3.31.2008

March and April...

Today is the last day of the month. I'm not thrilled with everything when I look back on March, but I'm not too upset either. I am happy that I improved my 7-card stud game in the past few weeks, but feel I've fallen off in my NLHE game. I'm going to keep on trying to improve at stud and play a little more than I have been. I'm also going to revert back to some fundamentals in NLHE and try and get back on top of that area of my game. I was able to achieve another Iron Man Bronze status this month. It's my 3rd month in a row getting an Iron Man and I plan to keep it up. I was gunning for Silver or Gold status, but never got there. I also didn't make the One-a-Day freeroll. I am happy that I eclipsed 17,000 FTPs today to finish off the month.

Looking ahead to April, here are my goals:
  • Reach Gold Iron Man status on Full Tilt
  • Qualify for the One-a-Day freeroll
  • Reach SilverStar status on PokerStars
  • Clear my deposit bonus over at Bodog
  • Move up in limits
I really wish I had enough of a bankroll to dive into the Battle of the Bloggers tournaments on FTP. Only in due time will I be able to jump to these and for now I must keep grinding.

I am really going to stick firm to discipline and fundamentals. I'll also be looking to plug up some holes in my game.

I actually stumbled across an old blog today about a guy who made over $40k in 30 days. He set a challenge for himself to make $40k in 30 days and chronicled his progress. It took place a few years ago and I'm not sure I believe it to be true. On a side note, I read a ton of poker blogs and I see a lot of them where people NEVER lose, it just baffles me. Either some people just run ridiculously good or they are lying to themselves and their readers. Anyway, this blog gave me an idea to start my own challenge. I'm not going to gun for something ridiculous like I feel he did, but rather something small and manageable. As you can see in my goals above, I'm going to be playing a fair amount and might as well make it more fun and competitive by making it an official challenge. I'll be posting daily updates that will be in this format somewhat:

SUMMARY:
Days played: 0
Hands played: 0
Net +/-: 0
Winning days: 0
Losing days: 0
Highest winning day: n/a
Lowest winning day: n/a

GAME BREAKDOWN:
NLHE hands: 0
NLHE winnings: 0

Limit HE hands: 0
Limit HE winnings: 0


Stud hands: 0
Stud winnings: 0


PLO hands: 0
PLO winnings: 0


HORSE hands: 0
HORSE winnings: 0


I made not include all the games shown and I may add other ones, but whatever I record hands for will be there. This will be strictly ring game play.

My challenge will be to have a net profit of $1,000.00 at the end of April. It comes out to be $33.33/day for the month of April, but there's going to be days when I win more or less than that, or lose money. I also have some bonuses to clear that will aid me in reaching my goal.

I'd also like to thank the original blogger for putting his challenge up for all to see and giving me this idea. You can read about his past challenge over at http://www.zbasic.com/40kchallenge.html. Definitely check it out.

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