End of April

Well I had my roll up to $610 which was way more than my goal. However I played 5k hands of 10NL and lost 6 buyings to cooler and such. Oh well, my current bankroll is $550 which is where I wanted to be. I plan to play about 20 sngs tonight and hope to get this up to $600 if I get lucky.

I didnt do anywhere need the volumne I needed. The last two weeks have been brutal at work putting in 80+ hour weeks to meet some dead lines. I got in about 150 sngs for the month.

I plan to move to $10 sngs, 80 SNG a week and try for 300 in may. I want my roll at about $700 before I jump so I need proabably a week or two to get there. I hope to blog more as my work schedule winds down.

I am also going to try and play the midnight maddness once a week on the weekends and hope I can get a good score there.

I just need to vent.

So I am running bad in SNGS, so I decided to change things up and play some cash. Its about time I move up to the next level so I fire up four 5nl and four 10nl tables just to get my feet wet, look at the games etc. Well my first observation is they are terrible at this level too, maybe even worse to some extent.

So things are progressing nicely I am up 3 bucks early, mostly due to the 5nl tables. I picked up KK on the 10nl there is a raise and I repopped and he smooth calls, we get it all in on the flop, he has AA and I miss. I should have quit there, I knew this was going to be a bad night.

So I am down $7 when in the BB with 92 the flop comes A92 I get it all in against the SB, he has AT, yep hits the T. Ouch down $4 more.

Next hand I have Ks7s on the button I smooth call a min raise after I limped from the BB. flop two rag spades and a 7. He bets out I shove all in he instant calls with KQ, he has two outs and hit one. Down some more.

I have 55 flop is QQ5 you know it we get it all in, turn x river Ten, he had QT. down some more.

There were several more bull shit two to five outers hit on me, I lost pretty much every big pot. Total Damage tonight down $20.

This puts me down $55 int he last 3 days, this bullshit can stop now. Why do all the bad beats come at once? OH well I am over it.

Current bankroll $555.00 I hope to go on a sick run this weekend and get that up over $600. I am off tomorrow night, eating sushi then bowling with the wife and friends.

Half way through April

Halfway through April and its still snowing. I have been on a serious heater lately. Well until the last two nights. I have dropped 7 buyins at the $5.50 level, but I digress, on to the good stuff.

Through 103 SNGs I have won $149.00 with an ROI of 26.30% not to shabby. A few days ago that was about 39% but oh well.

I have been placing second almost twice as much as firsts. I need to get this 50/50, I have taken some terrible beats heads up, but still the last few days I have been getting it in bad. I will work on that.


Cash this month so far 1600 hands up $43.00 really killing it. I will probably play cash the next few days and try to get back some loses since I am running bad in the SNGS.

This months total $192.00 I hope I can win as much in the next half. Until next time.

6 days and 60 bucks

Its been 6 days into April and I am up about 60 bucks. I have won $24 in cash games. The irony here is I have won $24 in about 1500 hands which is the same amount I won over 7000 hands in March. I am closing in on the 10k hands I am running about 6BB/100 which is where I wanted to be. I am figuring on playing another 10k hands at this level before I move up. It will probably take me 2 months to log those since I am concentrating on SNGs and MTTs.

I have played 41 SNGs, my ROI is only 14% I have gotten heads up 13 times and only won 4. I have taken some terrible beats heads up but at least I am getting there more often then finishing 3rd. I plan to pick up the pace this week and get a full 100 SNGS in.

I played two 5/45 finished 23 and 5th my ROI is 22%, but that doesn't mean much in only two attempts. I plan to play a few more of these probably like 5 a week.

I will post another update in a few days.

Cash Games are so unkind

Well I grinded out 1300 hands last night, yes a pretty long session. At the end I was down $4. I had KK vs 85 lose to trip 5s I got my money in bad here. I did raise huge preflop. I also had QQ busted by 64 when the board flopped a 6 we got it all in and he turned a 4.

I managed some comebacks by pushing AA preflop and getting called by JJ and 99 on two different hands. I am still not sure if I am doing well or not in ring games yet. I am about 4BB/100 which is no where near where I think I should be, I just cant beat luck.

I had tons of AK, AQ last night and I missed them all, I raised 3BB in each of those hands or called a raise. No one folds at this level preflop and I missed every one. I think I should just flat call with these hands and decided after the flop. I am going to try that this time.

7100 ish cash game hands this month. Way to many as my edge in these ring games is not as great as SNGs or MTTs but I want to get better at ring games.

Current Bankroll is $355. I play to move to $5.50 sngs in April. I think what I shall do is play SNGS and MTTS first and then dabble once or twice a week in cash depending on where I am at profit wise.

Goal for April 80ish SNGs a week. Monthly goal $200.

Just an update

Sorry fans, I have just been really busy and working on my game. Well the cash games are not going as good as I had hoped. I just can seem to avoid the bad beats. The other night I had AA 7 times and KK 10 times and only won a dollar. I lost all in preflop AA vs KK, he flopped a K. All in KK vs KQ on the flop and he went run run for the straight. 99 vs AQ vs AK flop AQ9, we get it all in goes JT for the win.

Enough about that here are my totals for cash: 5642 hands played +22.43, 3.98 BB/100. I really need this to move to about 7 or 8 before I move up in levels. I have been trying for 2500 hands per week in cash so my SNGS have been lacking. I think I am going to play a few more of those and probably cut back to cash to 1500 hands or so a week.

My SNGS results are awesome 38% ROI + 77.85 over 91 sngs. Not to shabby.

Current bankroll at $345.00. I play to move to the $5.50 sngs in April. Thas all for now.

I have switched to Cash

I plan on taking my $270 roll on FT and start grinding out some cash games with some MTTs moved in. Partly because I am board with SNGS and Partly because my cash game skills are lacking.

I am going to start at the bottom 5NL and move up after I win $100. Through 767 hands I am up $10 and some change after two nights. I will continue this and will also play the $2.25 45 mans and the Midnight Maddness on the weekends and hope for a big score.