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An up-down-up-down month
It was an odd month. despite my cracking profit at 15-30 for the last 10 days of June, I was not comfortable at that level, so I switched back to double-tabling at $5-$10. This would have paid an "expected" profit had it not been for the last couple of days of the month, when the world tried to royally screw me. But 2-tabling at Party is still generating about $10 to $12 an hour, which I can live with at the moment. For the future, I want more, and I must try to summon up the courage to move up in stakes. I just played a bit of $10-$20, but the game was bad (reminiscent of Stars $3-$6), and I missed a bet at the end with AKs, which would have been called by AJ. This was a bad miss and I was annoyed with myself. That's not a good attitude to have when playing poker, so I ducked and ran with my hundred bucks profit. besides, I have a lot of stuff to do, such as this!
The data describing the games could be better phrased. Basically if it's a single number (such as the $60) then that's a tourney entry fee. All of the others describe the betting levels in limit or the blinds in pot-limit.
As I wrote, it was a strange month. From being $500 up after a couple of days, I sank and sank until the 19th, when I found myself about $600 down. Then I zoomed back up the rankings to about $600 up, only for the last weekend to dent the figures somewhat.
In fact it was a losing month, because in this profit is hidden $340 in bonuses. Now, $100 of this was from Ultimate, where I spent most of the month throwing money on the fire (at least, I did when I played limit). Pot Limit Omaha once again proved a friend, despite the low stakes. It's all strange, because I don't think I am any good at the game. I just have to assume that the other players are worse, or that I have been stonkingly lucky. However, that said, yesterday on Paradise I finally felt "in the zone" at PLO. Which is very nice, because I haven't been able to win a twisted groat on that site for about 15 months.
After two great months, I really shouldn't complain. But, even so, it's perhaps a good idea to go back over hand histories and make notes, just in case something more fundamental than ordinary variance is at play. As I have said, I really must try to stop this hesitancy to bet on the river. I've overcome the fear of the check-raise on the turn, so now all I have to do is do the same on the river! It's simply a matter of saying to myself as I bet: "if he raises, I am folding/calling". Then I am not stuck with a decision when the rare check-raise occurs. Even at $5-$10, players seem reluctant to gamble on getting a check-raise when they have a good hand on the river. So the check represents something dubious at least 95% of the time.
Onwards and upwards!
The data describing the games could be better phrased. Basically if it's a single number (such as the $60) then that's a tourney entry fee. All of the others describe the betting levels in limit or the blinds in pot-limit.
As I wrote, it was a strange month. From being $500 up after a couple of days, I sank and sank until the 19th, when I found myself about $600 down. Then I zoomed back up the rankings to about $600 up, only for the last weekend to dent the figures somewhat.
In fact it was a losing month, because in this profit is hidden $340 in bonuses. Now, $100 of this was from Ultimate, where I spent most of the month throwing money on the fire (at least, I did when I played limit). Pot Limit Omaha once again proved a friend, despite the low stakes. It's all strange, because I don't think I am any good at the game. I just have to assume that the other players are worse, or that I have been stonkingly lucky. However, that said, yesterday on Paradise I finally felt "in the zone" at PLO. Which is very nice, because I haven't been able to win a twisted groat on that site for about 15 months.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | |
| 4 | SITE | STAKE | $15/$30 | $5/$10 | 50c/$1(TD) | $25 | $3/$6 | 25c/50c | $2/$4 | $60 | $5 | 50c/$1(PLO) | Grand Total | Avg/hr |
| 5 | PTY | WIN | $17.00 | $51.50 | $68.50 | |||||||||
| 6 | HOURS | 1.50 | 41.75 | 43.25 | $1.58 | |||||||||
| 7 | Betfair | WIN | $77.00 | $162.50 | $60.00 | $20.00 | $199.50 | |||||||
| 8 | HOURS | 1.25 | 3.50 | 1.00 | 4.75 | 10.50 | $19.00 | |||||||
| 9 | UB | WIN | $117.00 | $6.00 | $121.00 | $33.00 | $3.00 | $20.00 | $222.00 | |||||
| 10 | HOURS | 1.25 | 0.25 | 10.50 | 12.25 | 0.50 | 4.50 | 29.25 | $7.59 | |||||
| 11 | PS | WIN | $76.00 | $76.00 | ||||||||||
| 12 | HOURS | 6.75 | 6.75 | $11.26 | ||||||||||
| 13 | PP | WIN | $94.90 | $94.90 | ||||||||||
| 14 | HOURS | 6.25 | 6.25 | $15.18 | ||||||||||
| 15 | SJ | WIN | $30.00 | $30.00 | ||||||||||
| 16 | HOURS | 0.75 | 0.75 | $40.00 | ||||||||||
| 17 | WIN | $17.00 | $117.50 | $6.00 | $162.50 | $121.00 | $127.90 | $3.00 | $60.00 | $20.00 | $20.00 | $246.90 | ||
| 18 | HOURS | 1.50 | 51.75 | 0.25 | 3.50 | 10.50 | 18.50 | 0.50 | 1.00 | 4.75 | 4.50 | 96.75 | $2.55 | |
| 19 | Avg/hr | $11.33 | $2.27 | $24.00 | $46.43 | $11.52 | $6.91 | $6.00 | $60.00 | $4.21 | $4.44 | $2.55 |
After two great months, I really shouldn't complain. But, even so, it's perhaps a good idea to go back over hand histories and make notes, just in case something more fundamental than ordinary variance is at play. As I have said, I really must try to stop this hesitancy to bet on the river. I've overcome the fear of the check-raise on the turn, so now all I have to do is do the same on the river! It's simply a matter of saying to myself as I bet: "if he raises, I am folding/calling". Then I am not stuck with a decision when the rare check-raise occurs. Even at $5-$10, players seem reluctant to gamble on getting a check-raise when they have a good hand on the river. So the check represents something dubious at least 95% of the time.
Onwards and upwards!