October was a good month for me. Total profit from the $1/$2 cash games was $697; made up of $210 from poker play and $487 from bonuses. I think I played reasonable well and the return of 1.4BB/100 is probably above my long-term average. I reckon I'm a 1BB/100 kind of weak-tight player; especially when 4/6 tabling.
My total hands of almost 7,500 was more than I usually put in but since I changed my game in September, when returning to full ring from 6-max, I did put in a big effort to clear some longstanding bonuses I had stacked. However, my target is still to push through 10K hands a month in order to try and step up through the limits whilst clearing some bonuses to add to my bankroll.
The bonuses cleared this month were, Party (2x$100 bonuses), Pokerstars ($120 longstanding bonus), Interpoker ($100 monthly reload), Will Hill ($47 monthly) & Paradise ($20 of stacked bonus).
Sites for next month will include Sporting Index ($150 sign up for 50,000 action points), Paradise ($120 stacked bonus - although the arse looks to have dropped out of this site), Interpoker ($100 monthly - still at 5x raked hands), Will Hill ($47 monthly) and as a last resort I have got nearly $400 stacked at UB that I may make a start on. Hopefully Party will also offer a November reload as well so I should probably aim for $500 of bonus money in November.
As I am doing ok at the moment I don't have the impetus to analyse my game, plug the leaks and move from being a weak-tight player to a TAG. As long as I continue to be a winning player at these stakes I will continue with $1/$2 until I have reached 300BB profit and then consider stepping up if I feel my game is up to it. I think stepping up will force me to plug the leaks as I certainly won't remain a winning player as I come up against better opposition.
I am happy to keep stepping up and down until my game can support the level I'm playing it.
I'm also sure to hit some negative variance along the way but I also feel that the tighter game I'm playing at the moment is having a beneficial impact on the amount of variance I am experiencing. See stats for the month below :-
I'm also very tight at 13 VPIP (I used to be about a 20VPIP when I previously played full ring) but this helps when multi tabling and I'm sure a lot of the opportunities I am passing up are marginal in terms of the BB/100 they would add to my win rate. Obviously they will all add up though.
Positional stats are below :-
Not really sure what this is telling me other than I only win 8% of hands I am dealt when I expect that I should be winning closer to 10%. I also probably cold call more than I should; maybe I'll take a look at those hands.
Finally, graph of the 7,500 hands played this month :-
FBF
