2009 recap

Well 2009 didnt start off great for me. Id ended 2008 busting most of my roll. I managed to make some back in January, but my winrate just wasnt enough for me to live on. This was when I was playing .50/1 on Full Tilt. So I cashed out what I had left and started working more hours in the pub whilst looking for a job in accountancy (im part-qualified). To be honest any job searching I did was very half-hearted, I still felt I could make it at poker. So I spent most of my spare time studying the game, watching a ton of educational video's on cardrunners and pretty much just constantly thinking about poker and various situations.

After a month or two of studying and job hunting (I probably applied for 3 jobs at most), I borrowed $500 from my dad and deposited money into PKR for the 1st time. I spent a day playing 0.05/.10 to get used to the unique software and then proceeded to play .50/1. I spent pretty much the whole of March either playing poker or working. I had no social-life whatsoever. I made ~3k which at .50/1 is no mean feat. I cashed some out to pay my dad back and stuff, then after crushing some more moved upto 1/2 (very under-rolled for those stakes).

Since then my results have been ok, nothing special but solid enough. A couple of decent tournament cashes (17k profit, albeit not all my own action) have helped me get to the stage now of being comfortably rolled for 1/2. Admittedly my cash results havnt been as good as Id have hoped. My winrate is 12.5 BB's/100 over 45k hands, which whilst being 'acceptable', still isnt as high as Id like. I want to be at 15 bb's/100, although tbh I have no idea of the winrates of other regs on PKR, so 12.5 might be pretty good, but maybe they're all running at 20 bb's and Im the fish.

I also think my game as improved so much this year. I think about things completely different to how I did, yet I still have a long way to go. It's a comforting thought, knowing I still have so much more potential. I really feel 2010 is going to be a massive year for me. I just have to keep working really hard at my game and put the hours in. Im not going to set any monetary goals for next year, but Id like to get to the stage of playing mainly 2/4, whilst playing higher when games are good.

Happy new year everyone

Jamie

Quick update

Well it appears the poker gods answered my prays. After my last blog post I went on to play a 10 hour session, making just over 1.3k. Since then Iv made about $600. Iv no idea why but Im really enjoying playing at the moment, even when results weren't very good. Iv played more hours so far this month then any of the past 3 months.

Merry xmas and all that bollocks

Praying to the poker gods

Im not a religious person in any way, but recently Iv been praying to the poker gods to ask for forgiveness. I dont know exactly what Iv done but they have it in for me at the moment. Maybe it's bcos they let me run good in one tournament. Since PKR live Im down about 2k, including about 1k down in ev. Im not naive enough to think Im just getting unlucky. Iv definitely been on the wrong end of some coolers and also tilted as a result, but Im obviously not playing that well, although the weird thing is I feel like I am, and Im bizarrely enjoying playing atm.

Iv spent a couple of hours going through hands but cant really see alot wrong, but Im sure there is. It's really frustrating that I cant figure out where Im going wrong. Maybe Im not and its just standard variance. Oh well Im sure as long as I keep thinking but my game, results will turn around.

If any1's interested my interview from PKR live is up on the PKR website. I really wasnt expecting it and came across so retarded.

Jamie