September Review and October Goals

Well I somehow managed to make another 10K this month. In reality, I bumbled around playing break-even poker for the entire 10 days that I was exclusion-free and then made 10K yesterday on the last day of the month. Here’s the graph and stats for September.


I’m failing my 3/6 challenge dismally but at least I managed to run at expectation overall this month. I ran really well during my last few sessions in particular and managed to reclaim a $3000EV deficit. I also managed to lay the ultimate cooler on a regular 200BB deep with KK v K9s on a J939K board for a 4K pot. That said, I did run KK into AA four times this week (none of which sucked out) and got the reverse situation literally zero times, so I guess it all evens out in the end.

I don’t particularly have any goals for October since I have a lot of work to catch up on for uni. I’ll just try to play when I can and watch as many videos as possible. Of course, another 10K month would always be nice…

Time to Vent...

I simply can’t win at the moment. My sets lose to draws, my 12-outers never hit, my opponents keep turning Aces after peeling top pair-top kicker versus my KK in 3-bet pots…it goes on and on.

Somehow I’m only down $800 this week but I’ve probably lost at least $2000 from pure tilt and spew. You know those “I’m probably not good here but I might be and if I am I’ll nearly be even again” spots? Well I normally fold most of them but yesterday I shoved like four and got snapped off in three.

To make matters worse the new Party update is causing all sorts of problems. My HEM doesn’t work, my SpadeEye doesn’t work, my holecards and action buttons periodically disappear. And although I didn’t think it was possible, Party’s software actually lags more now than it did before.

It’s also been three straight months now that I’ve run below expectation. If I could just run AT expectation my bankroll would be nearly double what it is now. And if I ran hot…man…I shudder to think where I could be now instead.

Anyway, that’s my gripe for the day. Good luck at the tables (unless you’re on mine in which case I hope I bad beat you into oblivion).

34 Hours...

I have 34 hours until my law assignment is due. Of those, I plan to spend 1 hour playing soccer, 1 attending an Honours information session, 1 sleeping, and 2 travelling back and forth between home and uni. That leaves me about 29 hours with which to finish my assessment. Unfortunately, I’ve yet to write a word and am still in the process of gathering materials. Fun times...

On the bright side, I have three 21sts this weekend (none of which clash!), my self-exclusion on Party ends tonight, and my parents are leaving for New York tomorrow for two and a half weeks meaning I get the house all to myself.

You’ve got to take the good with the bad, right?