So I have had some frustration in the last 18 months playing poker. My ROI has dropped from around 10% in 08/09 to around 2% and in cases is negative. And I am not talking about even mid stakes. I am talking at the mircros. This morning was typical, where I started out on 4 tables and had bullets busted by JJ. Then KQ lost to K7 in a push situation, and so I donked off 7K of chips in another tourney since I am having a tough time these days with my tilt level.
This has been going on for about 2 months now, so I decided to start this blog to see if I can identify what my issues are. Am I just playing bad? Like Mike Matasow, am I the victim of some UB conspiracy.
So I'll start documenting trying to climb out of this hole and back into some semblance of poker normallacy.
quick bio - signed up for PS.COM in 2008. Played the SSS for about a year on iPokerwith success. Started playing SNG in 09 on Party, Stars and FT. Made about $10k that year and $5k in '10. My high point was having a $5k roll on PP and plating a few of the $100 SNG. Felt like I had made the big time.
So this year, 2012. I took a $50 starting stack on 888 from PS and ran it to around $100. Ended up going up and down on the $3 SNGs so I took the roll and moved it to PP. Had some success and had to pull some money out for computer equipment. Here is the graph.
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During my last down swing in April, I decided to pull my roll and move over to stars. Started with about $200 and have slowly grinded my way down to $100, losing about 100 in bonuses as well.
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Even tried hypers for a bit
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I have posted my stats at a previous post here
So what am I doing;
During this period, I quiz myself 50 hands per day on SNG for bubble play Usually get around 90%. I do some analysis of my hands on SNG. I have been trying to minimize going out in 8/9 and usually am only doing that AA/KK to set. I have been playing around 40 SNG per day.
What I plan to do -
attend 2 coachings a week at the bronze/silver level
play 40 SNG per day
quiz 100 hands a day
analyze games
try to identify leaks
Attended my first coaching yesterday with UNAM. Saw some pretty ridiculous play at the $7 stakes.
Will try to update regularly.
PS Signed up for the 770 bonus on iPoker. It has helped me to silver since my stars account is not linked to PS.COM. Is there a way to do that with an account not started on PS.COM?
Here is the graph for iPoker
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As always - many thanks to PS.Com for running such a great site.
This has been going on for about 2 months now, so I decided to start this blog to see if I can identify what my issues are. Am I just playing bad? Like Mike Matasow, am I the victim of some UB conspiracy.
So I'll start documenting trying to climb out of this hole and back into some semblance of poker normallacy.
quick bio - signed up for PS.COM in 2008. Played the SSS for about a year on iPokerwith success. Started playing SNG in 09 on Party, Stars and FT. Made about $10k that year and $5k in '10. My high point was having a $5k roll on PP and plating a few of the $100 SNG. Felt like I had made the big time.
So this year, 2012. I took a $50 starting stack on 888 from PS and ran it to around $100. Ended up going up and down on the $3 SNGs so I took the roll and moved it to PP. Had some success and had to pull some money out for computer equipment. Here is the graph.
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During my last down swing in April, I decided to pull my roll and move over to stars. Started with about $200 and have slowly grinded my way down to $100, losing about 100 in bonuses as well.
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Even tried hypers for a bit
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I have posted my stats at a previous post here
So what am I doing;
During this period, I quiz myself 50 hands per day on SNG for bubble play Usually get around 90%. I do some analysis of my hands on SNG. I have been trying to minimize going out in 8/9 and usually am only doing that AA/KK to set. I have been playing around 40 SNG per day.
What I plan to do -
attend 2 coachings a week at the bronze/silver level
play 40 SNG per day
quiz 100 hands a day
analyze games
try to identify leaks
Attended my first coaching yesterday with UNAM. Saw some pretty ridiculous play at the $7 stakes.
Will try to update regularly.
PS Signed up for the 770 bonus on iPoker. It has helped me to silver since my stars account is not linked to PS.COM. Is there a way to do that with an account not started on PS.COM?
Here is the graph for iPoker
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As always - many thanks to PS.Com for running such a great site.
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