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