Poker: Financial results for March 2015

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

Monitor
Overall results for the month:-
  Pokerstars  :  -$ 73.22
  Live play   :  -£ 66.00

Pokerstars results break down as follows:

Cash results (+$ 21.83)
NLHE             ($0.10)   1186 hands  +$ 20.87
NLHE             ($0.25)    118 hands  +$ 66.49
PLO              ($0.10)    632 hands  -$ 89.59
PLO              ($0.25)     95 hands  +$ 24.06

Tournament Results (-$ 95.05)
3x MTT (MicroMillions) -$  0.55
1x MTT (180 seat)      -$  8.50 (1 cash)
5x MTT (90 seat)       -$ 14.01 (1 cash)
16x STT (9 seat)        -$ 71.99 (3 cashes)

Reflect
March was a funny old month.  I actually had less sessions than normal, due to being on a week long course for work and having to study for the associated exam.   Meanwhile, I decided to 4 table NLHE and try to gradually move up to $0.25 level for both NLHE and PLO   As it turned out, I managed to surpass my NLHE hands target and make decent profit.  My PLO was a little low on hands, and managed to loose 9 buy-ins!  Was due to one really bad session more or less, so hope that will not happen again.   Maybe moving up will make it more real for me and make me concentrate more (and stop playing when I'm just clicking buttons)

Micromillions and also the MTT results were actually not too bad.  For Micromillions I mostly used FPP to get into a couple of the main events, although sadly didn't manage to get anywhere near the money.  My cashes in the MTT are better than would be expected, so ahead of the curve there.   The STT results are a bit disappointing though, but they are fast and turbo, so should expect a fair amount of variance I guess.  Just a shame as I seemed to be doing better than average previously, so hope it's not a long downswing.   I do enjoy the format, so will persevere with them for the moment.

April 2014 Targets will be as standard:
- Play 800 cash hands on NLHE $0.10/0.25 Full Ring (4 table) with target of breaking even
- Play 800 cash hands on PLO  $0.10/0.25 6-max (2 table) with target of breaking even
- Play 2 sessions of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even
- Play 4 MTT with target of breaking even

Strategic Objectives for 2015
*  Work more on my game to be able to break even on NLHE and PLO cash games
*  Don't play Mobile ZOOM
*  Try to play MTT more regularly
*  Commit only to the SCOOP and MicroMillions online festivals
*  Only try EPTs when have got previous months profits

References
End of 2014 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/poker-financial-results-for-end-of-year.html
January results http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/poker-financial-results-for-january-2015.html
February results http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/poker-financial-results-for-february.html