Another month has passed by and I am looking forward to a fresh new year. This was a blurry month since it basically consisted of a cluster **** of finals, followed by drinking benders and poker/dfs, as well as the holidays. All things considered, I will just accept the month for what it was and move forward.
The biggest sweat for me right now is receiving my final grades for the semester. So far I have received 2/4 and was happy with one and disgusted with the other. So here's hoping to some good results. Will most likely be returning for another semester in January and trying to repair/boost my GPA. University will remain my first priority.
As for DFS, I have been doing decently and am currently profitable. I know I said this last month, but I think that I will just consider everything thus far a learning curve and will continue to learn, improve, and grow. As challenging and frustrating as it may be at times, I am thoroughly enjoying it. Anyways, let's move on to how the month unfolded.
✫ 10$ Hypers ✫
Without a doubt, I feel most comfortable playing these and in the back of my mind, if everything else fails me, I will ultimately return to 3-4 tabling 10s. My results this month are pretty backwards, but I guess I ran well in them. Not exactly the stakes I'd prefer to run well at, but at least it's something. The sample size is nothing, but another factor for the poor evROI may just be me having extra tables up and focusing more on higher stakes. That is something I need to work on, since I want to be as +EV as possible at all times. Volume at 10s is not my priority, they just supplement additional volume for me. That is how I will approach them moving forward.
✫ 25$ Hypers ✫
This past month, I really tried to focus on getting as much volume as possible at these stakes for a number of reasons. Firstly, they will ultimately be more lucrative if I grind them hard. Secondly, I have not ran great at this level in the past and am determined to put in solid volume in order to turn that around. Lastly, I will improve more from playing at this stake rather than lower stakes. Overall, relatively happy with how these went.
✫ 50$ Hypers ✫
After a while of grinding 25s, I realized I should be trying to move up and shot higher stakes to push myself and my progress. Near the end of the month when I was not running the best, I shotted 50s. The sample size is nothing significant and most of the games were vs regs, but I plan to continue shotting them in the future until they become a normal part of my grind. I will definitely learn the most playing at this stake and be forced to think about every situation appropriately. At first, I was discouraged from running poorly and losing hefty amounts of profit, but then I realized this same thing happened to me at 25s and I pushed through and things turned out okay. Therefore, I am optimistic going forward in terms of 50s.
✫ All Hypers ✫
Just an overall graph combining 10s, 25s and 50s for the month. Naturally the graph looks weird since the 50s graph had an impact, but this is how it looks overall.
✫ MTTs ✫
It's fair to say I bricked most MTTs this month and that is fine considering the sample size and variance involved. Overall for the challenge, my MTT graph is still doing well and I will continue to add them into my grind when I feel like switching things up and trying to bink. I must say I am very tempted to switch things up and grind some micro MTT sessions on Stars and other sites at times and may give this a go in 2016.
[ ] 2000 Hypers
[x] 3.5-5% evROI
Monthly Results
Hyper Profit: 963$
MTT Profit: -188$
Rakeback: 88$
Total Profit: 863$
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Challenge: 5566$
I begun this challenge in September and am ending the year with 5566/100k. This does not seem like very much, but it is definitely progress and I have been progressing in some shape or form every month, which is ultimately the most important thing. Moving forward, this thread will remain my main goal thread and eventually, when I complete the goal, it will be sweet to look back on. Perhaps it will even be a way to show people who do not quite understand poker how I progressed and how it is a marathon, rather than a sprint.
At first, I was disappointed with how the month went. After thinking about things more, I realized that there was a time I was grinding 2.25$ hypers and now I am shotting 50s. That alone is huge progress and I should be proud. Rather than being proud, I see it as potential capability with even better things to come.
With that said, I'll add some goals for 2016.
University: work hard, boost that GPA
Sports/Health: continue playing sports several times per week, join the gym and eat healthier/drink more water, maximize on my potential
Poker: continue grinding hard and improving with the outlines I have made in this thread
DFS: keep learning and use better BRM and try to be as optimal as possible
There we have it for my goals. They are rather simple and I did not feel the need to add one for social life since mine is pretty good already (perhaps why my volume and health suffer lol).
Moving forward, I am excited for what 2016 will bring and hope everyone does well!
Get Better Not Bitter 2016
Last edited by Everest17; 12-31-2015 at 05:58 PM.