Monday, October 9: Charts-r-Us
Something I did last year that I found moderately interesting was posting charts of a breakdown of my progress, segmented by various games / stakes. I'm doing it again now, since I think it tells an interesting story. I've had a pretty mediocre year (by my standards; no, I'm not complaining), and I've really been struggling to understand where I'm coming up short. So here are 4 charts of 2006, with some director's commentary.
First off, here's a breakdown of limit vs. no-limit results.
Commentary: No real surprises here. Yes, there was that nearly unbearable 50K-hand breakeven stretch, the likes of which I had NEVER see before...but then things turn around as they always do, and all is right with the world again.
Now things get a little more interesting, as I break things down by low-limit (which i define as 30/60 and below, and $2,000NL and below) vs. high-limit (everything else). First the low-limit chart.
Business as usual, more or less continuing what I had going on last year: humming along around 3BB/100 (although the combination of limit and NL hands confounds the calculation somewhat.) So you're probably wondering where all my talk of a "mediocre" year is coming from? Wait for it, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaait for it................
What can I say: high-stakes poker owns me. Had a few other things to discuss, but I'll leave them for my next post; school in Australia has turned out to be pretty intense. I didn't exactly come down here to spend my days in class, but not knowing anything about Australian law, I haven't really had the luxury of being able to space out during class, knowing that I'd easily be able to catch up later. But whatever: 3 more weeks of this, a few exams, and then, in the words of Scotty Nguyen it'll be "all over baby." Might even have to change the name of this blog.
First off, here's a breakdown of limit vs. no-limit results.
Commentary: No real surprises here. Yes, there was that nearly unbearable 50K-hand breakeven stretch, the likes of which I had NEVER see before...but then things turn around as they always do, and all is right with the world again.
Now things get a little more interesting, as I break things down by low-limit (which i define as 30/60 and below, and $2,000NL and below) vs. high-limit (everything else). First the low-limit chart.
Business as usual, more or less continuing what I had going on last year: humming along around 3BB/100 (although the combination of limit and NL hands confounds the calculation somewhat.) So you're probably wondering where all my talk of a "mediocre" year is coming from? Wait for it, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaait for it................
What can I say: high-stakes poker owns me. Had a few other things to discuss, but I'll leave them for my next post; school in Australia has turned out to be pretty intense. I didn't exactly come down here to spend my days in class, but not knowing anything about Australian law, I haven't really had the luxury of being able to space out during class, knowing that I'd easily be able to catch up later. But whatever: 3 more weeks of this, a few exams, and then, in the words of Scotty Nguyen it'll be "all over baby." Might even have to change the name of this blog.
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7 Comments:
post NL graphs in total amount... AGH!! minbet donks :D
rb must be nice tho huh?
are u at sydney university law ? if so me too, drop me a line if u like zero8ball@hotmail.com www.zeroascention.blogspot.com
Great blog man. I have just started playing 50/100 limit and although its going well at the moment i think i might be playing out of my bankroll. What is a suitable roll for this level?
$30,000 to $40,000
do you mind posting graphs in $$? only down 300 BBs at high stakes? not so bad.
What software do you use to make these fantastic charts?
Poker Patterns -- google for it, and you'll find it.
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