February felt like (and was) a pretty awful month, but I did actually win some money. Just not nearly enough to make up for January. After the first week, I was in black and then some, pretty much right where I wanted to be for the month. Then it was back to bad beats and cold decks. I’ll refrain from posting any whine hands here, though, and get on to evaluating progress towards my yearly goals.
Resolution One: Keep Grinding NLHE Cash Games
Goal 1: Earn $X in NLHE Cash Games
Still on track to be busto by the end of the year….
Goal 2: Earn Supernova status on PokerStars
I earned 8866 VPPs in February, which keeps me on track to make Supernova in November. Truthfully, I’m just not digging the games on Stars. Maybe I’m just more accustomed to the FTP interface, but I also like the deep stack games, the Bet Pot button, and the way the tables tile to fit whichever screen I have them on.
Resolution Two: Diversify My Income Streams
Goal 3: Monetize This Blog
I need to get on this…
Goal 4: Get Back Into Coaching
Progress is slow but steady. I’ve had some conversations with former students about how to structure group sessions, and I may get a trial session off the ground soon.
Goal 5: Market My Writing
Same old, same old.
Resolution Three: Improve My NLHE Skills
Goal 6: Use Poker Tracker More Effectively
Still haven’t done much. The Poker Savvy Plus community has been helpful in finding some stats I wanted that weren’t available in the commercial product, so I guess I’ve got the tools I need now. This probably ought to be a priority- analyzing one’s game is a good thing to do during a downswing.
Goal 7: Finish the Year with a 4BB/100 Win-Rate at 5/10 NL.
Got it up to -.19 BB/100, which is a big improvement from January’s -5.
Goal 8: Play 50,000 Hands of Heads Up NLHE
This is the one place where I did make substantial progress, for all the good it did me. In fact, I kind of underestimated how simple this goal was: I’ve already played 78,474 hands. They go quick when theres’ only two of you. I hereby revise this goal:
Play 300,000 Hands of Heads Up NLHE
Aaaaaand my swingy graph:
