper volume.

Last year was really disappointing after a great start then a period of playing well... then a clear deterioration. I seem to go through phases of playing like a complete and utter retard.

This year I will be much more self aware of when problems are starting to come up. I will evaluate my play much more and will seek out and listen to what other people have got to say and get a much better feel for how other regs are thinking in different spots.

I'm gonna plan my poker playing a lot more and make a schedule and stick to it as much as possible. I'm gonna drink less and keep going to the gym which is the only positive thing out of the last few months. I'm gonna schedule 3 or 4 day breaks each month when I don't even think about poker.

Also gonna play some live events.

Feeling positive now, gonna soon post some specific goals in terms of hands, target bb/100 and overall profit for 2012.

I would hope to make at least £75k next year. It's gonna be difficult and will require a lot more hard work but I think I can do it.

JANUARY = £11,920
FEBRUARY = £1,510
MARCH = -£2,640
APRIL = +£5,710
MAY = +£3,100
JUNE = +£7,085
JULY = +£7,820
AUGUST = +£4,100
SEPTEMBER = +£5,800
OCTOBER = +£6,070
NOVEMBER = -£3,100
December = -£3,615

TOTAL = £43,800