Hey all, I'm about halfway through May and I'm on pace to have at least 20k hands this month. I feel like I'm playing alright and have just need to make adjustments to particular regs at 25nl and called off too light in a few spots. I've been pretty much breakeven over the first 10k hands or so (even ran a little over EV wise which is a welcomed change of pace, lol) but I feel like I've been playing pretty well given my knowledge and experience level. Hopefully, I can keep on pushing and do more video/hand reviews in the near future and spike a heater and take a shot at 50nl by the end of the month. Woot woot!

Graph so far in May


Until next time.

Two blog posts in two days?! What has gotten into me?

I'm going to start a new bankroll challenge for 6Max starting today and it will go until busto or until 100NL and then I'll reevaluate. The basics are this: Took $300 out of my bankroll on Lock and put the rest in the Vault. $300 is 12 BIs for 25NL, I'll grind that up until I hit $450 while 4-6 tabling. At $450, I'll take a 3 BI shot at 50nl and play 2 tables. If I hit $300, than I drop back down to 25NL, If I reach $600, I have 12 BIs for 50NL and will play that. I'll repeat this until I hit $1200 and have 12 BIs for 100NL and than I'll reevaluate.

Here's a little spreadsheet if anyone else wants to set aside some of their roll and join the fun with me.



I hope that this will motivate to play with a purpose, challenge myself, and break the rut I've been in.

My goal is at minimum 20k Hands in May.

All rakeback and bonuses stay in the Vault. No more "rakeback pro" status for me.

I'll do session/hand reviews on a weekly basis on Sunday. This is a huge problem for me since I almost never go back to review my lines, spots, or analyze particular villains.

I'm really excited to try this and hope it can give me the jolt that is needed.

Until next time

Hello Leggoland

So 2+2 is down and "LOLZ, where am I going to get to trolled on now?!" is in effect. Luckily, Leggo is still here and there are other things to do than mindlessly browse BBV. I've been super busy at work the past couple weeks. We recently "let go" (read: fired with a separation package) someone in my department so that coupled with a dumptruck of work being deposited on me while my other co-worker was in Ireland left me working too much for my liking. Also, spending our entire tax return on furniture and appliances sobered me because I realize more and more that I'm a "big kid" now.

Anyways, In my last post I was super excited playing HU and of course, this excitement led to its obvious conclusion in getting curb stomped. I don't think I played extremely bad, but I guess I just needed to remind other me that HU is really swingy and will crush your soul. Of wells....

I recently have been trying out PokerTracker 4's Beta and have been really happy with it. Its well laid out and doesn't crush my CPU's performance as badly as Holdem Manager 2 does. I did set up separate databases for HU and 6Max, don't know why I did it that way but it seemed like a good idea at the time.

Two results screenshots this month.

6Max Results



HU Results



Yay! Whats funny is that this is my worst month money-wise in almost 2 years. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

I plan to post tomorrow with a bankroll challenge that I'm going to do to hopefully break the cycle of mediocrity that seems to have it's grips on me.

Until next time

Hey blogland

I've been playing almost exclusively HU Cash the past week or so and am starting to enjoy the madness that is HU. I've been in sucked in by this particular siren in the past and it seems likes its resurfaced. I really want to get into analyzing opponents and using Flopzilla to understand how individuals think about the game and how I can figure them out to exploit them. Its really fun (swingy too) and really is stimulating me mentality more so at the moment then 6max was.

Don't know how long I'll keep this up but I'm going to keep doing things that enjoy and challenge me until they prove otherwise.

If anyone wants to sweat/talk HU Cash with me, hit me up on Skype.

Woot Woot

Until next time.

Still feeling a little salty over the result of yesterdays Ohio State/Kansas game. Terrible to see a team you root for choke away a shot at a national title but I think a Final Four appearance for this team (especially given where they were at a month or so ago) is a successful season. Whew.....run on sentence.

Poker is chugging along for me. I've been busy with work and house/yard work the last few weeks and hopefully I can put some hands in come April. I downloaded the PT4 beta and am going to mess around with it for a while. I like HM2 but am not in love with, particularly since it seems like a resource hog on my glorified netbook PC.

March Graph


March Stats


Don't know if I'm going to do weekly updates going forward. I don't put enough hands (or have sick graphs) to make it interesting. Maybe instead I'll do weekly television breakdowns and play couch tv critic. Who knows.....

Until next time.

A win for the good guys


Hello friends, March is coming to an end and spring has arrived. My hometown Buckeyes were successful in defeating the Orange(men?) yesterday and will be traveling to New Orleans next week to battle for a national championship, which would be the teams second since the 1960 John Havlicek/Jerry Lucas led team cut down the nets. Given where this Ohio State team was a little over a month ago (I look like an idiot) this is already a successful season for this team. They're playing with house money going forward and I hope to see them play loose and care-free going forward.

Poker is still taking a backseat in terms of other obligations in my life. Work has been really busy, the lawn is coming along after a few years of built up neglect, and basketball is still a siren's call to me. I've actually been playing more HU the last week or so, which is always fun and stimulating compared to 6max. Hopefully I find a better balance between the two going forward.

Week 12 Graph


Week 12 Stats


Until next time.

Storms a brewin

Greetings from the pre-mayan apocalypse storm that rolled through central Ohio yesterday. I neglected to post yesterday since the funnel clouds were threatening and the wife and I were clutching our kittens and iPhones playing DrawSomething while watching the hail and winds attack.

I had a very "unproductive" week online this past week. The weather is really nice in Ohio at the moment (70's and sunny) so I've been spending a majority of my free time getting a jump on yard work that needed to be addressed. I'm still feeling good about my game and my mindset when I'm at the tables though, and really have been trying to table select a little more to help the old hourly. Hopefully I can run a little better at 6max and start a winning streak and stay positive.

In random notes and etc, I'm tied for 1st in the Leggo March Madness pool! Woot Woot!

Week 11 Graph


Week 11 Stats


Until next time

GO BUCKS!


It's one of my favorite times of the year, one where ESPN stops talking about NFL trades 99% of the time and is focused on the tourney. On MME, we all get to participate in socially accepted (and even encouraged) gambling and get to watch worker productivity hit the skids for two days. On MME, we all have perfect brackets and believe ourselves to be basketball experts. I love this time of the year and hope everyone enjoys themselves over the next couple days.

If you are looking to get into a friendly pool for a micro sized down payment. Head on over and put your eyeballs on the Leggo March Madness Thread. Come on, it will be fun and all the cool kids are doing it.

May you all have a good weekend of basketball, beer, and brackets!

Until next time

*BEGIN TRANSMISSION* I'm sending this from the #2012rungood bunker and hope this reaches you in good spirits and health. I'm attempting to endure the consistent bombarding of 25NL "lolregs" and strive to achieve a much needed victory for the troops. The enemy is very inconsistent at times and has thwarted our attempts at advancement to our next objective. The troops morale is still high and hopefully we can secure a victory and advance the campaign. *END TRANSMISSION*

The #2012rungood Command Center


Week 10 Graph


Week 10 Stats


Until next time

We have begun our third month of the great #2012rungood campaign and its finally shifting into second gear. I "moved up" (I put that in quotes that are to be interpreted as air quotes since I don't follow a strict X buyins equals Y limit) to 25NL and so far so good. I've been running slightly bad but feel really good about 90% of the time in spots and situations and just need to get more data on regs to figure out their lines and tendencies in spots. The fish are still fish, the shortstackers are still shortstackers, and the meh regs are still meh regs. Since I may camp out at 25NL (unless I run hotter than the sun) I will need to devote some time away from the tables looking at spots and tendencies of above said regs since I'll be running into then at a higher clip.

Week 9 Graph


Week 9 Stats


Until next time