Recaps

May Recap

Tournaments: May was a tough month for tournaments until I won the WSOP seat for $2500. For the month I ended up +$1250 on tournaments.

Cash: All messed up because I am missing a bunch of hands from when HEM stopped working. I have record of about 9k hands where I won $575.

Rakeback: $350 in rakeback in May

Altogether it turned out to be a decent month, but I didn’t play that much because school was ending and I was graduating. So I tried to spend more time with people at school since I wasn’t going to see them for a long time. Total comes to almost $2200 profit on the month. Solid month considering my lack of playing.

June Recap

Tournaments: $850 profit on tournaments. I definitely played a lot less in June. When I did play I don’t think I played that great. I had some nice profit because I had a hot streak in 26/90s. However by then end of the month I realized that big MTTs I don’t show the patience to play them anymore. However I destroy 26/90s… the time it takes to play them is perfect (about 2 hours). I am mostly going to scrap big MTTs, and just play 26/90s while I grind cash games.

Cash: Total profit of about $500 on cash tables. I played about 22000 hands, mostly NL100 but some NL200 was mixed in on my personalized table (early on I ran like crap on my NL200 table, but by then end I pretty much broke even.

Rakeback: Just over $400 in rakeback

A solid month where I put in decent volume (22k hands). I am moving away from big MTTs, except for on occasion. Now more than ever I have to be in the right mood to play (well rested, fed, not be busy with other stuff). I think this is good, because a year ago I would play way too late into the night which is when all the tilt/playing too high would happen. My total profit for the month is about $1750.

The last two months have been solid despite my move away from poker. My life has been filled with summer school and other things that take up my time (mostly good things). I have always known I won’t play poker forever. But at this point I am pretty sure I’ll quit by the end of the year. This month the only thing keeping me going is unlocking my midyear bonus. After that I imagine I will reduce my play (maybe just try to barely keep my iron man status each month). As I get a job, and get engaged, I will work my way into a more “standard” way of life. I am really happy about the flexibility poker has given me as a part time job, and the ways I have progressed this calendar year (at the beginning of the year I was basically broke as far as a poker bankroll). My knowledge and ability to execute good bankroll management has been the biggest thing for me. My goal was initially just to make enough to buy an engagement ring (which I just picked up last week), and I have been able to consistently beat the game and make even more than that. I feel like the competitive side of me is satisfied that I was able beat the game. So barring some major change in my life, I think my days as a “semi-professional” poker player are numbered. Bring on the real world.

-Boooom