November 2011

49k hands

90 hours, 546 hands/hr

-£3,800 at cash games
-£1,500 hu (not tracked)
+£2,200 rakeback

Very shit month, need to get a grip and stop spewing so much and playing like a moron. Really must start to focus while playing and going on tilt so easily and making -EV decisions.


JANUARY = £11,920
FEBRUARY = £1,510
MARCH = -£2,640
APRIL = +£5,710
MAY = +£3,100
JUNE = +£7,085
JULY = +£7,820
AUGUST = +£4,100
SEPTEMBER = +£5,800
OCTOBER = +£6,070
NOVEMBER = -£3100

TOTAL = £47,415

October 2011

45.8k hands

101 hours, 453 hands/hr

+£4450 cash games
+£1620 rakeback

Annoying end to month which stopped me putting in more volume also. Had trip to Austria this month, went to Rapid Vienna game which was good. Writing this blog halfway though November so I can't remember much of last month. I played some high stakes, as high as £10/20 chasing whales and won a little there. Graph in BB says I'm up 30 buy ins.


JANUARY = £11,920
FEBRUARY = £1,510
MARCH = -£2,640
APRIL = +£5,710
MAY = +£3,100
JUNE = +£7,085
JULY = +£7,820
AUGUST = +£4,100
SEPTEMBER = +£5,800
OCTOBER = +£6,070

TOTAL = £50,515

Septermber 2011

35.6k hands

+£4600 cash games
-£200 tourneys
+£1400 rakeback

Another holiday this month which was to Malta and was amazing. On 13th of the month I'd only done 3k hands and was down £1k, so I'm v please with how this month turned out. Next month off to Vienna for 4 or 5 nights, hopefully play a live tourney or 2 and see if my luck in Austria can continue.

Feel like I've been playing good but for sure need to put more volume in.


JANUARY = £11,920
FEBRUARY = £1,510
MARCH = -£2,640
APRIL = +£5,710
MAY = +£3,100
JUNE = +£7,085
JULY = +£7,820
AUGUST = +£4,100
SEPTEMBER = +£5,800
TOTAL = £44,445

August 2011

35.7k hands

87.4 hours, 409 hands/hr

+£3,010 cash games
+£1,100 rakeback
TOTAL = +£4,100

Lots of time off, holiday in Cyprus plus a fwe other weekends away.

Shit end to the month, my net was fucked and was getting tilted easily and pretty much playing like a retard.

JANUARY = £11,920
FEBRUARY = £1,510
MARCH = -£2,640
APRIL = +£5,710
MAY = +£3,100
JUNE = +£7,085
JULY = +£7,820
AUGUST = +£4,100

TOTAL = £38,645

July 2011

34.9k hands

83.5hours, 417hands/hr

+£6,220 at cash games
+£1,600 rakeback
TOTAL = £7,820

Had lots of time off for a few weekends away and tooka good 4 days to recover after TITP. Put money on Party and Stars. Did 28k hands on iPoker, 6.3k on Party and fuck all apart from a few losing HU sessions on stars. Paid £480 rake on Party, not sure how much or when I will get any of that back, the main thing is I'm playing better and that I keep winning.

Had what I think is my best day at cash on the last of the month. Ran well at the 6m tables and managed to get a whale at $600hu. Ended that day at 6pm £3.6k up, then went out to celebrate.

Finally on top of my non-showdown winnings (lol losings more like), was even till the last day of the month when I dropped over £1k (playing a fish that never folds A high HU).

Next month more of the same, got a weeks holiday though so volume will probably be similar. Hopefully more than 40k hands though.

JANUARY = £11,920
FEBRUARY = £1,510
MARCH = -£2,640
APRIL = +£5,710
MAY = +£3,100
JUNE = +£7,085
JULY = +£7,820

TOTAL = £34,545

June 2011

55.2k hands

111hours, 498hands/hr

+£4340 at cash games
+£2745 rakeback
TOTAL = £7085


JANUARY = £11,920
FEBRUARY = £1,510
MARCH = -£2,640
APRIL = +£5,710
MAY = +£3,100
JUNE = +£7085

TOTAL = £26,725

May 2011

108hours, 506hands/hr

Played less tables and felt better for it. Nonshowdowns improved but took a huge hit towards the end of the month. Ran under EV which is getting pretty old. Feeling good about June so far, hopefully it continues.

-£173 at cash games
+£2783 rakeback (£847 top up)
+£493 rake race
TOTAL = £3100

JANUARY = £11,920
FEBRUARY = £1,510
MARCH = -£2,640
APRIL = +£5,710
MAY = +£3,100

TOTAL = £19,640

April 2011

Played tons of tables this month grinding it out. 12+ tables is one way to do it but it is pretty clear that regs who play less tables are exploiting those who play more. I guess it depends on preference as I wouldn't be surprised if the mass tablers are making a better hourly.

May so far I have been playing less tables and I think I'm playing a lot better and not losing so much at non-showdowns. I've gone through spells like this before so we will see how it works out in 100k hands or so. Hope to keep playing good and run better and a £10k month souldn't be too far away.

It's been a really frustrating year so far, I've played like a dick a couple of times at higher stakes which as cost me. Redic under EV also but not much that I can do about that.

103hours, 729 hands/hr

+£2340 at cash games
+£2640 rakeback (£1050 top up)
+£730 rakerace
TOTAL = £5,710

JANUARY = £11,920
FEBRUARY = £1,510
MARCH = -£2,640
APRIL = +£5,710

TOTAL = £16, 540

March 2011

Worst month ever. Run bad, play bad and high stakes isn't a good combo. £4300 under EV tho. Dropped down to 200nl towards the end of the month. April will be a big grind 26 days in a row all at 200nl. 100k hands hopefully and some kinda profit at the tables.


111hours, 574 hands/hr

-£5550 at cash games
+£2330 rakeback (£815 top up)
+£620 rakerace
TOTAL = -£2620

JANUARY = £11,920
FEBRUARY = £1,510
MARCH = -£2,640

TOTAL = £10, 830

February 2011

Shite end to month, had a week off mid month then came back and ran terrible in terms of EV but kept playing really good. No routine and running shit then led to me playing terrible and on semi-tilt every time I played. Such a dissapointment but gotta get on with it.

85hours, 570 hands/hr

-£1700 at cash games
+£2470 rakeback (£840 top up)
+£740 rakerace
TOTAL = £1370

JANUARY = £11,920
FEBRUARY = £1,510

TOTAL = £13,430

January 2011

Good month. I played less tables and really focused on ranges and finding good spots to pick up pots. Focused more when watching videos and took a lot more in. Played when I felt like it and didn't force it too much when I didn't. 3 betting a lot more (10.4% for the month). Played 12 days straight at one point, although a couple of those days were just a few 100 hands.

Played some higher stakes and ran OK and won a few buy ins there. Goal for next month is more of the same but slightly more volume. Also only go out 2 or 3 times in the month and not drink a drop of alcohol until 13th.

Played like 20 tourneys and won a $5r when playing drunk at the start of the month for $1k, won some $50 husngs and didn't cash in some bigger MTTs and ended +£800 for the month from tourneys.

Some mildly interesting hands:
one of my fave hands i've ever played: 3b river bluff at £2/4 http://www.pokerhand.org/?5919722
just wtf is he doing on turn... and river http://www.pokerhand.org/?5924983
retarded river bluff and huge spew by a reg http://www.pokerhand.org/?5916803
binking gutshot and having to call a river donk at $1k http://www.pokerhand.org/?5945978
terrible call vs a passive fish http://www.pokerhand.org/?5945986

anyway... 74hours played at cash, that's 590 hands/hr

+£8430 at cash games
+£800 tourneys
+£2060 rakeback (£750 top up)
+£630 rakerace

JANUARY = £11,920

2010 OVERALL

for if/when i want to make such a post

December 2010

Had a terrible start to the month, moved my PC to my brother's and grinded a lot. I guess starting so terribly I was happy enough to finish £2k down at the tables, put lots of hands in so rakeback was good and I was the rake race. This despite it being december and me stopping playing on 22nd.

-£2,060 at tables
+£3,910 rakeback (and xmas races)
+£1,535 rakerace

JANUARY = £15,500
FEBRUARY = £8,700
MARCH = £5,000
APRIL = £16,160
MAY = £ 3,300
JUNE = £13,500
JULY = -£5,700
AUGUST = £8,450
SEPTEMBER = -£2,910
OCTOBER = £7,690
NOVEMBER = £650
DECEMBER = £3,385

TOTAL = £73,725