Half Yearly Review
Meant to do this at the start of June but just forgot about it.
Overall (basically 2013):
From 1st June till current:
Best scores during 2013 (in order):
Also Player of the Series in the ANZOPS, for which I won a $2,200 ANZPT Main Event ticket.
About 2013:
I joined TPB at the start of the year and started off playing with a $33 cap and $11 cap for turbos.
Since then I now play with a $55 cap and $22 cap on Turbos, plus Hot 22's/33's, $109 Sunday Kickoff/Bigger $109, and usually get staked for $215s when there is series events on.
I also played a couple $330 Liveaments and a $2200 ANZPT Main Event, all in Sydney, during the year, which was a big change from previous years playing small $5-$50 tournaments at leagues clubs around the area. But nowadays I feel comfortable at pretty much any live table that would be in Australia.
I'm a completely different player now than I was at the start of the year. You always tend to feel like you have poker pretty down pat, and then 3 months goes by and you realise how bad you were 3 months ago. It's pretty much that times ten when I look back to the start of the year.
I was really lucky to get staked when I did, I didn't have many results and out of the 2 guys that own the stable, both of whom I applied to, I actually got one rejection haha.
Super run good that it went through and everything worked out, otherwise I probably wouldn't be playing much poker at all now, and would be working some bull**** job.
Throughout the year I've gotten monthly coaching from 3 seperate crushers that have totally changed the way I think about playing hands. Looking back I can say I had huge post flop leaks, most of which I hope are gone now haha.
Tbh I was hoping I would have made more profit this far into the year, but I also didn't think I would have had the good results I've had, Big 16's, Big 5, ANZOPS etc. Plus I do think I could have put in more volume this year than I have, especially during April/May.
As with every MTT player I had my fair share of grossness. I was all in with 11 left in the Big $33 for big chiplead, on a 10 4 8 board. KK vs QQ and he turned the Q. First was just under $8k. Was so disgusted at the time.
I also entered the FT of the $11R 40k as 2/9 recently.
I was still 2nd in chips with 5 left and ended up getting 5th. First was also just under $8k.
I lost 2 big flips against the Ginger (has PG&C thread), AK vs 99, 77 vs AK haha. He ended up taking 2nd. No bad feelings though, he's a great player and absolutely crushes, that's just poker. Also had my fair share of suckouts throughout the year, so can't/shouldn't complain.
Hopefully with the following plans I'm setting I can make more money this half of the year.
Plans/Goals for 2013:- September - APPT Melbourne (50/50 atm)
- November - Shane Warne Melbourne Super Stack Series
- Play 4 days a week
- 600+ games a month
- 10 HH reviews a month
- Review 2000+ hands a month in HEM
- Post HHs to stable forum a few times a month
- Maintain winner each month (only 1 losing month this year)
- Stop spending money on weed
- Post results after each session in thread
- Post/read more in strat threads on 2p2
- Make top 10 in my state for P5's, 11th at the moment.
Thanks to all those who have read throughout the year. Hopefully get some bigger and better scores to post about!