SNGs
I only played a few SNGs over the course of February - all satellites. I didn't finish in the money in any of them - but they were all winner-take-all format - so there's no big loss here. They were all also FPP tournaments - so nothing lost overall either.
Ring Games
Over the course of the month, I finally spent a good amount of time playing ring games and getting to work on my game overall. I have to say I am not all that impressed with my current abilities and need to work on it a lot. I'm hoping March will show a marked improvement here. Of course, I'm writing this after March is already half over and I know that I haven't had a good March so far...
Anyway - I only played one limit and one game at cash this month:
Limit Omaha Hi/Lo (1/2), 39 sessions, 83.733 hours, 4287 hands, $130.25 net, $3.03/100 hands
Tournaments
I have played a lot of tournaments over the course of the month. Mostly 10FPP, 0.25 and 0.50 tournaments - but every little bit counts. Of course, my one big win overshadows the month as a whole - but I'll take what I can get!
FPP tournaments: 5 tournaments, $11.00 net (one entry into an $11 tournament)
0.50 tournaments: 2 tournaments, $2.49 net
1+.10 tournaments: 1 tournament, ($1.10) net
2+.20 tournaments: 14 tournaments, ($25.43) net
3+.30r tournaments: 1 tournament, ($9.30) net
5+.50 tournaments: 15 tournament, ($19.37) net
10+1 tournaments: 1 tournament, ($11.00) net
15+1.50 tournaments: 3 tournaments, $32.58 net
Overall: 42 tournaments, ($20.13) net
Recent History, Overall
2007 November: 53.683 real-hours, 81.967 table-hours, $10.50 net, $0.196/hour
2007 December: 82.683 real-hours, 132.500 table-hours, ($13.48) net, ($0.163/hour)
2008 January: 82.167 real-hours, 167.500 table-hours, $701.10 net, $8.533/hour
2008 February: 60.817 real-hours, 143.833 table-hours, $160.12 net, $2.633/hour ($50 bonus included here)
Overall: 279.350 real-hours, 525.800 table-hours, $858.24 net, $3.072/hour
Next Month, Poker Goals
Pretty much the same as last month. I want to hit $1k before trying to move back up to $2/$4. Before I do that though - I want to prove to myself that I can win at $1/$2 (even though - historically, my performance is much better at $2/$4 than at $1/$2).
I need to keep a lid on those $15 tournaments. Sure the final table has some nice rewards - but it starts too late in the evening to play and is most likely a net loser for me in the short term. Since my bankroll needs the cushion for ring games - I can't be taking too many chances with larger tournaments right now.
That said - I want to play a few satellites with FPP in order to earn some T$ - possibly to occasionally play a larger tournament as well.
I'll also want to keep silver star status - just for the extra FPP it gives. Given my current workload though - this won't be difficult. I've done the math though - at my current rate of playing and limits - gold star will not be happening yet.
Next Month, Non-poker Goals
Writing - I need to give myself time to write and actually use that time to write. I have neglected my writing for years now and that is simply unacceptable. I have a family, I have a full-time job, but that doesn't mean I should put one of my passions on the backburner. I desire to be a published author - if I am going to make that happen - I need to be writing.
RPGs - I've come to the realization that I don't have time for my offline game at the moment. For now then - this is on hold so that I can try to meet my other goals.
Professional - Almost finished with reading through the 2005 Admin guide for SQL. A couple of useful tidbits have already been put to good use - but for now I am moslty still working with SQL2000.
Debt - Well - this situation hasn't gotten any better in a month (and has actually gotten worse). I would like to set the goal to get my mortgage current this month. Not sure if I'll even manage that - but working hard to try at the least.
Cleaning - of all my goals - I think I did my best here. Still plenty to be done but the most important thing to note is that I finally fixed the window in my bathroom that was stuck open by about 2 inches. Now it actually works - so hopefully the bathroom won't be unbearable during the summer and winter...
In other news
My wife had an appendectomy a few weeks ago. She was in a bad state from it but is recovered enough from it to at least work.
My eldest son just turned 5, my youngest turned 1, my father turned 58 and I just turned 29. That's about it for March birthdays in my immediate family - now to start figuring out what to do for my wife's birthday...Statistics: Posted by starstealer — Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:19 pm
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