Past 120 days: 442 MTTs ABI $15 ITM 15% ROI 46%
Five 1st places
Six 2nd
Two 3rds
Nine other Top Tens

Obviously think things could've been much better (don't we all?). Messed up a MicroMillions FT to finish 6th and got in very good preflop v Chip Leader of Bigger $55, for a top 5 stack with 21 left, being two prime examples of what "might have been"

On the plus side I know I can play a little bit but need to make some big improvements especially in the following
PREPARATION: too many bad starts to sessions when I've suddenly found time and gone straight into playing.
BANKROLL MANAGEMENT ie NOT fill table space with SnGs or worse Spin&Gos when too late to start another MTT.
REVIEWING MY OWN HANDS: when I've had time to go on PC I've always used it to play.

Thanks to all at TPE I really enjoy the site.
Best wishes to everyone for Christmas and the New Year
GOOD LUCK at the tables
BS

A 12
B 7
C 5
F 1

As I said in the last post a mixture of $8s and $15s with the Win being in a $15. The Cs are really frustrating though as I feel once I get that far I should be finishing in at least the Top 3.

25 to go to finish this "challenge" but with being back at work can see me playing these 180 a lot over next few months.

Was doing great in the Friday Fight Night on FT at same time, top 5 w 50 left and seven bounties or so, but had a rush of blood after the win and ran into another top 10 stack w KK. Was a double p*ss*r as his 88s beat my nines AIPF an hour earlier an when I looked ten mins later his chip lead had disintegrated into mid table.
Ah well. Day off probably tomorrow and back at it on Sunday

CAN'T WAIT

In other news I'm 18/22000+ on the UK NFL fantasy game. Would probably be higher if Falcons had kept Ryan and Jones inthe game last night. I can feel a trip to the SUPERBOWL coming on

By sticking to the plan from my original post (I knew it was a good one;-) it feels like a lot of things are starting to come together and hopefully this can be the start of a nice little run up to the end of the year and beyond.

Watch this space

Totals A 32
B 12
C 1
D 2
E 2
F 1

Think that's fifty.... I'm quite surprised how often I bust in first half but with the exception of a few of the early games they have been at the 50/100 level or the big pair losing.
Even if I don't cash another I'll show a small profit for the 100. Hoping to go a lot better though (obviously)

What the "challenge" has been good for is showing me that I can fail to cash 88% of the time and still have that profit so I'm not getting as frustrated at being knocked out. Long may that continue.
I'm off work this week so hoping to have the 100 done in no time. Fingers Xd for a few more wins !

Had FT chip lead and quite a big one til double barrelled on button v 3rd place BB (5 left) with nothing, three hands later KJ<99 so quite disappointing. Need to figure out better the line between bullying and conserving the biggest stack.

Third of the way through
A 22
B 7
C 1
D 1
E 1
F 1

Not greatest but double my money up to now and already a better feel for the mid stages so hopefully better things to come.

Nice and simple today 0/10

NFL picks nearly as bad. I'm looking at you NE, NO, CHI and BALTIMORE !

Tonight's session of 12 resulted as follows
Cat A 7
Cat B 4
Cat E 1

So a bit more profit but all down to one tourney. The early KOs were due to shoving into monsters or losing flips; fair enough. I maybe should've done better with some big stacks that ended up in Cat B trying.
Was big chip leader of three when induced from SB w A7o which flopped two pair but lost to K8o and the guy went to town on me in chat box coz I "kept raising so deserved it" hahaha
Ah well 20 down 80 to go

GL all

After my self enforced break from playing and a crazy summer moving house, job and enjoying watching everyone else's updates from WSOP things have sufficiently settled down enough for me to play some poker again, hopefully now with a clearer mind and a little un that sleeps more.
I had my first session on Friday and having watched the BigDog's (THANK YOU BD) excellent series I reg'd for (approx) 6or7 $8 and $15 180 SnG. Took 2nd in a $15 (also made quite a bit on Zoom while I had one table left). Having more time on Sunday I reg'd for some Mtts but with no real results to write home about.

That was all fun but I wanted to get back to my original plan from the beginning of the year. I noticed the thread re 180 challenge and helped me decide that I should do similar. Hopefully this will be an effective BR Builder AND begin to entrench the disciplines I outlined in my original post

Therefore I have decided to play a 100 $2.50 180 SnGs before playing ANY other form of SnG/MTT logging the results and thoughts here. I will block my results as follows
A 180-90. B 89-28 C 27-10 D 9-4 E 3-2 F 1st

After one session of 8 SnGs on Tuesday I had 7 As and 1 F !!

92 to go

GL BigSnowball

Time to take a break as I'm having the sh*t kicked out of me.
Part of it is variance I guess but mainly p*ss poor decision making costing me, whether it be a badly timed bluff, not seeing a short stack, game selection or a simple lack of patience my head is not working as it was 12 months ago when it comes to poker. Tbf this is undoubtably due to not having more than three and a half hours continuous sleep at a time since last year.

I strongly feel if I manage to play by the rules listed above I will be a winning player AND achieve my goals but for now things at home are not conducive to being successful so stopping for 3/4 weeks (maybe more) is for the best.

Best of luck to you all.

Yep another year rolls by. Nearly didn't make it much past 37th bday (burst gangrenous appendix I thought was a tummy bug nearly did for me) but am back to good health if not quite full (or half) fitness.
Still not as much poker as I'd like to be playing but my baby is well and starting to sleep more now so hopefully this will be a new start, no more setbacks and I can kick on as I hoped to do 12 months ago having just enjoyed lessons from Benwa.

I didn't want this to be Monthly blog as it has so far been but again nothing much to report. I have enjoyed a few deep runs spoiled I think mainly by getting a little tired/impatient after hour 5/6 and trying to force things but also could've accumulated chips better when I had top 10 stacks.

Finally as this is the "Goals section" I want to put on record that I am aiming for poker to be my major source of income by my 40th birthday and am aiming to be at the WSOP the same year !
A long way to go but I think a two year timescale is reasonable from where I am now.

For now I'm off for a meal with Mrs Snowball and a few scoops in the local
CHEERS BigSnowball.

I did have a SnG session however it was when I'd planned a full session but things here overran. I could've perhaps should've reviewed some hands but I was ready to play, prepared properly and tbh wanted to play some poker!

I have spent many hours on TPE. Watching vids and browsing the forums. Enjoyed plenty but I should post a lot more often especially when I disagree with what's being said (in Strat forum) as this obviously is a great way to learn.

As I said not much to report but I wanted to keep this up and hopefully will have plenty more content as the year goes by.

Good Luck

BRAG TIME In the Official NFL.com's Weekly Pick 'em I came 785 out of at least 170000. A good deep run but Picking San Fran and against Seattle every week cost me a higher position 🙂

Well I was pretty excited as Sunday was my only day off I thought I'd get a session in then watch whatever was left of the game. I'm a 49ers fan, due to the fact that when NFL came to UK screens in 1982 my dad pulled them in a sweep at the pub. There are five live games a week shown here, Thursday Night, Triple Header Sunday and MNF plus obviously highlights of all the other TDs and highlights as they happen. I don't think they should have a franchise in London though. You can fill Wembley with 95000 every week but people who have supported a team for 30+ years are never going to change the allegiance to a new London outfit. At best they'll be everyone's "second team" not really a done thing here.

Anyways back to being excited... After a long week at work and with little sleep (not complaining my little lad is as good as 1849 gold) the time came to fire up the PC and get cracking when I looked at "My Rules" smiled and went to bed. No way was I in a fit state to play and no chance if I was awake I'd leave the tv off while the game was on.

So no poker news this week but I see that as a positive, like a good lay down. I know my time playing will be limited for the next few weeks but when I do play it will be quality time and hopefully I'll be writing here about some decent wins.

Good Luck everyone
Big Snowball

BTW Who won??? :-S