Poker: WCOOP 2014 preview

It’s that time of year again… when I start dreaming of winning lots of high return tournaments and change my life, yes it’s WCOOP

There seem to be a lot of games I would like to play in this years schedule, but of course it’s not feasible to directly buy-in so need to satellite in

Last year I planned to play 10 events, which turned out to be a little ambitious…. my 2013 results show I didn’t get very far although did enjoy myself trying of course

This year is a little different, in that we are expecting to exchange contracts on a flat next week , then likely exchange two weeks later… so will doubtless impact any plans I have for playing Poker, right across the WCOOP schedule.   This means I’ll have to be a little more flexible and try to anticipate various imponderables

There are 14 tournaments I’d like to play in… but have already played one satellite for a completely different event… so much for my planning…. so in the end the plan is to have no plan at the moment, other than to play as many events as I can feasibly get into !!

Poker: Financial results for August 2014

Plan
Monthly target was:
- Play 1600 cash hands on NLHE $0.10 Full Ring (4 table) with target of breaking even
- Play 800 cash hands on PLO  $0.10 6-max (2 table) with target of breaking even
- Play 4 sessions of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even
- Play 8 MTT with target of breaking even

Monitor
Overall results for the month:-

Pokerstars  :  +$ 199.58
Live play   :  -£   0.00  (didn't play)

Pokerstars results break down as follows:

Cash results (-$ 100.49)
8 Game           ($0.40)              -$  2.81
NLHE             ($0.10)  1254 hands  -$ 39.85
PLO              ($0.10)   625 hands  -$ 49.82
NLO8 Mobile Zoom ($0.10)   321 hands  -$  8.01

Tournament Results (-$ 99.09)
1x MTT EPT Barcelona Sat   -$  2.85
1x MTT EPT London Sat      -$ 36.49
1x MTT WCOOP #35 sat       -$ 25.50
9x MTT (180 seater)        -$ 37.88  (2 cashes)
1x STT EPT London sat      -$ 92.84
1x STT UKIPT Isle of Man   +$ 66.21
12x STT (9 seat)           +$ 30.26  (7 cashes)

Reflect
My cash results were quite disappointing.   I missed one week's session so didn't hit the hands target, but seem to be consistantly losing 3 or 4 buy-ins per month on both NLHE and PLO the last few months.   Something needs to change so will probably play less tables and also make sure I review my hands as have been missing that the last month or so.  

So, EPT Barcelona satellite.... :)  Actually I thought I had put a filter on for EPT London, so entered by mistake... luckily it was only a small buy-in !    EPT london has been expensive this month, around $130 in total.  I think that'll be it for this year, but may get tempted to try one more time.   UKIPT Isle of Man was quite interesting, it was a moment of weakness to enter and although I won it, there was not enough players to get a seat into the next round.   I was pretty happy to win the money though.  

The other tourneys are not too bad a result.  I seem to be able to cash more than average at the 180 seat MTT, although not going deep enough to win decent cash.  Hopefully I will continue to cash, but get a bit deeper.   The 9 seat STT I have been crushing in the three months I've played them.  Not sure why, other than the quick structure seems to suit my style of playing at the moment.  Hope that will continue as well !

September 2014 Targets

Will be focusing on buying a flat and WCOOP most likely, so along with reducing my cash hands anyway have the following targets:
- Play 400 cash hands on NLHE $0.10 Full Ring (2 table) with target of breaking even
- Play 200 cash hands on PLO  $0.10 6-max (1 table) with target of breaking even
- Play 2 sessions of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even
- Satellite into as many WCOOP events as possible !

Strategic Objectives for 2014
*  Break even on all cash games
*  Play Mobile ZOOM 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
February 2014 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/poker-financial-results-for-february.html
March 2014 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/poker-financial-results-for-march-2014.html
April 2014 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/poker-financial-results-for-april-2014.html
May 2014 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/poker-financial-results-for-may-2014.html
June 2014 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/poker-financial-results-for-june-2014.html
July 2014 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/poker-financial-results-for-july-2014.html