August results

Cash games online went well this month, grinded hard and made good profits. Probably 85%- 3/6 the rest 5/10 with a smidgeon of well timed 10/20 shots. I ran well and played solid, finishing the month in the top 5 winners at 3/6.

Online Mtt's however have been an abomination. I think im down around $5k this month, unable to make any significant deep runs. I really don't have a clue whether i just suck at mtt's or whether its variance. My hourly at cash games for the last few months has been in excess of >$200 per hour so at some point im going to have to consider not wasting my time with online mtt's apart from WCOOP's where in theory i should do better with deeper stacks and better structures.

Didn't play live poker this month much. I played 1 cash session, playing £2/5 ROE which was pretty stupid as i don't really have a clue what im doing in PLO and dropped £2k donking around in it. I also played GUKPT Luton where i bust the last level of the day, nothing particularly interesting happened but i came away realising i haven't been to many worse places than Luton. I did play the £250 6max turbo mtt the night before the main and bubbled. It was agreed that the bubble boy would get a "saver" however i never caught the winner the next day so that lucky man is likely £250 richer.

Im really looking forward to WCOOP and grinding hard online for the next month, after that i might looking at drawing up a schedule for EPT London + sides and selling some action. Will have to have a think about it though.

August results:

Online cash game hands: 32456
Online cash game profit: $24,732
Rakeback: $1500

Live cash hours:5
Cash game Profit: -£2k

Online mtt profit: -$5k
Live mtt's: -£1k

Total August profit: $16,350

Pretty disappointing results considering how well cash games went. Im really happy with my game and hopefully i can get something going in 1 or 2 wcoop events :D

Grind on the mind!

Since i've returned from Vegas i think i've left the flat on no more than 4 occasions such is my dedication to putting some good shifts in. When i first got back the games were rediculously good even for euro hours, but they haven't been so good recently which isn't too much of a problem as im back into my usual sleeping pattern so i'll usually be grinding any hours between 6pm-4am. I managed to log 72 hours for the last 2 weeks of July which is practically like working! :D

I started well winning chunks at 3/6 making $14k in 3days, inc coming 2nd in a HU hyper turbo mtt for just over $1k. I then went on a $10k downswing over a 4day stretch which was annoying before recovering a to make a $7.2k profit for the month. It was rather stressful because i was going some crazy variance whereby i was either running insanely above EV with a high W$SD or wildly below with a low w$sd, i think my stlye is fairly low variance since i only 4-6 and play fairly TAG but basically when i got it in bad i won and when i got it in good i lost which was a mind f**K and probably led me to play sub-par in numerous sessions.

I put in a MTT grind on Sunday which started horrifically i was running badly, losing huge pots for big stacks in the mid stages of $100r, $55r and i bubbled 2x €550 EPT sats. 3 cans of red bull deep, i managed a few cashes inc the Sunday mill and $22 cubed. My night however was rescued with the last MTT i played, an 11pm $27KO turbo which i won for $4.8k or so from 1400 runners. I ran hot all the way sucking out aplenty but played the final table well applying lots of pressure in the right spots shorthanded.

I've barely done anything other than poker since i got back, went to watch England vs India in the cricket at Lords on the last day with Ben Jenkins and my flatm8 which was cool, great atmosphere. I also went to a m8's 30th bday party on Saturday night where i got rather drunk and had a good time. I'll be heading up north Monday to see family and play some golf. There is an outside chance i'll play UKIPT Edinburgh, but the following week i'll be playing GUKPT Luton for sure.

July Results:

Online cash game hands: 22589
Online cash game profit: $7260
Rakeback: $1.2k

Online MTT sessions: 2
Online MTT profit: $2.5k