Monthly Report - August 2009

August was a humbling month. Humbling in the sense that I was paddled in the ass several times despite playing really great poker all month. I'm running $12 below expected-value this month with the beats from my previous post. Hell, tonight alone I had my KK end up against AA preflop twice for my whole stack. The top graph is what the math says I should have won, the bottom graph is what actually happened this month.





But still, I stormed back tonight to make another last second save of the month. I went from being down $10 at the beginning of the month to winning enough money to buy a gumball from the crusty old machines outside Walmart. SUCK ON THAT POKER GODS.

Anyways, here's my results and new goals.

August Goals

1. 3k all the way.
2. Activate my recently acquired bonus from FullTilt and get back on that horse. NL5 can't be THAT different from what it was on Cake....right?
3. Put more effort into playing hands.

Results
1. Faaaaail only 2.2k or so. Disheartened by a 98% all-in that I lost on day one. Took a week off after that and wept softly in my closet.
2. Yep. Activated. Still runs through Sep 12th so I can clear some more of it. Did ok so far considered how little I played.
3. This one I am proud of. After taking those few horrible sessions right up the ass I got back on the horse towards the end of the month and playing solid as all hell and made it all back. Good confidence boost to salvage a shitty start to a month.


September Goals
1. Play 15 days 2-tabling this month to get a new $25 bonus Full Tilt is running. If things look up halfway through the month, try to hit the full $50.
2. I need to get continuation betting back up to where it should be. It's slipped the past two months when I get scared after taking a few beats. Stay aggressive!
3. Make up for the last two months of ass by putting in some serious volume. Hopefully goal 1 will help with that.

All in all, I'm still happy with how this month went. I've righted the ship on my lifetime graph and weathered a few beats pretty well. Hopefully this month I'll run hotter than Richard from Lost and skyrocket my graph to the promised land.