After a good August, I came back down to earth during September. Nevertheless, I feel good about my progress and am looking to pushing forward for the rest of the year.
Here are my results summarised:
September 2008
Here are some comments in point form:
1. Played 20,260 hands. After being down 7 buyins at one stage, I ended up being down slightly under one buyin: -$22.35.
2. I played at VP$IP 14.7 and PFR 10. I am such a nit; more on this later!
3. My high pairs had a bad September at least partly accounting for my bad month. My win rate with AA was 383 BB/100 hands (overall it is 500BB/100 hands) and KK 226 BB/100 hannds (usually 350). I was all in preflop with KK 3 times running into AA, and not once had the reverse situation.
4. My flopped set rate was only slightly under average; with my 819 pocket pairs I flopped 93 sets compared to the predicted 99.
5. After going up 2 buyins early, I had a prolonged bad run that lasted 10,000 hands. I had a lot of coolers (e.g KK v AA x 3) and bad beats during this period that tested my tilt tendencies, and I didn’t always cope well! 3 buyins are accounted for by one hand where I was rivered by a one outer.
6. However, despite these results I am feeling good. I have done a lot of reading, and I have joined a tuition site (Cardrunners) which I am finding very helpful. I clearly have many leaks but my 3 major ones are: a. I play too tight for a 6Max game; b. I struggle completely with the concept of 3 betting and c. my postflop play needs a lot of improvement. I am working on these and hope to take my game to the next level from here.
7. My bankroll is still healthy and I am within 19 buyins from moving up. When my bankroll hits $1500 I am playing 25c/50c. Only a few months ago i was struggling with $208 playing 5c/10c so I am feeling confident. I am thinking 2 levels per year, which means that by the end of next year I will have a bankroll of $6000 and will be ready to move up to $1/$2 NL.
Good luck in October all!
Best of luck for October. Seeing your and Brooklyn’s end of month reviews as siring my interest in doing something similar.
I played a little shorthanded recently and totally sucked, as I alwasy do. My problem is the opposite to you, are get carried away with hands like AT-AQ, KJ, KQ, etc. Ironically though I alwasy play short handed live amongst friends and do rather well.
Good luck on your move up bro.
Just remember to play within your means so when variance hits you, you won’t be out of it.
Other than that, I really feel that you’re ready to rock at the next level!
BB