End of the month once more.

Well, It's not... but I have been busy for the last few days and think I will be busy again tomorrow showing friends around Bangkok so I may not get the chance to have another session.





Happy with this, of course. Best month ever I think... should end up at 75k after rakeback.

Not too much more to add really. Will try and think of some monthly goals for September.


Gl, Rob.

Sick day.

Played this today. Feels good to comeback from being down. No tilt, just solid play.


As for the month, its going pretty well (hoping this doesn't curse it or anything):







...and as for life, going for a party on a yacht somewhere in BKK tomorrow for a birthday.. no idea where. I have a feeling i'm going to make my illness worse... but, oh well.


Now, as you were, August...

Pffff.. well at least I didn't lose!!

I'm gonna go ahead and get this first bit out of the way. I know moaning about making $15k in a month won't get me much sympathy, but I'm still (kinda) gonna do it anyway.






I was happy with the amount I played and the effort I put in. It was the way in which the month went. Dropping >20k in the first couple days sucked a lot... then a really good middle. Then last day, during a lesson, we drop just over 14k. It was a horrific last day to the month. There have been some of the wierdest hands I have ever played in the last few days. Played a fair amount of 25/50 in the last few days.. (I shouldn't really be moaning about a 14k loss, considering this really - pretty standard).

But August is a new month, lets get completely out of this downswing!! Started the month okay, +5k today.

Still out in Asia, having a great time, too.

Gl.

Long time no update!

Basically, cos writing about losing money pretty much sucks.

So... I am slowly creeping out of my downswing.. (hopefullyyyyy) which was 70k. Easily my biggest. Started off the month by losing a quick 20k but am almost even now. I'm pretty happy about this.

I am waaaaaay below EV.. but I don't wanna complain much cos this should happen to everyone at some point... probably even what I'm experiencing. Obviously through all of this I decide to rent out the most ridiculous penthouse in Bangkok just for myself, next to the one my friends are living in..... fun though.

Not much else to say, other than that I hope I completely recover from this downswing sharpish, cos losing sucks! (esp when you should be winning..).

Gl at the tables!

Rob

Update from Thailand!

So I had my first losing month ever last month. Wasn't fun, although I didn't play a lot at all.

Writing this from a penthouse in Bangkok. Didn't think the Wynn would be topped, but it def has.





Puts me like 60k below EV over 45k hands or something I think? Hoping for a better July.

Update from Vegas

I am in Vegas for a week. Staying in the Wynn. It's ridiculous. Such a nice room, and hotel.

Thought I'd play a post-drinking session as always. Didn't go well. Ended -13k or so. I lost 15 to a really tight HU player who just got in some really good spots v me. All of FTP, which doesn't seem to like me at all.

I am now -14k for the month. I have only played 13k hands, because of travelling here and to Malta. I'm down 20k in EV again, which is annoying. I'm not sure I'll be able to get very many hands in for the rest of the month, so it may be my first losing month ever! (first under 10k profit too!).

I'm gonna try to buy a camera and take some pics of this room, it really is amazing.

Rob

Uhhhhhhh

Definitely just lost the biggest pot I have ever played:


$25/$50 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com


Stacks:

UTG		($12218.00)
UTG+1		($10569.00)
CO		($4750.00)
Hero (BTN)		($8720.50)
SB		($3069.00)
BB		($4267.00)

Pre-flop: ($75, 6 players) Hero is BTN

UTG raises to $175, 2 folds, Hero calls $175, 1 fold, BB calls $125

Flop: ($550, 3 players)
BB checks, UTG bets $425, Hero raises to $1,300, BB folds, UTG raises to $4,400, Hero raises to $8,545.50, UTG calls $4,145.50

Turn: ($17,641, 2 players)

River: ($17,641, 2 players)

Final Pot: $17,641
Hero shows:
UTG shows:

UTG wins $17,638 ( won +$8,917.50 )
Hero lost -$8,720.50
BB lost -$175



Makes it worse by the fact he was playing really badly, tilting and getting allin with a lot of crappy hands. This is the worst shape I can possibly be in... I have 0.1% equity on the flop, which basically means I should be winning 1 out of 1000. Great.

I finished up the night +5k though, so I was happy with that.

End of May! End of Guildford for now.

Friday was the last day of uni for me, which ended 2 weeks of going out and doing whatever the hell we all wanted. Was v fun. Apart from one very obvious shit day (hint it wasn't the -20k day).

Sucks to leave Gtown, but, me and 4 friends will be moving into a new house around end of July ready for the 2nd year.

As for poker:






I think this is the 2nd least I have ever played in a month (and the least was when I went to Thailand for ~1month last year). Also I'd estimate at 80% of the hands having been played when I was hungover - which can't be that great of an idea, but hey, if I hadn't I'd never have played at all. Added to that I had final exams for 1st year to revise for/ take.

Considering this, I have to say I am pleased with earning ~$50k this month.

Ah well, back to the life of a poker pro for 4 months!

Lose lose lose!

That's the month so far! Not even too bad really, just annoying as I was up a tonne more. Over a $30k downswing at the moment... which hurts a little.

Positives:

• Played 25/50... for a bit.. lost $700 but I played well.
• In the process of organising Vegas!
• Put money onto a 4th site, so I can play more games.
• To put the downswing into perspective... here are the hands on my laptop since coming to uni:

Finished with uni for the year!

Had 3 exams this week and completed them. I've got about 2 weeks left at uni before the holidays, just to do whatever we feel like doing, really.. so it should be fun. Technically I do have lots of time to play.. realistically I doubt i'll play too much.

Put in a session today. Went well, actually. Was pretty fun too, despite having a hangover from post exam partying.

I've played just over 6k hands this month, and am up $41k, which is pretty outrageous. Most of it is from heads-up play. Hope it continues when I start to play a bit more.

Also halfway through the month, and haven't reached the goal I set myself yet... oops!