February 2017

January = +£4,817
February = +£2,358

January 2017

£4,817 profit.

78.4k hands, 130hr. 603h/hr  £37/hr.

Happy enough with the month. The first 3 weeks were kind of swingy and I wasn't playing
anywhere near good enough. I looked over some simple stats and noticed an overall lack of intensity to my game. One simple thing was not stealing enough buttons, as well as not defending enough pre-flop as well as on the flop. I've seen how effective calling even OOP with the correct hands can be as there are many opportunities to bluff rivers when they check back. I've felt more comfortable playing OOP in general and I'm protecting my range a lot better.

I have a much more defined game plan regards flop bet sizing. Paying more attention which boards are good to bet 33% full range-ish and which I need to checkback more - protecting the cback range with good top pairs and other hands like draws.

I had some trouble getting my last session in with YOU-MAD-BRO, it was a good 5 session that I had with him but I think I shall move on and get a fresh perspective from someone else. It's either gonna be the Nick Howard "pack" or some private coaching from BenaBadBeat. Both have different appeals.

There was some bad news that Stars is likely going to be taking away the ability to game select at 6 max tables. This seems really bad news for my current routine of getting in good games - time will tell on that one but as always there are other options...

January = £4,817

Decmber 2016

Had a good start to the month then after a big losing day I never really recovered my confidence which led me to make some irrational decisions and perhaps tilt off a good few buy ins over the 2nd half of the month.

I decided to add in 400nl tables on Stars which has kinda saved my month from being a complete disaster (I'm up 6bi there). I did ok at 100nl but completely tanked at 200, losing 14 bi. Sky hasn't gone much better which has resulted in a breakeven month. I just decided to play a session today (27th) because I was in the house and fancied playing more than doing anything else. That cost me nearly £1k.

I fucked my back up by lifting a crate of home brew wrongly - well the hand kinda broke and I didn't want to smash any beer bottles. This isn't really an excuse as it only affected the final week of play and is generally OK when I'm sitting down. It's just frustrating as it has meant that I can't play football or go to the gym, hopefully it is resolved soon.

Going forward into 2017 it is clear that I need to create a more solid plan of improvement as well as a better set routine. I have always traditionally struggled in December so I'm not going to be too harsh on myself as the previous months things were very much looking on the up.

I'm not sure if grinding 100 and 200 on Stars is the best way to going about making money in the future. Some old regs I've know for a long time have been bumhunting the higher stakes really hard and have had much better years than me.

Something to think about anyway.

JANUARY = +£6,696 

FEBRUARY = +£1,143

MARCH = +£1,854

APRIL = +£ 4,921

MAY= +£2,389 

JUNE= +£2,917

JULY= -£1,868 

AUGUST= +£3,035

SEPTEMBER= +£3,020

OCTOBER= +£4,283

NOVEMBER= +£3,728
DECEMBER= +£302

TOTAL= +£32,594

 

November 2016

 

Feel like I started the month playing really well but tailed off towards the end. Not sure why.

More often than not I'm spewing at least one buy in each day and in a lot of spots I've been feeling a little lost recently. I have been watching a lot of videos and coaches have some very contrasting styles - I think I am having trouble integrating them into a solid game plan for myself.

I've done well on Sky this month which is good but Stars hasn't been great. A tired session losing 7 buy ins at 100z didn't help. I'm still up around £2k on each site though obviously there has been far more volume on Stars. I've played a tiny amount on Party and Unibet too and still have money on iPoker though not played there this month.

Going forward I still have a lot of room for improvement on both the technical aspects of my game and controlling stupid urges to make suicidal bluffs in bad spots.

The last 3 days I've been walking Olive and going to the gym before playing which I think puts me in a better frame of mind - if only I could find some time to do some PIO work! I still find the program confusing and don't have the confidence to get really stuck into it. In the new year I will need to start donating more of my focus to that.

 

JANUARY = +£6,696 

FEBRUARY = +£1,143

MARCH = +£1,854

APRIL = +£ 4,921

MAY= +£2,389 

JUNE= +£2,917

JULY= -£1,868 

AUGUST= +£3,035

SEPTEMBER= +£3,020

OCTOBER= +£4,283

NOVEMBER= +£3,728

 

TOTAL = +£32,292

 

October 2016

Great trip to Amsterdam was extended by a day when Claudia's Mum was taken to hospital after the marathon. Scary. Thankfully she's OK now.

Been watching poker coach Nick Howard's twitch stream this week and feel it has improved my game and mindset. I'd considered buying his PIO packs earlier this year but was put off by the price... he has a "pack" coming out in November which I might finally invest it.

I really do need to remember to fight for all small pots and also in the big pots to cut my losses and give up when called for.

 

JANUARY = +£6,696 

FEBRUARY = +£1,143

MARCH = +£1,854

APRIL = +£ 4,921

MAY= +£2,389 

JUNE= +£2,917

JULY= -£1,868 

AUGUST= +£3,035

SEPTEMBER= +£3,020

OCTOBER= +£4,283

 

TOTAL = +£28,564

September 2016

JANUARY = +£6,696 

FEBRUARY = +£1,143

MARCH = +£1,854

APRIL = +£ 4,921

MAY= +£2,389 

JUNE= +£2,917

JULY= -£1,868 

AUGUST= +£3,035

SEPTEMBER= +£3,020

 

TOTAL = +£24,107

August 2016

Lots of hands but not lots of great play. £3k after rb and untracked sites isn't too bad for a "bad" month.

Some more study and improvement is much needed though.

We climbed my Mum's final monro this month as well as Electric Feilds festival (Colonel Mustard&... , Admiral Fallow, Twilight Sad, Teen Canteen, Honeyblood, Field Music, Fat Whites, Sweaty Palms).

Plus a weekend away with Claudia and a night camping with mates.

Olive is coming on great.

JANUARY = +£6,696 

FEBRUARY = +£1,143

MARCH = +£1,854

APRIL = +£ 4,921

MAY= +£2,389 

JUNE= +£2,917

JULY= -£1,868 

AUGUST= +£3,035

 

TOTAL = +£21,087