O-Poker

I managed to make a good showing on Tuesday night (last night of the month) to help make up for my bad week last week. I got back to basics, so to speak. I only played 2 tables at a time and actually closed one table that wasn't that profitable to focus on one table that seemed like it would be very profitable. This worked in my favor when I had a decent stack and got all-in with QQ on a flop of Q2K against a guy with AK and a short stack with AJ. Sigfried and Roy held up for me and I took down a nice pot.

Loopy posted a comment asking if I planned on changing anything since I am well ahead of the pace. At this point the answer is no. I may change my mind at the end of March, but I don't want to get ahead of myself right now.

$50K Challenge Update (click for outline)

Starting Bankroll (1/1/06) - $2,592
NL Short Handed Cash Games (YTD) - Profit of $12,061
SNGs, MTTs, Donations, Misc. (YTD) - Loss of $224
Bonus (YTD) - Profit of $483 (plus a lot of Pokerstars FPPs)
Live Games - Profit of $250
Total Profit (YTD) - $12,570

Profit since last update (1 day) - $1,007
Profit for Feb. - $8,660

Current Standing in $50K Challenge - $15,164
Withdrawals - $700
Online Bankroll - $14,464

GOALS BY END OF EACH MONTH
Jan - $4,100
Feb - $5,700
Mar - $7,300
Apr - $9,800
May - $12,400
June - $16,200

STATS - cash games
(note: stats in pokertracker do not equal actual stats but they are close - hand histories weren't working on UB one night and some hands were played at Bodog which doesn't work with pokertracker)

ALL LEVELS (YTD)
Total Hands Played - 25,168
PTBB/100 - 7.76
VP$P - 32.59
Actual Hours - 173
$/Hr - $80.09
Won$Shwdn - 54.08%

ALL LEVELS (Feb.)
Total Hands Played - 13,404
PTBB/100 - 7.36
VP$P - 29.93
Actual Hours - 89.17
$/Hr - $104.93
Won$Shwdn - 53.96%

1/2 NL
Total Hands Played - 10,797
PTBB/100 - 7.44
VP$P - 35.90
Actual Hours - 76.97
$/Hr - $41.75
Won$Shwdn - 53.85%

2/4 NL
Total Hands Played - 6,187
PTBB/100 - 12.43
VP$P - 31.73
Actual Hours - 47.42
$/Hr - $129.71
Won$Shwdn - 53.68%

3/6 NL
Total Hands Played - 5,695
PTBB/100 - 7.08
VP$P - 28.95
Actual Hours - 40.55
$/Hr - $115.18
Won$Shwdn - 54.12%

5/10 NL
Total Hands Played - 2,689
PTBB/100 - (0.30) - yes that is a negative
VP$P - 28.75
Actual Hours - 26.15
$/Hr - Loss of $6.13/hr
Won$Shwdn - 56.08%

The stats for 3/6NL and 5/10NL would be higher if it weren't the bad run I had last week.

I found it interesting that my stats were fairly similar for all levels. It looks like I probably tightened up a little as I moved up to the next level.

I am suprised that I beat 2/4NL for a higher hourly rate than 3/6NL. I will be staying away from 5/10NL until I hit 25 max buy-ins (25K), so that I can play in more of a comfort zone.

Interesting Stat (I think at least)

I played a lot heads up against a very very aggressive player and came out as follows:
Amount Won Against- $9,132.89
Amount Lost Against - $9,702.70
Net Loss Against - $569.90

Talk about some major swings - that was in only 518 hands at 3/6 NL. I think I will steer clear of the huge swings at heads up NL for a while.

Hands that I won the most $ with (in order - no surpises)
(percentage is win% - some were folded without a showdown)

AA (87.41%)
KK (85.71%)
QQ (84.68%)
JJ (75.44%)
77 (43.08%)


Hands that I lost the most $ with (in order from biggest loss)

AJo - I've got to learn when I'm outkicked
56s - Most of it on a straight losing to a bigger straight
66 - Lost a lot of small pots. I guess I never hit a set with them.
A5o - Most of it on a straight losing to a flush on the river.

**EDIT** - I had a couple of requests to included my Preflop Raise % (PFR), so here goes:

I would consider my play to be LAG in late position and TAG in early position. Since so much of SH NL depends on position, I have a lot higher PFR numbers in late position and ridiculously low PFR numbers in the blinds.
My overall PFR is 13.50

PFR by position
SB - 6.84
BB - 5.12
Button - 22.75
Cutoff - 19.37
Cutoff+1 - 16.92


OK. I could keep posting stats all night, but I 've got to go to bed. Let me know if there is anything else you would like to see.

Good luck at the tables,

cmitch