Nothing big has happened down here, but that's not a bad thing. I am 0-2 in the two smaller tourneys I have played. However, online poker has gone fairly well the little I have played.
The view from our condo is awesome, and with the weather generally being in the low 80s (although today it is going to reach 97 apparently), it is a very relaxing time. We have a 3 bedroom 2 bath apartment in the "Docklands." It is a fairly new trendy area of Melbourne right on a docking area that is fairly close to the huge bay that Melbourne sits on. I wish I could provide a few pics, but I forgot the cord that connects my camera to the computer. Julie gets in next Monday, and I am really looking forward to seeing her and having her get a chance to have some time off from motherhood. She deserves a break, and I think she'll really enjoy this.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Saturday, January 5, 2008
2007 Tourney Stats
Live Tourneys:
33 Total
5 cashes (15.15%)
$64,375 Entry Fees + Rake
$78,089 Won (21.30% return)
19.27 Buyins won (0.58/tourney)
My buyins won are pretty weak, but fortunately I was able to cash in 2 of the 4 $5K+ events I played in. For my career, I am 4 for 11 on these events, and I have only bought my way into 8 of these.
Online MTTs:
565 Total
104 Cashes (18.44%)
$120,590 Entry Fees + Rake
$196,063 Won (62.60% return)
1271 Buyins Won (2.25/tourney)
Outside of the 3rd place finish in the Sunday Million, most of my good finishes were in smaller buyin tourneys. In fact, if you take out that finish, I lost money on the year in these.
Rankings:
Live: Cardplayer - 2578th (168 pts) - very disappointing after being ranked 151st the year before, I had high hopes going into the year (as I do again this year)
Bluff - 310th
Online: Internet Texas Holdem - 345th
Pocket 5's - 613th
Cardplayer Online - 464th
33 Total
5 cashes (15.15%)
$64,375 Entry Fees + Rake
$78,089 Won (21.30% return)
19.27 Buyins won (0.58/tourney)
My buyins won are pretty weak, but fortunately I was able to cash in 2 of the 4 $5K+ events I played in. For my career, I am 4 for 11 on these events, and I have only bought my way into 8 of these.
Online MTTs:
565 Total
104 Cashes (18.44%)
$120,590 Entry Fees + Rake
$196,063 Won (62.60% return)
1271 Buyins Won (2.25/tourney)
Outside of the 3rd place finish in the Sunday Million, most of my good finishes were in smaller buyin tourneys. In fact, if you take out that finish, I lost money on the year in these.
Rankings:
Live: Cardplayer - 2578th (168 pts) - very disappointing after being ranked 151st the year before, I had high hopes going into the year (as I do again this year)
Bluff - 310th
Online: Internet Texas Holdem - 345th
Pocket 5's - 613th
Cardplayer Online - 464th
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
My Year in Poker
2007 began just as the latter half of 2006 ended. From the end of the 2006 WSOP until the middle of May of this past year, I couldn't get anything going. During that nine month span, I was down a small amount of money. This was by far my longest non-winning stretch of my five year "career." The longer it went on, the easier I became frustrated with my "luck." My brother mentioned my poor attitude numerous times, and soon after making an effort to stay positive, I earned my 2nd largest cash ever by placing 3rd for 85K in the biggest Pokerstars Sunday Million of all-time. With the WSOP starting 3 weeks later, this cash was much needed to fund the large outlay I anticipated for the 15-20 events I planned to play. From this I learned the importance of staying positive.
I had high hopes going into the series. However, things couldn't have gone any worse as the series went on. Going into the main event, I had played 16 events. Not only did I never make day 2 of any of these events, I never even cashed. But just like the rest of my year seemed to
go, whenever I really needed something good to happen it did. With renewed focus (and help from a corny little video I watched with some guys at Paul's house), I began my deep run in the Main Event. I made it to day 4 before getting knocked out in 306th place for 39K. This didn't quite get me back to even for the trip, but it got me close. It was a relief after what could have easily been a complete nightmare. I learned the importance of bringing focus each and every day if you want to have success (and not just relying on your skills/experience).
Upon returning from Las Vegas, I began a nice stretch playing mainly cash games. This led to my September experiment of trying to reach the top 10 on Pocket 5's rankings. The first half of the month went very well with two 2nd place and one 1st place finish. I soon got burnt out though, and my results obviously went downhill. I ended the month ranked in the 70's and barely made any money, and I couldn't have cared less because I was just happy the month was over (and so was my wife). I learned I am not cut out to be an online tourney degen (thank God). I have no idea how some of these guys do it or why they would even want to.
This led to a sharp and fairly substantial downswing in my bankroll that continued into the WSOP Circuit Event in Indiana. I bricked out of the six prelim events I played there. Once again, the main event went well as I final tabled it. My 6th place finish almost erased all of my previous month's losses. This was my only live final table of the year after having 5 the year before. Although, I did have an 11th place and two 10th place finishes during the year.
The rest of my year has been quiet and pretty successful. I failed to achieve my year goals with regard to tournaments. However, I exceeded my goals for cash games. Overall, I exceeded my monetary goals for the year. Even though these goals were greatly reduced from previous years due to the uncertainty of the effects of the UIGEA, it is all I can ask for.
My next post will be a statistical summary for the year.
I had high hopes going into the series. However, things couldn't have gone any worse as the series went on. Going into the main event, I had played 16 events. Not only did I never make day 2 of any of these events, I never even cashed. But just like the rest of my year seemed to
go, whenever I really needed something good to happen it did. With renewed focus (and help from a corny little video I watched with some guys at Paul's house), I began my deep run in the Main Event. I made it to day 4 before getting knocked out in 306th place for 39K. This didn't quite get me back to even for the trip, but it got me close. It was a relief after what could have easily been a complete nightmare. I learned the importance of bringing focus each and every day if you want to have success (and not just relying on your skills/experience).Upon returning from Las Vegas, I began a nice stretch playing mainly cash games. This led to my September experiment of trying to reach the top 10 on Pocket 5's rankings. The first half of the month went very well with two 2nd place and one 1st place finish. I soon got burnt out though, and my results obviously went downhill. I ended the month ranked in the 70's and barely made any money, and I couldn't have cared less because I was just happy the month was over (and so was my wife). I learned I am not cut out to be an online tourney degen (thank God). I have no idea how some of these guys do it or why they would even want to.
This led to a sharp and fairly substantial downswing in my bankroll that continued into the WSOP Circuit Event in Indiana. I bricked out of the six prelim events I played there. Once again, the main event went well as I final tabled it. My 6th place finish almost erased all of my previous month's losses. This was my only live final table of the year after having 5 the year before. Although, I did have an 11th place and two 10th place finishes during the year.
The rest of my year has been quiet and pretty successful. I failed to achieve my year goals with regard to tournaments. However, I exceeded my goals for cash games. Overall, I exceeded my monetary goals for the year. Even though these goals were greatly reduced from previous years due to the uncertainty of the effects of the UIGEA, it is all I can ask for.
My next post will be a statistical summary for the year.
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