Haven't updated this thing in a while. Mainly because it's tedious but also because I haven't played as frequently. Let's see, it's been a month and a day since I started this, here are all my stats since then:



So I've won like $316, not bad I guess starting with a $300 roll. My most recent rush was 17th in a $11 Stars tourney with 2800 players. 1st was $5300, 17th paid me $195. Oh well, I played good and at the final 2 tables I lost 2 races:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t16000 (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

saw flop|saw showdown

Hero (t146111)
MP2 (t137051)
MP3 (t102090)
CO (t77672)
Button (t88252)
SB (t39075)
BB (t138655)
UTG (t93702)
UTG+1 (t46272)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with , .
2 folds, Hero raises to t123456, 4 folds, SB calls t30275 (All-In), 1 fold.

Flop: (t160131) , , (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t160131) (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t160131) (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t67750

SB has Ac Jc (one pair, jacks).
Hero has 4c 4s (one pair, fours).
Outcome: Hero wins t92381. SB wins t67750.

and

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20000 (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

saw flop|saw showdown

MP2 (t278293)
MP3 (t204915)
CO (t100651)
Button (t197404)
SB (t178574)
BB (t1098174)
UTG (t157280)
Hero (t101836)
MP1 (t262694)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with , .
1 fold, Hero raises to t100835, 3 folds, CO calls t99651 (All-In), 3 folds.

Flop: (t208486) , , (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t208486) (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t208486) (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t208302

Hero has Ac Qc (one pair, kings).
CO has Td Ts (two pair, kings and tens).
Outcome: CO wins t208302. Hero wins t184.

So wasn't my day I guess.

I've also been reading the poker mindset a lot more, almost done with it. Really good poker book and I highly recommend anyone to check it out. There is one thing that really stood out to me in there, about risk tolerance. Basically, I see myself making some loose calls or bad plays in $1 - $5 MTTs because the money doesn't mean as much to me I guess. There's a balance between playing too low and too high, and I'm just playing too low and becoming bored. I'm not going to play anything lower than $11, I doubt I'll go broke anyway. Maybe the occasional large $5 MTT here and there, but no more of this $1-4 nonsense! I won't be stupid and start grinding out the $55s+, but I know I am a good enough player to not be wasting my time with these penny donkaments.

So anyway, I'll update sometime later.