Aussie lingo

This clip makes it all too apparent that there are not enough good Aussie poker players dominating live poker (no offence to Jeff or Joe).

Super Saturday

Having mentioned that Monday night is one of the worst times for me to play, it seems that Saturday morning is definitely the best. I essentially played a few MTT's and the normal $3.25 45 mans.

I have been doing well in MTT's lately but didn't have any luck today, only managing to mincash the last one I played in. The 45 mans were a different story tho ... cashing 6 of 8. Not only that, I won 2, had a second and 2 thirds.

The domination of 45's today has sent the bankroll back up to $1320, just $30 short of my all-time best. Being a long weekend with a public holiday on Monday, I'm guessing I'll be putting in some more time on PokerStars tomorrow. Monday I think I'm hanging with friends watching the World Cup, NBA and AFL.

May results

Period Full Tracking Last 120 days Year 2010 Year 2009 Year 2008 Year 2007 ? <> 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2009 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2008 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2007 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 January 2006 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 February 2006 January with estimated RA expenses (and bounties in FTP Knockouts) without estimated RA expenses (and bounties in FTP Knockouts) View by Game Game Size All Holdem NL Holdem L/PL Omaha Omaha HiLo Other Games

ITM Finishes 1st 7 1st ties 0 2nd 9 3rd 6 4-10th 31

MTT Avg. Finish% Early 3% (10%) EM 12% (20%) Mid. 45% (40%) ML 26% (20%) Late 14% (10%)

HU/STT/MTT * Prizes Profit ROI ABI AFS R/A ITM ITM Heads-Up 2 player $0 $0 0% $0 0 0% 0/0 0% Single Table 3-10 $0 $0 0% $0 0 0% 0/0 0% Multi Table 11-45 $978 $185 23% $3.25 45 0% 52/244 21% Multi Table 46-180 $81 $37 83% $2.44 180 0% 3/18 17% Multi Table 181- $52 $15 40% $2.86 3034 23% 7/13 54% $1,111 $236 27% $3.18 195 1% 62/275 23%

May was a pretty good month. If it wasn't for an approximately $100 slide at the end it would've been my best to date.

Stats wise, I had a good number of wins (mostly in the first 2 weeks) and a solid finish late%.

The bad number is the EM finish of 12% which seems fairly high for me. I guess it shows I'm willing to take flips earlier in tournaments. Not sure if its just early suck-outs or me not being able to fold big hands.

After the good ...

... comes the bad.

After a good week previously, this one has been rough. Sunday night I finished with a stretch of 12 non-cashes, which led in to Monday which was just horrific. 22 games with 3 basically min-cashes. Then Friday night which was even worse ... 25 games, 2 min-cashes.

I didn't think I was playing badly, but was seeing some horrific bad beats and I don't think I've been rivered so many times in my life. I also cannot outrun queen jack off when I'm all-in, no matter what I have.

Yesterday was much better, especially in the morning. I had my first win in ... I'm embarrassed to say, 3 weeks. A couple of seconds and a number of other placings.

So after a good climb in May, the month finished with a downswing and the bankroll took a hit down from $1350. It got down to about $1175 on Friday but now sits at $1230.