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

November 2011

49k hands

90 hours, 546 hands/hr

-£3,800 at cash games
-£1,500 hu (not tracked)
+£2,200 rakeback

Very shit month, need to get a grip and stop spewing so much and playing like a moron. Really must start to focus while playing and going on tilt so easily and making -EV decisions.


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 = -£3100

TOTAL = £47,415