As I come towards the end of the month it is clear that I have had a good run on the MTTs which was capped off by the $750 win on Paradise. I also turned up for the AP $100k guaranteed, after winning the $200 seat in a freeroll, but never made the money; finishing 113th of 578 runners.
Now whilst I never felt I could win the tourny I never felt outplayed or out of my depth. There appeared to be a lot of dead money in the tourny (and I'm not including myself in that). If adequately bankrolled I would be comfortable playing at this level but as I am playing MTTs, SNGs & Cash tables I don't think it is time for me to focus on MTTs yet.
Disappointingly I have not yet made 'BPP' on Punters Lounge and with only a few days to go until I take a break from poker it is looking ever more challenging. I should have made the top spot earlier in the week but a change to the points structure for cash games was not in place when I won the cash game session. Under the new points system I would have been top!
Anyway, 2nd is almost good enough and I may have another run at BPP in the future if I run good in one of the focus games. Unlikey to play as many MTTs/month for a good few months though.
March is going to be a month of SNGs as I have about 100 to play to clear some bonus requirements for PokerSourceOnline. This will give me $180 of Amazon vouchers to play with and across FT & Titan works out at about $1.5/$2 back per SNG.
My target is that come the end of March I will be bankrolled to play the $20 SNGs. This should be close given that I have $182 profit from 81 SNGs ($2.25/SNG) and need a further $258 profit, which at current return, equates to a further 115 SNGs.
FBF
25 February, 2007
16 February, 2007
Stats for first 50 MTTs
So far so good and even without the $750 win the ROI is good; although I am playing at micro-levels.
Punters Lounge BPP - Top 5
In the targets I set for myself at the start of the year I had included reaching the top of the 'Best Poker Player' table on Punters Lounge which can be seen here.
You basically receive points for your finishing position in a focus game that is held each day and your best 5 results over 28 days count.
It was one of those targets that I thought I might get around to if I ran well for a few weeks and after a couple of good weeks on the MTTs I find myself sat in 5th. As February has a distinct MTT bias to it already I am gong to stick with the focus games until the end of month to try and make the top spot.
You basically receive points for your finishing position in a focus game that is held each day and your best 5 results over 28 days count.
It was one of those targets that I thought I might get around to if I ran well for a few weeks and after a couple of good weeks on the MTTs I find myself sat in 5th. As February has a distinct MTT bias to it already I am gong to stick with the focus games until the end of month to try and make the top spot.
15 February, 2007
MTTs & STTs
MTTs
Ran well in a couple of MTTs that I played in tonight, coming 3rd in both the Paradise Poker League and a Monte Carlo sat. 65 runners on Paradise and 44 in the sat.
I'm just outside the top 10 of the Paradise league now (12th) and will therefore be pushing for an overall top 5 finish over the remaining tournies.
As I've played a lot of MTTs this month I'm just a couple of MTTs away from having stats on my first 50 which I'll post over the next few days.
The stats are looking good, obviously boosted by the $750 win last week, but more importantly I feel like I am playing good poker, and will be challenging for the money each time I play. My ITM % is 21%. Probably be out really early in the next tournies I play :)
Unfortunately the spreadsheet I am using does not capture multi-tabling but I estimate my hourly rate will be somewhere around $15-$20. Whatever it is, so far this year it seems clear that MTTs are my highest hourly earn.
STTs
Been running too good on FT over a very small sample. I always seem to start off well on a new site and then my result diminish. Now I'm not a conspiracy theorist so I know there is nothing sinister going on, but what is it that makes me (appear to?) win more when I first play on a new site. Through my first 9 $10 SNGs I'm running at a ROI and ITM of 55%. This has helped pick up my overall SNG stats but I am still a way off being bankrolled to step up to the $20s.
For the first time I used Sharkscope to pick what it classified as 2 softish SNGs on FT. I finished 3rd and a 4th so the jury is still out on the usefulness of this feature. However, in the long-run surely this can only be positve in terms of potential ROI? It must be a good thing.
Itching to get back on the cash games.
FBF
Ran well in a couple of MTTs that I played in tonight, coming 3rd in both the Paradise Poker League and a Monte Carlo sat. 65 runners on Paradise and 44 in the sat.
I'm just outside the top 10 of the Paradise league now (12th) and will therefore be pushing for an overall top 5 finish over the remaining tournies.
As I've played a lot of MTTs this month I'm just a couple of MTTs away from having stats on my first 50 which I'll post over the next few days.
The stats are looking good, obviously boosted by the $750 win last week, but more importantly I feel like I am playing good poker, and will be challenging for the money each time I play. My ITM % is 21%. Probably be out really early in the next tournies I play :)
Unfortunately the spreadsheet I am using does not capture multi-tabling but I estimate my hourly rate will be somewhere around $15-$20. Whatever it is, so far this year it seems clear that MTTs are my highest hourly earn.
STTs
Been running too good on FT over a very small sample. I always seem to start off well on a new site and then my result diminish. Now I'm not a conspiracy theorist so I know there is nothing sinister going on, but what is it that makes me (appear to?) win more when I first play on a new site. Through my first 9 $10 SNGs I'm running at a ROI and ITM of 55%. This has helped pick up my overall SNG stats but I am still a way off being bankrolled to step up to the $20s.
For the first time I used Sharkscope to pick what it classified as 2 softish SNGs on FT. I finished 3rd and a 4th so the jury is still out on the usefulness of this feature. However, in the long-run surely this can only be positve in terms of potential ROI? It must be a good thing.
Itching to get back on the cash games.
FBF
07 February, 2007
Paradise Sporting Odds 25up Monthly Final
So in my last post I said how I had won entry into a $2.5k freeroll as I came 5th in the PL monthly league.
There were about 80 entrants in the tourny tonight and fortunately I went and won it which was a great bonus for my bankroll. $750 for 1st so my ROI on MTT's is through the roof.
Lots of MTTs on at the moment, and whilst I am enjoying them, and playing well, they do take up a lot of time. I also need to clear some SNGs on FT so that I get my $90 bonus to buy a few more poker books from Amazon.
Hopefully SNGs from next week. Not seeing much time for cash games this month.
There were about 80 entrants in the tourny tonight and fortunately I went and won it which was a great bonus for my bankroll. $750 for 1st so my ROI on MTT's is through the roof.
Lots of MTTs on at the moment, and whilst I am enjoying them, and playing well, they do take up a lot of time. I also need to clear some SNGs on FT so that I get my $90 bonus to buy a few more poker books from Amazon.
Hopefully SNGs from next week. Not seeing much time for cash games this month.
01 February, 2007
January
So I haven't played too much since building my cash game bankroll up to $500. Lost a bit of motivation mid month and spent some time catching up on the US TV series that had just re-started (24, Prison Break & Heroes); now I'm only waiting for Lost and Jericho to start again.
In addition to the Laddies cash hands I only managed to play 28 SNGs. I didn't run good either and only managed to turn a profit of $43. Overall ROI is pretty poor at 16% through 66 tourneys. It is going to be a long slog to step up in stakes at the SNGs but I'll crack on. Will be moving my SNG bankroll over to FT to take advantage of the PSO points on offer; plus PokerRoom are shite.
Whilst I didn't run well in the MTTs I played in I did manage to turn a small profit, largely helped by an overall 5th place finish in the PL Paradise League. Apparently I'm in a $2,500 freeroll restricted to 160 players so I'll need to see when that goes ahead.
Around $450 profit for the month.
My little boy is 2 on Sunday. Only a couple of years before I can get him on the poker :)
In addition to the Laddies cash hands I only managed to play 28 SNGs. I didn't run good either and only managed to turn a profit of $43. Overall ROI is pretty poor at 16% through 66 tourneys. It is going to be a long slog to step up in stakes at the SNGs but I'll crack on. Will be moving my SNG bankroll over to FT to take advantage of the PSO points on offer; plus PokerRoom are shite.
Whilst I didn't run well in the MTTs I played in I did manage to turn a small profit, largely helped by an overall 5th place finish in the PL Paradise League. Apparently I'm in a $2,500 freeroll restricted to 160 players so I'll need to see when that goes ahead.
Around $450 profit for the month.
My little boy is 2 on Sunday. Only a couple of years before I can get him on the poker :)
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