Mike's Blog: December 2013

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Poker: Financial results for December 2013

Plan
My monthly targets were to:
- Play 200 hands of cash on NLHE $0.10 6-max (1 table Speed) with target of breaking even (Pokerstars)
- Play 200 cash hands on PLO $0.10 6-max (1 table speed) with target of breaking even (Pokerstars)
- Play 2 sessions of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even (Pokerstars)
- Play 3 MTT/STT with target of breaking even (BBP)

Monitor
Overall results for the month:-

Pokerstars      : +$   11.31
Black Belt Poker: -$   10.41 (-£6.29)
Live play       : +£    0.00

Pokerstars results break down as follows:

Cash results (+$ 11.31 overall)
NLHE Zoom        ($0.10)   101 hands +$ 8.92
NLHE Mobile Zoom ($0.10)   214 hands +$ 3.74
PLO Zoom         ($0.02)   104 hands +$ 1.86
NLO8 Mobile Zoom ($0.02)   319 hands -$ 3.21

Tournament Results ($-0.00 overall)

8 Game wins/losses by game type for this month: None

BBP results break down as follows:

Cash results (£-0.00 overall)

Tournament Results (-£ 6.29 overall)
3x MTT -£ 6.29

Reflect
I knew December was going to be a tricky month to get any volume in, and so it turned out. I didn't make the live game, as wasn't feeling 100% which was a shame as I have been doing OK in my live games recently.

For Pokerstars, I managed to get the volume in that I expected... making a small loss only in the NLO8 Mobile Zoom. My play has been better this month, but still finding I get a bit impatient when I've only got a short amount of time to fiddle about.

BBP I managed only the 3 MTT and didn't manage to get any cashes.

January 2014 Targets
With the new year I'm hoping to get back into a more normal routine again, although will still likely be a lower volume than previous months.

My targets are therefore:
- Play 300 hands of cash on NLHE $0.10 6-max (1 table Speed) with target of breaking even (Pokerstars)
- Play 300 cash hands on PLO $0.10 6-max (1 table speed) with target of breaking even (Pokerstars)
- Play 2 sessions of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even (Pokerstars)
- Play 12 MTT/STT with target of breaking even (BBP)

Strategic Objectives for 2014
* Break even on all cash games
* Try to get back into MTT more regularly

Wednesday, December 04, 2013

Poker: Financial results for November 2013

Plan
My monthly targets for November were:
- Have at least 4 study sessions
- Play 400 hands of cash on NLHE $0.10 6-max (1 table Speed) with target of breaking even (Pokerstars)
- Play 400 cash hands on PLO $0.10 6-max (1 table speed) with target of breaking even (Pokerstars)
- Play 2 sessions of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even (Pokerstars)
- Play specific MicroMillions MTT, ideally qualifying for FPP (Pokerstars)
- Play 3 MTT/STT with target of breaking even (BBP)

Monitor
Overall results for the month:-

Pokerstars      : -$   37.81
Black Belt Poker: -$   18.43 (-£11.27)
Live play       : +£   72.00

Pokerstars results break down as follows:

Cash results ($-24.56 overall)
8 Game           ($0.40)              +$ 7.47
NLHE Zoom        ($0.10)   147 hands +$ 1.37
PLO Zoom         ($0.10)    91 hands -$13.89
NLO8 Mobile Zoom ($0.02)   562 hands -$11.02
NLO8 Zoom        ($0.02)   313 hands -$ 8.49

Tournament Results ($-13.25 overall)
2x STT sats to Micromillions -$ 2.25
4x MTT Micromillions -$11

8 Game wins/losses by game type for this month: None
2-7        + 4.36
Limit HE   + 0.85
Omaha HL   + 0.07
Razz       - 1.95
Stud       - 0.58
Stud HL    + 6.71
NL HE      - 2.85
PLO        + 0.85

BBP results break down as follows:

Cash results (£-0.00 overall)

Tournament Results (-£11.27 overall)
8x MTT -£ 11.27

Reflect
The live game was a better results for me this month, making the final table and cashing in 6th (going out on a flip). Alex also had a good run and split 1st place so got a percentage of that as well :)

I didn't play very much BBP at all.... 3 league games and 5x 12 seat Jackpot SNG ,coming 4th twice in the SNG so although not very large sample size, not quite the results I am hoping for. I think I'm possibly playing a bit too aggressively early on and if I get a big stack, then play too aggresively on and just past the bubble.

The Pokerstars Micromillions was a little bit of a distraction this month, but didn't play as many sats or events as I had expected. I did manage to sat into one main event at least, and although had a lot of fun sadly didn't convert my efforts to a cash. The cash results for my Omaha is with a smaller sample than normal, but still a little bit disappointing. I'm managing to keep my Mobile Zoom sessions to be just "fun" sessions when I'm away from home, but still not adjusting/learning so will need to spend more time thinking about these games.

December Targets
I managed to finish the Tournament Cash Machine training! I will re-read the notes this month, as need to make sure it's sunk in, but other than that will take a break from so much studying this month..

Being Xmas this month, it's quite likely I won't get to play so much as normal.... I'm already missing some "Poker nights" due to Xmas shopping and other bits and pieces, but will play when I can.

My targets are therefore reduced:
- Play 200 hands of cash on NLHE $0.10 6-max (1 table Speed) with target of breaking even (Pokerstars)
- Play 200 cash hands on PLO $0.10 6-max (1 table speed) with target of breaking even (Pokerstars)
- Play 2 sessions of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even (Pokerstars)
- Play 3 MTT/STT with target of breaking even (BBP)

Strategic Objectives
* Keep to Poker Plan
OK this month
* Focus on less variants of cash games
So far, so good.
* Break even on all cash games
PLO went a bit wrong this month (again!! Must do better....)
* Fiddle around less with MTT/STT variants, concentrate on NLHE and 8 Game
OK this month

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