This will be a long post. Fair warning!

First off, It was a good week. Played about 1500 hands in 3 sessions, and won almost $100 (32 BB/100!), bringing my BR over $400. Nice fun little heater. Starting to galvanize my stats to 21/17/3.5. Didn't really have any mistakes, and the cards (and the idiots) just fell into place. For instance, I really thought that I was bluffing here, villian was running 39/17 over a small sample…

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (7 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Hero ($22.90)
UTG ($4.85)
MP1 ($10)
MP2 ($9.40)
CO ($6.85)
Button ($13.50)
SB ($14.05)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A, Q.
UTG calls $0.10, 2 folds, CO raises to $0.3, 2 folds, Hero raises to $1.1, UTG calls $1, CO calls $0.80.

Flop: ($3.35) 7, 8, T (3 players)
Hero bets $2.3, UTG folds, CO calls $2.30.

Turn: ($7.95) 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $3.5, CO calls $3.45 (All-In).

River: ($14.85) 7 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $14.85

Hero has A Q (one pair, sevens).
CO doesn't show. ( K J )
Outcome: Hero wins $14.89.

Add in a couple set over sets (and set over airs) and KK>QQ and the like, and you have a very easy week!

So, now for the month of April stats.







So, 21/17/3.3 seems to be a good feeling for me right now. Just the right balance of LAGG and TAGG, which I am adjusting slightly depending on the table I find myself at. I think it's AWESOME that I was able to beat the blinds in the SB, I'm quite loose there actually! Looking back at last months stats though, I don't know how I didn't notice that I beat the blinds in the BB??!! But I'm not sure what I need to do with my BB though; My Aggression in this position is noticably lower than all other postions, AND the stats are much fishier…I've gotta ramp that up. Overall, my aggression ramped up on all streets a notch this last month, I like it! I'm still baffled by my non-showdown line though. I've analyzed my play from before and after the first 5000 hands (Approximately when my non-showdown line started flatlining) and not seeing a lot of differences in play style. I really think it had to do with me having been looser PF and being on the positive variance side of bluffing. I guess as long as I am not LOSING significant money in Non-showdown pots, I'm not going to put any more analysis into this for now. FGators I am not.

Now to review the April goals and set new ones.

1. Move up to $10NL. Done!
2. Tighten up stats slightly. Done! (Didn't understand how AF was calculated, so that particular comment is N/A)
3. Same # hands. Pretty much Done! Close enough for me.
4. Squeez more from BB, not SB. Whoops. Hmm. I know that I kept this in mind while playing, just nothing came from it.
5. Go on Heater. Done! Wheeeee!

Goals for May.
1. Win $200
2. "Tighten up" the BB. I need to get more aggressive when I decide to play out of there. Must get the PFR closer to the VPIP, so stop calling raises basically.
3. Play at least 7000 hands. This will be a stretch for me knowing my schedule for this month, but doable.
4. Continue, or start another heater! (It worked last time!)

And, just in case, here is my moving up plan. If BR reaches $625, move up to $25NL, with a Stoploss set at $450 (7 BI).

BR: $403