Anyways, despite the constant tilting I have been going through this month, I haven't actually done too badly. I'm up $1666 and have accumulated ~30k FPPs which is equal to $450 in rakeback.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Refocusing
As a lot of people who I talk to frequently know, tilt is by far my worst enemy at the poker table and the biggest problem I have when it comes to poker. My tilt over the last month and a half or so has just gotten to be absolutely out of control. I think I've probably lost close to $3000 from spewy, tilt-induced plays over the last couple months. I'm really baffled because I thought that I was really close to getting it under control in late November. I'm not sure if I was just running better at that point in time, making me believe that my tilt problem had gone away or if it was the switch back to playing mostly 6max that caused it. Anyways, whatever the reason is, I've decided to switch back to FR for awhile since the last time I was playing exclusively FR my tilt was almost non-existent. After losing $1000 at 200NL 6max yesterday, I won it all back playing 100-400NL FR. Normally when I play FR I table select between 100 and 200NL tables and play ~20 tables. Yesterday, however, I noticed that there were some huge fish sitting at some 400NL tables and decided to play a little bit. I was absolutely shocked at how bad the competition was. I'm not sure if it was just because it was a Saturday night, but if that is the typical play at 400NL, I'm quite positive I could beat it for a pretty good win rate. Problem is there aren't that many tables that form, so I would have to mix in 200NL too. My BR is not quite as large as I would like it to be playing 400NL, so for the rest of the month I play on grinding out 100 and 200NL FR and building my roll so that hopefully sometime in the next couple months I can switch to playing 200 and 400.
Anyways, despite the constant tilting I have been going through this month, I haven't actually done too badly. I'm up $1666 and have accumulated ~30k FPPs which is equal to $450 in rakeback.
Anyways, despite the constant tilting I have been going through this month, I haven't actually done too badly. I'm up $1666 and have accumulated ~30k FPPs which is equal to $450 in rakeback.
Monday, January 5, 2009
A Long Overdue Update
Hey guys, sorry I haven't updated in so long, but December was an extremely busy month for me. In the beginning of the month I had finals and end of the semester papers/presentations to prepare and for the last 2 weeks of the month I was on vacation in Florida. And all at the same time I managed to accumulate 25k VPPs during December to achieve Supernova. Hopefully I will be able to update more frequently in the coming months.
Alright, I'll just start by talking about my results in 2008. I had a very very good year. I deposited $50 in March and turned it into $26,000 of profit by the end of the year including bonuses. It was a pretty sick run and am really glad I decided to deposit that $50 what seems like ages ago. I feel like my game has improved so much over the course of the year and feel confident enough to beat FR/6max/and HU up to 200NL (Ok, well I haven't really played any 200NL HU but it cant be that hard right?). The one thing that I haven't conquered yet is controlling my anger and tilt and not caring about the money. I really thought I had made great strides in my tilt control lately but last month was an absolute disaster. I'm not sure if it was me playing so many hands trying to get SN, or my move to mostly 6max, but I tilted like no other and it cost me a lot of profit i think. I've decided to quit HU play b/c that tilts me like no other. I am going to get a copy of Tommy Angelo's Elements of Poker and hopefully that will help me. I posted my year graph at the end of the post if u wish to see it.
So now that it is officially 2009 I guess I will talk about some of my poker goals for the year. I am planning on playing full time for a living after I graduate in May and would prefer to be at least playing 400NL at that time. I am planning on playing 100NL 6max for the rest of January while playing the 200NL tables when they look juicy. February is where I plan to totally transition to 200NL and stay there. I'm currently more than Bankrolled for 200NL so that's not really a problem and I don't think its that much harder to beat than 200NL, I just have to get used to the limit and not outlevel myself. I also plan to get some more coaching over the next couple months to really prepare myself for 200NL and beyond. I'm planning on playing ~80k hands a month while in school and 120k hands a month once I graduate.
Here's the graph for 2008. GL to everyone in 2009.
Alright, I'll just start by talking about my results in 2008. I had a very very good year. I deposited $50 in March and turned it into $26,000 of profit by the end of the year including bonuses. It was a pretty sick run and am really glad I decided to deposit that $50 what seems like ages ago. I feel like my game has improved so much over the course of the year and feel confident enough to beat FR/6max/and HU up to 200NL (Ok, well I haven't really played any 200NL HU but it cant be that hard right?). The one thing that I haven't conquered yet is controlling my anger and tilt and not caring about the money. I really thought I had made great strides in my tilt control lately but last month was an absolute disaster. I'm not sure if it was me playing so many hands trying to get SN, or my move to mostly 6max, but I tilted like no other and it cost me a lot of profit i think. I've decided to quit HU play b/c that tilts me like no other. I am going to get a copy of Tommy Angelo's Elements of Poker and hopefully that will help me. I posted my year graph at the end of the post if u wish to see it.
So now that it is officially 2009 I guess I will talk about some of my poker goals for the year. I am planning on playing full time for a living after I graduate in May and would prefer to be at least playing 400NL at that time. I am planning on playing 100NL 6max for the rest of January while playing the 200NL tables when they look juicy. February is where I plan to totally transition to 200NL and stay there. I'm currently more than Bankrolled for 200NL so that's not really a problem and I don't think its that much harder to beat than 200NL, I just have to get used to the limit and not outlevel myself. I also plan to get some more coaching over the next couple months to really prepare myself for 200NL and beyond. I'm planning on playing ~80k hands a month while in school and 120k hands a month once I graduate.
Here's the graph for 2008. GL to everyone in 2009.
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