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June Results

Date: Sat, Jun 30, 2007

After breaking even for the first 2 weeks, I still managed to end up +170BB for this month. I made an extra $5 playing $0.25/$0.50 and $6 from a freeroll. All in all, not a bad month.

I also entered into a collaborative effort with another player I know from ITH. Once a week, we both play a session of one hour while the other one rails and provides suggestions. I must say, I really enjoy these sessions and they have already helped my game.

My plans for the future are to continue building my bankroll up to the point where I can move up to $1/$2. I am also going to use a more conservative bankroll strategy there, 600BB instead of 500BB. This means I need $1200 to step up.

Current Bankroll (1 July 2007): $759

Cash games

Detailed results $0.50/$1 6-max
Hands played: 10667
Winning rate: +1.59BB/100
Net result: +$169.45
VP$IP: 26.5%
PFR%: 16.7%
AF: 2.8

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May results

Date: Thu, May 31, 2007

This month has been very good, running +4BB/100 hands on average. I almost exclusively played 6-max the month. $0.25/$0.50 6-max is actually more profitable than $0.50/$1 FR, the higher winning rate and the fact that you play much more hand per hour equals to more profit per hour. Last week I started to move up to $0.50/$1 6-max since my bankroll now supports that limit. I also feel like I have made excellent progress developing my game.

Current Bankroll (June 2007): $606

Cash games

Detailed results $0.25/$0.50 6-max
Hands played: 11594
Winning rate: +3.94BB/100
Net result: +$228.30
VP$IP: 28.2%
PFR%: 17.6%
AF: 3.1
% Hands won: 17.81%

Detailed results $0.50/$1 6-max
Hands played: 2061
Winning rate: +4.25BB/100
Net result: +$87.50
VP$IP: 26.5%
PFR%: 15.4%
AF: 2.9
% Hands won: 15.96%

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April Results

Date: Tue, May 1, 2007

April results. I am still in between limits. I tried some $1/$2 but variance forced me to abandon that venture. I still managed to increase my bankroll to $291 although it was $390 at some point. I have decided to adopt stricter bankroll requirement rules. I need 300BB for FR and 500B for 6-max. This makes me bankrolled to play $0.25/$0.50 6max and almost $0.50/$1 FR.

I will also be trying to play without PokerOffice for a while. I find that I am keeping score and my game deteriorates by looking too much at short term results. I will need to pay more attention and take more notes about my opponents but that will only improve my game. I will still use PO to review my hands but I won't use the HUD functionality anymore.

I've also started to play more 6-Max. I think I need to focus a lot on preflop strategy here since 23/12 is a bit too tight/passive. Difficulty is how to adjust to the extreme loose players inhabiting the tables at which I play.

Current Bankroll (1 May 2007): $291

Cash games

Detailed results FR
Hands played: 4354
Winning rate: +0.83BB/100
Net result: +$25.14
VP$IP: 16.7%
PFR%: 7.6%
AF: 2.5
% Hands won: 7.81%

Detailed results 6-Max
Hands played: 1720
Winning rate: +3.6BB/100
Net result: -$24.62
VP$IP: 23.8%
PFR%: 12.3%
AF: 3.6
% Hands won: 15.81%

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March Results

Date: Mon, Apr 2, 2007

March results. Some ups and some downs, nothing unusual. Played no MTT's but started to play 7 card stud hi/lo. I am also moving up to $0.5/$1 (Limit FR).

Current Bankroll (1 April 2007): $245

Cash games

I am in the process of moving up to $0.5/$1. This is going to take some time since the play is much more aggressive than on $0.25/$0.50. I also need to get used to the larger sums of money. I had one bad session on $0.5/$1 which accounts for a loss of 50BB.

Detailed results($0.25/$0.50)
Hands played: 4648
Winning rate: +3.76BB/100
Net result: +$87.30
VP$IP: 17.9%
PFR%: 7.9%
AF: 2.2
% Hands won: 8.11%

Detailed results($0.5/$1)
Hands played: 1691
Winning rate: -2.76BB/100
Net result: -$46.60
VP$IP: 16.7%
PFR%: 8.8%
AF: 2.6
% Hands won: 8.75%


Tourneys

I played not tourneys whatsoever.

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February Update

Date: Wed, Feb 28, 2007

February results. I managed to increase my bankroll by about 65% which is a very good result. It has been an eventful month with big winning streaks as well as big losing streaks. My main focus has been playing LHE $0.25/$0.50 FR to build my bankroll. I've also started playing MTT's.

Current Bankroll (1 March 2007): $164

Cash games

I managed to win 140BB in about 7000 hands. This means I am running about 2BB/100 hands which is a normal, healthy winning rate. I've been lucky on some occasions but also very unlucky on other occasions. I have the feeling I can achieve a winning rate better than 2BB/100 but that's just speculation.

Detailed results(February)
Hands played: 7238
Winning rate: +2.01BB/100
Net result: +$72.70
VP$IP: 17.1%
PFR%: 6.6%
AF: 2.3
% Hands won: 7.78%

Tourneys

I played turbo MTT's with a buy-in of $0.10 almost exclusively. I played 40 of these, cashed in 8 (no big cashes), winning about $2.30. One thing to note is that a lot of these were before I read Harrington 1 & 2. I still find these micro buy-in turbos excellent to gain experience.

Detailed results(February)
Tourneys: 40
Buy-ins cost: $4.00
Cashes: 8
Won: $2.30
Net result: -$1.70
ROI: 57.5%

I also have about $34 left at Party and have decided to use that to play $1 buy-in tournaments. Since $30 is not a proper bankroll for playing $1 buy-in tourneys, playing these will be some kind of a gamble. I may lose the $34 but if I can get more than my fair share of luck, I may be able to expand my bankroll there.

Books

Read:
- Winning Low Limit Hold'em by Lee Jones
- Internet Texas Hold'em by Matthew Hilger
- Small Stakes Hold'em by Sklansky, Malmuth and Miller
- How good is your Limit Hold'em by Byron Jacobs and Jim Brier
- Hold'em Poker for Advanced Players by Sklansky and Malmuth
- Theory of Poker by Sklansky
- Ace on the River by Barry Greenstein
- Harrington on Hold'em volume 1 & 2 By Dan Harrington

Wish-list:
- Harrington on Hold'em volume 3 By Dan Harrington
- Power Hold'em Strategy by Daniel Negreanu (due ???)
- Hold'em Wisdom for all players by Daniel Negreanu (ordered)
- Texas Hold'Em Odds and Probabilities by Matthew Hilger
- The Poker Mindset: Essential Attitudes for Poker Success by Ian Taylor and Matthew Hilger (due ???)
- Middle Limit Hold'em by Ciaffone and Brier
- Weighing the Odds in Hold'em Poker by King Yao
- Limit Hold'em: Winning Short-handed Strategies by Terry Borer, Lawrence Mak, Barry Tanenbaum (due june '07)

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First post

Date: Mon, Jan 29, 2007

In this blog I will be recording my achievements playing poker.

I have been playing poker online for about 5 months now. The last few months I have been playing limit hold'em full-ring almost exclusively. The last few weeks I have been expanding my game selection a bit. I occasionally play some 6max tables and some turbo-MTT's. My main focus however will be full-ring limit for the immediate future since my edge is biggest there.

My bankroll at the moment is $88. I had a bankroll of $230 on party but decided to cash out $200 to pay for some books I have bought and will buy. I made a $50 deposit (with the ITH bonus offer) on Stars and am in the process of building it up.

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Goals for the future

Date: Mon, Jan 29, 2007

My goals for the near future. My main focus will be on improving my game and having fun while playing. Making money will be a nice side-effect but I won't lose sleep over breaking even.

I will be making a new post here every month to report on my progress. Current Bankroll (1 February 2007): $101

Cash games

At the moment I am playing limit FR $0.25/$0.50. My bankroll doesn't really support this limit so no reason to step up for the moment. If I start running bad I will step down to $0.10/$0.20. Hopefully my bankroll will grow allowing me to move to $0.50/$1 in the near future.

I also play shorthanded $0.05/$0.10. This is not for bankroll development but more for educational purposes. There may come a time when I will make these 6max games my main focus but that won't be any time soon.

And to conclude I also play some FR $0.02/$0.04 as a role-playing exercise. I play very loose and aggressive preflop but intelligent postflop (at least I try to). These experiences will certainly improve my game. It is also a good way to blow off some steam and it's just fun to play like an idiot and see your opponents 'adjusting' and play even worse.

Tourneys

I recently started to play some MMTs. Realizing I am not very good at these I decided to start with very low buy-in tourneys. Stars have $0.10 turbo MMTs where they add $50 to the prize pool. These are excellent to start and gain some experience. Obviously, I cannot expect to make much profit at these. If I get proficient at these I may try some higher buy-in tourneys (if my bankroll allows it).

Books

I have read several books and intend to read many more. I also want to re-read some of the better books I have. The problem is that I am usually unable to re-read anything I read before (I get bored very easily), instead I will re-read interesting parts of these book.

Already read:
- Winning Low Limit Hold'em by Lee Jones
- Internet Texas Hold'em by Matthew Hilger (Re-read)
- Small Stakes Hold'em by Sklansky, Malmuth and Miller (Re-read)
- How good is your Limit Hold'em by Byron Jacobs and Jim Brier
- Hold'em Poker for Advanced Players by Sklansky and Malmuth
- Theory of Poker by Sklansky (Re-read)
- Ace on the River by Barry Greenstein

New books to read:
- Harrington on Hold'em volume 1 & 2 (ordered)
- Middle Limit Hold'em by Ciaffone and Brier
- Weighing the Odds in Hold'em Poker by King Yao
- Limit Hold'em: Winning Short-handed Strategies by Terry Borer, Lawrence Mak, Barry Tanenbaum (due june '07)

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