August was going well until SNG Madness. It decimated my roll (probably a mixture of downswinging and tilt) at the $12 turbos. Now, now longer rolled for the $12's, I am going to drop down to the $6.50's and probably drop a few tables to work on my game a bit more. I also plan to play the $3.30/90 KO's for a bit of a break from the STT's in the weekends.

I am also doing a kickback bonus on BWIN. Hate the software but don't have to play much to clear it. That will add a nice $130 to my roll if I decide to take cash, or I might buy some software.

August was also my first month to make Iron Man, so there is a bit of an incentive to play regularly to keep that up.

GOALS for September:

-Play 400+ $6.50 STT's.
-Make Silver in Iron Man.
-Play 50-100 $3.30/90s
-Watch more, read more, study more.
-Don't fail Uni

Hopefully by the end of the month I will be rolled for another shot at the $12's, and maybe some $6.50/90s.

I will try and update this daily, as I plan on playing most days to make Silver at 50 points a day for 25 days. Will post graphs/hands if I have some time.

Thanks and GL!

Sounds reasonable, GL mate.

Good Luck

gl, ill be following along with ur progress, im grinding sngs too

Day 1

Played 15 $6.50 STT's and ran pretty bad. Every blind steal I ran into the top of everyones ranges...got sucked out on countless times, and was brutally rivered a number of times after sucking out myself.

Some lol hands.


Full Tilt Poker $6 + $0.50 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t15/t30 Blinds - 8 players
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter Powered By DeucesCracked.com

CO: t1485 49.50 BBs
BTN: t1500 50 BBs
SB: t1095 36.50 BBs
BB: t1500 50 BBs
UTG: t3420 114 BBs
UTG+1: t1500 50 BBs
MP1: t1500 50 BBs
Hero (MP2): t1500 50 BBs

Pre Flop: (t45) Hero is MP2 with A A
UTG raises to t90, 2 folds, Hero raises to t225, 2 folds, SB calls t210, 1 fold, UTG raises to t3420 all in, Hero calls t1275 all in, SB calls t870 all in

Flop: (t4125) 4 7 6

Turn: (t4125) Q

River: (t4125) T

Final Pot: t4125
SB shows T Q (two pair, Queens and Tens)
UTG shows A K (Ace King high)
Hero shows A A (a pair of Aces)
Hero wins t810
SB wins t3315


Full Tilt Poker $6 + $0.50 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t100/t90 Blinds - 6 players
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter Powered By DeucesCracked.com

SB: t2955 32.83 BBs
BB: t90 1 BBs
UTG: t4120 45.78 BBs
MP: t1510 16.78 BBs
Hero (CO): t1305 14.50 BBs
BTN: t3520 39.11 BBs

Pre Flop: (t190) Hero is CO with A A
2 folds, Hero requests TIME, Hero raises to t400, 1 fold, SB calls t300

Flop: (t890) A J 8 (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t400, SB calls t400

Turn: (t1690) 5 (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t505 all in, SB calls t505

River: (t2700) Q (3 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: t2700
SB shows 9 T (a straight, Queen high)
BB shows 9 7 (a flush, Jack high)
Hero shows A A (three of a kind, Aces)
SB wins t2430
BB wins t270

Current Profit: -$38.10

Day 2

More of the same BS, getting it in good and never holding when it counted. Had a pretty frustrating HU match which consisted of my opponent folding every button and me shoving my button most of the time. Had a 2.5:1 chip lead before he picked up two monsters in a row and I couldn't get away from my hand. GG donk.

Current Profit: -$49.20

Days 3&4

Had slightly winning sessions on days 3&4, both days I won a single buyin, yay...

Got a sweet juicy rakeback payment of $62.75 and cleared the first $5 of my fast fifty bonus today so that puts me in the positives.

Total profit: $28.75