Poker: Financial results for July 2012

Plan

My monthly targets are:
- Play 600 hands of cash on NLHE $0.50 Full Ring, 700 cash hands on PLO $0.50 6-max, all with target of breaking even
- Play 20 NLHE STT hoping for +10% ROI

Monitor

Overall results for the month:-

Pokerstars      :  +$  35.28
Black Belt Poker:  -$  89.18 (-£58.26)
Live play       :  -£  40.00

July was disjointed again, with Holidays and hectic days at work impacting my Poker schedule so I didn't play as much as I would have liked.....

On PokerStars I didn't even manage any STT, but had another quick session of Budugi but dropped $6.25  I'm not sure I'm that excited by Budugi as a game, so probably won't bother again.    The bulk of my play as always was 8 Game cash...  6 sessions of $2 saw a profit of $41.53 which puts me back on track

Rolling 3 month total for 8 game cash is -$118.05, due to the heavy loss in June :(

8 Game wins/losses by game type for July:
2-7        -37.53
Limit HE   - 2.04
Omaha HL    20.83
Razz       -25.82
Stud         5.97
Stud HL    -55.67
NL HE       23.55
PLO        112.24

My 2-7 was a bit surprising, but overall happy with this game... Stud HL is a real weak area though, so must improve there.

Live Play was just the normal trip for the £40 entry game, and didn't cash.  Felt I played well, despite feeling quite tired and almost falling asleep half way through !

BBP results break down as follows:

Cash results (+£ 2.88 overall)
NL Hold' em ($0.10)   74 hands    +£7.59 
NL Hold' em ($0.50)  530 hands   +£12.87
PLO         ($0.50)  412 hands    +£5.23
PLO8        ($0.20)  100 hands   -£22.81

Tournament Results (-£61.14 profit overall)

2x  MTT           -£24.73
1x   2 seat STT   +£ 6.04
4x   6 seat STT   +£ 1.50
8x  10 seat STT   -£43.95

Reflect

I'm fairly happy with my 8 game, but still got a lot of work to do on some areas.    

For my BBP efforts, the MTT expense was mainly my attempt to qualify for Notts Live, which I failed to do via the satalittes, but have already bought in directly anyway.   The NLHE $0.10 was a first attempt at Speed Poker.  It was OK, but was tricky to keep concentration and not sure I've got a good strategy.  Overall, it was fun, but not sure I would want to do that very regularly.... made me dizzy :)     

My other results are pretty OK, with the exception of the PLO8 but that was 2 bad hands to drop about 1.5 buy-ins.  Still need to work on that game to get better consistancy.   

Adjust

I need to spend time studying Stud HL and Omaha HL in August, but the main event will be the BBP Live in Nottingham :)  I am playing the Friday, having a rest day on the Saturday (happens to be my aniversary as well !)  then hope to be playing on the Sunday as well.

Other than that, will try to get back to my normal routine and get some more volume in

Performance against 2012 targets

* Keep to my revised Poker Plan
Didn't quite achieve all the numbers for Cash games in July, due to fragmentation

* Play BBP London Live and UKIPT Brighton tournaments
Looking forward to the BBP Live event at DTD :).

* Aim for break even month on month on all cash tables
NLHE near enough, PLO near enough, PLO8 inconsistant!

* Use learning tools and resources to learn and improve my NLHE, Omaha and PLO8 cash and tournament play
Am putting in the effort to do some learning.

* Avoid entering any BBP grading process !
Managed it this month :)

* Win a BBP league :-)
New league this week, but will have to sit out :(   Might miss quite a few now, but fingers crossed....

References
January 2012 results http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/poker-financial-results-for-january.html
February 2012 results http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/poker-financial-results-for-february.html
March 2012 results http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/poker-financial-results-for-march-2012.html
April 2012 results http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/poker-financial-results-for-april-2012.html
May 2012 results http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/poker-financial-results-for-may-2012.html
June 2012 results http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/poker-financial-results-for-june-2012.html

Holiday: Bognor Regis 2012

After last years trip to Bognor, it worked so well for us we decided to go back to the same apartment for a holiday this year as well.   Although we’re only down for 8 days, as with last year I will be having to “work from home” 3 days.

Friday 6th July

Hoorah, first day of the holiday… so had breakfast in bed, up in time for elevenses, then had lunch in preparation for our journey…

Left for Bognor via Petworth for tea and cake stop.  Got to Bognor a bit early, so had walk as warm and bright.

Although we were pretty happy with the apartment last year, this year it has a new shower which was great and also a media server with lots of films on it…. as it turned out this was very useful.

(View from our apartment window)

Went to Morrisons to stock up on grub and beer, unpacked, then popped out for dinner which had to be fish & chips as we were by the sea

Went to QEII pub for a quick drink. (About 50 yards away!) before returning to the apartment

Saturday 7th July

Woke up to a bright’ish day. Lynn got us breakfast in bed.   Out at 10am into windy drizzle, so headed to a cafe for our cup of tea.

Walked up high street as having a ‘shopping day’ today. Went back to flat for lunch. Did rest of high street, then had nice warm cup of coffee in pub.

Decided to walk to Aldwick, weather turning wet, windy and wild, so stopped for a drink in pub and a game of pool. Then next door to the ‘Navigator’ for nice meal.

Just had room for a beer at QEII where there was a D.J.

Sunday 8th July

Had breakfast in bed, but out of bed in time for elevenses. Quick walk to get some air and some baked beans for lunch, as was feeling quite full and bloated from the dining and drinking yesterday.

Surprisingly warm and sunny, sat on beach for 10 minutes, until the clouds came over.

(it was sunny some of the time!!)

Back to flat for lunch and to watch the British Grand Prix on TV.

Went to the local carnival, heavy rain shower but mostly sunny. After carnival had an ice cream, then cup of tea. We walked to Hotham Park.

Back to the flat, looked up what was on the cinema, but decided to watch ‘Midnight in Paris’ (rom com) instead!

Monday 9th July

Lynn got us breakfast in bed. Cloudy but warm and no rain forecast so off to Chichester for the day, leaving about 10.30am.

Walked to the canal first, as in previous visits, after shopping we have been too worn out to be bothered.

Walked through the city to the North to get to ‘The Bell’ for a well earned rest and lovely lunch.

Had walk along city wall to West Gate. Walked around shops again before another rest and a cup of tea and (cake - Mike only!)   Left around 5pm after a full day of shopping!!

Been reasonably bright all day, got back to Bognor and it was very sunny and warm!

Had tea, then stroll along promenade in wind and sun.  Spent 60p on pier amusements.   

Watched another film ‘Friends with benefits’ (rom com) on tv as tired after all the shenanigans of the day

Tuesday 10th July

Lynn got breakfast in bed at 8.30am.

Looked sunny when first woke up, but when up and ready to go out at 10.15am, it was raining by now.

Walked along seafront, breezy but bright, had tea break and cookie at the ‘Lobster Pot’.

Went inland and found ‘The Fox’ for lunch as it was pouring with rain. Lovely lunch and free pudding so was full!!

Walked to town, had a rest and cup of tea.  Bought some provisions, back to flat at 4.15pm.

Went to the Cinema and saw ‘5 Year engagement’ (another rom com), then a swift half in the pub before back to flat

Wednesday 11th July

Work day for me today, so up at 7.15am, did exercises, got Lynn breakfast in bed (for a change) then work!

(I’m working hard)

Planned to go out for picnic lunch. Looked sunny all morning, started raining at 11.50am. Had lunch in, then a quick walk around the block but started raining again and we got soaked!

The afternoon was a mixture of sunshine and showers. Sun came out after work so went to the ‘Regis’ for dinner, but was very windy.  Had nice meal and I ordered 2 puddings as it was 2 for £2.00, but had to eat them both as Lynn didn’t want one

  

Had a walk around town as still very windy on the promenade, got back to the flat and watched film on tv ‘I am number four’ (this time it was a sci fi), as work tomorrow.

Thursday 12th July

Woke to beautiful blue skies and calm conditions. Tempting to work on beach but sadly not practicable.

By lunch time it was cloudy and a bit chilly but went out for our picnic on the seafront, albeit in full wet weather gear    Went to our sheltered spot by the Yacht Club and had relaxing lunch looking at sea.

(View from “our” bench when having lunch on the sea front)

Back to work in the afternoon and got Lynn to type up this blog again. That kept her occupied for a while!

Work is done for the day but the rain has set in. Decide to head for Weatherspoons for dinner as it is only a 5 minute walk away.   My Steak and Ale Pie was pretty good, but Lynn didn’t enjoy her “Superfood wholewheat pesto pasta” very much…

Had to walk to top of town, through park to seafront and got soaked. Back to room to watch a film ‘Inception’ (that’s 3 rom coms to 2 SciFi  this week, so not too bad a ratio)

Friday 13th July

Up for work as normal. Again a lovely sunny morning. Turned cloudy and very windy by lunchtime, but pretty warm and bright so had lunch on the promenade again.

After work still bright and sunny   Headed out to ‘Lobster Pot’, had nice meal and then a long stroll back to apartment

(Sea is a bit choppy….)

Saturday 14th July

Woke up at 7.30am, got up. Left the apartment at 9.15am got home at 10.30am (only took 1½ hours, missed all the Farnborough Airshow traffic). Did weekly food shopping and had lunch.

Went to Hawley Fayre approximately 2.00pm for 1½ hours, I had cup of tea, sausage roll and 2 cakes as still in holiday mood   It’s a bit muddy underfoot but at least it wasn’t raining…

As with last year, we thoroughly enjoyed the break down in Bognor and was able to merge some work with the holiday to get a longer break than would otherwise have been possible.   I can see us going back to Bognor again next year for a similar break (unless we buy a holiday place of our own of course !)

Poker: Home tourney - July 2012

I was away on holiday, but from what I heard was a great game

Jon’s night was depressingly short, being 3rd player out by Andy (as usual)   From Jon’s account, he raised pre with A-K and saw K-T-6 all hearts flop.  Jon shoves for about 8k into 2.4k pot and Andy calls with A-J, but hits Q on turn for straight.  According to Andy he called because “Queens had been good to him all night….”

Sean related the end stages as being very exciting.  With 4 players left at the end of normal time, Sean was massive chip leader.  Daz tripled up with Str8 and Alex A-J held against Sean’s A-T to double him up.   Alex rivered his A-5 v’s Sean’s A-J to take Sean out in 4th.   In the end Alex took first, Andy was second and Darren came in 3rd

I’ll be there next month for sure, as don’t want to miss all the excitement again !!