March Goal - $1,000

OMG its LUCKBOX

(taken from my previous blog)

Originally posted 3/25/10

This month I started playing the 6.50/45's more regularly and I hope to continue as the month goes on. Once I got over how much I was buying in with (after I loaded all of my tables for the session, usually 20-30 and realizing I was down $150-$200's in buy-ins) I realized the only thing different between the 3's and the 6's are the amount of regs (and first place is a cool $84).

I think the biggest difference besides the regs, is the amount of fold equity you have. If you are playing the 3's and you are shipping atc in the the sb into the bb, you get called by so many weird hands, which causes you to risk most, if not all, of your chips. In the $6.50's, you actually have fold equity. I think its just a psychological thing. Fish in the 3's just see their chips as a 3$ buy in, if they make the final table they will probably win 10-20$. In the 6.50's, fish see that first, second, and third pay $84, $60, $42 respectively. This is enough to keep them from getting pissed and calling your 3rd bvb shove w/ some weird J8 hand and winning the race(normally).

The only other thing you should be doing, is taking very good notes vs the regs. I know that may be hard if you are playing 16+ tables, but when you make the final tables, try to focus on what hands they are doing what with. Just this information alone will tell you how aggressive they are, and that usually will give you a good idea on how they are playing earlier in the tournament from t150(blinds are 75/150) and t400. If you take good notes, one day down the road you will make that K high call bvb, or you will re-steal over their btn minraises.

Anyways, here is the graph for the first week of March. I'm really going to try to hit the 1k mark this month, hopefully I can get in 1,200-1,500 games.

Also, I'd like to play live at least 5-10 times this month. Spring break is this week and I'm sure I can make it down there a few times.

Good luck at the tables

March Update

March 25th:

Last night I decided I wanted to make Supernova this year. 100,000 fpps on stars - not an easy task. I have 3,000 and 9 months to makes 97,000. So in the next six days, I need to make 1,180 more vpps to make Goldstar. I think if I make Gold this month, next month I will be playing 25 and 50nl, and depending on how many vpp's I get, I will decide if Supernova is attainable.

Here is an update of march so far. My goal is to make $1,000 live and $1,000 online. I cleared my live goal in my first five sessions ($1,040 profit) at Hollywood, with one or two more sessions to go this month:

Online I stopped playing SNGs and starting playing cash with my small roll. My sng and cash results are posted below:

6.50/45's are hard.

Cash has been a little nicer. But unless I run hotter than the sun for the next 6 days, 2k is probably unattainable. But I AM going to make Goldstar and a strat post at the end of this month.

Hugh Hefner and The Doomswitch

I started playing sng's this month for the first time in about a year, and had pretty decent results at the 3/45's. After the first 200 games I was definitely hoping to hit 1k this month. But after I asked Team Pokerstars Pro, Lee Nelson, if he was Hugh Hefner's twin when he was moved to my table during the stars 1/4 million, Stars turned on my doomswitch.

(an honest question imo)
<-Nelson / Hefner ->

After an almost break even 400 games to finish the month, and receiving silverstar for the first time ever on stars, I was ready to start playing cash again. I started playing the 6/45's last night and from what I noticed, the games are noticeably tighter than the 3/45's. I think people lategame are definitely pushing lighter (definitely noticeable by the reggish players) but they aren't calling as light as they do in the 3's. The games are definitely beatable (maybe for other players, but not while stars has their doomswitch on for me).

I only got to play live a handful of times this month but I had winning sessions all 4 of those times. Not huge nights, but I'm playing noticeably better poker.

This month I'm shooting to profit $1000 on stars this month and hopefully do the same playing more live. I have spring break in a week so I plan to put in good volume, both live and online.

Good luck at the tables this month.