Sunday, March 02, 2014

Poker: Financial results for February 2014

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Plan
Monthly target was:
- Play 400 cash hands 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 8 MTT with target of breaking even (BBP and Pokerstars)

Monitor
Overall results for the month:-

Pokerstars      :  -$  35.40
Black Belt Poker:  +$  42.23  (+£25.22)
Live play       :  -£  30.00

Pokerstars results break down as follows:

Cash results (-$ 35.40 overall)
8 Game           ($0.40)              -$ 10.12
NLHE Zoom        ($0.10)   634 hands  -$ 20.44
PLO Zoom         ($0.10)   514 hands  -$  6.42
NLO8 Mobile Zoom ($0.02)   414 hands  +$  1.58

Tournament Results (-$0 overall)

BBP results break down as follows:

Cash results (-£ 0.00 overall)

Tournament Results (+£ 25.69 overall)
1x  STT (Brisbane)   +£ 25.69 
11x MTT              -£  0.47
   Cashed 1 from 6  "Barry" MTT
   Cashed 1 from 2  "Dirty Dozen"
   Cashed 2 from 3  $1500 GTD

Reflect
For the live game, it was another trip to Farnborough to hopefully go one step better than last month.  Sadly, it was a fairly average night and although didn't need a rebuy, never got traction and ended up out early after the first break.

Pokerstars results were a little disappointing.   I am making some mistakes, probably due to playing when tired (after work)  May try to change the routine slightly so I play less often and only when feeling fresher.  I did start 2 tabling in an effort to play less hands, which had a little success with NLHE but not sure it helped much with PLO

For Black Belt, it is sad to see the site shutdown but was happy to end on a good month.  I continued with my above expectation cash ratio for all MTTs, but particularly the $1500 GTD, although would be nice to get a deeper run in that one again.   My intention is to switch to the Coral account to continue with iPoker and the BBP players and tournaments

March 2014 Targets

Monthly target for March will be:
- Play 400 cash hands on NLHE $0.10 6-max (2 table Zoom) with target of breaking even (Pokerstars)
- Play 400 cash hands on PLO  $0.10 6-max (1 table Zoom) with target of breaking even (Pokerstars)
- Play 2 sessions of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even  (Pokerstars)
- Play 8 MTT with target of breaking even (Coral and Pokerstars)

Strategic Objectives for 2014
*  Break even on all cash games
*  Play Mobile Zoom only at $0.02 stakes and even then as little as possible
*  Try to play MTT more regularly
*  Commit less to the online festivals

References
End of 2013 review http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/poker-end-of-year-results-for-2013.html
January 2014 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/poker-financial-results-for-january-2014.html