February:

Work continued to be hard going, but I did take a week off and get some (too much) poker in, with some variety to 25nl thrown in there. I’ve been annoyed with myself this month though with my inconsistency and at points felt like I played really well and at points felt like I’ve played like either an auto-piloting passive donk or a complete maniac.

What Did I Learn and How Did I Improve?

During the good sessions, I’ve been 3-betting more and calling less in some good spots and with positive results.

I’ve got plenty of leaks (see above) and I’ve got a lot of work to do before I’m ready to step up. Cold calling AT and SCs just isn’t profitable for starters and there are tons of other things I need to either start doing or cut out.

Tournaments and STTs (basically anything that involves a finite amount of chips) tilt the hell out of me - I’ve no idea how MTT grinders do it.

Table Ninja isn’t worth the investment (see above and hands 5k-10k below).

What Did I Earn?



25nl: $149 over 44k hands

MTTs/HUSNG: ($9)

Rakeback inc FTP STTs: $175

TOTAL PROFIT = $315 (approx $8/hr)

Bankroll = $4.2k

Targets for Next Month

Study is getting a bit dry and it just feels like everything I read, I’ve seen somewhere before. That said, I’m not particularly strong with using combinatorics to properly assess how particular flops hit particular villains’ range, so I’m going to work on some distributions this month.

Aim to be a bit more consistent by keeping sessions short and regular.

Assume nobody is bluffing me unless it’s smacking me in the face and keep off the maniac spew.