Mr Mardy Bum

Jun 27 2010	Goals For July 2010 Posted in Poker \| View Comments (0)

My Goals For July 2010

Thanks for stopping by guys and wishing good luck. The only reason I was able to play a million hands in a short period of time was mainly due to only working part-time and the fact I multi-tabled like mad (24 tables to be exact). I also slept very little.
I doubt very much I will reach that volume again for a very long time (if at all) as I am currently only playing 4 tables until I am sure I'm back to playing my A game and even then not sure I'd like to do that again, the swings can become extremely wild and steep when you play so many tables, which is awesome when the swing is reaching for the skies, but can cast serious doubts about your ability in your own mind when it's going the wrong way. At least it did for me.

I played my first 2,000 hands on Full Tilt and I can actually see a lot of the newer players point about the standard of play being hard to beat. Not that's it's actually hard, it's just so unpredictable, people really do play almost any two cards (I was playing at NL5) and it makes it very hard to put a solid read on people. So for the next 1,000 I played at Pokerstars and found the standard to be a lot more suited to way that I play, making this my poker room of choice at least till I break from the micros.
I will miss the 27% rakeback at Full Tilt but if I am not playing well there I'm saving money in my mind.

I thought if I was going to get serious about poker again then I'd set myself a few goals for my first full month and here they are.

1. Over the monthly period achieve and maintain at least 3BB/100 hands.
2. Play 30,000 hands.
3. Cash in a MTT.
4. Play 10 Sit N Goes.
5. Increase tables from 4 to 6.

Bonus objective: Achieve silver VIP level on Stars.

I think 3BB's should be more than achievable at micro stakes and I know the standard aim is 2BB's but I see that as a goal for NL25+. I've roughly worked out that 30,000 hands should be about the right number for hitting silver status hence the number.
I also want to try and break into the MTT's a little more as a good cash could boost my bankroll enough to jump up a level. I'll only enter the $1 MTT's until I've got a bigger roll and made at least 2 final tables. The only reason I've chosen to play sit and goes is so I can get a bit more experience playing with only one life and hopefully it will help me with my MTT play.

I think that should do as I am just settling back in, but next month once I have a decent hand sample in HEM I'll work on any leaks I can identify.
I'll also have a lot of time on my hands next week and intend to have a look through other peoples blogs and return the time you have taken reading mine.

Till then I wish you all Chris Moneymakers luck.

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Jun 26 2010	Return To Poker. Posted in Poker \| View Comments (3)

My Return To Poker.

I've been in and around the poker scene (mainly just the outskirts) for around 7 - 8 years now and have had a few minor successes in cash games. But every time I seem to make head way in my poker world, my life takes a funny turn that involves me having to pay out money I don't have and having to dip into the poker bankroll. This takes it's toll.
The most recent success was taking a free $50 offered to me by a poker school site and turning it into $2,200 playing cash and using a 25 buy in bankroll management (BRM) plan.
It took just short of 4 months and over 1 million hands, which is a quite heavy volume (at least for me) and just as I start to take my shots at NL100 my car decides to have a meltdown costing me over £600 to repair, I am by no means a man that has money and the only way I could generate this cash was to withdraw. This meant dropping down in stakes and starting my grind again, which I guess left me a little deflated and frustrated which then led to me getting some kind of ego that told my mind "I am to good to be playing these stakes". Anyway, after a few weeks I eventually busted out and turned my back on the world of poker.

That was around 9 months ago now and I'm looking to return and attempt the same feat again (I must be mad!), I'm currently 2,000 hands into my mammoth task and 3 buy-ins down playing at NL5!
I'm hoping this is just the rust chipping off a good body and requiring a lick of paint to restore and improve what was once there. I know 2,000 hands is nothing, and that my brain needs to refocus at the task at hand.

I'm writing this blog mainly as a motivational tool for myself and a record of achievements/failures and hopefully a valuable tool for assessing situations and mindsets that either helped or hindered my progress along the way.

I'm not sure if the blogs are read on this site or if they are really more of a personal journal, but if you do happen to stop by and have a comment on any hands I may post or stats I mention then I ask you to please be brutally honest (I have thick skin) as I feel the only way I can really improve my game now is via other players interaction, spotting my own mistakes and implementing new ideas that will enhance my game. I've read pretty much all the books I can get my hands on and had a few coaching sessions (which I can't afford to do again at the moment) so my fundamentals are there and I've had a not so bad history.

I hope my writing skills are up to keeping a few people coming back to read every now and then (but don't hold my breath). If you are reading this then thanks for time, and until the next post good luck at tables.

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