Moderator edit: renamed post to reflect what it has become! Great work Piers!

I have read The Unknown Players results and posts on his game in the NL ring game section with great pleasure. It would be nice if one of the Pro / Semi Pro's had the time to do a similar thing in this section.

BK

I guess I will give this a shot since no one else has stepped up. I don't know how much this will help anyone else but I think it will help me to sustain the necessary effort in playing that I sometimes lack (ie. putting in the hours).

I guess a little background. I have been playing poker as a primary or only source of income for 11 years now. Baton Rouge was the first locale that I played frequently on the river boats there while attending graduate school in Lafayette, Louisiana. I spent the summers of 95 and 96 playing in Vegas mainly in the Binions 1530 and 2040 games and a little at the Mirage. I moved from Louisiana to New York City in the late summer of 1997 where I played nearly every night at the Diamond Club in Manahttan and also frequenlty at the Taj Majal in AC and less frequenly at Foxwoods. I moved to Vegas in the summer of 1998 until the fall of 1999 when I decided to return to NYC to get my doctorate degree in Botany. I returned to playing at the Diamond Club frequently but in 2000 I started to play on the internet at Paradise and soon after Party. I quickly realized that the lower rake and the ability to play multiple tables along with some very good games was a big benefit to me in many ways. By then I had two very young children and it gave me more time to spend with them rather than riding a subway or a greyhound to a game. And the extra time was also helpful in finishing my dissertation:) which I did in May 2003. I then moved to Venezuela permanently earlier this year after a 6 month stay in 2003.

I have accounts on about 20 sites but I play mainly on Empire and on the Cryptos for the monthly bonuses. I play mainly limit holdem in the 12-510 range primarily but I also dabble in the NL arena from time to time. All I have recorded for this year is my wins and losses but I will attempt from now on to keep a more precise account on limits and hands as well.

Yearly Poker Summary

January 2005

1 ------ 38.62
2 ------ 30.86
3 ------ 58.47
4 ----- (-133.3)
5 ------ 6.56
6 ------ 70.8

My first week of January was primarily taken up with caring for my little girl who was born 6 weeks early on December 30th so I didn't put alot of time in at the tables and my results show but some things are more important than the poker table even for a full time player:)

7 ------ 283.46
8 ----- (-84.3)
9 ----- 361.16
10 ----- 150.09
11----- 365.06
12 ----- 334.59
13 ----- 236.89
14 ----- (-173.31)
15 ------ 194.86
16 ------ 92.99 1833.5
17 ------ 194.05 2027.55 W: 14 L: 3
18 ------ 125.29 2152.84 W: 15 L: 3 5h40m
19 ------ 142.53 2295.37 W: 16 L: 3 4h30m
20 ------ 236.57 2531.94 W: 17 L: 3 8h20m
21 ------ 181.70 2639.64 W: 18 L: 3 2h50m
22 ------ 124.45 2764.09 W: 19 L: 3 4h
23 ------ 133.94 2898.03 W: 20 L: 3 2h5m
24 ------ 302.86 3200.89 W: 21 L: 3 4h20m
25 ------ 173.45 3374.34 W: 22 L: 3 4h
26 ------ 254.55 3628.89 W: 23 L: 3 6h40m
27 ------ 16.73 3645.62 W: 24 L: 3 6h40m
28 ------ 85.78 3731.40 W: 25 L: 3 3h35m
29 ------ 487.81 4219.21 W: 26 L: 3 2h50m
30 ------ 29.78 4248.99 W: 27 L: 3 30m ca. 100 hours, 42.49/hour

Not a bad first month of the year.

February 1 ------ 38.61 4285.60 W: 28 L:3 30 min.
2 ----------------- 340.19 4625.79 W: 29 L: 3 7h20m
3 ----------------- 77.97 4703.76 W: 30 L: 3 3h15m
4 ----------------- 308.61 5012.37 W: 31 L: 3 5h35m
5 ----------------- 350.65 5363.02 W: 32 L: 3 7h20m
6-7--------------- traveling
8 ----------------- 30.05 5393.07 W: 33 L: 3 25m
9 ----------------- 159.55 5552.62 W: 34 L: 3 1h50m
10 --------------- 100.12 5652.74 W: 35 L: 3 5h
11 --------------- 193.97 5846.71 W: 36 L: 3 2h25m
12 --------------- 49.43 5896.14 W: 37 L: 3 4h10m
13 --------------- 168.21 6064.35 W: 38 L: 3 6h20m
14 --------------- 102.07 6166.42 W: 39 L: 3 5h55m
15 --------------- 23.90 6190.32 W: 40 L: 3 2h40m
16 --------------- 561.69 6751.98 W: 41 L: 3 2h20m
17 --------------- 43.65 6795.63 W: 42 L: 3 55m
18 --------------- 49.63 6845.26 W: 43 L: 3 25m
19 --------------- 191.16 7036.42 W: 44 L: 3 3h30m
20 --------------- 290.78 7327.20 W: 45 L: 3 7h
21 --------------- 205.14 7532.34 W: 46 L: 3 3h30m
22 --------------- 35.97 7568.31 W: 47 L: 3 3h40m
23 --------------- 202.51 7770.82 W: 48 L: 3 3h45m
24 --------------- 88.21 7859.03 W: 49 L: 3 1h
25 --------------- 81.15 7940.18 W: 50 L: 3 35m
26 --------------- 271.62 8211.80 W: 51 L: 3 5h35m
27 --------------- 50.11 8261.91 W: 52 L: 3 1h45m
28 --------------- 249.27 8511.18 W: 53 L: 3 5h10m

My continuing problem is putting in the hours. For February I only averaged 3.5/hr per day of work not counting the two days I was traveling. I really need to get this up to around 5 but with the added work now of my botany project that may not come to pass.

March 1 ------------ 160.05 8671.23 W: 54 L: 3 7h15m
2 -------------------- 240.32 8911.55 W: 55 L: 3 4h10m
3--------------------- 284.66 9196.21 W: 56 L: 3 6h55m
4 -------------------- 69.12 9265.33 W: 57 L: 3 2h55m
5 -------------------- 195.30 9460.63 W: 58 L: 3 6h45m
6 -------------------- (-1505.31) 7955.32 W: 58 L: 4 14h50m
7 --------------------- 1177.13 9132.45 W: 59 L: 4 4h25m
8 --------------------- 114.19 9246.64 W: 60 L: 4 25m
9-17------------------ Traveling
18 -------------------- (-243.03) 9003.61 W: 60 L: 5 6h40m
19 -------------------- (-2232.77) 6770.84 W: 60 L: 6 3h35m
20 -------------------- 547.37 7318.21 W: 61 L: 6 3h
21 -------------------- 50.68 7368.89 W: 62 L: 6 1h15m
22 -------------------- 187.70 7556.59 W: 63 L: 6 1h40m
23 -------------------- (-3.46) 7553.13 W: 63 L: 7 5h25m
24 ------------------- (-66.94) 7486.19 W: 63 L:8 11h10m
25 ------------------- 134.72 7620.91 W: 64 L: 8 2h
26 ------------------- 206.49 7827.40 W: 65 L: 8 2h25m
27 ------------------- 23.96 7851.36 W: 66 L: 8 30m
28 ------------------- 86.75 7938.11 W: 67 L: 8 30m
29 ------------------- 91.38 8029.49 W: 68 L: 8 5h
30 ------------------- 16.85 8046.34 W: 69 L: 8 0m
31 ------------------- 44.45 8090.79 W: 70 L: 8 20m


April 1-10 Traveling
11 --------------------- 319.37 8410.16 W: 71 L: 8 5h
12--------------------- 325.28 8735.44 W: 72 L: 8 2h
13 -------------------- (-230.03) 8505.41 W: 72 L: 9 4h30m
14 -------------------- 158.30 8663.71 W: 73 L: 9 3h20m
15 -------------------- 296.97 8960.68 W: 74 L: 9 2h15m
16 -------------------- 345.58 9306.26 W: 75 L: 9 4h25m
17 -------------------- 74.97 9381.23 W: 76 L: 9 3h30m
18 -------------------- 170.21 9551.45 W: 77 L: 9 2h30m
19 -------------------- 94.44 9645.89 W: 78 L: 9 2h30m
20 ------------------ (-776.46) 8869.43 W: 78 L: 10 4h40m
21 ------------------- 571.08 9440.51 W: 79 L: 10 1h25m
22 ------------------- 86.00 9526.51 W: 80 L: 10 6h
23 ------------------- 160.90 9687.41 W: 81 L: 10 1h50m
24 ------------------- 324.29 10011.70 W: 82 L: 10 4h35m
25 ------------------- 68.19 10079.89 W: 83 L: 10 6h10m
26 ------------------- 162.58 10242.47 W: 84 L: 10 2h55m
27 ------------------- 173.46 10415.93 W: 85 L: 10 1h50m
28 ------------------- 234.94 10650.87 W: 86 L: 10 40m
29 ------------------- 272.89 10923.76 W: 87 L: 10 2h40m
30 ------------------- 440.00 11363.76 W: 88 L: 10 6h


May 1 -------------------- (-1706.96) 9656.80 W: 88 L: 11 10h
May 2 -------------------- 743.34 10400.14 W: 89 L: 11 12h
May 3 -------------------- 197.39 10597.53 W: 90 L: 11 5h30m
May 4 ------------------- (-3004.63) 7592.9 W: 90 L: 12 15h
May 5 -------------------- 314.91 7907.81 W: 91 L: 12 2h20m
May 6 -------------------- 205.99 8113.80 W: 92 L: 12 5h
May 7 -------------------- 101.80 8215.60 W: 93 L: 12 4h20m
May 8 -------------------- 72.10 8287.70 W: 94 L: 12 2h
May 9 -------------------- 141.51 8429.21 W: 94 L: 12 6h30m
May 10 ------------------- 414.28 8843.49 W: 95 L: 12 4h20m
May 11 ------------------- 54.72 8898.21 W: 96 L: 12 1h15m
May 12 ------------------- 365.50 9263.71 W: 97 L: 12 6h20m
May 13 ------------------- 30.93 9294.64 W: 98 L: 12 6h20m
May 14 ------------------- 276.59 9571.23 W: 99 L: 12 50m
May 15 ------------------- 109.73 9680.96 W: 100 L: 12 8h
May 16 ------------------- 353.84 10034.80 W: 101 L: 12 4h
May 17 ----------------- (-104.69) 9930.11 W: 101 L: 13 6h
May 18 ------------------- 535.59 10465.70 W: 102 L: 13 4h30m
May 19 ------------------ (-833.91) 9631.79 W: 102 L: 14 5h
May 20 ----------------- (-925.67) 8706.12 W: 102 L: 15 14h
May 21 -------------------- 693.96 9399.12 W: 103 L: 15 7h20m
May 22 -------------------- 277.55 9676.67 W: 104 L: 15 6h30m
May 23 -------------------- 105.13 9781.80 W: 105 L: 15 3h40m
May 24 -------------------- 32.10 9813.90 W: 106 L: 15 1h30m
May 25 -------------------- 99.57 9913.47 W: 107 L: 15 2h55m
May 26 -------------------- 125.68 10039.15 W: 108 L: 15 2h45m
May 27 -------------------- 156.61 10195.74 W: 109 L: 15 9h15m
May 28 -------------------- 81.80 10277.54 W: 110 L: 15 4h30m
May 29 -------------------- 301.63 10579.17 W: 111 L: 15 6h50m
May 30 -------------------- 215.31 10794.48 W: 112 L: 15 2h25m (2 hr BTP tourny)
May 31 -------------------- (-52.10) 10742.38 W: 112 L: 16 3h45m

June 1-3 - Traveling
4------------------------------ 58.05 10800.43 W: 113 L: 16 35m
5 ----------------------------- 264.83 11065.26 W: 114 L: 16 9h
6 ----------------------------- 64.03 11129.29 W: 115 L: 16 40m
7 ----------------------------- 60.86 11190.15 W: 116 L: 16 6h10m
8 ----------------------------- 277.76 11467.91 W: 117 L: 16 2h10m
9-13 ------------------------- break
14 --------------------------- 118.10 11586.09 W: 118 L: 16 15m
15-17 ----------------------- break
18 --------------------------- 62.72 11648.81 W: 119 L: 16 5m
19 --------------------------- 38.00 11686.81 W: 120 L: 16 5m
20 --------------------------- 35.00 11721.81 W: 121 L: 16 5m
21 --------------------------- 35.45 11757.26 W: 122 L: 16 5m
22 --------------------------- 10.14 11767.40 W: 123 L: 16 5m
23 --------------------------- 19.38 11786.78 W: 124 L: 16 5m
24 --------------------------- 30.27 11817.05 W: 125 L: 16 30m
25 --------------------------- 77.51 11894.56 W: 126 L: 16 10m
26 --------------------------- 12.96 11907.52 W: 127 L: 16 20m
27 --------------------------- 19.35 11926.87 W: 128 L: 16 5m
28 --------------------------- 89.97 12016.84 W: 129 L: 16 5m
29 --------------------------- 12.99 12029.83 W: 130 L: 16 10m
30 --------------------------- 78.04 12107.87 W: 131 L: 16 2h30m


July 1 -------------------------- 3.45 12111.32 W: 132 L: 16 1h20m
2 ------------------------------- 71.89 12183.21 W: 133 L: 16 40m
3 ------------------------------- 157.92 12341.13 W: 134 L: 16 7h30m (7h25m live)
4 ------------------------------- 16.15 12357.28 W: 135 L: 16 15m
5 ------------------------------- 136.06 12493.34 W: 136 L: 16 1h45m
6 ------------------------------- 82.70 12576.04 W: 137 L: 16 15m
7 ------------------------------- traveling
8 ------------------------------- 30.69 12606.73 W: 138 L: 16 1h
9 ------------------------------- 40.50 12647.23 W: 139 L: 16 1h20m
10 ----------------------------- 119.91 12767.14 W: 140 L: 16 2h10m
11 ----------------------------- 27.32 12794.46 W: 141 L: 16 30m
12 ----------------------------- break
13 ----------------------------- 127.18 12921.64 W: 142 L: 16 1h
14 ----------------------------- 2.94 12924.58 W: 143 L: 16 45m
15 ----------------------------- 39.48 12964.06 W: 144 L: 16 1h40m
16 ----------------------------- 23.45 12987.51 W: 145 L: 16 1h10m
17 ----------------------------- 24.36 13011.87 W: 146 L: 16 15m
18 ----------------------------- 87.33 13099.20 W: 147 L: 16 1h
19 ----------------------------- 136.98 13236.18 W: 148 L: 16 1h25m
20-21 ------------------------- break
22 ----------------------------- 99.27 13335.45 W: 149 L: 16 1h10m
23 ----------------------------- 122.83 13458.28 W: 150 L: 16 2h
24 ----------------------------- 26.05 13484.33 W: 151 L: 16 1h15m
25 ----------------------------- 171.04 13655.37 W: 152 L: 16 3h30m (1.5h btphorse)
26 ----------------------------- 96.26 13751.63 W: 153 L: 16 1h
27 ----------------------------- 45.06 13796.69 W: 154 L: 16 1h25m
28 ----------------------------- 44.74 13841.43 W: 155 L: 16 10m
29 ----------------------------- 68.52 13909.95 W: 156 L: 16 35m
30 ----------------------------- 34.98 13944.93 W: 157 L: 16 5m
31 ----------------------------- break, returning to Dallas

August 1-4 --------------- Break
5---------------------------- 97.75 14042.68 W: 158 L: 16 40m
6 --------------------------- 170.17 14212.85 W: 159 L: 16 4h30m
7 --------------------------- 56.09 14268.94 W: 160 L: 16 4h5m
8 --------------------------- 155.46 14424.40 W: 161 L: 16 4h45m
9 --------------------------- 324.86 14749.26 W: 162 L: 16 3h15m
10 ------------------------- 569.84 15319.10 W: 163 L: 16 4h20m
11 ------------------------- 255.42 15574.52 W: 164 L: 16 6h20m
12 ------------------------- 87.51 15662.03 W: 165 L: 16 1h20m
13 ------------------------- 81.39 15743.42 W: 166 L: 16 25m
14 ------------------------- 106.36 15849.78 W: 167 L: 16 40m
15 ------------------------- 450.69 16300.47 W: 168 L: 16 2h10m (1h40m BTP tourny)
16 ------------------------- 16.73 16317.20 W: 169 L: 16 4h10m
17 ------------------------- 1.66 16318.86 W: 170 L: 16 5h30m
18 ------------------------- 101.75 16420.61 W: 171 L: 16 1h35m
19 ------------------------- 425.36 16845.97 W: 172 L: 16 3h55m
20 ------------------------- 83.56 16929.53 W: 173 L: 16 20m
21 ------------------------- 325.81 17255.34 W: 174 L: 16 50m
22 ------------------------- 160.24 17415.58 W: 175 L: 16 5h
23 ------------------------- 166.31 17581.89 W: 176 L: 16 2h30m
24 ------------------------- 85.50 17667.39 W: 177 L: 16 3h50m
25 ------------------------- 53.98 17721.37 W: 178 L: 16 1h55m
26 ------------------------- 113.04 17833.41 W: 179 L: 16 1h45m
27 ------------------------- 54.90 17888.31 W: 180 L: 16 1h
28 ------------------------- 71.23 17959.54 W: 181 L: 16 30m
29 ------------------------- 68.77 18028.31 W: 182 L: 16 4h5m
30 ------------------------- 238.50 18266.81 W: 183 L: 16 1h50m
31 ------------------------- 156.64 18423.45 W: 184 L: 16 1h20m

September 1 ------------ 133.11 18556.56 W: 185 L: 16 1h10m
2--------------------------- 188.05 18744.61 W: 186 L: 16 4h15m
3 -------------------------- 41.07 18785.68 W: 187 L: 16 4h50m
4 -------------------------- 224.88 19010.56 W: 188 L: 16 4h45m
5 -------------------------- 82.95 19093.51 W: 189 L: 16 3h5m
6 -------------------------- 152.57 19246.08 W: 190 L: 16 6h35m
7 -------------------------- 220.65 19466.73 W: 191 L: 16 8h30m
8 -------------------------- 173.15 19639.88 W: 192 L: 16 9h20m
9 -------------------------- 148.65 19788.53 W: 193 L: 16 5h25m
10 ------------------------- 59.64 19848.17 W: 194 L: 16 5h15m
11 ------------------------ 151.21 19999.38 W: 195 L: 16 5h30m
12 ------------------------ 384.46 20383.84 W: 196 L: 16 4h
13 ------------------------ 553.56 20937.40 W: 197 L: 16 3h45m
14 ------------------------ (-994.84) 19942.56 W: 197 L: 17 4h25m
15 ------------------------ 515.03 20457.59 W: 198 L: 17 5h15m
16 ------------------------ 720.94 21178.53 W: 199 L: 17 2h20m
17 ------------------------ 94.34 21272.87 W: 200 L: 17 2h30m
18 ------------------------ 138.54 21411.41 W: 201 L: 17 3h55m
19 ------------------------ 125.58 21536.99 W: 202 L: 17 2h5m
20 ------------------------ 248.84 21785.83 W: 203 L: 17 5h30m
21 ------------------------ 287.19 22073.02 W: 204 L: 17 5h50m
22 ------------------------ 34.92 22107.94 W: 205 L: 17 3h25m
23 ------------------------ 301.33 22409.27 W: 206 L: 17 6h20m
24 ------------------------ 285.89 22695.16 W: 207 L: 17 1h20m
25 ------------------------ 165.27 22860.43 W: 208 L: 17 2h25m
26 ------------------------ 368.72 23229.15 W: 209 L: 17 1h55m
27 ------------------------ 241.84 23470.99 W: 210 L: 17 6h30m
28 ------------------------ 354.30 23825.29 W: 211 L: 17 1h45m
29 ------------------------ 140.69 23965.98 W: 212 L: 17 1h20m
30 ------------------------ 33.61 23999.59 W: 213 L: 17 6h


October 1 ---------- 169.50 24169.09 W: 214 L: 17 1h40m
2 -------------------- 469.72 24638.81 W: 215 L: 17 7h35m
3 -------------------- 198.28 24837.09 W: 216 L: 17 4h135
4 -------------------- 97.53 24934.62 W: 217 L: 17 5h30m
5 -------------------- 208.31 25142.93 W: 218 L: 17 5h25m
6 -------------------- 1.06 25143.99 W: 219 L: 17 8h40m
7 -------------------- 141.82 25285.81 W: 220 L: 17 4h45m
8 -------------------- 41.18 25326.99 W: 221 L: 17 4h20m
9 -------------------- (-192.22) 25134.77 W: 221 L: 18 5h50m
10 ------------------- 99.71 25426.70 W: 222 L: 18 5h45m
11 ------------------(-1902.61) 23524.09 W: 222 L: 19 5h30m
12 ------------------- 377.47 23901.56 W: 223 L: 19 8h30m
13 ------------------- 61.15 23962.71 W: 224 L: 19 4h40m
14 ------------------- 29.90 23992.61 W: 225 L: 19 4h55m
15 ------------------- 36.67 24029.28 W: 226 L: 19 4h
16 ------------------ (-262.92) 23766.36 W: 226 L: 20 5h30m
17 ------------------- 177.20 23943.56 W: 227 L: 20 6h50m
18 ------------------- 258.13 24201.69 W: 228 L: 20 1h10m
19 ------------------- 74.23 24275.92 W: 229 L: 20 2h30m
20 ------------------- 9.41 24285.33 W: 230 L: 20 3h40m
21 ------------------- 160.42 24445.75 W: 231 L: 20 2h50m
22 ------------------- 58.21 24503.96 W: 232 L: 20 2h5m
23 ------------------- 7.99 24511.95 W: 233 L: 20 2h30m
24 ------------------- 77.82 24589.77 W: 234 L: 20 6h5m
25 ------------------- 12.29 24602.06 W: 235 L: 20 5h
26 ------------------- 151.31 24753.37 W: 236 L: 20 4h15m
27 ---------------- (-1794.00) 22959.37 W: 236 L: 21 4h10m
28 ------------------- 267.01 23226.38 W: 237 L: 21 6h15m
29 ------------------- 133.54 23359.92 W: 238 L: 21 2h50m
30 ------------------- 174.81 23534.73 W: 239 L: 21 3h
31 ------------------- 476.42 24011.15 W: 240 L: 21 3h20m

Error -192.22 to October


November 1 ------------ 138.22 24149.37 W: 241 L: 21 3h55m
2 ------------------------- 116.06 24265.43 W: 242 L: 21 6h
3 ------------------------- 106.46 24371.89 W: 243 L: 21 3h50m
4 ------------------------- 5.99 24377.88 W: 244 L: 21 4h45m
5 ------------------------- 44.92 24422.80 W: 245 L: 21 2h25m
6 ------------------------- 428.77 24851.57 W: 246 L: 21 7h35m
7 ------------------------- 146.52 24998.09 W: 247 L: 21 4h40m
8 ----------------------- (-386.72) 24611.37 W: 247 L: 22 6h45m
9 ------------------------ 218.60 24829.97 W: 248 L: 22 3h20m
10 ---------------------- 198.14 25028.11 W: 249 L: 22 4h45m
11 ---------------------- 294.91 25323.02 W: 250 L: 22 1h5m
12 ---------------------- 8.55 25332.57 W: 251 L: 22 1h20m
13 ---------------------- 87.18 25419.75 W: 252 L: 22 4h20m
14 ---------------------- 2.17 25421.92 W: 253 L: 22 1h25m
15 ---------------------- 288.60 25710.52 W: 254 L:22 3h15m
16 ---------------------- 74.97 25785.49 W: 255 L: 22 2h55m
17 ---------------------- 51.77 25837.26 W: 256 L: 22 4h
18 ---------------------- 141.57 25988.83 W: 257 L: 22 3h05m
19 ---------------------- Day off
20 ---------------------- 164.60 26153.43 W: 258 L: 22 2h20m
21 ---------------------- 90.92 26244.35 W: 259 L: 22 3h20m
22 ---------------------- 37.36 26281.71 W: 260 L: 22 3h35m
23 --------------------- 28.01 26309.72 W: 261 L: 22 1h50m
24-26 ----------------- Days off
27 --------------------- 19.91 26329.63 W: 262 L: 22 5h45m
28 --------------------- 32.90 26362.53 W: 263 L: 22 4h45m
29 -------------------- (-1465.79 24896.74 W: 263 L: 23 4h30m)
30 -------------------- Phucking day off to recoup

Year Results Thus Far:


December 1 ----------- 33.00 24929.74 W: 264 L: 23 2m
2 ------------------------ 14.65 24944.39 W: 265 L: 23 1h10m
3 ------------------------ 41.25 24985.64 W: 266 L: 23 1h35m
4 ------------------------ 176.82 25162.46 W: 267 L: 23 1h10m
5 ------------------------ 2.75 25165.21 W: 268 L: 23 3h18m
6 ------------------------ 37.14 25202.35 W: 269 L: 23 30m
7 ------------------------ 42.03 25244.38 W: 270 L: 23 1m
8 ------------------------ 58.57 25302.95 W: 271 L: 23 2m
9 ---------------------- (-1019.58) 24283.37 W: 271 L: 24 3h10m
10 ---------------------- 99.67 24383.04 W: 272 L: 24 2h40m
11 ---------------------- 41.60 24424.64 W: 273 L: 24 1h10m
12 ---------------------- 11.01 24435.65 W: 274 L: 24 1h30m
13 ---------------------- 48.87 24484.52 W: 275 L: 24 40m
14 ---------------------- 87.54 24572.06 W: 276 L: 24 50m
15 ---------------------- 23.76 24595.82 W: 277 L: 24 1h
16 ---------------------- 46.40 24642.22 W: 278 L: 24 37m
17 ---------------------- 175.57 24817.79 W: 279 L: 24 2h30m
18 ---------------------- 318.75 25136.54 W: 280 L: 24 1h40m
19 ---------------------- 66.58 25203.12 W: 281 L: 24 1h50m
20 ---------------------- 58.75 25261.87 W: 282 L: 24 2h30m
21 ---------------------- 88.12 25349.99 W: 283 L: 24 1h20m
22 ---------------------- 3.20 25353.19 W: 284 L: 24 4h
24 ---------------------- 73.11 25426.30 W: 285 L: 24 1h20m
26 ---------------------- 70.06 25496.36 W: 286 L: 24 3m
27 ---------------------- 424.50 25920.86 W: 287 L: 24 22m
28 ---------------------- 86.35 26007.21 W: 288 L: 24 10m
29 ---------------------- 42.12 26049.33 W: 289 L: 24 35m
30 ---------------------- 110.23 26159.56 W: 290 L: 24 10m
31 ---------------------- 45.31 26204.87 W: 291 L: 24 5m

January: 4248.99 100 hours 42.48/hr
February: 4262.19 91h15m 46.71/hr
March results: (-420.39) 91h10m (-4.61/hr)
April results: 3272.97 64h45m 50.54/hr
May results: (-621.38) 174h40m (-3.56/hr)
June results: 1365.49 23h10m 58.96/hr
July results: 1837.06 35h10m 52.23/hr
August results: 4478.52 72h35m 61.70/hr
September results: 5576.14 126h15m 44.16/hr
October results: -180.66 141h -1.28/hr
November results: 885.59 96h30m 9.17/hr (+1766.43 sports betting thank god)
December results: 1308.13 34h50m 37.55/hr
---------------------------------------------------------
Total: 26012.65 1052h40m 24.71/hr

January 1 ----------------- 21.45 21.45 W: 1 L: 0 30m
2 ---------------------------- 162.20 183.65 W: 2 L: 0 3h5m
3 ---------------------------- 21.62 205.27 W: 3 L: 0 25m
4 ---------------------------- 127.28 332.55 W: 4 L: 0 1h15m
5 ---------------------------- 23.96 356.51 W: 5 L: 0 1h
6 ---------------------------- 43.59 400.10 W: 6 L: 0 1h15m
7 ---------------------------- 214.22 614.32 W: 7 L: 0 3h15m
8 ---------------------------- 75.47 689.79 W: 8 L: 0 1h40m
9 ----------------------------- 11.91 701.70 W: 9 L: 0 1h5m
10 --------------------------- 275.30 977.00 W: 10 L: 0 3h
11 --------------------------- 232.61 1209.61 W: 11 L: 0 3h30m
12 --------------------------- 147.72 1357.33 W: 12 L: 0 5h15m
13 --------------------------- 135.77 1493.10 W: 13 L: 0 2h25m
14 --------------------------- 46.55 1539.65 W: 14 L: 0 10m
15 --------------------------- 17.07 1556.72 W: 15 L: 0 45m
16 --------------------------- 286.10 1842.82 W: 16 L: 0 1h
17 --------------------------- 130.64 1973.46 W: 17 L: 0 3h35m
18 --------------------------- 8.86 1982.32 W: 18 L: 0 2h50m
19 -------------------------- 212.40 2194.72 W: 19 L: 0 2h30m
20 -------------------------- 118.41 2313.13 W: 20 L: 0 2h10m
21 -------------------------- 58.36 2371.49 W: 21 L: 0 8m
22 -------------------------- 4.87 2376.36 W: 22 L: 0 1h7m
23 -------------------------- 247.44 2623.80 W: 23 L: 0 45m
24 -------------------------- 156.70 2780.50 W: 24 L: 0 2h20m
25 -------------------------- 155.77 2936.27 W: 25 L: 0 3h45m
26 -------------------------- 105.30 3041.57 W: 26 L: 0 2h40m
27 ----------------------- (--221.06) 2820.51 W: 26 L: 1 3h10m
28-29 --------------------- Break
30 ------------------------- (-54.70) 2765.81 W: 26 L: 2 7h15m
31 ---------------------- (-191.42) 2574.39 W: 26 L: 3 5h15m


February 1 -------------- 197.54 2771.93 W: 27 L: 3 5h25m
2 -------------------------- 138.96 2910.89 W: 28 L: 3 5h50m
3 -------------------------- 414.44 3325.33 W: 29 L: 3 5h40m
4 ------------------------- 7.20 3332.53 W: 30 L: 3 10m
5 ------------------------- 4.95 3337.48 W: 31 L: 3 5m
6 ------------------------- 161.78 3499.26 W: 32 L: 3 5h55m
7 ------------------------- 31.50 3530.76 W: 33 L: 3 1h15m
8 ------------------------- 91.83 3622.59 W: 34 L: 3 3h10m
9 ----------------------- (-370.73) 3251.86 W: 34 L: 4 12h45m
10 ----------------------- 84.70 3336.56 W: 35 L: 4 18m
11 ----------------------- 0.50 3337.06 W: 36 L: 4 15m
12 ----------------------- 14.50 3351.56 W: 37 L: 4 32m
13 ----------------------- 253.61 3605.17 W: 38 L: 4 3h35m
14 ----------------------- 172.59 3777.76 W: 39 L: 4 2h5m
15 ----------------------- 176.86 3954.62 W: 40 L: 4 1h50m
16 ----------------------- 38.61 3993.23 W: 41 L: 4 1h55m
17 ----------------------- 0.76 3993.99 W: 42 L: 4 3h5m
18 ----------------------- 94.52 4088.51 W: 43 L: 4 4h35m
19 ----------------------- 142.69 4231.20 W: 44 L: 4 7h5m
20 ----------------------- 2.20 4233.40 W: 45 L: 4 7h35m
21 ----------------------- 1.92 4235.32 W: 46 L: 4 11h35m
22 ----------------------- 120.29 4355.61 W: 47 L: 4 1h40m
23 ----------------------- 153.43 4509.04 W: 48 L: 4 6h45m
24 ----------------------- 141.52 4648.56 W: 49 L: 4 4h20m
25 ----------------------- 38.64 4687.30 W: 50 L: 4 35m
26 ----------------------- 34.55 4721.85 W: 51 L: 4 3h45m
27 ----------------------- 105.05 4826.90 W: 52 L: 4 2h15m
28 ----------------------- 76.19 4903.09 W: 53 L: 4 1h50m

March 1 ---------------- Day off
2 ------------------------ 39.07 4942.16 W: 54 L: 4 45m
3 ------------------------ 13.41 4955.47 W: 55 L: 4 3h
4 ------------------------ 110.72 5066.19 W: 56 L: 4 1h40m
5 ------------------------ 46.66 5112.85 W: 57 L: 4 5h5m
6 ------------------------ 128.83 5241.68 W: 58 L: 4 1h5m
7 ------------------------ 502.45 5744.13 W: 59 L: 4 3h10m
8 ------------------------ 188.80 5932.93 W: 60 L: 4 2h55m
9 ------------------------ 50.56 5983.49 W: 61 L: 4 5h25m
10 ----------------------- 97.16 6080.65 W: 62 L: 4 1h35m
11 ----------------------- 51.91 6132.56 W: 63 L: 4 40m
12 ----------------------- 16.35 6148.91 W: 64 L: 4 10m
13 ----------------------- 83.65 6232.56 W: 65 L: 4 4h30m
14 ----------------------- 53.13 6285.69 W: 66 L: 4 25m
15 ---------------------- 145.25 6430.94 W: 67 L: 4 3h25m
16 ---------------------- 135.45 6566.39 W: 68 L: 4 3h40m
17 ---------------------- 221.21 6787.60 W: 69 L: 4 1h20m
18 ---------------------- Day off
19 ---------------------- 544.53 7332.13 W: 70 L: 4 45m
20 ---------------------- 185.61 7517.74 W: 71 L: 4 2h40m
21 ---------------------- 4.52 7522.26 W: 72 L: 4 1h10m
22 ---------------------- 116.41 7638.67 W: 73 L: 4 3h30m
23 ---------------------- 83.35 7722.02 W: 74 L: 4 30m
24 ---------------------- 75.00 7797.02 W: 75 L: 4 1h55m
25 ---------------------- 51.80 7848.82 W: 76 L: 4 5m
26 ---------------------- 21.80 7870.62 W: 77 L: 4 35m
27 ---------------------- Day off
28 ---------------------- 9.00 7879.62 W: 78 L: 4 2m
29 ----------------------192.10 8071.72 W: 79 L: 4 1h43m
30 ---------------------- 26.22 8097.94 W: 80 L: 4 2h25m
31 ---------------------- 26.46 8124.40 W: 81 L: 4 1h15m

April 1 ---------------- 7.39 8131.79 W: 82 L: 4 10m
2 ---------------------- 51.68 8183.47 W: 83 L: 4 3h45m
3 ---------------------- 211.33 8394.80 W: 84 L: 4 3h15m
4 ---------------------- 103.66 8499.46 W: 85 L: 4 2h30m
5 ---------------------- 100.26 8599.72 W: 86 L: 4 1h35m
6 ---------------------- 383.03 8982.75 W: 87 L: 4 1h20m
7 ---------------------- 197.13 9179.88 W: 88 L: 4 55m
8 ------------------- (-1089.59) 8090.29 W: 88 L: 5 8h5m
9 ---------------------- 316.08 8406.37 W: 89 L: 5 2h30m
10 -------------------- 72.12 8478.49 W: 90 L: 5 1h35m
11 -------------------- 139.92 8618.41 W: 91 L: 5 1h
12 -------------------- 194.54 8812.95 W: 92 L: 5 2h
13 -------------------- 109.68 8922.63 W: 93 L: 5 35m
14 -------------------- 220.74 9143.37 W: 94 L: 5 2h15m
15 -------------------- 3.20 9146.57 W: 95 L: 5 1m
16 -------------------- 103.40 9249.97 W: 96 L: 5 1h4m
17 -------------------- 196.44 9446.41 W: 97 L: 5 3h35m
18 ----------------- (-274.19) 9172.22 W: 97 L: 5 3h
19-30 -------------- (-796.42) 8375.80

May 1-2 ----------- 1074.00 9450.00
3 ------------------- 169.00 9619.00
4 ------------------- 176.00 9795.00
5 ------------------- 94.00 9889.00
6 ------------------- 247.00 10136.00
7 ------------------- off
8 ------------------ (-28.00) 10108.00
9 ------------------ 331.00 10439.00
10 ---------------- 509.00 10948.00
11 ---------------- 40.00 10988.00
12 ---------------- 152.00 11130.00
13 ---------------- 668.00 11798.00
14 ---------------- off
15 ---------------- 252.00 12050.00
16 --------------- (-869.00) 11181.00
17 ---------------- 274.00 11455.00
18 ---------------- 193.00 11648.00
19 ---------------- 106.00 11754.00
20 ---------------- 31.00 11785.00
21 --------------- 155.00 11940.00
22 ---------------- 230.00 12170.00
23 ---------------- 284.00 12454.00
24 ---------------- 446.00 12900.00
25 ---------------- (-54.00) 12846.00
26 ---------------- 440.00 13286.00
27 ---------------- 67.00 13353.00
28 --------------- 218.00 13571.00
29 ---------------- 193.00 13764.00
30 ---------------- 200.00 13964.00
31 ---------------- 20.00 13984.00

June 1 ----------- 52.00 14036.00
2 ----------------- 272.00 14308.00
3 ----------------- 257.00 14565.00
4 ---------------- 102.00 14667.00
5 ---------------- (-476.00) 14191.00
6 ---------------- 232.00 14423.00
7 ---------------- 253.00 14676.00
8 ---------------- 226.00 14902.00
9 ---------------- 176.00 15078.00
10 -------------- (-589.00) 14489.00
11 --------------- 412.00 14901.00
12 --------------- 129.00 15030.00
13 --------------- 31.00 15061.00
14 --------------- 151.00 15212.00
15 -------------- (-570.00) 14642.00
16 --------------- 153.00 14795.00
17 --------------- 253.00 15048.00
18 --------------- (-20.00) 15028.00
19 --------------- 286.00 15316.00
20 --------------- 47.00 15363.00
21 --------------- 413.00 15776.00
22 --------------- 480.00 16256.00
23 --------------- off
24 --------------- off
25 --------------- corrected monthly 14956.00
26 --------------- (-519.00) 14437.00
27 --------------- 209.00 14646.00
28 --------------- 180.00 14826.00
29 ------------- (-305.00) 14521.00
30 -------------- (-71.00) 14450.00

July 1 ------------- 266.00 14716.00
2 ------------------ 95.00 14811.00
3 ------------------- 101.00 14912.00
4 ------------------- 106.00 15018.00
5 ----------------- (-140.00) 14878.00
6 ------------------- 249.00 15127.00
7 ------------------- 136.00 15263.00
8 ------------------- 136.00 15399.00
9 ------------------- 102.00 15501.00
10 ------------------ 95.00 15596.00
11 ------------------ 57.00 15653.00
12 ------------------ 126.00 15779.00
13 ------------------ 1.00 15780.00
14 ------------------ day off 15780.00
15 ------------------ 159.00 15939.00
16 ------------------ 167.00 16106.00
17 ------------------ 121.00 16227.00
18 ------------------ 38.00 16265.00
19-30 ------------- 2166.00 18431.00
31 ------------------- 28.00 18459.00

August 1 ---------- 138.00 18597.00
2 -------------------
3 --------------------
4 --------------------
5 --------------------
6 --------------------
7 --------------------

January 2006 results: 2574.39 67h25m 38.18/hr
February 2006 results: 2328.70 105h50m 22.00/hr
March 2006 results: 3221.31 55h25m 58.13/hr
April 2006 results: 251.40
May 2006 results: 5608.00 ca. 115h 48.76/hr
June 2006 results: 466.00 Time: quite a bit
July 2006 results: 4009.00 Time: quite a bit
August 2006 resutls: 844.00 Time: quite a bit
September 2006 results: 5741.00 Time: over 200 hours
October 2006 results: 645.00
November 2006 results: 491.13
December 2006 results: -372.36
-----------------------------------------------------------
Total: 25808.00

Have you looked into satellite internet? I've read about people with RVs doing that. No idea if it's available in Venezuela though.

A very workmanlike day with the usually asswhippings against me but I dealt out a few too. Spent the early part of day finishing up with my last Crypto clearance bonus and a little bonus work on PStars then moved on to Empire for a little 36 limit. Stats for the day:

Crypto 12 limit, 306 hands, 2h45m, 42.30
PStars 12 limit, 108 hands, 55m, 30.50
Empire 510 limit, 13 hands, 10m, 9.00
Empire 36 limit, 255 hands, 1h10m, 17.00
Empire 24 limit, 48 hands, 40m, 17.5
Rake return: 8.99
Hours worked: 5 hours 40 minutes

Was watching the 510 game and saw a horrendous player in it so I jumped on the waiting list and got into the game a few minutes later. Unfortunately he left the next round and the game with the exception of him was not that good so I left too.

Perhaps will put in another session later tonight after I finish making my egg nog.

I had a microwave connection (that uses satellites) in a small place where I was living last year and it cost only about 100.00 a month but that was due to the equipment already being in place and the fees divided amongst several people. I do not doubt that the technology exist here but getting it set up and only used by me would very likely cost a fortune. There is a way to use the cell phone here with the computer for internet but the problem is that the signal from the phone doesn't reach that area either and even if it did the cost for the service is around 200.00 for ca. 40 hours which is not sufficient for me. Hopefully in the next year or so some new wireless technology will come out for problems such as this.

Piers - this is all fascinating reading.

It's amazing that you manage to be a pro in your current circumstances, and it's great that you find the time and make the effort to post here at BTP!

My bad -- I see that microwave/satellite is the same thing. The prices I see quoted are $60-$80/month, but the equipment is a $600-$900 initial investment.

There are some cool non-line of site wireless broadband things coming onto the market, but it would depend on a provider implementing them.

I am going to look back into the microwave connection and see if anything has changed in the last year. Perhaps it is now set up so you can just purchase your equipment and only pay a smaller monthly fee for the use of the transmission.

Empire 36 limit, 750 hands, 79.00, 3h10m
PokerRoom, 24 limit, ca. 60 hands, 74.00, 50 min.
PokerRoom, 12 limit, ca. 100 hands, -24.75, 30 min.
Pokerstars, 50 NL, 47 hands, 5.20, 25 min.
Empire, 50 NL, 24 hands, -6.20, 25 min.
Rake return, 15.28
Total: 142.53
Time worked: 4 hours 30 minutes

A pretty tough day all in all but still a win. Took some awful beats at PokerRoom in the 12 game but when you put in 1000 hands a day that is hard to avoid.

Empire 36 limit, 1725 hands, 70.75, 7h
Stars 100 NL, 125 hands, 122.65, 1 hour
PokerRoom 12 limit, ca. 50 hands, 8.50, 20 minutes
Rake return, 34.67
Total: 236.57
Time worked: 8 hours 20 minutes (the last 5 in a shitload of frustration)

Playing two tables of 100 NL at Stars and I post behind the button on both. One table I am dealt KK and flop K and river quads with action. The other table I get QQ raise to 5, get reraised to 9 by button with only 34.00. I choose to put him all in and he calls with 77, I hit the Q on flop and it is good night Irene. I hit two sets and got a liitle action on both of them as well in the next round. I wish it was always this easy:)

On the other hand I witnessed just the total meltdown of a young kid that had signed up under me for a rake rebate about ten day ago. He told me that he had been playing online for about a year. I talked to him quite a few times since over Yahoo messenger while I was watching him play and although not a bad player he just played a bit too loose and tried too many fancy plays. When I initially watched him he was playing 12 limit and appeared to be beating the game. I would make a comment from time to time about how he could have better played the hand or that he should have mucked a certain hand preflop and I always got a answer such as "I like to see the flop with Axs because I can get away from the hand if an A flops", although I saw him more than once call a raise heads up with such a hand. In the last couple of days I have watched him play 36 and 510 limit which is quite a jump from 12 limit and I suspected that he probably didn't had the bankroll for playing that high. Yesterday he won a couple of nice pots at 510 limit and was happy when I last spoke to him before I logged off and went to bed. Today I did a search for him and saw that he was playing a 510 table and I opened the table to watch. He was sitting with 50.00 at the table which for me is a definate no no because you don't have enough money to get you through a big hand if there is any heavy raising involved. I typed him a message through Yahoo and asked him how he was doing and this was the response I got, "Not the fuck now" and continued on with how he had been getting bad beats and had lost all of his Empire bankroll and nearly all of his Party roll which amounted to about 600.00 collectively. I told him that he should really consider playing a smaller limit to play within his bankroll to protect himself from such things as this and that playing 12 limit wasn't anything to be ashamed of and got the response that at that limit he didn't even feel like he was playing for money. Well I left it at that and watched him bluff of the rest of his money with KJs with a flop of 1082 none of his suit, got raised on the turn by A10, he reraised with nothing and bet off the rest of it on the river with K high.

Poker is a TOUGH, TOUGH game to beat and the honest to god truth is that most people don't have the ability and desire to get the job done. A couple of my friends have commented to me about how they would like to do what I do for a living and how they envy me being able to work at home playing poker for a living and can I show them how to do it so they can play cards for a living too. I tell them no way am I going to try and teach you to play for a living and perhaps do a lot of damage to them financially and otherwise. And I bet they wouldn't envy me so much if they sat through a couple of weeks of getting my teeth kicked in through horrible beats and losing money for a time period. All I can say is be honest with yourself. If you like to play poker for a little recreation and for minimal amounts then by all means do so but don't think you can just pick this up as your new job and all will be fine because as I said before you probably don't have what it takes to get the job done for the long haul. And if you do have the right stuff then you are one of the few. Be proud of your skills and always work to keep the game good. nuff said.

Well put in a 5 hours session of 36 limit at Empire tonight and for the most part it was just frustrating as hell. At one point in the session I am down over 300.00. Managed to finish up only 41.00 down for about 1350 hands and I feel like a champ. Here are a couple of tasty morsels of hands for your viewing displeasure or what could be called Mouse Breaker Hands in Limit Holdem Speak!! When looking over my hands in PokerTracker and seeing what some of these guys are playing and how they are playing it I am amazed that I could ever have a losing day.
Party Poker 3/6 Hold'em (9 handed)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with , . MP3 posts a blind of $3.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds, Hero raises, MP3 (poster) calls, CO folds, Button folds, SB folds, BB calls.

Flop: (6.33 SB) , , (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, MP3 calls, BB calls.

Turn: (4.66 BB) (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, MP3 calls, BB calls.

River: (7.66 BB) (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, MP3 calls, BB calls.

Caller has 52o

Final Pot: 10.66 BB

Party Poker 3/6 Hold'em (10 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BB with , .
UTG calls, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, CO folds, Button folds, SB completes, Hero raises, UTG calls, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, SB calls.

Flop: (10 SB) , , (5 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, UTG raises, MP2 calls, MP3 folds, SB calls, Hero 3-bets, UTG caps, MP2 calls, SB calls, Hero calls.

Turn: (13 BB) (4 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG bets, MP2 calls, SB calls, Hero raises, UTG calls, MP2 calls, SB calls.

River: (21 BB) (4 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG bets, MP2 folds, SB raises, Hero folds, UTG calls.

SB has Q9o and UTG has AJo
Final Pot: 25 BB

So you want to be a limit holdem pro!!! Take more than a few of these in your session and try to keep from banging your head against the wall. This is a tough damn job.

Empire 36 limit, 1h 50 min., 369 hands, 109.00
PokerRoom 12 limit, ca. 120 hands, 30 min., 9.25
PokerStars 100 NL, 30 min., 51 hands, 12.45
Rake return 51.00
Total hours: 2h 50 min.
Total ============= 181.70

Not really much excitement one way or the other today. Was down about 100 before I could say bad beat in 36 limit but managed to crawl back out of that in short order. Might put in a late night session but for now I am just letting my orange, coriander pork digest and sipping a beer.

Well took a small break and watched a movie before logging in another short session at Empire for a 74.00 win. A pretty lazy day as well but the results were not too shabby for the amount of time played.

What we need is a separate sticky for Piers' recipes, because orange coriander pork sounds pretty damn tasty to me