December 2012

Tracker says: 26.8k hands, 100 hours, 268 hands/hr.

-£3,400 on tracked sites
+£2,000 on SKY-£1,400 total

Not including rakeback.

Disappointing month. I fucked about playing regs on MG too much which is obv high variance. I also lost a few buy ins at €1k which didn't help (played ok there though).

So I ended up just under £100k, it's slightly annoying but that is just a number and I did exceed my £70k goal so I feel good about the year overall.

Another song I did:


Anyway, for the start of 2013 I will game select better and try to keep 100% focus at all times.

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

DECEMBER = -£1,400

TOTAL = +£99,245

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