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Week #8: Breaking Even

Date: Mon, Dec 21, 2009

After a glorious previous week, at least results-wise, I had another mixed week where I still struggled to get rid of the last remnants of the flu. The net result was a break-even week during which I could only muster up the motivation to play a bit less that 2k hands. Whenever I sat down [...]

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Week #7: Still Going Strong

Date: Mon, Dec 14, 2009

The past week, I was not able to play as much as I hoped I could. I was still battling with the flu and had to settle with only 2675 hands played. However, the week went pretty well going by the results for that sample.The absolute boosting highlight of my week was being able to [...]

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Week #6: Up, up, and away… not

Date: Mon, Dec 7, 2009

During week #6 of my mission, I had to cut the week short due to catching the flu. I felt quite miserable, still tried playing, but my game was just off – or I was hit by variance. I will just assume that my game was off since that’s quite likely when battling high temperatures. At [...]

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Week #5: Step by step…

Date: Mon, Nov 30, 2009

The last week (week number 5 of this mission), I’ve continued my good run and kept making some good money. Running well, even if it’s only at micro stakes ($2NL), makes poker a lot more fun than playing in a downswing. Let’s head straight to the stats for week #5. As you can see, I’ve finished [...]

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Week #4: Moving in the right direction

Date: Mon, Nov 23, 2009

My 4th week is my first winning week since the start of this challenge! Finally it seems as if I’m moving in the right direction. Having lost in the first three consecutive weeks of my micro stakes no-limit Hold’em mission had me review my game ferociously to find whether there have been too many leaks [...]

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Week #3: Turning this ship around?

Date: Mon, Nov 16, 2009

My third week of this micro limits poker challenge continued just as the previous weeks had gone: Losing a lot. However, some of my adjustments have started to show positive results, so I continued tweaking my game in that direction. Overall, I decided to tighten up considerably since a good chunk of my losses came [...]

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The horrible run continues

Date: Wed, Nov 11, 2009

Meh, this mission is getting more and more mentally challenging. Yesterday’s session was probably the worst session I’ve had in a long time. Over about 800 hands, I lost a tad more than 10 buy-ins. The worst part was that I wasn’t even playing too spewy in my opinion. But the showdown stats say it [...]

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The horrible run continues

Date: Wed, Nov 11, 2009

Meh, this mission is getting more and more mentally challenging. Yesterday’s session was probably the worst session I’ve had in a long time. Over about 800 hands, I lost a tad more than 10 buy-ins. The worst part was that I wasn’t even playing too spewy in my opinion. But the showdown stats say it [...]

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Week #2: And the losing goes on…

Date: Mon, Nov 9, 2009

Week #2 is gone, and it’s time to present the numbers again. Unfortunately, even at 2NL, my losing streak continues. Despite an abundance of bad players, I continued to run pretty horrible. And since that’s not enough, I also didn’t play too well, I guess. There’s no point in going over the details of how [...]

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Week #2: And the losing goes on…

Date: Mon, Nov 9, 2009

Week #2 is gone, and it’s time to present the numbers again. Unfortunately, even at 2NL, my losing streak continues. Despite an abundance of bad players, I continued to run pretty horrible. And since that’s not enough, I also didn’t play too well, I guess. There’s no point in going over the details of how [...]

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Swallowing my pride and moving down

Date: Fri, Nov 6, 2009

Ever since I started this mission, I have been running pretty badly. I guess some part of it is also bad play, something I certainly don’t want to admit playing at 5NL. However, the facts were quite clear. After a few thousand hands, my bankroll had dwindled below $75, the actual point of moving down. Since [...]

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Swallowing my pride and moving down

Date: Fri, Nov 6, 2009

Ever since I started this mission, I have been running pretty badly. I guess some part of it is also bad play, something I certainly don’t want to admit playing at 5NL. However, the facts were quite clear. After a few thousand hands, my bankroll had dwindled below $75, the actual point of moving down. Since [...]

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Schooling effect: Adjustments

Date: Wed, Nov 4, 2009

After reviewing my sessions so far, I have noticed that I have fallen prone to the schooling effect in several spots. Since at 5NL many players are loose-passive calling stations, this effect appears frequently. But let me explain the schooling effect first. The ’schooling effect’ ( as in flock of birds, school of fish) is when [...]

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Schooling effect: Adjustments

Date: Wed, Nov 4, 2009

After reviewing my sessions so far, I have noticed that I have fallen prone to the schooling effect in several spots. Since at 5NL many players are loose-passive calling stations, this effect appears frequently. But let me explain the schooling effect first. The ’schooling effect’ ( as in flock of birds, school of fish) is when [...]

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