January Review

Tropicana $1-2 NL Holdem ($200 cap)
1 hour
+ $185

Paris $1-2 NL Holdem ($300 cap)
2 hours
+ $140

Ballys $1-2 NL Holdem ($300 cap)
1 hour
+ $30

Good people of the Interweb, I am back.

Thanks to my brother for giving me a break from posting while he was in town. While he was here I had my first losing session in over a month. That was inevitable and wasn't for much money. But damn, I hate losing. I was so mad I threw my cards into dealer Aaron's midsection. It wasn't on purpose but I knew then that I was getting too frustrated to play anywhere close to my best.

I also played a $2-4 limit session without looking at my holecards, except when I got raised on the turn or river. I won for the session. I should be taking advantage of more bluffing situations than I am. I mean, I did stop-and-go "bluff call" stuff just so I could represent hands on the turn and river, and it worked, so I really need to work this in more to my no-limit game where those tactics work better.

Today I wanted to reach $4K for the month. I did that and now I'm taking the next couple days off.

Here are the basic numbers for the month:

Total profit: $4,030
Total hours: 109
Hourly rate: $37

I can do better but this is a good earn rate for $1-2 NL live games. So many freakin expenses this month that I didn't build my bankroll as much as I wanted as I work towards making $2-5 NL my regular game.

Oh, yeah. One more thing. John H from North Carolina is an Incredible Luckbox.