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An attempt at a table to sum up the month of April.

Without the hours, it doesn't tell the whole story. But that table alone took me about half an hour to put together. I shall have to get a pivot table together that creates it automatically.

The problem is that my UK sites are not incorporated in the US spreadsheet (for a start, the accounting is horrific). I've manually converted the Sterling figures to dollars at $1.90.

Clearly the PLO$100 was what might euphemistically be called "a learning experience". $2-$4 continues to tbe the bread and butter and I still seem to struggle at $3-$6. However, this was Ultimate, which is a pig of a site for limit. About as hard to grind out anything as Pokerstars.

Total hours for the month were 90, of which 50 was at $2-$4 and 54 was on Ultimate. I suspect that the total hours on Ultimate this month (May) will be far less, now that I have cleared the bonus.

This has been easily my worst month since July 2004, when I lost £160. Since then I've averaged plus £380 a month ($720).

This month has started off with a $500 "hangover bonus" boost from Party and Ultimate. So I'm going to try some $5-$10 and see what happens. The only thing to decide is where to try it. I've got a thousand sitting in my Paradise account, not doing much. But the games there have been horrible to me for a year or so now. On the other hand, rumours abound that they have now got softer.

Party is the obvious candidate, I suppose. But the hand-gathering software makes for a lot of sharks seeking fish through use of Pokertracker. This option is not available to them on Paradise.

Results For April



SITE/GAME MTT $2-$4 $3-$6 PLO$50 PLO$100 BONUS TOTAL
STAN JAMES ($26)           ($26)
BETFAIR ($49) $10     ($110)   ($149)
ULTIMATE   $105 ($21) $162 ($121)   $125
PARADISE       $5     $5
STARS   $62       $100 $162
PARTY   $116         $116
TOTAL ($75) $294 ($21) $167 ($231) $100 $234

Re: 2nd Re: If you play this small...

Date: 2005-05-03 01:15 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Incredibly, I am going to agree with DY :-) I have been thinking a similar thought for quite some time but havent had the brusqueness to come out with it. I played a reasonable chunk of 10-20 on Stars and 15-30 on Party and saw nothing to be scared of. Presuming you have the tank, which for 10-20 on Stars would prolly be no more than $9k, maybe as little as $6k, then u will be in the top 10-20% of players b4 u even sit down.

The reason I jumped into the 5-10 PLO on Party when my tank didnt really quite justify it, was I was worried that the Party on Party would fade out. But I had a job and the advantage of a job is you can take these risks. Like the USAs version of Paul Samuel says, preserve a big bankroll, not a small one.

gl

Dave D

Re: 2nd Re: If you play this small...

Date: 2005-05-03 06:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peterbirks.livejournal.com
Hi Dave, See my new post for some attempt at an explanation. If I get like this at $5-$10, what on earth would I be like at $15-$30? :-)

Pete

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