#February Review#March Goals#drdannyyyyMIA

#February Review#March Goals

Month Results

Poker

Since I hit Supernova Elite in December I took a pretty long break away from poker and spent a lot of time working on other things in life. I anticipated a pretty hard hit on my game ; but apparently despite an extended break from the game it seems there's still tons of money to be made! 

Rakeback is set at around 60% due to the fact I'm starting the year off as Supernova Elite. and approximately 80 hours played this month. The bulk of the variance in the graph comes from 6-max and such as you'll notice from my "filtered for 7-10 players" graph below.

Although that seems like a "low amount" of hours spent grinding ; I've spent a lot of time brushing up on my skills by watching a few videos every week and going through some notes on poker.

Filtered for Full Ring

Clearly a long break from poker either affected my 6-max game in a negative way; or the style of play in 6-max change a lot more than I thought! 

Perhaps I should have 4-tabled fr-zoom for a larger duration of the month but rather jumped right into 6-tabling zoom (3 of both fr and 6 max). 

I'm not too sure what my goals for 2014 is ; as my original plans were to be returning to University in September . . .on the other hand opportunity costs tend to sway my decision the other way. 

I don't have any immediate plans of moving up stakes as the relatively low variance (monetary) and (buy ins ) swing are reaching a level of which I'm rather comfortable with. 

At the end of the day it's all about the $$ banked, whether this amount is Larger volume; lower winrate or Lower win rate higher bonuses(rakeback).  There's always the option of being in school and taking poker on a part-time level, however multi tasking mental tasks tend to be extremely taxing on me. 

It's one thing to balance working out, chilling with friends, and poker. It's a complete other thing with balancing down swings, midterms, and finals. 

March Goals

• Positive winrate at 6-max
• 2-3bb/ 100 winrate overall
• 10k Month
• Workout Regularly
• Update the blog a bit more regularly
• 200k hands
• 50k VPPs

MID MONTH UPDATE #DECEMBER#SUPERNOVA ELITE#HEAT#HOLIDAY

MID MONTH UPDATE #DECEMBER#SUPERNOVA ELITE#HEAT#SLACK 

11902.44 VPP left before I hit Supernova Elite.This month has been a very slow and relaxing month for me. Unlike my usual months that are filled with all-nighter and marathon sessions I've been relatively sticking to a very relaxed schedule with about 2-3 days off each week. I think this month will be the least amount of volume as I think I'll probably be cutting my grind off at about 200k or so hands; or when I hit SNE whichever one is sooner!

I ended up taking both yesterday and today off to just relax. Since final-exams for University are coming to an end; it's been real nice to catch up with a lot of my friends that are currently in University and pig out for the winter! 

On the left here is Duck Meat with Egg Yolk inside. . . that is just awesome. Of course Asian food . . . all the strangeness , to be honest it really wasn't all that bad. 

On a latter note. . . I can't believe that the liquor store near by completely sold-out of Tree-Brewing Winter Ale. 

Time To re-evaluate our Goals for the month. 

This month was much better than last month. . . by miles. After my first large downswing in November that completely killed my confidence and morale it was pretty much a train-wreck for me the whole way. I've been constantly revisiting a lot of the blog posts/articles I've written and found benefit in swallowing my own advice. 

I've still been regularly hitting the gym;~ and the results will be posted shortly once I've hit my Supernova Elite Challenge. I've worked a ton on not checking my results mid-session. . sometimes only once every day or two. Given that it was the Holiday season and I've been taking a ton of time off the tables to relax and hang with friends/family this naturally prevented me from playing a ton of extended B-Game/C-Game sessions and resulting in a much better Mid-Month than usual. 

It's quite unlikely that I'll be playing the last week of December so hope everyone's looking forward to my possible last and final post for this challenge in a week. 

As for my original Goal of 3evbb/100 and 200k hands. . . ~ we're actually right on the dot ! =) Quite pleased with running above Ev as well for the month. 

Hopefully will be ending the following week with a total of 10-15k after rakeback.

As Always Keep Positive ! 

Enjoy the Holidays!

and Good Luck on the Tables! =]

Dec 9 Update #Ride the Heat#Holiday#Snow#On Pace to $24,000 Month

#Ride the Heat#Snow in Vancouver! 

For the last 2 days I really haven't been putting in much volume that is to say. . . compared to what I'm usually putting in. Nonetheless . . . I'm still on pace to Supernova Elite which makes me pretty happy since I'm taking it easy.

I'm ecstatic to see some of my losses from last month in both $$ and ev$$ are slowly being caught back. 

sushi = +ev

Hit'd up the gym today; got some fish and proceeded to eat some more fish on the tables ;).  It was the first day of the season that I saw snow here in Vancouver! On the bright side, it's much better than the cold-wet sleety rain that dominates the weather. . . . that being said; the snow is usually quite short-lived :(. Hopefully I can get some good pictures of it tomorrow. . . =]

Since I figured I'm already relatively on pace/ ahead of pace to SNE chase I took an early day off yesterday to knock back a few brews with Dad and watch a movie. 

As far as Bruce Willis movies go. . . the general tempo of the movie is same and I was quite pleased about the "relative-originality" of the plot; since most Action movies so heavily lack a decent story line and just abuse the "chase scenes". *Ahem(Bourne Legacy)*

Vertical Winter Ale

If anyone is here in Vancouver or nearby and can access this; I highly suggest it. It's by far one of if not my favorite beers in the world : "Tree Brewing- Winter Ale". . . 

Due to the fact that it's only around for 2ish months of the year. . there's a likelihood that some of my outrageous plays on the tables will be attributed to this delicious beverage. 

Only about 21.7k VPPs left ! Not too bad considering that's about 50-55 hours of (6 tabling zoom 100nl). . . or if I'm a little frisky; 35-40h of (200/100nl 6m zoom).

It's actually been awhile since I've gone to see a movie in theaters. . . and probably will go to see "Catching Fire" tomorrow. Considering it's a Tuesday. . . and mid-week games aren't exactly "drooling", it's a reasonable trade off =)~.

So far so good just riding the First Week Heat like back in October. It would be pretty amazing to set a new personal record considering I've already taken a few days/half-days off this month. . . and plan on taking another week or 2 off. . . but who knows! 

I think hitting 8k- Profits, Supernova Elite will more than qualified in my book for a "decent month".  So in reality. . . even if I continue to run as well as I do for another 100-200k hands; I probably won't hit 20k month since I plan on cutting my grind short and taking holidays off~ =( 

I've already put in nearly 55-60 hours this month. . . but feeling pretty good about it so far. Since there are 1 or 2 days where I went into "Degen-Watch How I met your mother+grind all nighter mode" and the remainder chill 3-5h days which I feel are really relaxing. 

Hand of the Day

Poker Stars $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 2377447
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $56.28 Fish
Hero (SB): $292.08 Reg Fish
BB: $354.73 Loose Aggrotard
UTG: $115.50 Tag
MP: $197.77 AggroReg- thinks I'm full of SH** reg
CO: $109.50 Always Nuts Nit-Reg

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is SB with K K
UTG raises to $3, MP calls $3, 2 folds, Hero calls $2.50, 1 fold

Flop: ($10.00) 9 7 8 (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks, MP bets $7, Hero calls $7, UTG folds

Turn: ($24.00) 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $15, Hero calls $15

River: ($54.00) K (2 players)
Hero bets $24, MP raises to $114, Hero raises to $267.08 all in, MP calls $58.77 all in

Final Pot: $399.54

Hero shows K K (a full house, Kings full of Eights)
MP shows 8 8 (four of a kind, Eights)
MP wins $396.74
(Rake: $2.80)

Good luck To Everyone Else on the tables ! 

Run HOT! and may the Odds be ever in your favor ;) 

Holiday Upswing #December Week 1 Update

Holiday Upswing #December Week 1 Review

4.19bb/100- heat

-Mistakes- Unlike what the graph seems to be showing; the start of the month has not been terrific for me in a psychological as well as goal-oriented way.  The dip you see around hand 70k was me playing over 12hours late into the night; then proceeding to 200nl to spew money and chase losses. For the rest of the month I need to be focused on making solid rules and abiding strongly by them.

I'm currently sitting on: 976,607.32 VPPs for the year and 23,889.43 VPPs for the month. 

This means as long as I can muster up 1000 VPPs a day for the remainder of the year; the Supernova Elite Status along with its' bonuses will be mine!  

With Christmas and Holidays coming up; I do want to finish up Supernova Elite with some time ahead to take some time off; going skiing, hang with friends and family.

This actually doesn't seem to bad at all since for the year so far I've been making between 400-450 VPPs/hour mixing 3 tables of Full-Ring and 3 tables of 6-max ZOOM!

For the rest of this month; my primary goals are : 

Play Solid; minimize spew

Working out, and eating a healthy diet

Play no more than 8h a day

ZOOM along the whole way

No more 200nl+ 

Played in the Pokerstars Sunday 5m Guaranteed today hoping for the 400k bink like the other 25,000 players. . . . unfortunately didn't even cash. *Sighs* 

As it the year begins to close; I revisit my initial goal when I started this blog:

6 Months; 60k; 100nl and below

Results with lots of graphs and summary will be posted nearing the end. Unfortunately due to my terrible results at the regular tables as well as 200nl; perhaps it's not as great as I thought it would have been.

Zero Table Selection+Mass Volume + Good Nutrition= Profits all the way $$ =)

Happy Holidays Everyone ! And of course; may the run hot be on your side ! =] 

See ya on the tables =)~

FINAL WEEK!#SUPERNOVA ELITE CHASE#OCTOBER

FINAL WEEK!#SUPERNOVA ELITE CHASE#OCTOBER

Shortly after my Mid-Month Update I came across an absolutely atrocious 30bi downswing which took nearly forever . . well couple days to break out of.

After going on a brief heater I figured it was time to give it another shot at 200-zoom~ Obviously can't be scared of the monster in the closet forever!


200nl-Zoom went surprisingly well this month for me as opposed to last month. The main problem I found out regarding moving up stakes is "over adjusting". Naturally each stake should be a little bit more difficult than the last; but shouldn't be by much! The thing that was going through my mind was "These guys think I'm fish . . I need to outplay them in every single hand", which was of course the wrong approach to go about in a thing like this.

One more week left in October !

Review of Goals for October

Goals for October

• Continue working out 4-5x a week
• Earn at least 100k VPP's 
• Win profits at the tables ; increase winrate
• Work on Mental Game "Tilt" 
• Try and Update Blog several times a week
• Manage time a lot better

I've continued working out; and have been trying to update the blog as frequently as possible. However, due to thanksgiving dinners, going out with friends/family I was unable to grind/blog as frequently as I would have liked.

Sitting on about 78k VPPs at the moment; which will give me 1 week to earn 22k vpps.~ shouldn't be a problem at all.

 I've increased my win rate a ton by learning to take much more frequent breaks: running hot, taking frequent breaks, trying not to play late night / all nighter sessions, as well as dropping down from 8 tables to 6. 

Read a few chapters of the Mental Game of Poker by Jared Tendler and found it quite informative and a very nice read during my breaks.

A few 10-20 bi downswings this month; and a 30bi downswing. . . whilst the 10bi downswings are close to inevitable; the 30bi downswing was a huge fault of mine for playing while being way too tired.

I've also decided to play a mixture of both 100nl/200nl/6m/fr-zoom this is just due to the fact that although 200nl is great for VPPs ; a nice chunk of my profits still arise from the 100nl-fr / and 100nl-6m zoom tables.

Good luck to everyone else!! =] ~

See you at the tables ! =]

Breaking out of that Downswing

Couple days ago I had a few sessions where I dropped "cumulatively close to 30bi's. Almost a 50/50 split between terribly spews and running absolutely bad.

Took only 1.5 days to drop 30bi's and nearly 3 days to climb all the way back up. Luckily I ran into some Friday/Saturday Heat and was able to climb out of this hole.
Total VPP count for the month is 65k
Hopefully will end the month with 95-100k VPPs if not a bit more. Will be looking to take a few shots at 200nl if I'm feeling adventerous =X.


Good luck at the tables everyone ! =]

MID MONTH UPDATE #OCTOBER#Pace to $20,000 month!

MID MONTH UPDATE #OCTOBER#

This month started off much better than last month's mid month review. Though it wasn't always smooth. . there were some terrible terrible downswings this month that's just been overshadowed by volume of course. My volume has been a little bit behind pace due to the fact that I decided to drop my tables from 8-tabling to 6 instead; this also resulted in an increase in win rate which is always a nice bonus. 

The Chase #mistakes

Depending way too much on eye drops, coffee , energy drinks to help me stay awake. The important thing to remember about shooting SNE @100nl is that it is a very tight chase. If I even fall behind schedule a day or two, couple days; It takes several extended 10-12 hour days to overcompensate for the time that I lost.  

This month however is a major exception as with the holiday of Thanksgiving, and lots of family dinners followed by karaoke and beer. . it wasn't exactly the best scenario for me to grind afterwards.

The Review

This month has been quite nice so far as I've taken several seperate shots at 200nl-zoom games. The first was at 200nl-zoom 6max, the others were at 200nl-zoom-full ring. Given that 200nl-zoom-full ring rarely runs I was ecstatic to find out it was quite fun and profitable when it did. There were several sessions when full-ring-zoom-100nl did not run (which is usually a huge pain in the butt for me); I compensated by adding 6-12 6-max/fr tables. . however needless to say either I ran terrible in them or just plain am bad in them. Perhaps it may be the change of environment being "regular tables that is getting to my nerves but I find myself always struggling to play as well as I do in the zoom games. 

50nl-6max went well this month when I 8-tabled (50/100)-6max for an all nighter session chasing losses. . . which probably was not the smartest idea but at least I'm in the green at 50! =)

Notes to Keep in Mind

• Avoid playing extended days. This applies especially if there's a lack of sleep involved in this process
• Avoid playing a very high variance game even if it means sacrificing marginal +ev spots
• Keep to a healthy diet
• Workout 5-6x a week 
• Drop down from 4lbs 
• Take small shots at 200-zoom when I'm neither tired, nor when the pool's nearly empty
• Have positive win rate at 200-zoom-6 max.

[  ] 200k more hands for month 

[  ] Hit that 800k Milestone

[  ] Some table profits 

Currently Sitting @ 47k VPPs for the month; and Ideally I'd like to make about 100k VPPs this month or so. 

Last month although I did 130k VPPs it was at the expense of a 60bi downswing ; losing a ton at 200-zoom, and 8-tabling the majority of the month.

The benefit of hitting 130k VPPs this month and next is that I'd finish SNE approximately 1 Month ahead of schedule giving me the entire December free to nurse my burning eyes and wrist. 

However due to me being 30k VPPs ahead of my own pace due to last month; even if I make only 100k VPPs this month and next I will still hit SNE with about 10-days left to spare. Sounds good to me =)~

And always~ 

Good luck Everyone ! =] 

See you on the tables! 

October 8th #HEATWAVE#FAQ #EVBUCKS

#HEATWAVE#s'all bout the EVBUCKS

If you've been following my blog for the past week you know I've done nothing but run hot hot hot. 

Today was little to that exception. 

Since I've been cutting down tables recently playing a mixture of 6-8 tables instead of flat out 8-tabling it's been affecting my win rate in a positive fashion but VPP count in a negative fashion.

That being said. . as my volume is 8k hands. . I'm going to crank out another few more hours before I head to bed; nonetheless as it is the end of Oct-8th here in Van~ I shall update

Why Don't I stop 8-tabling putting in SNE volume?

Making SNE this year and making 900k VPP will be difference of about 45k this is accounting for (5x multiplier following year) ; 20k milestone.

But wouldn't the increase in WR negate the difference by volume?

If I cut volume in half. (200k hands a month) for next 3 months. 600k hands to make 45k = 7.5bb/100 difference. I'm not going to increase my winrate by 7.5 bb/100.

Oh but what if you ended up moving up!

Okay I'll humor you; let's say I move to 200nl-ZOOM I'll need to average 3.75bb/100 for remainder of year with that volume. Oh but wait. . that's a very achievable winrate for most players! . . not. 

So you're keeping up with the SNE grind?

Too late to turn back now. I'm at 753k VPPs for the year. Even if I "stopped doing SNE volume" and cut it down I'll still end the year with 850k-900k VPPs. . which is 90% of the way there.

So no life for the next couple months?

Time Management. If ANYONE needs to sacrifice life in order to play poker. . either they really are passionate/obsessed about the game or . . . . . [insert insulting word of choice] 

Pre- Eatin' Fish-- Eatin' Fish

You gotta eat fish before you eat fish. 

A healthy meal is a start of a healthy body. A healthy body leads to a healthy mind.

Nutrition = Key To Upswing 

(semi-serious)

S'ALL about the Hand histories.

Biggest Winning Hand

Poker Stars $100.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 2322769
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

Hero (BTN): $129.62 
SB: $116.50 - VPIP: 20, PFR: 15, 3B: 6, AF: 2.7, Hands: 7935
BB: $105.68 - VPIP: 40, PFR: 30, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 10
UTG: $142.39 - VPIP: 31, PFR: 15, 3B: 4, AF: 6.0, Hands: 164
MP: $102.73 - VPIP: 21, PFR: 18, 3B: 11, AF: 2.6, Hands: 1965
CO: $119.73 - VPIP: 27, PFR: 9, 3B: 14, AF: 2.0, Hands: 11

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BTN with 3 3
1 fold, MP raises to $3, CO calls $3, Hero calls $3, 1 fold, BB calls $2

Flop: ($12.50) J K 3 (4 players)
BB checks, MP checks, CO bets $9.00, Hero raises to $23.50, BB folds, MP raises to $38, CO raises to $116.73, Hero raises to $126.62, MP calls $61.73 all in

Turn: ($345.69) 9 (3 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($345.69) 6 (3 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $345.69
Hero shows 3 3
MP shows J K
CO shows K A
Hero wins $308.89
(Rake: $2.80)

Biggest Losing Hand

Poker Stars $100.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 2322770
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $49.53 - VPIP: 25, PFR: 18, 3B: 6, AF: 2.3, Hands: 4065
SB: $203.74 - VPIP: 16, PFR: 12, 3B: 4, AF: 1.6, Hands: 5407
Hero (BB): $137.33 
UTG: $120.05 - VPIP: 40, PFR: 21, 3B: 8, AF: 3.9, Hands: 124
MP: $97.00 - VPIP: 21, PFR: 11, 3B: 3, AF: 1.6, Hands: 1390
CO: $45.46 - VPIP: 28, PFR: 20, 3B: 6, AF: 1.6, Hands: 243

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BB with K A
UTG raises to $3, 4 folds, Hero raises to $10.50, UTG raises to $41.50, Hero raises to $137.33, UTG calls $78.55 all in

Flop: ($240.60) 3 9 J (2 players - 1 is all in)

Turn: ($240.60) 3 (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($240.60) 6 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $240.60
Hero shows K A
UTG shows Q Q
UTG wins $237.80
(Rake: $2.80)

SPEW OF THE DAY #Givin'Back2Community

Poker Stars $100.00 No Limit Hold'em - 9 players - View hand 2322771
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $102.66 - VPIP: 17, PFR: 13, 3B: 5, AF: 2.7, Hands: 24992
SB: $165.69 - VPIP: 17, PFR: 13, 3B: 6, AF: 3.2, Hands: 14148
BB: $48.50 - VPIP: 14, PFR: 13, 3B: 6, AF: 3.8, Hands: 4151
UTG: $161.76 - VPIP: 15, PFR: 7, 3B: 9, AF: 3.0, Hands: 190
UTG+1: $37.89 - VPIP: 19, PFR: 12, 3B: 4, AF: 1.3, Hands: 1537
Hero (UTG+2): $358.82 - VPIP: 21, PFR: 17, 3B: 7, AF: 2.9, Hands: 2818294
MP1: $138.25 - VPIP: 18, PFR: 13, 3B: 6, AF: 2.9, Hands: 3467
MP2: $182.67 - VPIP: 16, PFR: 5, 3B: 2, AF: 1.8, Hands: 968
CO: $51.32 - VPIP: 14, PFR: 12, 3B: 7, AF: 3.0, Hands: 10849

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is UTG+2 with 6 6
2 folds, Hero raises to $2.50, 4 folds, SB raises to $10, 1 fold, Hero calls $7.50

Flop: ($21.00) 3 K 9 (2 players)
SB bets $11.00, Hero calls $11

Turn: ($43.00) A (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $23.50, SB calls $23.50

River: ($90.00) Q (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $130.00, SB calls $121.19 all in

Final Pot: $332.38
SB shows A K
Hero shows 6 6
SB wins $329.58
(Rake: $-6.01)