One Of Those Days

Today was one of those days that you wish would never happen. Every move is wrong, every dominant hand is cracked. It happens, It sucks, Get over it.

Bankroll: $285.87

I hope the Mookie turns out better

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Hoy Lesson Learned

Never Ever… Ever… believe that your opponent might actually not make a donkey move just because it’s a blogger tournament. Always think of your opponents in the lowest common denominator and you will be fine.

Lesson Learned

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Disconnect Blues

I’ve played several MTT’s this week with little success. I haven’t played any in a while so it took a little adjustment switching from the SNG mentality.

In the short term my journey back to the MTT realm has been negative EV. Last night marked my first cash of the week and I did it in true grinder fashion as the best hand I saw preflop was pocket nines. It took everything I had to not get impatient and blow away my chances. In the end I went out 74th in a field of 826 for a small cash.

The SNG’s continue to treat me well but I’ve been bitten by the MTT bug. As much as I’d like to play some every night I’m going to stick to the Blogger tourneys for the most part. At least until my bankroll is to a more comfortable level.

bankroll: $351.77

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Current Build - 200

I’ve gone over the 200 mark in SNG’s since restarting the bankroll. So far things are running very smoothly. I’ve mixed in a few $12 and $24 SNG’s when I was rushed to make my full tilt points a few times. These are still outside my bankroll but I was fortunate enough to not lose to much when I played them.

I spent a bit to much on tournament entry fees over the last week so I gave back about a $100 in bankroll that I really couldn’t afford. I am still up though from my last bankroll entry on March 27th so I can’t complain too much.

Stats:
Ran: 207
ROI: 16.6%
ITM: 41.1%
Profit: $259.80

My ROI and ITM is down just slightly from my 100 SNG mark but I’m staying pretty consistent. Consistency is good.

The finish distribution is flushing out a little more now. My wins are increasing but so are my fourth place finishes.

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Answers

I haven’t played much poker over the last few days. I had to take my mother to the hospital on Friday. She has chronic back pain and she was having pain which was more severe than usual. She’s still at the hospital but I should be able to take her home tomorrow.

I’ve gotten a few comments that I would like to address in lieu of poker content.

First up was Grinder who posed the following comment:

“I’m surprised your ROI is only 17% when you ITM is 42%. Seems you should be winning more often. I wonder if you are playing too tight so you are getting ITM with a small amount of chips instead of begin the whale.”

I will admit to playing a bit tighter near the bubble than I used to. A year ago I would have been attacking as much as possible at the bubble but I’ve since felt a slight adjustment was needed. That’s not to say I am a nit who has the smallest stack when the money hits. I would estimate that about 75% of the time I am not the short stack when the final three are left. With that said I am not the biggest either most of the time. The majority of the time I am in second place and I’m quite comfortable with that.

In the post the comment referred to I had a frequency of finishes: 1st=14.4 2nd=13.5 3rd=14.4
This is pretty flat, but now that I’ve added another 80 tourneys it looks a bit different: 1st=16.1 2nd=11.7 3rd=13.9
My current ITM is 41.7% and the ROI is 19.6%

Brian then posed the following:
“Good stuff, but one thing I might suggest is that you worry a little bit less about your day to day results.”

hmmm… I’m not. I would consider this blog to be of the “diary” variety as opposed to a “strategy” one. If you look back through the archives to the beginning of this blog you would see that I often posted daily results in the beginning. Since I’ve made a point out of starting over with my bankroll and “beginning again”, I’ve decided to follow in the same vein and try to post a “diary” of the play on a daily basis.

I can see how this might be misconstrued as results oriented. I will admit that after a brutal day of losses it is difficult to look at the big picture, but I’ve been around long enough to know that it’s the cumulative that matters, not the immediate.

Well that’s it. Go read one of the guys I mentioned above. Go on. Scram. Git. Scidaddle.

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Business As Usual

Since my last update I’ve managed to maintain a decent ROI. Today I had to throw in some 11+1 SNG’s to make my nut. I managed to go 1 of 4 in these for a small profit. It looks like the play is comparable to the 6.50’s so when my bankroll is ready I should be able to make the transition easily.

I have to say I was very disappointed Sunday that the WPBT event was at 8pm and not 9pm. I could have played at 9, but I wasn’t home from work yet at 8. I know it wasn’t the organizers fault but RAZZ is my second best game so I was looking forward to it.

Bankroll: $333.25

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Stat Time

After todays session I’ve gone over 100 SNG’s so it’s time to reveal my status.

On the bankroll front I finally had to withdrawal $200 so after play today I have $286.85. It was basically like giving up my rakeback so that’s not too bad. Sadly my reduced play is going to result in very little rakeback for this month.

Onto the numbers:
Ran: 111
ROI: 17.5%
ITM: 42.3%
Profit: $126.30

The ROI and ITM graph is looking good. The bad streak I had at the beginning is rather accentuated but I’ve made a nice comeback.

The finish distribution doesn’t look to bad. My ninth place finishes were boosted a bit today as I saw a rather large number of 3 outers hitting. The graph for these turbo’s is a bit different as compared to the ones from my outings at the “regular” SNG’s. Previously I was seeing a bump in the 6th place finish position but now it’s in the 4 spot. I’m also looking a little flat when I get to the money. It appears as though I could end up in any position once I hit the money.

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A Beautiful Day On The Felt

A very nice day. Ran my 16 SNG’s for a 81.7% ROI. Unlike yesterday I managed to cash in all four tables on my last set. 68.8% ITM to go along with it.

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Down Day

Ran 16 SNG’s today for a -22.1% ROI. I was holding my own and running close to break even for the day when I failed to cash in my last set of four. When I was heads up in one of my SNG’s my opponent criticized my heads up play. I started down 3:1, got a little ahead, and then managed to lose.

I let it get in my head and then I pressured myself to do well in the last set.

That never works out for me.

I won’t know how much of my bankroll I’m going to have to withdrawal until Friday. So until then, no bankroll updates.

P.S. I redesigned the blog. If your just reading the RSS feed go check it out and let me know what you think.

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All A Twitter

I have to withdrawl $250-$300 from my bankroll today to cover some unforeseen expenditures. I’m not sure where that is going to leave me but I’ll have a little bit of bankroll left. I’ll update more on it tomorrow.

In the mean time I’ve set up a twitter account. This will allow me to do the things I’ve wanted to do but don’t have the time for on this blog. Think of it as microblogging with the cellphone. This will be little blurbs or thoughts that I have that don’t require the thought of a full blog post here. Check out my profile page and join my followers list if your interested.

If you have a twitter page let me know so I can join yours.

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