A Review

I got to thinking about this project and started wondering why I was keeping to one poker site. Didn't seem to make much sense if I really want to expand by ability. I realized I still had like $9.54 at PokerStars and said why not play at FullTilt too! So I deposited another $50 there. I'm still keeping the project to minimum level buy-in sngs with the 45 buy-in aspect. The only one that is diffrent is Stars. I've played a couple $3.40 sngs there because that seems to be the lowest realistic level. I think if I bust out there, I can reinvest later in the project. I pulled up my numbers for all three sites at SharkScope. Because these include all of my efforts since the inuaguration of my hobby, I thought it would be beneficial to record them now. This is how we stand to date:

Site Games Ave ROI Profit
FullTilt 278 -18% -$217
PokerStars 97 2% -$5
Cake 462 19% $800

These are the numbers that SharkScope has tracked for some while. I believe if you look up my SN on FullTilt, you'll see a goldfish jumping in his bowl!! Of course I hope to change that eventually(for now, I want the hunters to believe it!). We must also keep in mind that these numbers only reflect sng tournaments. I have played numerous MTTs since this endevour began which I don't believe I have completely tracked to date. I can't say for sure that I lost much(if any) cash to them. Obviously, I must have or I wouldn't have started the project, right?
I will stand behind my original estimates of how much I started the hobby with, so I don't think I have lost much. There is one very interesting note that hasn't been addressed. How much am I spending to learn?

Books, training sites, computer programs. How far can it go? Well, let's nail some numbers down. I am a member at PXF for $25/month and have been there since January of this year. Was a member at PokerFox before that for three months or so before that(Thanks Chris and all the Foxers!! Great community IMO!!). I have PokerTracker in all it's versions and SNGWizard for watching my game. Books, books, and more books. I still believe that reading is becoming a lost art. I look at ten titles as I write this, knowing I have more in my truck and my wife took more than I have home to put in the library(our bookshelf...library-someday). So, to just put a rough guesstmit on it, I'd say close to $1,100 in training materials and a $400 training session with an exceptional MTT coach. Leads us to a wiggly total of around $1,500. I just noticed something very important. I'm not a winning player!!!

Wow. I actually thought that I was getting somewhere with this thing. Oh well, there's always tomorrow for fantasy and fiction. I need a nap!!! Good luck at the tables everyone!!!