Well, another week...

Another $280 profit! :-)

The profit may be a little artificially inflated at the moment, as $215 of it is in the form of a Step 4 ticket... won as a result of using 500 fpp's to enter a Step 1 STT. I won't be continuing on the 'steps' route, instead I shall use the Step 4 ticket to take part in the $200 + $15 Sunday Warm-Up next Sunday evening.

I haven't played a whole lot of poker this week, when I have played I've stuck pretty much to STTs... a mix of $11 regular, $6.50 turbos and $16 turbos. A total of 62 tournaments, average buy-in $9.10, ITM 40.3% and ROI 9.9%... a profit of just $55.75. Getting ITM often enough, just not converting it into enough 1st places.

I decided to stick with STTs in preparation for tonight's 'big game' at The Pigeons... I now have it totally ingrained into my subconcious; Fold everything except QQ+ and AKs, anytime I'm down to 10BBs or less - Push with any two cards.

Seemplez!

Current Profit	$506.05
Bonuses	$ 35.00
FPP conversion	$ 1.50
Starting Roll	$162.51
Total	$705.06

The End Of An Era...

It may have have been just 6 weeks, but an era none the less... I have brought to an end my 45-man SnG grind. Following a [msn] conversation with Rich yesterday afternoon, I did some sums and realised that, with the combination of; a) best likely return; and b) reduced volume, due to work picking up, it was highly unlikely that I could even get to a proper bankroll level to play exclusively $6.50 (or higher), never mind win the $1000 WSOP buy-in that had become the target of my online pokering.

So... I decided, "Bollocks to proper bankroll management!" and set forth on a [disastrous] session of solely $6.50's... and followed that with a "bankroll management is for wimps" session of $22 STTs. I somehow managed to win 2 of these and end the day back over $200 profit. I'm still wondering if I should have left it a little longer after a four-guinness lunchtime before making these sort of decisions? But, hey-ho!!

Anyway, there we are then, onwards and, hopefully, upwards.

The state of play at the end of the 'MTT Era' yesterday

On waking this morning I realised that continuing with $22 STTs, six at a time, probably isn't a good idea and have settled on $11 as a compramise. The unbelievable run continued however and now have a total of 7 first places and a third from 19 tournaments.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!

Current Profit	$235.30
Re-Load Bonus	$ 25.00
FPP conversion	$ 1.50
Starting Roll	$162.51
Total	$424.31

Down, Down, Deeper And Down...

A couple of hours of jubilation yesterday morning, after breaking through the $200 profit barrier at the third attempt... then, it all went tits-up in the next two sessions.

Lunchtime yesterday

End of play yesterday

Movin' On Up, Movin' On Up...

Just one 11 game session yesterday, for an $11 profit, so I'll lump that in with today's summary.

I've continued with a mix of $3.25 and $6.50 tournaments, with TableNinja set-up to keep me in 4 x $3.25's and 2 x $6.50's at a time, for 60 mins... sessions are ranging from 9-12 tournaments.

Combined Wed & Thu Summary ($6.50's in brackets) -
Tournaments 45 (14)
1sts 0 (0)
2nds 3 (1)
3rds 3 (1)
4ths 1 (1)
5ths 2 (1)
6ths 1 (0)
7ths 3 (3)
Bubbles 1 (1)
Profit/Loss +$87.25

Total Profit/Loss +$181.80 (807 Tournaments)

Charity Tin £4

I fear 'The Mob' may be breaking up...

I understand Paul is drafting his visa application as I write... SEE HERE

No poker today.

I see my blog is growing in popularity, even two visits today from the far east. Wait a minute!! Paul... Paul...

Oh dear, I think he's already gone?

"Outside of a dog, a book is your best friend...

and inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
- Groucho Marx

Daily Summary ($6.50s in brackets) -
Tournaments 35 (24)
1sts 1 (0)
2nds 0
3rds 2 (1)
4ths 0
5ths 1 (1)
6ths 0
7ths 3 (3)
Bubbles 0 (0)
Profit/Loss -$26.75

Total Profit/Loss +$94.55 (762 Tournaments)

Charity Tin £3

"You see me here, you [poker] gods...

a poor old man, As full of grief as age; wretched in both."
- King Lear, Act II, scene iv

More proof, if proof were needed, that The Bard was a regular player on PokerStars.

A poor 9 game session early today prompted me to throw good bankroll management out of the window and have a go at the $6.50s. A set of 6 x $6.50s resulted in a win and a third place... that's more like it. Unfortunately, the good fortune didn't last, the third session of the day was 0 for 7.

Daily Summary ($6.50s in brackets) -
Tournaments 22 (13)
1sts 1 (1)
2nds 0
3rds 1 (1)
4ths 0
5ths 1
6ths 0
7ths 1
Bubbles 2 (2)
Profit/Loss +$30.25

Total Profit/Loss +$121.30 (727 Tournaments)

Charity Tin £3

"Peace comes from within...

Do not seek it on PokerStars."
- Buddha (possibly mis-heard?)

Note To Self: Do not play soon after returning from the pub!!

Daily Summary -
Tournaments 36
1sts 0
2nds 0
3rds 2
4ths 0
5ths 0
6ths 1
7ths 1
Bubbles 1
Profit/Loss -$53.50

Total Profit/Loss +$91.05 (705 Tournaments)

Charity Tin £3

"First ask yourself:...

What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst."
- Dale Carnegie, after playing a SnG session on PokerStars

Daily Summary -
Tournaments 36
1sts 3
2nds 0
3rds 1
4ths 2
5ths 1
6ths 0
7ths 0
Bubbles 1
Profit/Loss +$72.00

Total Profit/Loss +$144.55

Charity Tin £2


Hopefully it is just a matter of time before variance swings in my direction and we can push on out of the foothills and scale Everest... onwards and upwards!

"Lord, What fools these mortals be!"

- A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act III, scene ii

Clearly Shakespeare had also played against the $3 SnG players on PokerStars!

Daily Summary -
Tournaments 23
1sts 0
2nds 0
3rds 0
Minor Cashes 2
Profit/Loss -$47.75

500 FPP Step 1 - 4th for $1.50

Total Profit/Loss +$72.55

Charity Tin £2