Poker: SCOOP 2014–looking forward to it

Hoorah, it’s that time of the year again !   I wasn’t all that prepared last year, due to holiday clashes interfering.  This year I am on holiday again, but only clash with the last week of the tournaments, so will at least be able to play the satellites and have a go at most of the games I want to play

To this end  I have picked out the following target tournaments.  As before, I will try to satellite into the middle level, but will likely play the low levels if I fail.

• 6th May  (Event # 8)  NL Hold'em Heads Up
• 7th May  (Event #11)  NL Hold'em (Knockout) 
• 9th May  (Event #17)  FL Omaha Hi-Low
• 12th May (Event #25)  Mix NLHE/PLO
• 13th May (Event #28)  FL Triple Draw 2-7
• 15th May (Event #34)  8 game

Hopefully I’m not trying to take on too many tournaments and some of the timings are not ideal, but am sure I’ll work it out somehow

Poker: Financial results for March 2014

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 (Coral and Pokerstars)

Monitor
Overall results for the month:-

Pokerstars  :  -$ 81.58
Coral       :  -£  5.27
Live play   :  -£ 30.00

Pokerstars results break down as follows:

Cash results (-$ 81.58 overall)
8 Game           ($0.40)              -$ n/a
NLHE Zoom        ($0.10)   428 hands  -$ 13.23
PLO Zoom         ($0.10)   463 hands  -$ 55.41
NLO8 Mobile Zoom ($0.02)   338 hands  -$ 14.49
NLO8 Mobile Zoom ($0.10)    32 hands  +$  1.55

Tournament Results (-$0 overall)

Coral results break down as follows:

Cash results (-£ 5.27 overall)
NLHE     ($0.10)   59 hands  -$ 5.27

Tournament Results (+£ 0.00 overall)

Reflect
For the live game, it was a Farnborough trip again.    This time I was pretty steady and made the final table.  A couple of bad hands and I'm out in 6th (4 paid) so a little disappointing again, but nice to run deep.

Pokerstars results were also a little disappointing.  I'm pretty happy about most of my play, but just need to work out how to get more consistancy with my PLO game.   The NLHE seems to  be fairly OK overall and the Omaha HL is (meant to be) just a bit of occasional fun....

I haven't done anything much on Coral yet.... did play a couple of MTT with my introductory free chips but that was about it really. 

March was actually a funny ol' month, as work seemed to be draining me so I didn't feel in the right frame of mind to play after work some days.  It's quietened down a bit now, so hope will be back to my normal self and get back into the normal routine again for April.   Of course days off, Easter and Mother-in-law in hospital will eat into my Poker playing time so will have to see how it goes

April 2014 Targets

Monthly target for April 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 (2 table Zoom or maybe switch to normal tables) 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
February 2014 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/poker-financial-results-for-february.html

Poker: Financial results for February 2014

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

Poker: Financial results for January 2014

Plan
Monthly target was:
- 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)

Monitor
Overall results for the month:-

Pokerstars      :  +$   7.45
Black Belt Poker:  +$ 369.32  (+£224.67)
Live play       :  -£  60.00

Pokerstars results break down as follows:

Cash results (+$ 9.65 overall)
8 Game           ($0.40)              +$ 10.25
NLHE Zoom        ($0.10)   414 hands  +$ 24.05
PLO Zoom         ($0.10)   420 hands  -$ 24.65

Tournament Results (-$ 2.20 overall)
1x 8 Game MTT    -$ 2.20

8 Game wins/losses by game type for this month: 
2-7         1.83
Limit HE    -1.66
Ohl         1.53
Razz         1.99
Stud         3.82
Stud HL        -3.46
NLHE          0.88
PLO         5.32

BBP results break down as follows:

Cash results (-£ 0.00 overall)

Tournament Results (-£ 220.52 overall)
1x  STT (Maui)      -£   3.65 
14x  MTT            +£ 224.17
   Cashed 2 from 10 "Barry" MTT
   Cashed 2 from 3 $1500 GTD

Reflect
Last year was actually my "Annus Horribilis" being the worse year for results ever!   Having said that, I feel I've been playing pretty well and/or improving overall and just hope that 2014 will be my breakthrough year

It seems to have started fairly solidly, just need to make sure I keep up the concentration and focus more on quality than quantity.  I have also been a bit stricter about not playing when I'm feeling tired/stressed this month and that seems to have helped as well.

For the live game, I decided to go to Farnborough for my live game this month, as the Reading casinos have changed their schedules and wasn't keen on them.   As it happens, I crashed out early, but despite managing to call all-in on the river with top pair vs straight flush (!!) felt I was playing well and re-bought in.... eventually finishing 8th from 50 entries (5 paid)  Was enjoyable evening out, with decent chance of cashing, so overall a good result

Pokerstars I managed to play the expected number of sessions/hands and overall managed my breakeven target.  One very poor PLO session saw my results worse than they perhaps should have been.

For Black Belt, I have been concentrating on the "Barry" 30 seat turbo SNG and the $1500 GTD tournament, as these suit my timescales and budget.   This month I was lucky (and/or good :) ) and managed to cash more than expected for a great result.

February 2014 Targets

I hope to be back to my "normal" routine in February, so my monthly target for February will be:
- 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)

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

Poker: end of year results for 2013

As my 2012 results showed, 2012 wasn't a great year for my Poker financial results, but had high hopes and expectations I could turn it around in 2013 by studying my game more and being more disciplined.  Sadly 2013 was even worse results :)

Pokerstars      :  -$ 1832.13
Black Belt Poker:  -$ 2086.10  (-£ 1268.72)
Live play       :  -£  247.00

Live results (excluding UKIPT High Roller) 
  6 attempts at Reading Casino (2 cashes)   -£47
  1 attempt at Reading G Casino (1 bubble)  -£30
  1 attempt at Farnborough Poker club       -£90
    Cash game at Farnborough Poker club     -£80

I tend to view the live games as a night out and try to make them last as long as possible.   Cashing in 2 events from 8 tries is still pretty good and perhaps highlights a more relaxed attitude in a deep stack 9 seat tournament is probably the best way to go most of the time.   I could have done a lot better if one or two flips had gone my way, so am pretty happy with my live performances.

Pokerstars results

Cash results (-$619.52 overall)

8 Game           ($0.40)   +$  7.93 
8 Game           ($1.00)   -$ 44.95
8 Game           ($2.00)   -$ 33.66
8 Game           ($4.00)   +$ 27.12
8 Game           ($8.00)   +$ 12.09
8 Game cash total                                -$31.47

NLHE Zoom        ($0.25)     3 hands  -$ 0.02
NLHE Zoom        ($0.10)  1547 hands  +$ 9.67
NLHE Mobile Zoom ($0.10)   214 hands  -$46.04
NLHE cash total                                  -$36.39

PLO Zoom         ($0.10)   2135 hands  -$  78.40
PLO Zoom         ($0.25)   1233 hands  -$  70.92
PLO Zoom         ($0.50)  15433 hands  +$ 104.17
PLO Zoom         ($1.00)    844 hands  -$ 386.55
PLO Cash total                                  -$431.70

NLO8 Mobile Zoom ($0.02)  1285 hands  -$  14.24
NLO8 Mobile Zoom ($0.10)   539 hands  -$ 120.56
NLO8 Zoom        ($0.02)   210 hands  -$   7.22
NLO8 Zoom        ($0.10)  1839 hands  +$  22.06
NLO8 Cash total                                -$ 119.96

Tournament Results (-$1212.86 overall)
EPT             -$ 667.13
Passport (EPT)  -$  68.00
MicroMillions   -$  29.40
SCOOP           -$  90.10
TCOOP           -$ 158.30
UKIPT           -$  12.73
WCOOP           -$ 375.40
Other MTT       +$ 173.80
Other STT       +$  14.40

8 Game wins/losses by game type for this year: 
2-7          +$  41.49
Limit HE     +$  32.26
Limit Omaha  -$  79.07
Razz         -$  74.92
Stud         +$  10.67
Stud HL      +$ 183.38
NLHE         -$  64.04
PLO          -$ 111.32

It seems my PLO and NLHE cash games have got worse since I dropped down!   It also looks like Mobile Zoom is another big drain on my resources so must make sure I only play for fun in the micro stakes going forward.   I'd like to play more 8 Game cash, as this looks pretty steady, concentrate on PLO on Pokerstars and try to get my results more consistent.  

On the tournaments, my campaigns for EPT in particular but also for WCOOP and TCOOP were unproductive.   I probably committed too much to EPT but did have some good games along the way.    Next year I should probably focus more on MTT generally but keep to SCOOP and only commit a small budget to other festivals.

BBP results

Cash results (-£ 880.66 overall)

NLHE Speed        ($0.20)   3907 hands  -$  28.88
NLHE Speed        ($0.50)   1953 hands  -$ 101.01
NLHE speed        ($1.00)   4233 hands  -$ 715.79
NLHE              ($0.20)    201 hands  -$  20.53
NLHE              ($0.50)    165 hands  +$   2.06
NLHE              ($1.00)    172 hands  +$ 119.33
NLHE cash total                                  -$744.82

PLO Zoom         ($0.20)    531 hands  -$  91.33
PLO Zoom         ($0.50)   1084 hands  -$  44.51
PLO Cash total                                  -$135.84

Tournament Results (-£ 388.06 overall)
92x  MTT       +£  35.24
STT: L4 step   -£  16.57
STT: Maui      -£  98.22
STT: Rio       -£ 198.73
STT: others    -£ 109.78

With BBP cash games, I crashed pretty spectacularly at the $1 level on SPEED, but otherwise wasn't too bad I guess..   Seems $0.20 level is the level I need to stay at for now, as only a tiny loss (down by only 1 buy in)   The PLO was small sample, but looks like I was doing even worse than on Pokerstars for some reason.    Think I need to stick to only $0.20 SPEED NLHE on BBP cash games from now on, if I play any cash on BBP at all

The tournaments weren't too bad as did a fair volume, but the STT didn't turn out as well as I would hope.    If I play any BBP, will probably stick to just the MTTs

2014 Targets
With the new year I'm hoping to get back into a more normal monthly routine again, although will likely be a lower volume than 2013 due to time and bankroll constraints

My monthly targets will be:
- 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)

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
January 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/poker-financial-results-for-january-2013.html
February 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/poker-financial-results-for-february.html
March 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/poker-financial-results-for-march-2013.html
April 2013 Cash Challenge http://www.blackbeltpoker.com/blogs/read/4020786/sceaga/First-month-results/
April 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/poker-financial-results-for-april-2013.html
May 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/poker-financial-results-for-may-2013.html
June 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/poker-financial-results-for-june-2013.html
July 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/poker-financial-results-for-july-2013.html
August 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/poker-financial-results-for-august-2013.html
September 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/poker-financial-results-for-september.html
October 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/poker-financial-results-for-october-2013.html
November 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/poker-financial-results-for-november.html
December 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/poker-financial-results-for-december.html

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

References
January 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/poker-financial-results-for-january-2013.html
February 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/poker-financial-results-for-february.html
March 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/poker-financial-results-for-march-2013.html
April 2013 Cash Challenge http://www.blackbeltpoker.com/blogs/read/4020786/sceaga/First-month-results/
April 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/poker-financial-results-for-april-2013.html
May 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/poker-financial-results-for-may-2013.html
June 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/poker-financial-results-for-june-2013.html
July 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/poker-financial-results-for-july-2013.html
August 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/poker-financial-results-for-august-2013.html
September 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/poker-financial-results-for-september.html
October 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/poker-financial-results-for-october-2013.html
November 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/poker-financial-results-for-november.html

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

References
January 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/poker-financial-results-for-january-2013.html
February 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/poker-financial-results-for-february.html
March 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/poker-financial-results-for-march-2013.html
April 2013 Cash Challenge http://www.blackbeltpoker.com/blogs/read/4020786/sceaga/First-month-results/
April 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/poker-financial-results-for-april-2013.html
May 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/poker-financial-results-for-may-2013.html
June 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/poker-financial-results-for-june-2013.html
July 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/poker-financial-results-for-july-2013.html
August 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/poker-financial-results-for-august-2013.html
September 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/poker-financial-results-for-september.html
October 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/poker-financial-results-for-october-2013.html

Poker: Financial results for October 2013

Plan
My monthly targets for October 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 5 MTT/STT with target of breaking even (BBP)

Monitor
Overall results for the month:-

Pokerstars      :  -$   54.20
Black Belt Poker:  +$    2.33  (+£1.45)
Live play       :  -£   40.00

Pokerstars results break down as follows:

Cash results ($-54.20 overall)
NLHE Zoom ($0.10)         1191 hands  +$12.83
PLO Zoom  ($0.10)         1563 hands  -$67.02
Mobile NLO8 Zoom ($0.02)   404 hands  -$ 0.01

Tournament Results ($-0.00 overall)
None

8 Game wins/losses by game type for this month:  None
2-7        + 0.00
Limit HE   - 0.00
Omaha HL   + 0.00
Razz       + 0.00
Stud       - 0.00
Stud HL    - 0.00
NL HE      + 0.00
PLO        + 0.00

BBP results break down as follows:

Cash results (£-0.00 overall)

Tournament Results (+£1.45 overall)
13x  MTT             -£ 0.49
1x   STT (9 seat)    +£ 1.94

Reflect
Overall this month, have had nightmare workwise due to short staff, etc so haven't felt much like playing.  Also had a spot of "man flu" the last week and a half of October, so again dented my enthusiasm to play.... but managed to get some sessions in.

My live game this month was another decent run, but finished 12th (7 paid) out of about 40 odd runners.   Went out with KK vs AQ (all in preflop) so a bit disappointing, but got it in ahead at least.  My £20 win on blackjack softened the blow a little :)

Pokerstars was a few sessions of Zoom and am fairly happy overall with the results.  My PLO for some reason has gone to pot, with my playing like a pansy to lose a number of big pots.   It all went downhill this last week, so probably due to the man-flu clogging up my Poker senses.   Just shows you shouldn't play when feeling poorly !!

Blackbelt was mostly 12 seat Jackpot SNG and returned a small profit with those, but very low volume and meaningless overall  (but better than a loss)

November Targets
The first week is written off for Poker, so will be likely even less Poker than October.   Pokerstars have announced MicroMillions  so might also get a bit sidetracked by that :)   I am still reviewing Nick Wealthall's "Tournament Cash Machine" program (http://transformmypoker.com/) so want to get some time to finish that off

My targets are therefore:

- 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)

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
*  Fiddle around less with MTT/STT variants, concentrate on NLHE and 8 Game
OK this month

References
January 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/poker-financial-results-for-january-2013.html
February 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/poker-financial-results-for-february.html
March 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/poker-financial-results-for-march-2013.html
April 2013 Cash Challenge http://www.blackbeltpoker.com/blogs/read/4020786/sceaga/First-month-results/
April 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/poker-financial-results-for-april-2013.html
May 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/poker-financial-results-for-may-2013.html
June 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/poker-financial-results-for-june-2013.html
July 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/poker-financial-results-for-july-2013.html
August 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/poker-financial-results-for-august-2013.html
September 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/poker-financial-results-for-september.html

Poker: Financial results for September 2013

Plan
My monthly targets for August were:
- Have at least 4 study sessions
- Play 800 hands of cash on NLHE $0.20 6-max (1 table Speed) with target of breaking even (BBP)
- Play 350 cash hands on PLO $0.20 6-max (1 table) with target of breaking even (BBP)
- Play 4 sessions of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even  (Pokerstars)
- Play 16 MTT/STT with target of breaking even (BBP)
- Have one more try at EPT sat, using FPPs to buy-in
- Play some WCOOP sats (if available and depending on the final schedule for the Main Events)

Monitor
Overall results for the month:-

Pokerstars      :  -$  233.28
Black Belt Poker:  -$    5.53  (-£3.43)
Live play       :  -£   40.00

Pokerstars results break down as follows:

Cash results ($+31.85 overall)
8 Game    ($0.40)                   $  +0.46
PLO Zoom ($0.10)         362 hands  $ +10.29
Mobile NLO8 Zoom ($0.10) 237 hands  $  +0.83
NLO8 Zoom ($0.10)        819 hands  $ +20.27

Tournament Results ($-265.13 overall)
1x UKIPT sat MTT           $  -12.73
8x WCOOP sat MTT           $ -245.40
2x NLHE MTT                $   -7.00

8 Game wins/losses by game type for this month (1 session):
2-7        + 1.64
Limit HE   - 0.80
Omaha HL   + 2.39
Razz       + 2.48
Stud       - 2.34
Stud HL    - 4.76
NL HE      + 1.43
PLO        + 0.42

BBP results break down as follows:

Cash results (£-0.00 overall)

Tournament Results (-£ overall)
7x  MTT            -£  3.43

Reflect
My main focus this month was the WCOOP sats and everything else was pushed aside.  I also ran out of Poker bankroll 3/4 way through the month (hence my early post for end of month results) so my playing is now curtailed until next month.  

My live game was a bit frustrating, as managed to get to the final table but finished as the money bubble boy.  Did feel I played well overall though, so cannot complain.....

I have done my study sessions as targeted, watching Nick's Tournament videos.  I've still got a few video's to watch, so will need to continue with my studying, but have got spare time at the moment (as I have no Poker bankroll left) so shouldn't be a problem to get through them

Pokerstars cash results were pretty good (by my recent standards :) ) so was happy just to post a plus result in all categories.   The WCOOP sats were the main expenditure for me.  I posted a blog about this already (http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/poker-wcoop-2013-summary.html) so won't dwell on my lack of results here.   I wasn't intending to play a UKIPT London sat, but saw it listed when I was browsing so just jumped in.  Obviously was a waste of time and money :)

I didn't play much on BBP, just three league games and four other NLHE MTTs  I did cash one MTT (4th from 12 players) but nothing special to mention

My cash results were better than expected, and my tournament results are about on par with expectation.  Shame I didn't get anywhere with WCOOP, but it was always a bit of a long shot anyways.   

October Targets
I am still going through Nick Wealthall's "Tournament Cash Machine" program (http://transformmypoker.com/) so October will also need to be about training for and playing in MTTs.  My bankroll is precarious, so will have to drop right down in stakes to stay within my BRM   My targets are therefore:

- 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 5 MTT/STT with target of breaking even (BBP)

Strategic Objectives
*  Keep to Poker Plan
Went out the window a bit this month due to WCOOP and Bankroll
*  Focus on less variants of cash games
So far, so good.
*  Break even on all cash games
Needs more studying
*  Fiddle around less with MTT/STT variants, concentrate on NLHE and 8 Game
OK this month

References
January 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/poker-financial-results-for-january-2013.html
February 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/poker-financial-results-for-february.html
March 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/poker-financial-results-for-march-2013.html
April 2013 Cash Challenge http://www.blackbeltpoker.com/blogs/read/4020786/sceaga/First-month-results/
April 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/poker-financial-results-for-april-2013.html
May 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/poker-financial-results-for-may-2013.html
June 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/poker-financial-results-for-june-2013.html
July 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/poker-financial-results-for-july-2013.html
August 2013 Plan
My monthly targets for August were:
- Have at least 4 study sessions
- Play 800 hands of cash on NLHE $0.20 6-max (1 table Speed) with target of breaking even (BBP)
- Play 350 cash hands on PLO $0.20 6-max (1 table) with target of breaking even (BBP)
- Play 4 sessions of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even  (Pokerstars)
- Play 16 MTT/STT with target of breaking even (BBP)
- Have one more try at EPT sat, using FPPs to buy-in
- Play some WCOOP sats (if available and depending on the final schedule for the Main Events)

Monitor
Overall results for the month:-

Pokerstars      :  -$  233.28
Black Belt Poker:  -$    5.53  (-£3.43)
Live play       :  -£   40.00

Pokerstars results break down as follows:

Cash results ($+31.85 overall)
8 Game    ($0.40)                   $  +0.46
PLO Zoom ($0.10)         362 hands  $ +10.29
Mobile NLO8 Zoom ($0.10) 237 hands  $  +0.83
NLO8 Zoom ($0.10)        819 hands  $ +20.27

Tournament Results ($-265.13 overall)
1x UKIPT sat MTT           $  -12.73
8x WCOOP sat MTT           $ -245.40
2x NLHE MTT                $   -7.00

8 Game wins/losses by game type for this month (1 session):
2-7        + 1.64
Limit HE   - 0.80
Omaha HL   + 2.39
Razz       + 2.48
Stud       - 2.34
Stud HL    - 4.76
NL HE      + 1.43
PLO        + 0.42

BBP results break down as follows:

Cash results (£-0.00 overall)

Tournament Results (-£ overall)
7x  MTT            -£  3.43

Reflect
My main focus this month was the WCOOP sats and everything else was pushed aside.  I also ran out of Poker bankroll 3/4 way through the month (hence my early post for end of month results) so my playing is now curtailed until next month.  

My live game was a bit frustrating, as managed to get to the final table but finished as the money bubble boy.  Did feel I played well overall though, so cannot complain.....

I have done my study sessions as targeted, watching Nick's Tournament videos.  I've still got a few video's to watch, so will need to continue with my studying, but have got spare time at the moment (as I have no Poker bankroll left) so shouldn't be a problem to get through them

Pokerstars cash results were pretty good (by my recent standards :) ) so was happy just to post a plus result in all categories.   The WCOOP sats were the main expenditure for me.  I posted a blog about this already (http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/poker-wcoop-2013-summary.html) so won't dwell on my lack of results here.   I wasn't intending to play a UKIPT London sat, but saw it listed when I was browsing so just jumped in.  Obviously was a waste of time and money :)

I didn't play much on BBP, just three league games and four other NLHE MTTs  I did cash one MTT (4th from 12 players) but nothing special to mention

My cash results were better than expected, and my tournament results are about on par with expectation.  Shame I didn't get anywhere with WCOOP, but it was always a bit of a long shot anyways.   

October Targets
I am still going through Nick Wealthall's "Tournament Cash Machine" program (http://transformmypoker.com/) so October will also need to be about training for and playing in MTTs.  My bankroll is precarious, so will have to drop right down in stakes to stay within my BRM   My targets are therefore:

- 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 5 MTT/STT with target of breaking even (BBP)

Strategic Objectives
*  Keep to Poker Plan
Went out the window a bit this month due to WCOOP and Bankroll
*  Focus on less variants of cash games
So far, so good.
*  Break even on all cash games
Needs more studying
*  Fiddle around less with MTT/STT variants, concentrate on NLHE and 8 Game
OK this month

References
January 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/poker-financial-results-for-january-2013.html
February 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/poker-financial-results-for-february.html
March 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/poker-financial-results-for-march-2013.html
April 2013 Cash Challenge http://www.blackbeltpoker.com/blogs/read/4020786/sceaga/First-month-results/
April 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/poker-financial-results-for-april-2013.html
May 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/poker-financial-results-for-may-2013.html
June 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/poker-financial-results-for-june-2013.html
July 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/poker-financial-results-for-july-2013.html
August 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/poker-financial-results-for-august-2013.html

General: Day trip to Hinton Ampner (National Trust)

We’ve previously planned trips this year to the National Trust house Hinton Ampner, but for various reasons didn’t make it….. so was pleased me actually managed to get there today to take a look around !

I must admit the Tea Shop featured heavily in our visit as we got there about lunch time, so had a nice sandwich and sausage roll there before strolling round the main house.

It’s not a huge house, but was a fair amount of interest inside, but were soon outside in the grounds taking a look around.   The views from the south terrace were spectacular, despite the slightly grey, cloudy day.

The church in the grounds was also interesting looking and has lovely stained glass windows (looking best from the inside of course..)

After trekking round the remaining ground, we ended back at the tea shop for our mid afternoon snack

On the way home, we stopped at Petersfield, mainly because we’d never been there before.   Was OK for a small town, but nothing special there to take the interest really.

Despite the dull day, we had a nice trip out and came back feeling like we’d eaten well and had a nice walk about.

Poker: WCOOP 2013 summary

I have been working hard to try and satellite into some WCOOP events, but sadly my efforts to just qualify have not been realised

The plan for this year was to try for 10 events, which in itself was quite ambitious (perhaps too ambitious as it turned out)

Over the course of the last few weeks I have been furiously finding satellites I can play in and then trying to get through to the event itself.  In most cases I tried at least twice, but one event I gave up on because of real world commitment, then the last event had to be abandoned as I’ve done my bankroll

Here are my results for this years series:

Event	Attempts	Cost	Notes
05  NL Hold'em	2	$63.00
10  PL Omaha	2	$36.00
12  NL Hold'em [Heads-Up]	2	$18.60
16  PL Omaha	2	$12.40
33  8-Game	3	$82.40
34  NL Hold'em	2	$89.40
42  HORSE	1	$40.80	Date clash so can’t play event
49  Mixed NL Hold'em/PL Omaha	2	$32.80
55  NL Hold'em	0	$0	Abandoned due to lack of bankroll
66  NL Hold'em Main Event	12	$0	Used FPP’s only
TOTAL		$375.40

Compared to last years result, it’s certainly a bit disappointing, but having said that I have enjoyed the cut and trust of playing the satellites and got close a few times to getting through.

In hindsight, I could have probably saved some money by being a bit more selective/patient and picking some less expensive satellites.  I paid out $61 in one case and $41 a couple of times, whereas there may have been better ones to go for. 

Sadly I don't have the bankroll (now don’t have *any* bankroll !) to buy-in directly, so that is it for me this year.   Will have to wait until SCOOP 2014 now

Poker: Financial results for August 2013

Plan
My monthly targets for August were:
- Have at least 4 study sessions
- Play 800 hands of cash on NLHE $0.20 6-max (1 table Speed) with target of breaking even (BBP)
- Play 350 cash hands on PLO $0.20 6-max (1 table) with target of breaking even (BBP)
- Play 4 sessions of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even  (Pokerstars)
- Play 16 MTT/STT with target of breaking even (BBP)
- Have one more try at EPT sat, using FPPs to buy-in
- Play some WCOOP sats (if available and depending on the final schedule for the Main Events)

Monitor
Overall results for the month:-

Pokerstars      :  -$  200.89
Black Belt Poker:  -$  159.71  (-£103.06)
Live play       :  -£   40.00

Pokerstars results break down as follows:

Cash results ($-62.09 overall)
8 Game    ($1.00)              $ -44.95
Mobile NLO8 Zoom ($0.10)       $ -20.20
NLO8 Zoom ($0.10)              $  +3.06

Tournament Results ($-138.80 overall)
1x EPT sat MTT (FPP)       $    0.00
8x WCOOP sat MTT           $ -130.00
1x NLHE MTT                $   -4.40
1x PLO  MTT                $   -4.40

8 Game wins/losses by game type for this month (1 session):
2-7        + 3.62
Limit HE   -15.33
Omaha HL   - 1.88
Razz       - 2.77
Stud       +15.69
Stud HL    -15.30
NL HE      -20.45
PLO        - 8.53

BBP results break down as follows:

Cash results (£-70.66 overall)
NLHE Speed  ($0.20)  714 hands   -£60.17
PLO         ($0.20)   36 hands   -£10.49

Tournament Results (-£32.40 overall)
14x  MTT            -£  7.19
4x   10 seat STT    -£ 15.55  Maui Jackpot
2x   10 seat STT    -£  7.84
3x    6 seat STT    -£  4.88
1x    2 seat STT    +£  3.06

Reflect
I have done my study sessions as targeted, watching Nick's Tournament videos.  I'm not sure I'm applying all the techniques as yet, so need more reviewing of the previous materials as well as going through the next module.

Pokerstars was about as expected, in that I played several WCOOP satalites, and although had some good runs, didn't win any seats yet.   The cash side was a little disappointing but not outside acceptable limits

Black Belt cash was a little low on volume and also disappointing.  I think focussing on tournaments may be messing up my cash game!   The Tournaments were also a bit disappointing but with the low volume, difficult to make any firm judgements.... other than that I am still no good at Maui Jackpot tables and should probably give them up!!

September Targets
I am still going through Nick Wealthall's "Tournament Cash Machine" program (http://transformmypoker.com/) so September will also need to be about training for and playing in MTTs.   I'm also still got some WCOOP satallites to play.    My targets are therefore:

- Have at least 4 study sessions
- Play 400 hands of cash on NLHE $0.20 6-max (1 table Speed) with target of breaking even (BBP)
- Play 150 cash hands on PLO $0.20 6-max (1 table) with target of breaking even (BBP)
- Play 2 sessions of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even  (Pokerstars)
- Play 10 MTT/STT with target of breaking even (BBP)
- Play some WCOOP sats

Strategic Objectives
*  Keep to Poker Plan
Achieved all this month, except 8 Game cash sessions
*  Focus on less variants of cash games
So far, so good.
*  Break even on all cash games
Needs more studying
*  Fiddle around less with MTT/STT variants, concentrate on NLHE and 8 Game
OK this month

References
January 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/poker-financial-results-for-january-2013.html
February 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/poker-financial-results-for-february.html
March 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/poker-financial-results-for-march-2013.html
April 2013 Cash Challenge http://www.blackbeltpoker.com/blogs/read/4020786/sceaga/First-month-results/
April 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/poker-financial-results-for-april-2013.html
May 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/poker-financial-results-for-may-2013.html
June 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/poker-financial-results-for-june-2013.html
July 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/poker-financial-results-for-july-2013.html

Poker: WCOOP 2013

Hoorah, Pokerstars have released the WCOOP 2013 schedule and started up some satellites….

As last year, I will be trying to satellite into certain events.   Last year I planned to enter 6 events, but ended up only trying for 3 in the end... although in the end, last years results were pretty pleasing

This year, I have picked out 10 events I would like to play in !!   Realistically I have to satellite into them, so will probably only have a couple of goes for some of the least desirable events and a few more goes for the ones I really want to play

Date	Name	Buy-In	Guarantee
09 Sep	NL Hold'em [6-Max, Shootout]	$320	$250’000
11 Sep	PL Omaha [Knockout]	$215	$150’000
11 Sep	NL Hold'em [Heads-Up]	$215	$250’000
13 Sep	PL Omaha [6-Max]	$215	$250’000
18 Sep	8-Game	$320	$150’000
19 Sep	NL Hold'em [6-Max]	$320	$350’000
21 Sep	HORSE	$320	$100’000
24 Sep	Mixed NL Hold'em/PL Omaha	$320	$200’000
26 Sep	NL Hold'em	$320	$300’000
29 Sep	NL Hold'em Main Event [$1.25M Gtd to 1st]	$5200	$8’000’000

Just need to be sure I don't spend to much on the satellites, as can get a bit carried away sometimes !!

Poker: Financial results for July 2013

Plan
My monthly targets for July were:
- Have at least 4 study sessions
- Play 800 hands of cash on NLHE $0.20 6-max (1 table Speed) with target of breaking even (BBP)
- Play 350 cash hands on PLO $0.20 6-max (1 table) with target of breaking even (BBP)
- Play 4 sessions of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even  (Pokerstars)
- Play 16 MTT

Monitor
Overall results for the month:-

Pokerstars      :  -$  291.47
Black Belt Poker:  +$   45.08  (+£29.65)
Live play       :  -£  170.00

Pokerstars results break down as follows:

Cash results ($-195.32 overall)
8 Game    ($4.00)              $ -100.00
Mobile NLO8 Zoom ($0.10)       $ - 95.32

Tournament Results ($-96.15 overall)
3x EPT sat MTT (FPP)       $    0.00
2x EPT sat STT             $ - 85.15
1x MTT (Passport)          $ - 11.00

8 Game wins/losses by game type for this month (1 session):
2-7        - 62.00
Limit HE   - 35.06
Omaha HL   - 39.85
Razz       - 13.56
Stud       +  2.23
Stud HL    + 32.59
NL HE      + 13.03
PLO        +  2.62

BBP results break down as follows:

Cash results (£+34.48 overall)
NLHE Speed  ($0.20)  915 hands   +£62.29
PLO         ($0.20)  390 hands   -£27.81

Tournament Results (-£4.83 overall)
18x  MTT            -£  6.25
6x   10 seat STT    -£ 23.82  Maui Jackpot
7x    6 seat STT    +£ 32.08
2x    2 seat STT    -£  6.84

Reflect
I have done my study sessions as targeted, watching Nick's Tournament videos.  What can I say, it's Nick... so albeit rather long winded at times, he does get some good points across.   Some stuff I know, but has made me think a bit more about how I'm playing already, and only halfway through !   Need to keep going through the remaining sections and make sure I absorb the lessons and apply them to my game.

Now to talk about my Live results !   I'd decided to go for the trickier Sovereign Poker Club in Farnborough for a change this month (http://www.sovereignsnooker.co.uk/) for the £40+£5 (with re-entry)  I played OK, but my AA got out flopped by TT and lost a chunk, then an Ax hand got mullered by 84s on river and I decided to go for a second bullet.   Luckily this one lasted a bit longer, but another bad hand saw me reduced to shove/fold and my 22 didn't stand a chance in the end against KQ and JJ when I finally pushed 10bb.     I like going to Farnborough as the Cash tables are always lively and had decided to give it a go if I got the chance...  As it turned out, there was only one table running and it was short handed, although this suited me to a degree as I've only got 40bb to play with.   I held my own, but being the short stack had to pick my spots against the loose passive style most the other players were using.   After drizzling down to about 15bb, managed to get all-in pre with 77 vs 65ss which I was happy with, until he flopped flush and turned the straight flush, so it was time to go home.....

On Pokerstars, didn't actually play all that much.... but I've been trying to qualify into EPT Barcelona again, so far to no avail.  I did get tempted into playing a couple of sats which I had to buy into (rather than using FPP) which was perhaps a little optimistic.   I was also still trying out the Mobile Zoom cash, but still not managing to adjust to that so have definitely abandoned that medium for playing Poker ! :)    I also played one session of my normally reliable 8 Game cash, but this time managed to drop half a buy-in so was a bit disappointing overall.   Having dropped my complete balance in Pokerstars, decided not to reload this month as I'm at a low ebb for my Bankroll Management.  

Thank goodness for Black Belt Poker (BBP).... it's the only bright spot in the numbers !!   I managed my targets and more or less broke even, so kind of OK results for this month at least.   I am playing the $0.20 level now in Cash, due to dropping most of my bankroll, so am having to adjust slightly to the players at this level.   My NLHE approach seems about right, but probably need to play less hands in my PLO and concentrate more on the players weaknesses.   My MTT and STT results are OK, but never seem to do well with the 10 seat Maui for some reason.  I always think it should suit my style as it gets short stacked quite quickly, but I always seem to bust out early on.... something I need to review and understand more about.   The 6 seat STT tend to be Turbo's like the Maui, and mostly do OK in those.   

August Targets
I am still going through Nick Wealthall's "Tournament Cash Machine" program (http://transformmypoker.com/) so August will also need to be about training for and playing in MTTs.   My targets are therefore:

- Have at least 4 study sessions
- Play 800 hands of cash on NLHE $0.20 6-max (1 table Speed) with target of breaking even (BBP)
- Play 350 cash hands on PLO $0.20 6-max (1 table) with target of breaking even (BBP)
- Play 4 sessions of 8 Game cash with target of breaking even  (Pokerstars)
- Play 16 MTT/STT with target of breaking even (BBP)
- Have one more try at EPT sat, using FPPs to buy-in
- Play some WCOOP sats (if available and depending on the final schedule for the Main Events)

Strategic Objectives
*  Keep to Poker Plan
Achieved all this month, except 8 Game cash sessions
*  Focus on less variants of cash games 
Shouldn’t have played the Mobile Zoom, but otherwise OK….  
*  Break even on all cash games
Needs more studying on PLO for sure
*  Fiddle around less with MTT/STT variants, concentrate on NLHE and 8 Game
OK this month

References
January 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/poker-financial-results-for-january-2013.html
February 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/poker-financial-results-for-february.html
March 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/poker-financial-results-for-march-2013.html
April 2013 Cash Challenge http://www.blackbeltpoker.com/blogs/read/4020786/sceaga/First-month-results/
April 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/poker-financial-results-for-april-2013.html
May 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/poker-financial-results-for-may-2013.html
June 2013 http://sceaga.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/poker-financial-results-for-june-2013.html