Quarterly Review - Rudderless
I’ve floated along for the last three months since Vegas, with no real aims except to enjoy myself. The results have been predictably uninspired - I’ve won a little over $1,000 in poker related activity, whilst paying $431 in rake. I’m really not happy with my game (particularly in tournaments), and feel that I am lucky not to be down for the quarter.
As a result, I’ll be far more goal orientated in the last 3 months of the year, and hopefully this will inspire me a bit more. I’ll come onto that in later posts but for now here are the breakdowns:
Live Holdem Tournament +650
From memory I had a rush early on in the quarter when I was finding it hard to miss, as I’m certainly down for tournaments in the last six weeks or so (in fact I am struggling to remember the last time I cashed). I think this figure is misleading - it’s been a very disappointing 3 months.
Live Holdem/Omaha Cash + 1,356
The highlight of the period - I’ve plugged some pretty significant leaks in my game and am now above break even for the year, which is a decent achievement after frittering away so much cash earlier in the year.
Live “Professional” Tournament (1,120)
I only played in two larger field events - the Gutshot and Virgin Main Events. Both were pretty lacklustre performances, the hands of which are blogged elsewhere. The Gutshot event, in particular, was disappointing, after bluffing off my entire stack in a 70k pot midway through Day 1 after putting myself in a nice position in the middle of the pack.
Home Games +380
Home games tend to have high variance for me - I either seem to win $800 or lose $800. Fortunately this period’s batch of games left me on the right side of the line.
Online Holdem Tournaments (1,120)
I remember sitting down for a few sessions in tournaments, early in the period, but my activity in this area is certainly well down. It doesn’t surprise me to see a negative in such a small sample.
Online Holdem Cash (500)
PKR - sigh! I’m not having the rub of the green on that site at the moment, although I am admittedly playing too loose.
Online Omaha cash +880
I’m feeling more and more comfortable in this game every time I play. I’m going to put some decent time into this over the next quarter so we shall see how that goes. I’m certain there is easier money in online Omaha, as opposed to online Holdem, particularly at the lower levels.
Sundry +390
I think is the partial staking I received for the Gutshot $1,000 event.
Rake (580)
Helping to pay the boys’ wages ;)
As you can see, a pretty mixed bag, and uninspiring overall. Next post I’m going to set out my plans till the close of the year. At least then I can set myself some targets and get motivated again to actually make money, as opposed to just drinking and gambling :)
| PROFIT/(LOSS) USD 2008 | |
|---|---|
| Live Holdem Tournaments | 3,165 |
| Live Holdem Cash | 175 |
| Live Omaha | (190) |
| Live “Professional” Tournaments | (7,436) |
| Home Games | 920 |
| Online Holdem Tournaments | 55,603 |
| Online Holdem Cash | 16,526 |
| Online Omaha | 1,210 |
| Sundry | 1,244 |
| Rake | (4,747) |
| Total | 65,155 |