SNG's - The 45-man Variety & Beyond!

The first half of this month has gone pretty well. I'm on target to meet my goal of reaching 200 45-man Turbo Sit & Go's this month. I've also purchased Table Ninja which is helping me with my multi-tabling capabilities (currently 4 tabling on my laptop with no problems). As you can see from the Sharkscope stats below, I've been running good for the first half of April but as we all know that could change very quickly!

It's nice to run good!

Let's hope I can keep the form going for the rest of the month. At this rate I should easily reach my volume target of 200 games and a profit in excess of $200 too.

Until next time - Good Luck at the Tables!

Pump up the Volume

While I was on my enforced lay-off from poker I found it a good opportunity to study poker articles/forums and watch some strategy videos to improve my game as mentioned in my previous post. Also, using up my first month's free trial of Netflix by watching '24' from the very first series (currently on Season 2 Episode 19).

Poker is a never-ending game!

Anyway, now that I'm back it's time to increase the volume of tournaments that I play. My target volume (see goals below) per month may seem low to most of you poker regs but when you have a full-time job and a girlfriend to keep happy it's hard to put in the hours. I manage to play for a few hours every other night on weekdays and a few extra hours either on a Saturday or Sunday.

Poker Goals for April

1. Play at least 200 45-man Turbo Sit & Go's on Stars (approx 50 hours).
2. Multi-table 4 tables at a time.
3. Move up to the next level when my bankroll reaches 25BI for that level.
4. Devote some time to go over hand histories.

I'll update my progress in my next blog but for now....GL at the Tables!

It's been a while....

Last time I blogged I was feeling pretty rotten with the flu. Things then got from bad to worse as the hard disk on my laptop died and I hadn't backed it up. Doh! I lost all my data from Hold'em Manager and any other poker related stats I had been compiling. I managed to get a new hard disk and installed it so I'm back playing now.

While I was on my enforced lay-off from poker it was a good opportunity to study poker articles/forums and watch some strategy videos. I've decided to knock cash games on the head for the time being and concentrate on playing the $1.50 45-man Turbo Sit & Go's on PokerStars. My goal is to play at least 200 of these tournaments each month for the next few months. I've been playing a few of these (on and off) over the last couple of weeks and I like the structure of these small tournaments.

Sharkscope stats for $1.50 45-man Turbo SNG's for the last few weeks

I'll outline my goals for April in more detail in my next blog but for now.....Good Luck at the Tables!

Under the weather

I haven't had much chance to play poker this last week as I've been feeling a bit under the weather. First, I had a migraine then managed to be laid low with a sore throat and cough. Couple that together with a severe lack of sleep, I've been feeling pretty rotten.

Hopefully, I've got over the worst of it now and I can pick up the volume again. Even when I have played poker this last week I probably haven't played my 'A' game so I'm looking forward to getting back into the swing of things.

Break-even so far this month but still in profit YTD so I can't complain and I'm still on course to meet my goal for the month of 7,500 hands.

Until next time....GL at the Tables!
TC

Roller Coaster

Life is a roller coaster.

Poker life at the start of this month has been a bit of a roller coaster but as Carlo Citrone once said as his Hot Tip on the Sky Poker channel "Poker is a never ending game!". Luckily, I've never been on a major downswing so far but, there and then, I don't put the huge amount of volume in to demonstrate this. Variance is part of poker which I accept now and effects every poker player no matter how good they are.

Another roller coaster ride!

The biggest dip on my giraffe was when I was in the BB with AA and there was an UTG raiser. So, naturally I 3-bet him and got 4-bet so I raised all-in and was called by my opponent who had KK. He hit his King on the flop and the rest were bricks. Pretty standard play really but it just goes to show that you can loose all your buy-in quite easily with just one hand.

I'm happy with the volume I've put in this month so far (almost 2000 hands) and I've managed to get back into profit for the month after a poor start.

Ok folks that's all for now.
GL at the Tables!
TC

Moving Day

So the move went fairly smoothly last weekend, just a few teething problems need sorting out with the landlord. The place is already starting to feel homely :-)

My broadband is back online again now so the disruption to my poker schedule was kept to a minimum. Unfortunately, there's still a fair bit of unpacking to do so it will be a slow start to the month which will have a baring on my poker goals. I'm still determined to increase the volume from last month though!

Poker Goals for February

1. Play at least 7,500 hands of 6-max cash games.
2. Add one more table to my multi-tabling capabilities.
3. Move up to 10NL when my bankroll reaches $250 (currently at $145).

My main focus is on cash games played on PokerStars and that's what the above goals is based on but I'll probably play the odd SNG or MTT on my other poker sites aswell.

Work Hard, Train Hard & Play Hard

I've neglected to go to the gym over the past few weeks with the move and everything so will have to get back on track with that next week although I signed up to do some circuit training through the social club at work starting today and running for one day a week for the next four weeks.

A very busy month is in store!

Until next time....GL at the Tables!

TC

January Review

This will have to be my last post of the month as I will be moving house this weekend. That means I will have to take a small break from poker until I'm hooked up with broadband again (hopefully only about a week).

Well, I met my January target of playing at least 5,000 hands of 5NL 6-max cash games and a small profit to boot :-)  but I failed in my goal to multi-table more than two tables at a time. Will have to attempt that goal next month!

Stats for the month and graph....

Hands: 5,014
Hours: 33.07
Per Hour: 152

Profit/Loss: $37.48
Per Hour: $1.13

The ups and downs of poker!

I'm satisfied with my months work as this is the first time I've focused completely on cash games. I'll be back early in February to set out my goals for the month.

Until next time, GL at the Tables!
TC