Mike's Blog: 2016

Sunday, December 04, 2016

Poker: Financial results for November 2016

Plan
Monthly target was:
- Play 3 session of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even
- Play 10 STT with target of breaking even

Monitor
Overall results for the month:-

Pokerstars : +$ 95.34
Live play : -£ 41.00

Pokerstars results break down as follows:

Cash results (+$ 0.93)
PLO Zoom ($0.02) 608 hands +$ 0.93

Tournament Results (+$ 94.41)
1x STT                   -$   7.00
26x STT Spin'n'Go         +$ 130.00 (14 cash)
1x STT   EPT Prague sat -$ 28.59

Reflect
Had another go at EPT Prague satallite this month, managed to win the sat but the main event had already started, so had to play it ! Sadly didn't get very far in that.

December 2016 Targets will be:
- Play 3 session of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even
- Play 10 STT with target of breaking even

Strategic Objectives for 2016
* Work more on my game to be able to break even on all cash games
* Commit only to the TCOOP, SCOOP and MicroMillions online festivals
* Only try EPTs when have got previous months profits

References

Tuesday, November 01, 2016

Poker: Financial results for October 2016

Plan
Monthly target was:
- Play 3 session of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even
- Play 10 STT with target of breaking even

Monitor
Overall results for the month:-

Pokerstars : +$ 289.88
Live play : -£ 41.00

Pokerstars results break down as follows:

Cash results   (+$ 3.27)
PLO Zoom     ($0.02)   949 hands +$ 9.96
NLO8 Zoom    ($0.02)   420 hands -$ 6.69

Tournament Results (+$ 286.61)
6x STT                   +$ 16.06 (1 cash)
8x STT Spin'n'Go         +$ 42.00 (5 cash)
1x STT   EPT Prague sat +$ 290.24
2x MTT   EPT Prague sat -$ 59.30
2x MTT                   -$   2.39 (1 cash)

Reflect
Decided to have a go at EPT Prague this month, which was the main significant activity. Got lucky and had a good month's financial result because of this :) More or less break even apart from that.

November 2016 Targets will be:
- Play 3 session of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even
- Play 10 STT with target of breaking even

References

Monday, October 03, 2016

Poker: Financial results for September 2016

Plan
Monthly target was:
- Play 3 session of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even
- Play 10 STT with target of breaking even

Monitor
Overall results for the month:-

Pokerstars : -$ 380.93
Live play : -£ 0.00

Pokerstars results break down as follows:

Cash results (-$ 16.48)
PLO Zoom ($0.02) 1334 hands -$ 16.48

Tournament Results (-$ 364.45)
16x STT                   -$ 98.40 (1 cash)
7x MTT   EPT Malta sat   -$ 189.88
8x MTT   WCOOP sat       -$ 112.55
4x MTT                   +$ 36.38 (2 cashes)

Reflect
I don't seem to be getting around to playing much cash, other than when out and about, these days... In the main, I am not doing too badly, but still managed to drop 8 buy-ins over 1300 hands. Will need to focus more, especially on river, as I think I tend to call too much!

This month I wanted to have a good go at trying to qualifty for EPT Malta. Sadly, despite some good runs, I didn't get anywhere! As it happens, WCOOP was also running, so had a go at that as well. Again, had some good games but didn't get all that close in the end.

My STT performance was very disappointing, with only 1 cash. I need to re-evaluate my playing style, as might be a bit over aggressive for the format.

September 2016 Targets will be:
- Play 3 session of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even
- Play 10 STT with target of breaking even

References

Sunday, September 04, 2016

Poker: Financial results for August 2016

Plan
Monthly target was:
- Play 3 session of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even
- Play 10 STT with target of breaking even

Monitor
Overall results for the month:-

Pokerstars : -$ 7.90
Live play : -£ 41.00

Pokerstars results break down as follows:

Cash results   (-$ 7.90)
PLO Zoom     ($0.02) 345 hands -$ 3.29
NLO8 Zoom    ($0.02) 48 hands -$ 4.61

Tournament Results (-$ 0.00)
none

Reflect
I played pitifully little poker this month, just not getting the time due to work and other stuff going on. September is likely to be the same, but hope to have a couple of goes at EPT Malta somewhere along the line!

September 2016 Targets will be:
- Play 3 session of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even
- Play 10 STT with target of breaking even

References

Monday, August 01, 2016

Poker: Financial results for July 2016

Plan
Monthly target was:
- Play 3 session of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even
- Play 10 STT with target of breaking even

Monitor
Overall results for the month:-

Pokerstars : -$ 65.63
Live play : -£ 0.00

Pokerstars results break down as follows:

Cash results   (+$ 3.14)
8-Game       ($0.40) 224 hands -$ 5.16
Holdem Zoom ($0.02)   31 hands +$ 0.55
PLO Zoom     ($0.02) 1980 hands +$ 9.22
NLO8 Zoom    ($0.02) 224 hands -$ 1.47

Tournament Results (-$ 68.77)
27x 3 seat STT        -$ 25.00 (10 cash) (Spin'n'Go)
5x STT                -$ 14.70 ( 2 cash)
7x MTT MicroMillions -$ 25.30 ( 0 cash)
3x other MTT          -$ 3.77 ( 1 Cash)

Reflect
I've been playing mostly Zoom games this month, mostly due to not having a lot of time to play. My cash play was OK this month, so was fairly pleased overall. I did make time over the 2 weeks to play some of the MicroMillions though. Sadly, I didn't get close to cashing in any of the 7 games I played... but with between 6'000 and 17'000 players starting each game, it's not a surprise it's tricky to get any traction.

August 2016 Targets will be:
- Play 3 session of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even
- Play 10 STT with target of breaking even

References

Friday, July 01, 2016

Poker: Financial results for June 2016

Plan
Monthly target was:
- Play 3 session of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even
- Play 10 STT with target of breaking even

Monitor
Overall results for the month:-

Pokerstars : -$ 174.89
Live play : -£ 35.00

Pokerstars results break down as follows:

Cash results (+$ 5.43)
NLO8 Zoom ($0.02) 224 hands +$ 5.43

Tournament Results (-$ 180.32)
EPT               -$ 133.49 (0 cash)
3x other MTT      -$   60.83 (0 Cash)
193x 3 seat STT   +$   14.00 (73 cash) (Spin'n'Go)

Reflect
It's a bit odd at the moment, as I've got a lot of learning to do and am not getting a lot of time to play. My cash game is going OK, albeit for small volumes. I couldn't resist trying for EPT again, so had a few goes.... sadly not getting lucky this time - so accounting for my large losses for the month! I must make sure I don't get too tempted in July... I also discovered the joys of Spin'n'Go STT (3 seats, turbo, winner takes all) My 37% win rate is only a little over average but at least managed to win a little. It's quite a brutal format, so may abandon it, but is quite good fun, quick and good practise for short handed play

July 2016 Targets will be:
- Play 3 session of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even
- Play 10 STT with target of breaking even

References

Wednesday, June 01, 2016

Poker: Financial results for May 2016

Plan
Monthly target was:
- Play 3 session of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even
- Play 10 STT with target of breaking even

Monitor
Overall results for the month:-

Pokerstars : +$ 1508.03
Live play : +£ 46.00

Pokerstars results break down as follows:

Cash results (-$ 4.00)
NLO8 Zoom ($0.02) 255 hands -$ 4.00

Tournament Results (+$ 1512.03)
SCOOP           +$ 116.39
EPT             +$ 1426.18
1x 18 seat MTT -$    3.50
3x 24 seat MTT -$   12.75 (1 cash)
1x other MTT    -$    5.50
1x 2 seat STT   +$    1.26 (1 cash)
5x 9 seat STT   -$   10.05 (1 cash)

Reflect
My SCOOP experiences are already documented at http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/poker-scoop-2016-results.html so won't dwell on that. My EPT adventures are slightly unbelievable, I have for a long time wanted to play the EPT in Barcelona in particular. I've been playing the satellites but have been cashing out if I get through. Last night, the sat finished after the $550 event started, so I had to play it ! After 5 and a half hours, I was in the money and 2nd of 5 players left with 4 seats to win. Sadly I realised I couldn't make the August dates of the EPT event, as seemed unclear if I could cash out (which in the end I found out I couldn't) so decided to "throw" the game to win the 1050.00 Euros. However you look at it, my results this month (3 cashes) have been spectacular. The fact it was all completely pointless as I couldn't play the main event is a bit daft, perhaps also reflecting my view of my chances of winning a seat :) Might try for the EPT Malta in October though, I can definitely play that week ;)

June 2016 Targets will be:
- Play 3 session of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even
- Play 10 STT with target of breaking even

References

Sunday, May 22, 2016

Poker: SCOOP 2016 results

As with last years SCOOP, I decided to play as many games as possible and had a list of 9 games I wanted to play:

#	Date	Game	Buy-In $
10	10-May	NL Hold’em	11.00
13	11-May	NL Hold’em	7.50
16	12-May	NL Hold’em	11.00
35	17-May	NL Hold’em	11.00
38	18-May	NL Hold’em	27.00
40	19-May	8-Game	27.00
41	19-May	NL Hold’em	11.00
44	20-May	HORSE	11.00
54	22-May	NL Hold’em (Main Event)	100.00

As it turned out, I actually played 5 events, and failed to qualify for 4 others.

I had a pretty poor start, crashing out early in the first games I played. Probably warmed up a bit, as my main effort on 19-May managed to cash in both the games I was playing (simultaneously!)

Results were as follows:

	Entry cost	Return
SCOOP #8 (low) sat	3.30	0.00
SCOOP #10 (low) sat	1.65	0.00
SCOOP #10 (low) event	0	0.00
SCOOP #16 (low) event	11.00	0.00
SCOOP #19 (low) sat	5.70	0.00
SCOOP #35 (low) event	11.00	0.00
SCOOP #38 (low) sat	6.60	0.00
SCOOP #38 (med) sat	7.10	0.00
SCOOP #40 (low) sat	9.20	0.00
SCOOP #40 (low) event	0.00	122.04
SCOOP #41 (med) sat	3.60	0.00
SCOOP #41 (med) event	0.00	112.50
SCOOP #54 (low) sat	32.00	0.00
SCOOP #54 (med) sat	27.00	0.00

TOTAL PROFIT = +$ 116.39

So all in all, a great result Smile

Poker: Financial results for April 2016

Plan
Monthly target was:
- Play 3 session of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even
- Play 10 STT with target of breaking even

Monitor
Overall results for the month:-

Pokerstars : -$ 4.00
Live play : -£ 0.00

Pokerstars results break down as follows:

Cash results (-$ 3.90)
NLO8 Zoom ($0.02) 1444 hands -$ 3.90

Tournament Results (-$ 0.10)
1x MTT (360 seat) -$ 0.10

Reflect
Nothing much going on...

May 2016 Targets will be:
- Play 3 session of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even
- Play 10 STT with target of breaking even

References

Sunday, April 03, 2016

Poker: Financial results for March 2016

Plan
Monthly target was:
- Play 3 session of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even
- Play 10 STT with target of breaking even

Monitor
Overall results for the month:-

Pokerstars : -$ 10.49
Live play : -£ 0.00

Pokerstars results break down as follows:

Cash results (+$ 0.00)
NLO8 Zoom ($0.02) 1169 hands -$ 9.73
PLO Zoom ($0.02) 20 hands -$ 0.76

Tournament Results (-$ 0.00)
none

Reflect

Didn’t really get much chance to play this month, and most likely won’t in April either, but will give it a go !

What I did play wasn’t too bad, but did drop 5 buy-in’s on my NLO8 !!

April 2016 Targets will be:
- Play 3 session of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even
- Play 10 STT with target of breaking even

References

Thursday, March 03, 2016

Bognor flat: furniture

Tuesday, March 01, 2016

Poker: Financial results for February 2016

Plan
Monthly target was:
- Play 3 session of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even
- Play 10 STT with target of breaking even

Monitor
Overall results for the month:-

Pokerstars : -$ 19.27

Pokerstars results break down as follows:

Cash results (-$ 19.27)
8-Game            ($0.40) 226 hands -$ 19.78
NLO8 Zoom         ($0.02) 789 hands -$ 2.46
NLO8 Zoom         ($0.10)   38 hands +$ 2.97

2-7 - 6.15
Limit HE - 2.01
Ohl + 5.41
Razz - 2.95
Stud + 5.95
Stud HL - 3.79
NLHE -14.18
PLO - 2.06

Tournament Results (-$ 0.00)
none

Reflect
My NLO8 game is kindof OK now, but really only polay it for fun, so will doubtless keep playing :)

8-Game seems to be letting me down a bit. The number of hands isn't huge, so difficult to read to much into it, but seems I need to pay less aggresively in 2-7 at least The other games are more or less OK I think

I’m not playing nearly as much as I used to, and March is not likely to be all that different. Hopefully April will see the start of a more regular game as our routine should settle down then.

March 2016 Targets will be:
- Play 3 session of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even
- Play 10 STT with target of breaking even

References

End of 2015 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/poker-end-of-year-financial-results-for.html
January results http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/poker-financial-results-for-january-2016.html

Sunday, January 31, 2016

Poker: Financial results for January 2016

Plan
Monthly target was:
- Play 3 session of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even
- Play 10 STT with target of breaking even

Monitor
Overall results for the month:-

Pokerstars : -$ 23.06
Live play : -£ 0.00

Pokerstars results break down as follows:

Cash results (+$ 0.00)
NLO8 Zoom ($0.02) 1808 hands -$ 24.26

Tournament Results (+$ 1.20)
1x MTT +$ 1.20 (1 cash)

Reflect
It’s been all about training courses, exams and interviews this month, grabbing a few sessions on mobile here and there. It was going so well until the last two days of the month, when I dropped $20 over two sessions, but otherwise was all going swimmingly well Smile Analysing my results, I’m happy with most of the hands, although still making stupid call’s here and there.

February 2016 Targets will be:

Probably will also be compromised by more training, exams and interviews… although hope to make more time even so.
- Play 3 session of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even
- Play 10 STT with target of breaking even

References
End of 2015 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/poker-end-of-year-financial-results-for.html

Friday, January 08, 2016

Poker: TCOOP 2016

I was excited to realise that the TCOOP 2016 schedule is out Smile My enthusiasm was slightly dampened by the fact that reviewing the schedule, I can’t play the first week and have limited choices for the second week. In fact the only games I want to play are TCOOP-40 HORSE $215 and TCOOP-48 8-Game $530

Last time I had a decent result by winning a satallite into the 8-Game (although cashed it in) so hope to emulate my previous success.

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Sunday, December 04, 2016

Poker: Financial results for November 2016

Tuesday, November 01, 2016

Poker: Financial results for October 2016

Monday, October 03, 2016

Poker: Financial results for September 2016

Sunday, September 04, 2016

Poker: Financial results for August 2016

Monday, August 01, 2016

Poker: Financial results for July 2016

Friday, July 01, 2016

Poker: Financial results for June 2016

Wednesday, June 01, 2016

Poker: Financial results for May 2016

Sunday, May 22, 2016

Poker: SCOOP 2016 results

Poker: Financial results for April 2016

Sunday, April 03, 2016

Poker: Financial results for March 2016

Thursday, March 03, 2016

Bognor flat: furniture

Tuesday, March 01, 2016

Poker: Financial results for February 2016

Sunday, January 31, 2016

Poker: Financial results for January 2016

Friday, January 08, 2016

Poker: TCOOP 2016

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