Thursday, January 1, 2009
December Results
Overall for the month, I ended up making about $14k from poker profits. Obviously not nearly as good as my last few months but still OK. Much of that was actually from rakeback. I got a huge rakeback check from raketherake.com because I played so much in November. Of the $14k I made this month, $5k of that was from rakeback.
I didn't execute my monthly plan as well as I would have liked. I did follow it most of the time, however, which was good. There were times where I would play more than 4 tables, times where I tried bluffing big fish, and times where I didn't make the best decisions. I think I may have put too much pressure on myself by making so many different goals and plans. Next time I'm going to make it much simpler to focus on fewer things.
I'll probably do a recap of my year sometime tomorrow.
I didn't execute my monthly plan as well as I would have liked. I did follow it most of the time, however, which was good. There were times where I would play more than 4 tables, times where I tried bluffing big fish, and times where I didn't make the best decisions. I think I may have put too much pressure on myself by making so many different goals and plans. Next time I'm going to make it much simpler to focus on fewer things.
I'll probably do a recap of my year sometime tomorrow.
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Love the blog man! Keep up the great work! One question for you however..........how do you stay so motivated to play so many hands? I mean I work full-time but still I only managed to play 42hr of 6max Cash games in Dec......along with 87 tourneys...... But yeah any tips on staying motivated to play would be great! :)
ReplyDeleteIt's pretty easy to stay motivated to play so many hands when I enjoy what I'm doing. I don't really think it's a chore to play that many hands in a month, mainly because it's a lot of fun for me on most days.
ReplyDeleteAlso, this is my full-time job. And it's winter in North Dakota... nothing really to do besides play hockey.
As far as advice I'd give, read the Poker Mindset book. That will give you the psychological outlook on the game you need to become a big winner. So many players take days off because they ran bad the day before, etc. I just grind through it and play the next day because I don't let previous results get to me and affect my play. That also helps out my volume considerably as I'm not taking breaks weeks at a time because I'm "running bad".
It's all one long session.
Nice, I will give that book a try. Also I hear you grinded with my Buddy/old roommate Ryan?! That's cool how you guys met through CR! Anyway I hear you about North Dakota and nothing to do.......as I live the fun life in Fargo! LOL!
ReplyDeleteAnyway thanks for the advice.....GL!!
:)