June 2008 Wrap-Up
For the second month in a row I set a new PR for cash game winnings. I finished with $243 at a rate of 4.89 PTBB/100 for the month with about another $50 owed to me in rakeback. I played just under 6K hands, which I am really happy about. I started working my full-time summer job at the start of the month and came close to playing as many hands in May when I was free all the time. I’m extremely proud to say that my bankroll cracked four digits, but that was before my downswing and I am back down to the 100s now.
As a sidenote, I’ve been playing .25/.50 Razz and I’m having a great time with it. I read the Super System section and a few 2+2 articles on strategy, and I think I’m up overall. I love playing razz as an alternative to NLHE.
After being a break-even bonus whore a few years ago, it’s nice to know that my hard work (and financial investment in coaching services) is paying off. I’ve come a long way in terms of how I approach the game as well as my mental endurance. I remember when I first started playing on Full Tilt, I thought playing 250 hands was a long and exhausting session (and it is, when you’re playing live). Now I can play that many in just over in hour playing two tables.
Now that I’ve almost won everything back that I lost in one god-awful session about a week ago, I’m almost glad that it happened. It was easy to slip into auto-pilot mode, having posted my first two months in the black over about 10K hands. I know that everyone in the poker community talks about not going on auto-pilot, but I ignored good advice and stopped thinking and working.
I’ve always been conflicted about setting goals for the next month. On the one hand, I obviously would like to do better next month, but it’s also hard to tell myself to do better than I ever have before, especially considering the very small sample of hands I play per month. So I guess I’ll just say that I’d like to play 5K hands of my A game this month. As long as I feel next month that I’m a better player than I am now, I should be happy– in theory at least.
Graph possibly coming soon (but no promises).
Tags: Cash Games, poker, results
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July 9, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Dealing with adversity is always a ongoing thing when playing poker. I recently wiped out my winnings in 3 sessions when I moved up to 50NL. But after a slight adjustment, I’m up again. Funny how poker does that to you. It’s a real humbling experience.