One more day left - results from 1/30

Well the first month of the race is almost over. I had some ups and downs, but I feel very comfortable with where I am at. The more I think about it, the more I feel like 5/10 is the game for me. I have now played 1,739 hands at that level with a return of 4.83bb/100. Now I know that is an extremely small sample, but I have not had a losing day yet at that level. It just seems that you can make more plays, and there are less people willing to call you down with bottom pair in hopes to catch. I thought it would be odd to have two tables open with $500 on each, but I do not even think twice about it now. That is funny since a year ago I was worried about my $10 buyin on a .05/.10 NL table. This leads me to a tip....

TIP - Do not think of your wins or losses in terms of dollars. Instead use bb which for limit means big bets, and for NL it means big blinds. For example yesterday at one point I was up $200. That sounds like alot but it really is only 20bb. I have found that I have put less value on the actual money at the table. It is not that I throw it around, but I just view it as weapons to get other peoples money. I heard an interview with Jennifer Harman in which she said that when she feels she puts to much value in money she flushes a hundred dollar bill down the toilet. I am not suggesting going to that extreme, but if you think of your win/losses in terms of bb that will help.

So back to my race. I did win at just under a 2bb/100 clip last night. Unfortunately Bayou is having network problems so my bonus has not hit in a couple of days. So with the bonus I would almost be at 7k. Unfortunately until that hits I cannot count it.

Jan 1 bankroll - $5252
Jan 31 bankroll - $6826 (not including about $150 in bonus money)
Profit - $1574
Feb 1 goal - $7252

Up in flames - results from 1/29

I just had to tell this story because I thought it was so funny. Saturday we had the pinewood derby race for cub scouts. For those who are not aware, you make a car out of wood and race it. The car cannot be more than 7 inches long and it cannot weigh more than 5 ounces. So CJ and I make this really nice car. We work on it for two weeks and we both were shocked on how well it looked. On Saturday morning we weigh it, and it comes up exactly 5 ounces. We test drive it and it is rolling perfectly straight. Not bad for two guys with no experience. Noon is race time!!!!!!

So at noon my son's car, which he named Fire, is in the first heat. He blows away the other kids by 4 lengths. He was thrilled. The next level he wins again in similar fashion. So here I am with my chest puffed out feeling like I am the man. My son thinks I am a God and all is well. Until the final race. What happened next has never happened at this Pinewood Derby. Fire was in lane 1 and apparently was not centered in the track correctly. The race starts and our beautiful car flips off the track, falls 10 feet and hits a chair. Three of the wheels fall off and my beautiful car is destroyed. The crowd just went 00000000hhhh. CJ is stunned. They decide that they will redo the race and I have 10 minutes to get this car in shape to run. The pit crew tries it's best, and we finally get the car back on the track but needless to say it is not performing nearly as well and we finish last in the final heat, one spot out of winning a medal. Everybody there said it was the best crash they have ever seen.

Fortunately at age 6 kids rebound very well. A trip to Chick-fil-A and some ice cream and he is as good as new. The car though will never be the same.

Ok now for me. I played like a donkey in the WSOP tourney. I was reraised almost every time I was in a pot, and three times I folded top pair to a big reraise. Finally I have KQ on the button and I raise and I get two callers. The flop comes Q107 and I bet out after two people check. Only one caller this time. The turn is a 5. He checks, I bet out again, and then he raises me all-in. I rule out AQ, QQ, 1010, because he would have raised preflop or right after the flop. 77 is possible but again I think post flop he raises. 55 is out of the question. Q7, Q5, or 10,7 or 10,5 he would not call the preflop raise. So either this guy called a big raise with Q10 or I have him beat most likely. I call. Of course he has Q10 and I lose. Now I know you should not call off all your chips but that is exactly what I did. Stupid, stupid, stupid. I had no reads on these people and I did not need to do that. That mistake will not happen on my WSOP tourney this Saturday night.

I did win again playing 5/10 though, and my profit for the day was $165. Not bad, but not nearly as good as I hoped. Well sorry for the long post, I hope you enjoyed it.

Jan 1 bankroll - $5252
Jan 30 banroll - $6745
Profit - $1493
Feb 1 bankroll - $7252

Snuck in some play - report from 1/28

Well after the busy schedule of Saturday I was able to get some play in for yesterday. After initially losing some in 3/6, I decided to take a shot at 5/10. This was not my first attempt at 5/10. Every now and then I will give a shot at a higher limit since my bankroll can certainly support the higher limit and it is good to see what you are going to get into down the road. I do not recommend trying a shot at a higher limit out of tilt, or because you are trying to get away from donkeys after a series of bad beats, etc.

That being said I made my money back and then some playing 5/10. In the small amount of time that I have played 5/10 (413 hands) I have won at a 11bb/100 clip. Obviously a large portion of that must be variance. Either that or I am the best 5/10 limit player in the world. My money is on variance. My VP$IP percentage is right at 20%, and my post flop play was solid. I did even get sucked out a couple of times but nothing too bad. I think I will try to play 5/10 again today and see how it goes. Obviously if I start to tank I will drop this experiment before it does too much damage. My bankroll is over 650 bb though which is perfectly fine to play at this level.

So the profit for the day including bonus money ended up being $213. That puts me at a new high for 2006. Here are the numbers......

Jan 1 bankroll - $5252
Jan 29 bankroll - $6580
Profit - $1328
Feb 1 goal - $7252

Not a good day - results from 1/26

Well yesterday sucked. First I was just getting absolutely sucked out on. Then I got lazy and just compounded the problem. I am not going to worry about it too much, but I will learn from it. Sometimes you are just not on your "A" game and then you should not play. Well I will tell you not to expect much in the way of updates over this weekend. I have a live game that I am playing in tonight, and then I promised the wife we would have a date night on Saturday. So it looks like there will be no online poker until Sunday. Sunday I am playing for a $1500 WSOP seat in the finals of the Online Poker Tour. They are taking all their champions over the past year and having them play for a seat in the event. They are giving seats to the top 3. Since I was a two time champion last year I qualify for the event. This is the first of four WSOP sats that I qualified for. Take care and good luck out there.

Jan 1 bankroll - $5252
Jan 27 bankroll - $6367
Profit - $1115
Feb 1 goal - $7252

The streak continues - results from 1/25

Well yes it is a small streak, but a streak is still a streak. I won for the 3rd day in a row, posting a win at a clip of 5bb/100 hands for the limited amount of time that I was able to play. I was busy helping my son finish his pinewood derby car for his race on Saturday. Including the bonus money I posted a $98 win for the night. Right now my problem does not seem to be winning, it is not having enough time to actually play. This was not something that I anticipated when I first started out. By the time the middle of February comes around I will have a ton more free time to actually play.

By the way talk about customer service. If you have not joined Bayou Poker you are doing yourself a disservice. I was asking Mike Henry at Bayou if he heard anything over the last two days about my missing $70 in rake. He said that they are still working on it, but in the meantime he would take my word on what is missing and just send me $100. Then when my actual bonus money comes in I can keep it for my pain and suffering. He is a great guy, and he stands by his players. You ought to put some money with them, you will not regret it.

Jan 1 bankroll - $5252
Jan 26 bankroll - $6439 (not including the $100)
Profit - $1187
Feb 1 goal - $7252

Blogs, blogs, and more blogs

Hey everyone I told you the 2nd post was coming today and here it is. It seems that not only yours truly has a blog. In fact there are several blogs that are out there (imagine that?) and I decided to link you all to some of them. It is good to read these blogs because you will find out that you are not the only one going through the ups and downs that this great game has to offer. Now the deal is you cannot leave me for another blog ;-)

Jeremy's Blog - Jeremy is a good friend of mine that also resides here in sunny Georgia. He is responsible for most of the live playing that I get to do. Since we live in the Bible belt, there is no casinos in the area, so Jeremy and I are planning a trip to Tunica in a couple of weeks. My first live poker in a casino in 10 years!!!! Anyway he has a good blog and he keeps it updated so check him out.

Quackpot's Blog - This lucky stiff won the Bluff Poker Tour in 2005 which earns him seats to 3 major poker events. Follow his exploits as he participates in these events and wish him luck.

Ramble's Blog - There is some really good stuff in this blog. He recounts how he is building his bankroll playing a bunch of different games. I stumbled across him from pokerfox.net. Go check it out.

Scary's Blog - Another one of the pokerfox.net guys. This blog details alot of tourney play that is very interesting.

Blog de Brettro - Man these pokerfox.net guys love to write. From what I read Brettro started just over a year ago so he is in the same boat as many of us. Well worth the read.

Titan's Blog - This is the only blog that I have seen from someone who plays five card draw. He plays holdem too, but I find his five card draw stats very interesting.

Hatfield's Blog - We all can probably learn the most from this blog but unfortunately with all his other activities it is not updated nearly as often as we would like. Hatfield and Fox run pokerfox.net.

Well there it is. You all have a lot of reading to do. Take care and good luck.

Making good use of limited time - results from 1/24

Well last night was bowling night, so I did not get a chance to play a whole bunch. For those who are interested in my bowling exploits I shot 195-137-213 for a 545 series. Don't ask me about that 2nd game, I cannot explain it other than to say that I was throwing the ball like a sissy. We won 5 points out of a possible 7 and now we are in the middle of the pack in this league and we bowl the first place team next week.

Now for poker. I only ended up playing 155 hands, but I won at a ridiculous 16bb/100 clip. If I did not have a 8am meeting I would have played longer since the game was so soft. I do have a job however, so I had to go to sleep. You would think that since I only had a short amount of time that I probably played very reckless. That was not the case. I ended up only playing 29 hands for a VP$IP of 18.7%. This just shows you that you do not have to play a ton of hands to win alot of money. You just need to play the hands you are in smart and aggressive. My total profit for the day including bonus money was $170.

I am going to post another post today regarding some more links that I am adding. I just want to review some of the links before I do so.

Jan 1 bankroll - $5252
Jan 25 bankroll - $6341 (still owed $70 of bonus money)
Profit - $1089 (first time over 1k of profit)
Feb 1 goal - $7252

Another good day - results from 1/23

Well I am making some solid progress once again. I did notice a subtle leak in my game and I tried to patch it the last couple of days. The leak was if someone raised or reraised preflop after I acted. 100% of the time that happened I called. Often that led me down the wrong path and overall it was a -EV move. Now I find myself releasing some of those hands preflop, and the majority of those hands before the turn. It seems to have paid off at least early, but we need to see the results over a much longer term.

So yesterday I played 400 hands and won at a rate of 9.3bb/100 hands, which is awesome. Bayou is still working with me on the bonus money. Let me tell you that Mike Henry at Bayou is great. He keeps me posted on what is going on every day. I feel confident that the issue will be resolved and my bonus money will be in my account soon. They are also running a promotion at Bayou where the top 100 players according to rake generated get an additional $5000 in bonus money put in there account. I know that I play alot there so hopefully I am in contention. So the profit for the day including bonus money was $267. Today will be a light day (bowling night), but I will get some playing in when I get home.

Jan 1 bankroll - $5252
Jan 24 bankroll - $6171 (not including $72 of bonus money)
Profit - $919
Feb 1 goal - $7252

Results from 1/22

Well today was not a good day. I pretty much broke even when you include my bonus money which is not good. I did play some tourneys and was elminated twice on runner runner flushes when I was the clear leader.

So with the bonus money that I am still owed I am hovering right around $6000 again. I know that I will eventually break through, but this is getting very frustrating at the moment. There used to be a time that I would have been happy to have a $1000 profit month, but we are beyond that time. Well I will be back at it today, and hopefully I have some good reports to post.

Jan 1 bankroll - $5252
Jan 23 bankroll - $5904 (still owed $80 bonus money)
Profit - $652
Feb 1 goal - $7252

Sometimes the fish bite back - results from 1/20 & 1/21

Well "fishy Friday" did not work out so well for me. After going through the hands though I really cannot find a whole bunch that I would have done differently. For example twice I flopped the nut straight only to lose to runner runner boat. Now I did not slowplay either straight but people called anyway. Also 12 times I was dealt either JJ,QQ,KK,AA or AKs and I was 0-12 in those hands. Some of them I released right away like a QQ when I raised and had 4 callers and the flop came up AK7. Others I had to play all the way like when my AA came up short on against Q4s on a board of Q8324. Again I was betting all the way. So Friday was a loss of $200. Fortunately Saturday I played pretty well and ended up $100. Once Bayou fixes it's bonus money situation I should be almost even for both days combined.

Even though today is Sunday and crazy things usually happen to me on this day, I am going to play alot today. I expect to get in over 1000 hands today as it is raining out and there is not much to do except play poker and watch football. I will also play a couple of tourneys throughout the day. Nothing too high, just a $5 tourney here or a $10 tourney there. Of course if I see that things just look way out of whack I will cut it short and read a poker book instead.

Jan 1 bankroll - $5252
Jan 22 bankroll - $5925
Profit - $673
Feb 1 goal - $7252

A very good day - results from 1/19

Well I am definitely back on track. I played some more last night and I absolutely killed the 3/6 tables that I was at. I won at an insane clip of 11.7bb/100 hands last night for a winning session of $281 without counting the bonus money. Nearest I can figure I will have also cleared between $40-$60 in bonus money last night as well which will bring my total profit for the night to $320+. What is truly funny is you would think I got more aggressive or maybe I started chasing and catching, but that is not the case at all. I even took some bad beats like losing a $57 pot with KK vs Q9s. My VP$IP was at 19% and of course when I was in I was aggressive. Today is historically my best day (Fish Friday), so I look forward to really pushing towards my new goal of $7252. I will update this post once Bayou posts my bonus money so we have an accurate count. Until then we will go with this figure.

Jan 1 bankroll - $5252
Jan 20 bankroll - $6034
Profit - $782
Feb 1 goal - $7252

Continuing the winning ways - results from 1/18

Well last night I did play some. I did not play for too long because I found myself very tired at about 11pm and I could not stay awake. For the time I did play I ended up winning at about a 3bb/100 hand pace. My total take including some bonus money was $83. Not bad. I feel good that I am back winning and making some positive gains. Tonight should be good as the wife is out with her friends so I will be playing starting at 7:30 sharp. I will start playing a tourney here and there as well because I have qualified for two pretty exclusive WSOP freerolls (one with 100 people, the other with about 60-70 people) that will be played between the 29th and the 4th of Feb. I want to stay sharp and give myself the best chance at victory. I will also reread both of Harrington's Holdem books in preparation.

Jan 1 bankroll - $5252
Jan 19 bankroll - $5753
Profit - $501
Feb 1 revised goal - $7252

Creating a "fish" list on Poker Tracker

I know that some of you are pretty new to pokertracker and all that it offers. Here is one that I found that is extremely helpful to me and should help you as well. I use pokertracker to create a list that I look at before I join a table. There are 4 categories of players that I want to play with - Fish, Mini Fish, Calling Station, and LAP or Loose Aggressive preflop/ Passive postflop. I have an excel spreadsheet with each of these categories and all their stats. It takes exactly 5 minutes to create this for yourself. Here is how you do it. First go to the ring game statistics section (click on the ring icon) and then....

Preferences Tab --> Check Use Player Filter --> Select the Player Icon for the players you are "searching" for --> Summary Tab --> Click the little p to print or the e to export to a file -->

I click on the "e" to export to an excel spreadsheet. This is an awesome way to have a handy list to look for people that you want to play. To show you the power of this the people that pokertracker has labeled for me as "fish" have lost $1032 in just 1439 hands. My "calling" stations have lost $1121 in 3666 hands. My "mini-fish" have only lost $80 in 2019 hands and my "LAP" have lost $31 in 71 hands. That is a total of $2264 lost in 7195 hands or a rate of losing 5.29bb/100 hands. Seems like a group you would like to play against right?

If you have any questions about this let me know. I will try every now and then to throw in a tip in addition to my usual posts.

A short night of "perfect" poker - results from 1/17

Well last night was a real short session because Tuesday nights are bowling nights. I ended up bowling 159-195-181 for a 535 series. Not great, but not bad. Unfortunately we lost because one of the guys on the other team shot 268-244-199 for a 711 series. Just nuts. We always seem to bring out the best in the other team. Oh well.

As for poker, I played the 233 hands that was dealt "perfectly". I had my sheet out on my lap, and I did not chase unless the pot odds dictated it. I have never had a losing session while using that preflop sheet, and I plan on using it for every session for the rest of the year. I ended up winning at a 7.3bb/100 clip, and ended up with a profit of $102.

So now I have to constantly remind myself that when I play my "A" game I will win much more often than not. I promised myself and you out there that I will only play my "A" game. There is no excuse not to. Tonight I will get to play much more and hopefully I can build towards my new goal of $7252 which would be a $2000 profit for the month. Once again good luck out there and thanks for hanging in through my little spiral downwards.

Jan 1 bankroll - $5252
Jan 18 bankroll - $5670
Profit - $418
Feb 1 goal - $7252

"A renewed dedication" - results from 1/16

Ok I posted my 2nd straight brutal day that caused me to really look hard at what I am trying to accomplish. Do I really want to succeed or do I want to just have a fun time gambling. I have decided that I want to succeed. What that means is that I have to stop screwing around. I noticed a couple of really poor errors in my game that I must fix....

1) I have to stick to my preflop sheet. The last two days I have not used the sheet and I am raising when I should be calling and calling when I should be folding. That has to stop.

2) I am chasing waaaaaaay too much. This causes additional variance in my game. When I am hitting I am winning a ton but when I am missing my draws I lose a ton.

So from now on I will not play unless I have my sheet in front of me and I will not chase unless the pot odds dictate that chasing is a +EV play. No more gut feels post flop. I have let myself down and you guys down. That WILL NOT happen any more. I am going to make winning decisions all the time. I know I will not win all the time because luck is out there.

So there it is. I posted $230 loss. The past is over though. As Mike Caro says "you are even before each hand is dealt". I have lost 16 days but I have 349 to go. The next 349 will be much better than the first 16. Trust me.

Jan 1 bankroll - $5252
Jan 16 bankroll - $5568
Profit - $316
Feb 1 goal (new) - $7252.

Man I hate Sundays!!! - results from 1/15

I am never playing on a Sunday again (ok I am sure I will, but man this sucks). Two out of the three Sundays this month I have gotten killed. You want proof, I have proof. On Sundays I have lost a total of $570. On the other days of the week I am up over $1000. This is nuts. So now I am back under $6000. That is not a huge deal, but I cannot afford to keep dropping down if I am going to get to 100k. I set a goal of 9k for this month to finish at and right now I would be thrilled if I can get to $7500. Oh well. So for the day I dropped $238. I am going back to the tables now to turn it around.

Jan 1 bankroll - $5252
Jan 15 bankroll - $5799
Profit - $547
Feb 1 goal - $9000

Finally moving on up - results from 1/14

Well I finally recovered and broke the 6k barrier!!!!! I would be happier if I could have avoided that disaster on Jan 1, but at least I get to stop typing $5xxx as my current bankroll. Yesterday I really did not play too much, but I joined this World Amateur Poker Tour and they have this series of tourneys. If you win one of their "majors" you actually get a bracelet. It cost $35 to join for the year, but I was helping a friend out by joining, so I figured why not. They run two leagues each quarter in addition to their majors. One league is on Tuesdays and the other is on Saturdays. Unfortunately it seems that attendance is not what I would have hoped it to be (I figured 75-100 people).

So yesterday I sign up for their Saturday night tourney. Last week in this tourney I was eliminated when I got all my chips in with AA against 33 and the guy gets quads. This time there is a whopping 17 people in (it is a $10 tourney) and I take down 1st place which was worth $85. Not bad, but nothing to write home to Mom about (unless she is reading this then Hi Mom!!!).
Couple that with the $50+ I won playing 3/6 and a couple of bucks of bonus money and I ended up the day with a profit of $141. Not bad for only 3 hours of work.

So today I will try to concentrate on playing some poker despite two great NFL games on TV. If I find that I have lost focus then I will just shut the poker playing down until tonight. Good luck to everyone out there!!!!

Jan 1 bankroll - $5252
Jan 15 bankroll - $6037
Profit - $785
Feb 1 goal - $9000

Results from 1/13

Well today I am going to keep the post somewhat short because I have a packed day. I already went to breakfast with the kids and then went to my son's basketball game and signed him up for soccer. Now we are building a pinewood derby car and then I have a party to go to tonight. I will eventually get to play some later on tonight. Thank God I don't sleep much. Anyway last night was another winning session. With my bonus I ended up ahead $110 for the night.

Jan 1 bankroll - $5252
Jan 14 bankroll - $5896
Profit - $644
Feb 1 goal - $9000

The losing streak is over!!!! - results from 1/12

Even though it was a brief streak, it is good to know that my losing ways ended last night. I did not get to play a bunch last night as I had to bring my son to Cub Scouts and I had to finish some stuff up for work, but I sure took every advantage of the time I had. Playing only 230 hands I ended up winning $230. I was getting some better hands as my VP$IP% was around 23% which is very high for me. I was not playing weak hands though. I was just getting more hands than I normally do. With the bonus I was up $264 for the day. I need some more days like this and I will be back on track.

By the way I wanted to say thanks for all the encouragement yesterday. It is good to know that there is so many people out there rooting for me to succeed. I wish you all the best of luck out there on the felt.

Jan 1 bankroll - $5252
Jan 13 bankroll - $5786
Profit - $534
Feb 1 goal - $9000

AAAAAAAAAArgggggghhhhh!!!! - Results from 1/11

Man am I upset. I played like a moron yesterday and boy did it cost me. I was chasing nut flushes and open ended straight draws the entire night and I don't think I hit one once. I cannot afford to keep going backwards unless I change this race to 10k (which won't happen). Overall I lost $237. I am not even going to try and validate that loss. Today I start over and I will post a victory. I am keeping this one short because I am sick of wallowing in the negativity. Today we look to the horizon and I see me hitting 6k before the weekend is out.

Jan 1 bankroll - $5252
Jan 11 bankroll - $5522
Profit - $270
Feb 1 goal - $9000

What is that smell? - results from 1/10

Well last night was a really, really, really short session. First of all Tuesday is bowling night, and our league just started last night. I bowled pretty good (179,192,194) and we actually won two of the games. On the way home I get a call from my wife telling me that we do not have hot water, and the pilot went out and she could not light it. She then called the gas company, and they told her to evacuate the house!!!! So I am racing home trying to get things settled. The gas company comes and gets the pilot light lit and we are back in business. Unfortunately that did not leave much time to actually play and I was pretty tired. Rather than hang on for a hand or two to extend my winning streak, I listened to my own advice and left the game. My loss was a whopping $6. If I can post 8 winning days in a row I will gladly take a $6 loss on the 9th day ;-)

Jan 1 bankroll - $5252
Jan 10 bankroll - $5759
Profit - $507
Feb 1 goal - $9000

Results from 1/9

Sorry about the delay today. I finally received a new laptop!!!!! I was in the middle of a post to this blog when my computer finally died. It took me a little while to get a new one, but now I am back up and better than ever. I did run my winning streak to 8 straight days yesterday. Unfortunately it was a rather small win, as I barely won at a 1bb/100 pace. My total profit including bonus was $58, but it is much better than posting a loss. I did find that the first couple of hands that I enter really set the tone for that session. If I lose the first couple of hands then I find it very hard to move people off of draws. If I show down some premium hands early though, then I can make some moves later on. To take advantage of it, when I get to a new table I am going to try and play even tighter so that the first few hands I show are premium ones.

By the way if you are new to the blog or if you have not checked in a little while, we have had some good discussions over the last couple of days, especially yesterday. I will do my best to always answer questions and provide whatever advice that I can.

Jan 1 bankroll - $5252
Jan 9 bankroll - $5765
Profit - $513
Feb 1 goal - $9000

Results from 1/8

Well I am still dealing with laptop problems, but I managed to get in some play yesterday. It was only 747 hands, but I did up my winning streak to 7 straight days while winning at a 2.7bb/100 clip for a total profit (including bonus) of $132. I am really starting to feel like I am getting on a roll, and I can play my game without looking at the chart anymore. My confidence is very high, and the bad beats are just glancing blows now.

But now I thought I would ask a question. If you have a goal(s) for 2006 (poker related), what are they? You all know mine, I thought it would be good for you to share yours.

Jan 1 bankroll - $5252
Jan 9 bankroll - $5707
Profit - $455
Feb 1 goal - $9000

Technology Sucks - results from 1/7

Well I was set to play a 1000+ hand session yesterday, but now my computer would not help me out. It looks like I am having trouble with my graphics card, but I will have the folks in my IT department figure that out. Hopefully they just give me a new laptop and swap out the hard drive. So my session was cut 200+ hands short unfortunately. Now the good news is that for my 850 hands that I did play I won at an outstanding 5.2bb/100 clip for a profit of $301. This is my 6th winning session in a row, and now I am really feeling good about this 3/6 game. If I can get poker servers and my computer to work properly maybe I will even get back on track this month.

Jan 1 bankroll - $5252
Jan 8 bankroll - $5575
Profit - $323
Feb 1 goal - $9000

Crashing into the weekend - results from 1/6

Well I told you yesterday that I would play more last night and that is exactly what I intended to do. Unfortunately I get on to my favorite poker site only to find that they have had a major server crash. Not only that but then it took almost another hour before they could get one 3/6 game together. I like to play at least two at the same time and that was not going to happen. So I played another really small session. The good news is that is was another winning session at a rate of 4.7bb/100 hands. My profit for the day was $87 which brought the bankroll up to $5284 for 2006. Like AC/DC I am "back in black" for the month. Now I need to hit it hard for the next two days and get in at least 1000 hands on both days. If I can do that I should be able to make up for some lost ground this week.

Jan 1 bankroll - $5252
Jan 7 bankroll - $5284
Profit - $32
Feb 1 goal - $9000

The winning streak continues - Results from 1/5

Well yesterday was a good day again as I won at a 4.49bb/100 clip. I just need to play more. That will happen next week when I expand the sites I play. For some reason there was only one 3/6 game going on last night on Bayou Poker. Usually they have 3. Tonight I will be playing much more hopefully since there should be a couple of more tables to choose from. My VP$IP was still solid at 21%. I was still aggressive once in a pot. The profit for the day was $70 bringing the total to $5198. That total does not count another $100 that I will be receiving today or tomorrow from cashing in my bonus points.

Jan 1 bankroll - $5,252
Jan 5 bankroll - $5,198
Profit - ($54)
Goal for Feb 1 - $9,000

I will admit that unless I get my ass in gear I am going to fall short of that monthly goal. I figured that $120 a day was very possible at this level. I still think it is, but I need to just start playing more ring games and less tourneys. I now have to win $146 a day to get to the goal which should be fine as long as I play 4-5 hours a day of ring games.

Results from 1/4

First of all I hope everyone saw that game last night. It was an unbelievable game. It is rare that a game lives up to the hype, but this one did just that. Congrats to both Texas and USC for great seasons. Now Vince Young can stop all bs and just announce that he is going pro. There is no way he stays away from the NFL at this point.

Ok on to poker. To be honest it was a very light night. I just could not tear my eyes away from the TV last night to concentrate on poker. Once I realized that I just stopped playing and enjoyed the show. So I don't have a ton of play to report on. In my limited time my profit was a whopping $19. I guess that is better than losing, but that will not get me to my goal obviously. Today will be a much longer, and hopefully profitable session.

Jan 1 bankroll - $5252
Jan 4 bankroll - $5128
2006 Profit - ($124)
Feb 1 goal - $9000

Results from 1/3

Well the winning streak is at two days. It feels good to be winning again after that disaster that happenend on the 1st. Yesterday I played a small session (439 hands) plus some tourneys. The tourneys did not go as well as I would have hoped but I made up for it in the cash game. For the 439 hands I won at around a 3.8bb/100 pace. My VP$IP was a little low at about 17%. The funny thing is I did not feel like I was folding alot of hands. Maybe I am finally getting used to a tighter opening strategy. Including bonus money my profit for the day was $123.60. Not a bad day overall. Hopefully this winning way will continue as I am still in the red for 2006.

Jan 1 Bankroll - $5252
Jan 3 Bankroll - $5109
Profit - ($143)
Goal for Feb 1 - $9000

Disaster Strikes - Results from 1/1 and 1/2

First of all I am sorry that I did not post any results yesterday. It was my daughter's 4th birthday and we went to the new Aquarium in Atlanta. We had a blast. I needed it after the performance from the night of 1/1.

It was an absolute disaster. It started off with me losing a $150 pot with Queens full when someone rivered his 4th eight. Then it went really downhill. AK losing to A5. KK losing to 98o. I won only 1 pot in 7 tries with AA. I could go on and on but it would kill me to relive it for the third day in a row. I say that because then yesterday I spent two hours going over every hand I lost. With the exception of a bad river call every now and then when I felt my hand was beaten, I played very solid. I did not go on tilt, and my preflop selection was pretty good. Not perfect, but good. I ended up losing $400 though in my biggest losing session ever. My bankroll dropped to $4800, and I was seriously questioning what I was doing.

So after the kids went to bed last night I gave it another shot. This time I beat the game at a 6bb/100 clip for 4 hours. What did I do differently??? Honestly nothing. Counting some bonus I won $185 bringing the bankroll back to $4,985. Of course my final hand of the night I lose with AJ vs A10 when the river comes up a 10, but overall I was happy. So maybe I can win at this game. Time will tell, but it felt good to bounce back like that.

Starting bankroll - $5252
Today's bankoll - $4985
Profit - (-$267)
Goal for bankroll on 2/1 - $9000

The race is on!!!!

Ok everyone the official race starts today!!!! I am really excited even though I have not been running well for over a week. The bankroll took a hit yesterday and will start the season at $5,252.55. The way I am looking at it is that it is $250 higher than the $5000 I thought I would be starting at.

I did play in the 100k yesterday. The first hour I had exactly three hands that were playable AK twice and KJ in late position. I ended the first hour at 1700 in chips (we started with 1500). Unfortunately Absolute Poker decides that even in a 100k event the blinds should go up every 10 minutes so 90 minutes into the tourney we are at 100/200 already. I was down to 1400 in chips when I get dealt 1010 in the bb. Three people limped in and I just did not like playing 1010 against three players so I push allin for my last 1200 in chips. One guy folds and the other two call (now I know I am in trouble). The first guy has AJ and the second guy has JJ. I dont get a 10 and I fall out in 201st out of 438 players.

Ok well happy new year everyone. I am off to get started. Take care.