january recap

sooo this month i would just like to imagine as being a nightmare and forget it ever happend actually it seems like a lot of online grinders had a bad january but yeah im right in there with them. so at the begining of the month online poker was going decent i was up like 6 buyins within the first week or so and then bam doom switch i lost that 6 buy ins and then 11 more within the next 3 weeks. since my last post i went on a really good hot streak and won 15 buyins in 2 days and was looking like i was actually going to end the month with positive results and then the next 2 days i lost 10 buyins today i played 3k hands and was actually able to recover 2 buyins so for the month i am down 3 buyins at the tables. so my bankroll for online is sitting at 1830$



even though im down at the casgames the wbcoop went decent for me, i played 5 out of the 6 tourneysi went deep in one and finished 28th for a 33$ scoop ticket and i cashed in 2 others for 11$ scoop tickets, the main event didnt go so good for me i made a big bluff that should have worked but got called down so that was that for me pretty much. the series went well though and even though it was tournaments for registered bloggers there were a lot of bad players and i was actually surprised by the bad play up untill the really late stages of the tourney but im fine with my performance there. also i was able to clear 2 stellar awards for 10$ each so even though im down at the cash games for the month my bankroll is up for the month thanks to the bonuses and the wbcoop tickets. the only thing is i have to use the scoop tickets for the tournaments i cant cash the tourney dollars for real dollars i have to play the tournaments but some good might come of that who knows.

as far as live poker goes this month was horrible for that as well (SURPRISE). so at the begining of the month i was still in the midst of the downswing and fell down to 4825$ for my live roll. then i hit a really hot week and was at 6825$. this last week was pretty lame though. i never really went anywhere just up and down and these past few days werent really nice and i lost like half my winnings for the month, i finished the month 450$ up so just over 2 buyins up YESSS!!!! so my roll for live sits at 5950$. the more i play 1/2nl live the more i think doing any kind of intelligent bluff is out of the question, i mean the basic bluffs and scare spots that come up seem profitable but anything after that seems horrible and another note bluff catching at 1/2nl is not recomended either. small bluff catchers like 10-15bb spots dont seem so horrible but like 20bb spots and over seem like a bad idea. both situations are causing problems for me this past week. im gonna go about things next month a little differently wich means playing a pretty much straightforward game except against certain players and certain spots so it might be a bit boring this next month but maybe ill be able to show better results at the live tables.

for the month i do feel like i was running bad and on the negative side of varriance, for online play im down 5 buyins when all the money went in and and that doesnt count the times people sucked out on me on the turn and other things. this month though i wanted to take a more aggressive approach at the online tables to try and change my showdown winnings and i have a reall big difference in my non shodown winnings compared to last month, but my showdown winnings were also down a bit, a little from showning more hands down but also from getting bad beats so i dont think its accurate imformation to make a summary about, but i am pleased in my nonshowndown winnings and ill make sure im aggressive in certain spots from now on. anyways heres the decebers and januarys graphs for compairason





this post is a bit longer than i wanted it to be but i had a bit to say i guess anyways heres the numbers

online cashgames: -30$
scoop tickets: 55$
stellar reward: 20$
live cashgames: +450$
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+495$