i got nowhere near my goal of 200k hands, barely breaking the 100k mark. Im not too worried about it though as ive had a decent month at the tables, hitting the 30k mark for the second time this year. To be fair the hand target was unrealistic, i should have tried for 120k hands, which is my goal for september.
September is the month of perpetual eternal dissappointment, sitting up playing poker until 8am after playing 12 hours in a tourney , only to bust out just before the bubble because ive fell asleep at the helm. Yep its wcoop month. Last year cost me a small fortune in ev from not changing my sleeping patterns and being unable to finish strong and alert. i went really deep to a big score several times and really regret not being mentally prepared for the long haul. And they are long long tourneys.
i spent the last 4 weeks playing on pokerstars, and everytime i won a buy in, i swapped it for a wcoop ticket. then i played a few steps games and was very lucky to get 2x5k tickets on the second day. The upshot is ive now got a full schedule which equates to 20k of tourney entries at a 4k outlay. Im certainly -ev at stud , omaha and razz, and logically i should cash in my 2k omaha ticket for cash, but i want a shot at getting lucky so i might as well be in everything. Im way behind last years cash earnings, which i expected, but a decent hit in any of these bad boys will change all that.
this year looks likes this .
jan . +9695 rakeback +7500
feb +13900 rakeback +2600
march -980 rakeback +3000
april +28624 rakeback +1500
may +24027 rakeback +5500
june +31529 rakeback +3800
july -2518 rakeback +3800
aug.+31663 rakeback +5500
total 136922 rakeback total 29400
total 162326 plus 20k profits in mtts
overall running total $182326
31 August 2009 12:13
not too shabby!
Got to ask - if you played fewer tables but put in the same hours - do you think your win rate would increase? better reads etc.
31 August 2009 12:58
The figures are fantastic Adam,I'm pretty sure you'll get a good draw in the wcoop. GL mate and keep up the good work. It's good to see that you're doing well.
31 August 2009 13:04
thanks martin, much appreciated mate. james, thats a question i keep asking myself as well. i just find it impossible to play any less than 10 tables as i get bored when i dont have a decision to make for more than 5 seconds
my suspicions are that you are correct, but the extra rake probably makes it quite close.
my winrate is troubling me though, and if it doesnt improve, ill try playing 9 max and see how that goes
1 September 2009 07:53
Some nice graphs there Sir, good luck in the WCOOP.