Tuesday, January 31st: (NEW) January Report Card
January Report Card **edited
Total hands: 20,500
Total net: $19,800
Limit: 2.54 BB/100 over 14,200 hands: + $14,250
NL: 6,350 hands: + $5,550
Funny thing happened tonight -- I actually wrote my "January Report Card" blog entry on the morning of the 31st, figuring that I probably wouldn't have too much time to play that day, and even if I did, it probably wouldn't be enough to substantially change my January results. Turns out I was wrong. Big time.
I played for 4 hours tonight, and I guess things just went my way because I somehow managed an $8,000 run-up (as you can see by the heavily backloaded results on the graphs below.) I wish I could say that I was going to be able to buy myself something purty with this cash infusion, but in a cruel twist of irony, I also learned this morning that my law school is refusing to honor the remainder of my scholarship if I do my last semester in Sydney, as I had planned. Long story short, I'm still welcome to study abroad to fulfill my degree, but it will cost me $8,500 more than it would if I stayed in boring Philly (at, again ironically, a better school). Woulda been nice to hang on to the money, but Australia beckons. Maybe there's at least some academic expense tax-credit I can take advantage of.
--here is where I had previously had a paragraph lamenting my mediocre start to the year, and my annoying run-in with the 60/35 LAG I referred to as NLDERB, but given my 11th-hour January success, it probably has no place here anymore--
Suprised myself by actually managing to get in around 20,500 hands this month even though I've been swamped with school work and other business. This blog has also been given a few shout-outs in this 2+2 thread. I suppose if that publicity attracts any new readers, and you're looking for some way to navigate through a year and a half's worth of postings, I would check out my December 20th, 2005 post with my self-described "Top 10 posts." That's probably as good a place to start as ever, although I really do think you'll get something out of simply starting back at the beginning, and reading straight through (if you've got the time.) Also, last thing for now, if you want to leave a comment, only do it on the most recent one or two posts, since those are really the only comment sections that I ever bother checking.
Total hands: 20,500
Total net: $19,800
Limit: 2.54 BB/100 over 14,200 hands: + $14,250
NL: 6,350 hands: + $5,550
Funny thing happened tonight -- I actually wrote my "January Report Card" blog entry on the morning of the 31st, figuring that I probably wouldn't have too much time to play that day, and even if I did, it probably wouldn't be enough to substantially change my January results. Turns out I was wrong. Big time.
I played for 4 hours tonight, and I guess things just went my way because I somehow managed an $8,000 run-up (as you can see by the heavily backloaded results on the graphs below.) I wish I could say that I was going to be able to buy myself something purty with this cash infusion, but in a cruel twist of irony, I also learned this morning that my law school is refusing to honor the remainder of my scholarship if I do my last semester in Sydney, as I had planned. Long story short, I'm still welcome to study abroad to fulfill my degree, but it will cost me $8,500 more than it would if I stayed in boring Philly (at, again ironically, a better school). Woulda been nice to hang on to the money, but Australia beckons. Maybe there's at least some academic expense tax-credit I can take advantage of.
--here is where I had previously had a paragraph lamenting my mediocre start to the year, and my annoying run-in with the 60/35 LAG I referred to as NLDERB, but given my 11th-hour January success, it probably has no place here anymore--
Suprised myself by actually managing to get in around 20,500 hands this month even though I've been swamped with school work and other business. This blog has also been given a few shout-outs in this 2+2 thread. I suppose if that publicity attracts any new readers, and you're looking for some way to navigate through a year and a half's worth of postings, I would check out my December 20th, 2005 post with my self-described "Top 10 posts." That's probably as good a place to start as ever, although I really do think you'll get something out of simply starting back at the beginning, and reading straight through (if you've got the time.) Also, last thing for now, if you want to leave a comment, only do it on the most recent one or two posts, since those are really the only comment sections that I ever bother checking.
posted by Blog Administrator at 3:44 AM
8 Comments:
do you have RSS feeds enabled? If not can you turn them on, they are so handy for reading multiple blogs :)
thx for your time,
sol.
Quick correction, your "Top 10 Posts" entry is from 2005, not 2004.
Other than that, I really enjoy your blog - keep up the good work and good luck in coming year!
I have no clue what RSS is -- if you explain it to me, I'll enable it.
I'm an ex-Big Law associate who was hipped to your blog by 2+2. I can identify with everything I've read here so far, especially the stuff about how poker alters (warps?) your perception of the value of time in a way that a salaried job wouldn't.
Anyway, I was wondering what your take is on the long-running question on how variance differs between NL and limit. And since I gather that you use a short buy-in NL strategy, I'm wondering if you think that increases or decreases your variance.
Why not go to Australia on a later vacation?.
It's just a desert full of Australians. No ozone layer either, so forget basking in the sun.
Nice start of 2006.
Best.
B
Hello,
An RSS feed is just a way to automatically check a blogger's website for a new feed. You get a program (ex. SharpReader) and add multiple blogs to it, this program then goes out and checks if any user has updated their blogs. If they have, the new update is downloaded and viewable through the program. It looks like you are using blogspot.com? I've never used that site but I read blogs that do and they have RSS feed's enabled, I'm not sure if it's a setting in your blog preferences or where exactly they turn that on. Interesting blog, keep posting :)
sol
No, I use blogger.com, not blogspot, but they're one of the bigger blogging websites, and if this RSS thing is as commonly known as you say it is, I'm sure they have that feature available somewhere.
Wow I love Texas Hold'em Poker to, so much I started my own blog... Cool cool cool, vary nice blog you have here! Stop by and post, Thanks :)
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