Overall

Well, it's been 4 months since this project got started. That seems like both yesterday and forever. Hard to put into words the totals of the time period, but it's been a nice ride. Let's get to the nuts and bolts of it then we can do some reflection. These are the #s by month:

Month/#Games/ITM/ROI
July/89/43.82/17.86
Aug/372/44.89/9.35
Sept/211/47.87/16.48
Oct/150/42.00/1.50
Nov/76/42.11/35.14

Grand Totals of: 898 games/ITM: 44.77%/ ROI:13.08
Overall Profit: $1,088.58

Now for the bad news. That little stint playing PLO8, that actually cost us approximately $600!
So, how could that be? I have come to two conclusions. First and foremost, I suck at the game!!! I know exactly enough to be dangerous only to myself. I won numerous, numerous little pots and lost a good number of very big pots. I guess that sort of sums it up. Secondly, the first time I played, I went up $200 and got 2 gold cards. I thought, "I like gold cards" and the game isn't that hard, right? Yeah, right!! Although my card collection now includes 18 of the shiny bastards, I have yet to see any of them be worth the $600 it cost to get them. There must be something to humans wanting shiny things! Anyway, I believe what was most important was understanding that I was way out of any kind of bankroll requirement. Hell, I didn't even set any parameters for it. Basically, the bad news was created by yours truly being a very large fish( I do prefer ass but that's not nice to say. ass=donkey kapish?)

Although the hit from PLO8 was somewhat severe, between bonus cash and hard nosed sng play, the roll at cake is still well over $1,000 and climbing. I've taken a break from learning PLO and focused a bit more on my sng play. Reading forums, watching Sheet's lecture series again and again, and rereading some of my sng books. Reviewing almost everything from my coaching session with Jennifear. Call it variance, but I've pummeled the $18 turbos the last few days. I will have to put one huge brag in here. 10/20 level and all 10 players seated. I ran AKs into KK and lost. Left me with 40 chips and the blinds ran through, so I'm sitting there with 10 chips. I started thinking about one of Sheet's vids where he says not to ever give up. Well I put my best Nash cards to work and came back for the win. I can also say that I was only behind on 2 flops and only needed to suck out on the river once! GG me, weeeeeeee!!

So let's take a little time to reflect on poker the last four months. Lord knows there has been a lot of it(comparatively). I think, as far as the good things that have come out, my game is becoming much, much better. If I were to compare it to how I was playing 12 months ago, it would be day and night, and I thought I was good then. I would love to run into that guy on the felt now! The things that are probably my forte' at this point are situations. Learning who I'm playing against and what they're likely to do next. I still think my biggest problem to date is the overall math of the thing and also hand reading following a close second. I'm still not sure how to resolve the hand reading part but I'm going to start a project that I think will help with the math. Sheet's created a set of spreadsheets that works all the math for you. I believe, if can that duplicate that work without any outside help, I should know the math pretty well by the time I'm done. I'll probably know my Excel program too. Bonus!!

There is one other thing I'd like to say before I conclude this post. I have found that people do read this and some actually enjoy it. I truly appreciate your words and comments! One of the things that I feel is truly unique about this adventure is being able to share with other people of like mind. Unfortunately, it would seem that I don't get to meet many of you in the flesh. Maybe someday our paths will cross. Until next time. Good luck at the tables everyone!!!

Rodney

P.S. Happy Thanksgiving all!!!!!