August Goals

[Giggidy 0]

July was crappy all around (poker that is, life's good). I went on a SICK -EV run, but even after that I still continued a pretty long break even stretch. But I did get an ok volume for being outta town for about 10 days.

Cwik avatar makeover is +ev as the July one didn't workGonna post up my graphs later, my putfile account's playing up, so getting a photobucket one instead

[bdc30 0]

July results: Didn't play much poker - busy with wedding planning, summer, kids, life, etc.Ended up breaking about even - made $250 as my half of the tourney stake deal which is now completed.August goals: Play when I can but don't put pressure on myself. Learn HU no limit holdem. Get better every session. Review my hands and play styles. Pay attention to the advice of those better than myself. Profit. I hope to get in 10-15k hands, but as I've said I'm not going to be upset if I fall short of that. I'm only single tabling at this point. Focus on getting good, then add another table.

[SCS 0]

July results - Played 29,000 hands with a winrate of 3.8/100. Would have been higher if I didn't have a large downswing near the end of the month. Made gold level of ironman on Full Tilt. Made another $400 in rakeback, but dropped $400 taking a shot at 100nl.August goals - 25,000 handsMake iron level of ironman on Full TiltIncrease winrate.Move up to 100nl by the end of the month.

[babylondonks 5]

Okay, in the June goal thread I just said I want to play. So I achieved all my goals, hooray!Here is the graph for the monthGoals for July:

• Play 15k hands - Check, 20K hands
• Around 12 BB/100 (not sure about this one, but this means moving up limits by the end of the month, and hey, it's $.02) - Err no, try -4BB/100
• Run well in 4.40's for the challenge (one time!) - Definately not
• Continue to dominate the $3 45 man SNG's (this is roll dependant, but if I can do decently in these it really helps) - Nope

Meh, we'll see how we go

Well, that was, err fun. I definately learnt a lot though, so the month hasn't been a complete waste. Roll = around $44 So the plan is to grind SNG's until I can get back to properly playing $10NL and moving to FTPGoals for August:

• Play 15k hands Cash
• Around 3BB/100
• Work on video recording idea/railing/aim and all that
• Run goot at sng's one time

[Jordan 1]

goal is to play a lot and win 20-40k

[empythree 0]

Goals: Move from 25nl to anything higher.Looking for a 1-2kmonth or more depending on what limits I play.Starting BR $100 - 05/10/08Current BR $2100 08/01/08Brag: It does pay to be a micro stakes player.. Just got my onecall.com $200 GC for 12,700fpps

[Sheiky 0]

omg how has no one commented on iggy's graph yet?That's ridiculous

[SCS 0]

omg how has no one commented on iggy's graph yet?That's ridiculous

I hope to post a graph like that one day.

[Merby 3]

Merby what are your regular cash game stakes? I would re-evaluate your decision to jump into 2/4 unless you've been crushing 1/2. 2/4 is a big jump up and is definitely a difficult game. And tourney donks usually spew off money in cash games! Don't be one of em!

same thing popped into my head when I read this too.

You guys are probably right...I have always been primarily a cash games player with a few tournaments thrown in here and there. That being said, before this windfall, I was a micro stakes grinder playing 25c/50c NLHE and PLO.Before I get in over my head, I think I will go back to my pre-July plan of taking a run at HU NLHE. Thanks to my new bankroll, I can skip the 25c/50c level where apparently the rake is a killer and go straight to 50c/$1. I will also drop back to 50c/$1 PLO (a mere 1 level step up from my previous stakes).After all, if I am only targeting a +$2,000 month, these stakes should suffice-- assuming I can remaining a winning player at this level (... and a downswing will also be insignificant in comparison).My final modification to my goals is to finally get with the times and get a subscription to CR/PXF/DC/PVT. Since I am primarily cash, I will probably go with CR, although I may get another one as well... We'll see...Thanks Snamuh and cwik for hitting me in the head with reality before my delusions of "making a run" promptly emptied my newfound bankroll.

[TeeSludge 0]

My goals for July were: I'm not making any real goals this month as far as poker goes. Just gonna try to keep putting as many hands in as possible and enjoying what I'm doing. That worked out pretty well. I'm missing like 2k or 3k hands from the beginning of the month bc my computer got a virus but heres what I got:For August I am repeating the same goal: I'm not making any real goals this month as far as poker goes. Just gonna try to keep putting in as many hands as possible and enjoying what I'm doing. For life goals, I need to lose some weight for weight loss bets I have going and I have to make sure everything is ready for the baby. It is crazy to think that I might be a father before August is over. Merby: I def think its better for you to start at like 100nl especially if you are going to be playing HU. Good decision

[Giggidy 0]

Holy Shit! - your AVERAGE was 36bb/100!! MentalWhat was with the 10NL sessions? Lemme know if you go on more, i'd love to rail :)Here's me for this/last month:July for me:Really pleased I managed my break even target, esp after the downswing - since that I took a couple days off and have been helped by ppl on here - *really* feel like i'm playing better in the last 3.5K hands or so - i've found the fold button, lets hope the up part continues Big thanks for the help i've received so farAugust Goals:- 9K or so hands, i'm not a big stickler for this target, more important to feel i'm playing well and improve- +3bb/100- Learn more, hopefully rail/get railed- Maybe sign up for Deuces Cracked- Eliminate more leaks- Watch some more PokerVT, try and stomach the maths section- +75$ w/o rakebackAugust so far:

[bdc30 0]

What was with the 10NL sessions? Lemme know if you go on more, i'd love to rail

haha, I remember that night. Lost 3bi to that little experiment. I hate bricking a flopped oesfd with overs against a single pair...

[TeeSludge 0]

Holy Shit! - your AVERAGE was 36bb/100!! MentalWhat was with the 10NL sessions? Lemme know if you go on more, i'd love to rail

I play 10nl every once in a while and play 100 VPIP pre and play well postflop (except gambling a bit more than i normally would) just to try out some different things.

[Merby 3]

You should stop playing NL ($1): you can't even scrape together a measly 25 BB/100 winrate. It's pulling down your averages.

[aucu 3]

Up and Down Kind of fell apart half way through thisGoal for this monthPlay only my A game, zero tilt.

[cwik 0]

You guys are probably right...I have always been primarily a cash games player with a few tournaments thrown in here and there. That being said, before this windfall, I was a micro stakes grinder playing 25c/50c NLHE and PLO.Before I get in over my head, I think I will go back to my pre-July plan of taking a run at HU NLHE. Thanks to my new bankroll, I can skip the 25c/50c level where apparently the rake is a killer and go straight to 50c/$1. I will also drop back to 50c/$1 PLO (a mere 1 level step up from my previous stakes).After all, if I am only targeting a +$2,000 month, these stakes should suffice-- assuming I can remaining a winning player at this level (... and a downswing will also be insignificant in comparison).My final modification to my goals is to finally get with the times and get a subscription to CR/PXF/DC/PVT. Since I am primarily cash, I will probably go with CR, although I may get another one as well... We'll see...Thanks Snamuh and cwik for hitting me in the head with reality before my delusions of "making a run" promptly emptied my newfound bankroll.

Really good decision imo. If HU works out well, shouldn't take you too long to move up anyways. Because you are rolled for slightly bigger games, if I was you, I'd set some kinda challenge. Play 10-20k hands of $100, if you have a win rate of >5ptbb/100 after that, jump up to 1/2nl. Then do the same thing for 20k hands of 1/2nl, and you could be crushing 2/4nl HU in a month or two.

[iggymcfly 0]

Merby, what I'd do if I were you is go ahead and play some 1/2 now, but just game select really strictly when you do and leave 0.5/1 as your main game. Only play HU at 1/2 against players you recognize and know are fishy and if say you look for 50% to the flop as your minimum requirement to play a 6-max PLO game, then play 1/2 if there are 60% to the flop. Then in a couple weeks, you'll have maybe 10K hands at 0.5/1 and 2K hands at 1/2 and can make a more smooth transition if you decide you want to play an even split between the limits, leading to eventually maybe a 75/25 split the other way before you start taking shots at 2/4.I think game selection is really underrated by a lot of online players, and that playing more than one blind level at once can definitely help you find better games. Personally, I play 3 different blind levels spread across two different sites. There are definitely times where there are no 3/6 or 5/10 games worth playing, but there are a few juicy 10/20 games going and vice versa of course. Likewise, if you're playing 80% 0.5/1 and 20% 1/2, I'd actually expect you to have a higher winrate at 1/2 since you'll be playing the better games there only.

[Snamuh 0]

Goal for August: Learn how to make it so all cash game levels can be seen in PT2 and cropped out so I can post my July stats.

[Pocket Treys 0]

5,000 hands and +$50 in the account

[iggymcfly 0]

Just wanted to let you guys know that mid-to-high stakes PLO isn't all sugar plums and fairy dust. Or peaches and cream. Or whatever the hell the saying is. Here's my session tonight:

[cwik 0]

Iggy's posts are always insane. I just realized how impossible 30k hands is gonna be for me this month being busy with wedding/relatives stuff. I lets shoot for 25k, but not gonna be easy either.

[bdc30 0]

Iggy's insane.

I'd be on suicide watch. Don't know how he does it.

[ROBBBIGG 0]

gross. i almost sat at one of your tables last night but saw your name

[iggymcfly 0]

Was nipe1955 there? If so, you probably should have sat down anyway. He's the worst mid-to-high stakes player I've ever played with. 87/31/1.4 with a WTSD over 40, yet somehow he's still up in my database over 1400 hands.

[ROBBBIGG 0]

Was nipe1955 there? If so, you probably should have sat down anyway. He's the worst mid-to-high stakes player I've ever played with. 87/31/1.4 with a WTSD over 40, yet somehow he's still up in my database over 1400 hands.

just checked the hhs from the four 3-6 PLO games i've played in, nopecould you pm me your aim name? i'd like to talk about some players with you