Well my main focus right now are sit and goes, so I will talk about them a bit more. In January, I played 208 total with a total profit of $435.30. I had an ROI of 17.12% and made $2.09 per SNG. My ITM rate was 39.9%. My HU win rate was 63.3% and my bubble cash rate was 78.3%. Almost all of these 208 were $6 or $15 turbos on stars.

Since writing the first entry on Jan 26th, I played 74 sng’s making $280. My ROI was 34.42% and I made $3.78 per SNG. My ITM rate was 44.59%, my HU win rate was 62.5% and my bubble cash rate was 76.74%. During this time period I played 33 $16 turbos and the rest were $6.50 turbos. I feel like I played alright but I definitely see tons of room for improvement. I really feel I can crush this game very consistently and will be at the $35s in no time. I just do not know if I will make more money at the $35s then I can at the $16s.

My roll at this point is approximately $894. I did increase my roll by about $130 from someone who owed me money, but the rest is from playing. Five days ago my roll was at $467 and now its at $894. I am really happy about that and I feel like it will continue to grow if I keep on focusing. I think my goal of getting to the $35 sng level is very attainable by the end of february. So, for the time being I want to heavily focus on multi tabling the $16 sng’s and play a few MTTs to improve that game.

GL at the tables,

Mike

Ever since this summer, I have been trying to work on my game so much because I really want to be a great player. I have mostly been playing MTTs since this summer. I was not doing great in them, but I was surviving. More recently, I have played more SNGs and cash games. I acquired Poker Office through an offer with Titan Poker. I bought Cardrunners and Poker X Factor and also became acquainted with many other poker tools. I started to track my results using excel. Basically, I have been trying to do anything to improve my game. But, something is wrong. I am not giving it 100%. From today on forth, I am going to spend as much time as I can improving my game. I want to be very open in this blog and will not be afraid to give any of my bankroll numbers. I feel like this is the best way to learn more about myself and my game.

Back in December, I was doing extremely well in all aspects of my game (sng, mtt, and cash). I had about 3k to my name on stars. But once again I was a BR management donk and it has gone down.

Here are my results so far for January:

- Cash: -$148.22

- SNG: $154.30

- 180s: $32.88

- MTT: -$333.50

- Sats: -$71

My current bankroll (spread out over FTP, UB, Stars, and Bodog) is approximately $467.

From here on out I am going to proceed under these bankroll guidelines. If you see me get out of line, whip my ass, post about how I am a BR donk, just do something.

- Cash: 40 buyins, if drop below 30 buyins then drop down

- SNG: 45 buyins

- MTT: 80 buyins

Also, I am going to try to set many goals. My goals are as follows for February:

- Maintain good bankroll management

- Have a 1k+ score in an MTT

- Consistently be able to beat .10/.25 NL

- Be bankrolled for $35 Turbos ($1575)

- Be able to beat the $27 Turbos

For the next week I plan to play mostly $6 turbos and some .05/.10 NL with a few $4 180s and $5 MTTs thrown in there when I can find the time.

I plan to update frequently as I believe it will help improve my game. I hope some of you guys will enjoy reading about my progress as well.

Good luck everybody,

Mike