not a good start... i seem to be doing good at 2/4 and 3/6 (both fullstacked and cap) but 5/10 eats me alive. Or at least it ate me alive yesterday.

I have failed

goal: have the thin green line as far above zero as possible while not busting my monitors learning this silly game.

i really hate that all the 5/10 action atm is these poxy shallow tables and a few cap games.

5/10 and 10/20 PLO are really no-man's lands. Honestly I think the 25/50 games (when they run) tend to be easier to beat.

Just skimmed this thread, but have to comment on all the "play x,000 hands" goals. I think a good piece of advice to remember is that 30k hands of your A game > 60k hands of often playing mediocrely. I'm a firm believer that hand goals and forcing yourself to play are poor ideas. I do believe that having a schedule is good, but keep it within a comfort zone and never try to grind out x hands (say, 2,000) in a given day if you're just not feeling like playing, it's likely to do more harm than good.

On that note, my March goals:

-balance school, poker, exercise, friends, new gf, other leisure time as well as possible
-try to log as many hands as possible in good games while I'm playing well
-remain studious and review my play after sessions, especially bad ones
-have fun

100%. That's why I kept myself last month though.

I clocked in barely over 13k hands last month.

No way on earth 25 50 is easier then 5 10. Thats redic (Im not sure 5/10 is even harder then 3/6).

10 20 is sometimes harder, overall maybe a tad softer, but very close.

Edit: This is for Pokerstars, Ive no clue about FTP/other sites. And I personally play alot more 25 50 then I used too atm so maybe thats your reason..

I exaggerated... but 5/10 can get really tough lineups that's closer to 25/50 than 2/4 and 3/6 games, usually when the 25/50 games aren't running.

This is true on Stars at least. Could be true on FTP but I look at the FTP games at 5/10 (with the 20bb stacks and all, and regs sitting "deep" at 70bb) and I just want to play MW2 instead.

PS: No, you're not the reason... if anything you make the typical 25/50 game tougher.

25/50>10/20>2/4 and 3/6>5/10

15k hands would be cool

Yeah, when you're running hotter than the sun at 5/10 it's easily the softest limit.

You could have said this in december!! What amazing timing....

Just because someone loses a few buy-ins it doesnt mean they were tilting. That sessions was actually just a lot of runbad. I was $20k below EV at one point in the session. The only way I ever get tilted enough to where it effects my play is when I run bad for several days or several weeks in a row. I still usually quit when I am running bad, but I kept playing this time because I felt I was still playing well and there were a couple of really weak players in the games. I don't feel like taking the time to post graphs, but my EV line was going upward right after the big downswing which would indicate I wasn't tilting. Fortunately I made back $10k of my losses before the end of the day. Me running bad when playing higher stakes is as sure a thing in life as death and taxes.

You guys put way to much emphasis on PTR. First of all, they didn't start tracking plo until recently, and I play a lot of hands on other sites. I'm actually kind of a bankroll nit, and I can assure you that wasn't anywhere near 1/3 of my winnings the last few months.

I was just messing around and you are putting too much thought in the LC thread.

I know you were just messing around, and I certainly wasn't offended or anything. You are probably right though about me putting to much thought into this thread.

Phew, I was getting really concerned there for a while! Thanks for reassuring me.

Wazz I have never understood why you waste countless hours every day making posts that are sarcastic or rude and accomplish nothing aside from trying to make yourself look cool. It's especially strange considering you can only find time to play like 5k hands a month. I suppose there is no need to play a lot of hands though as long as there are enough suckers willing to pay you 5x your hourly playing rate for coaching.

Goals
-Play better and less tilty. i.e quit spewing
-Actually win some all ins at 10/20
-Play tons on days I am winning and quit much less on days when I am stuck
-Hopefully enjoy some warm weather via hiking etc

EDIT: One more

-DONT look at results for the rest of the month. The longest I have ever been without looking at results is probably 5 days. This will be a huge challenge.

Dude relax, I don't care about ur winnins. I know PTR is still knew for PLO, was just wondering how the tilt-meter was working cause u lose 15 BI and it went through the roof. I lost 15 BI yesterday and it barely moved...

Let me spend a few hours thinking about a really cool, cutting post to get back to you with, then you'll see, you'll all see!

yea its all good, like i said before i wasnt upset or anything. i was just telling you guys what happened. i just said that about ptr because there are so many people(not necessarily you) who think it accurately shows a persons total winnings.

Does it mean I've finally made it when a reg starts going all Ziggy on me?

I.e. telling me for hours straight that he wants me to die, to get in car accidents, etc. etc.

Sorry if this isn't allowed here, but if anyone has Stars $ for FTP $ PM me.

is there a way to combine graphs on HEM, like of your accounts on dif sites?