ThePenguin22
July
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, 07-26-2009 at 01:28 PM (1879 Views)
A poor month. My goal for this month was to win $1200, I have come up short of that target by some way. This month I believe I have tried to change too many things at one time. First I have jumped back to $100nl so obviously games are that bit tougher. Second I am still getting used to 4 tabling, I am happy with my progress here but still believe I am that little bit more profitable at 3 tables. Most importantly I changed my whole playing style for weeks 2 and 3 of this month. This was a mistake, I have been 3,4 and 5 betting players with marginal hands. This is not like me but it has been an experiment to get used to tougher more aggresive players when Im ready for $200nl. I have now realised Im pretty much lighting money on fire trying to push a whole table around at these passive stakes. If I get 3 bet at these stakes the bulk of players hold a hand they cannot fold, so my 4 bet bluffs have just been silly. This month I also lost my continuous 13 profitable weeks record. To be honest this kind of things does not matter, it matters how much I win when I do win (it does keep confidence up though). Again I have stuck to PKR and have not played at all at Carbon, today I did visit it and there was not a single game at my stakes. This is very worrying as Carbon is a site I am fond of but I guess this is what happens when a certain level gets littered with sharks. Things are not too bad though, Ive had a bad month but I have still remained profitable.
July consisted of 4 weeks (4 Sundays in it.)
Week 1. +$430, a great start back at $100nl.
Week 2. +$50, if it where not for a rakeback payment this would be my first losing week in 3 months.
Week 3. -$190, I cleared a $200 bonus this week, which really tells a story of how badly I played. I do not believe I even run bad. My first losing week in 13. I think what happened is called aggresive tilt.
Week 4. +$420 Back to basics, I made some sick laydowns this week and tightened right up.
July +$710
Hourly rate (I started this 5 weeks ago) I will not be doing one per month, my hourly rate will just be an ongoing thing updated every month. $17 per hour is my current hourly rate.
My goal for August is to win $1,000. I believe this is within my capabilities, I would also like that hourly rate above $20, although with such a small sample my true hourly rate could be below what it currently stands at. Again I intend to focus on PKR and again I will play no less than 4 tables at a time. The next time I go to Carbon and there is no game the unthinkable may happen and I may consider looking for a replacement site, I hope today was a one off. Thankyou for reading.