It took a lot longer than I expected and maybe should, but the third time was a charm and I finally beat $200NL. One night a few weeks ago I actually passed the 30buyin or $6k profits point during a session and took a snapshot, but ended up a little below it at the end of the session and then hit another hellacious downswing. I played 151k hands and made $6.1k @ 2.03bb/100 BUT my allin EV says I should have made $8k :/ - My allin EV line never seems to be where it should, but the games are good. My play is good. I'm getting better everyday.

The bad news is that there are no more full ring levels to move up to on Merge. I am considering sitting in some 500NL 6max games IF they are juicy enough to justify it. I'm thinking 3 fish and 2 regular regs with good position might be the ideal scenario. I've sucked so badly though with shorthanded and HU that I'm a bit apprehensive about it. But, the thought of stagnating is also fearful.

I've also surpassed the $10k mark with profits for the year. I'd like to hold that and go even farther, but the bad news is that historically the remaining months have not been kind to me. Part of the reason is I usually put in less volume and part of the reason is that the game aren't usually as good. But, I'm going to try to stay focused and even keeled. I should have a 2nd quarter report at the end of the month.

Profit by Stake and # of Players



My $200NL graph


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