I'm not a very good blogger

So it's been 3+ years since my last blog post. Oh how time flies. I no longer play poker full time for a living any more. Work for an online football MMORPG. It's a pretty kick ass job that pays well and I still get to work out of the comfort of my own home and set my own hours so in that way life it still good. I love taking my two hour naps - couldn't do that it an office job.

Took a break from poker for about a year but I recently started back up again. Playing about 3-4 hours a day most days, trying to grind out a bankroll so I can play in some bigger events. Deposited $200 in Stars. My goal in March was to hit Gold Star and not go broke. Managed to hit Gold Star on the last day of the month. I tried my hand at 24 tabling. It's crazy hectic so needless to say I only do that when I am playing $3.40 SNG's and my play is pretty robotic. Here was how the month of March went for me (I played some Omaha but I don't have Omaha Poker Tracker so no numbers from those events):

Starting Bankroll: $200
Ending Bankroll: $737.75
Profit: $537.75

Pretty good if I say so myself, especially considering that I bought in direct to the Sunday Million 5th anniversary event for $215 (and of course not cashing in it). Here's how I mainly did it:

368 $6.50 NLHE SNG's $2,392 buy in $2,392.20 winnings $.20 profit .01% ROI
227 $3.40 NLHE SNG's $771.80 buy in $773.40 winnings $1.60 profit .21% ROI

I'm happy with break even in these as I am mainly playing these to earn VPP/FPP to get VIP Stellar Rewards and VIP FPP bonuses - the play earned me $80 in bonuses for the month.

The main money came from the following:

189 $2.20 180 man SNG's $415.80 buy in $569.16 winnings $153.36 profit 26.88% ROI
40 $4.40 180 man SNG's $176.00 buy in $336.24 winnings $160.24 profit 91.05% ROI

Out of the 229 180 man SNG's I played I should be expected on average to do the following:

Cash: 23 times
Final Table: 12 times
Final Three: 4 times
Win: 1 time

I did the following:

Cash: 30 times (13%)
Final Table: 15 times
Final Three: 7 times
Win: 3 times

Obviously the reason I did well is that when I do cash, I make it to the final three/win a higher percentage then average. One win in a $2.20 180 man is $108. If you win one, you're basically guaranteed to break even over a 50 tournament sample size. The play in these is also horrific at times. I definitely have to deviate from standard plays to take advantage of this. For example, if we are at the 25-50 level and I have 2,000 in chips and I see a guy that is 60-40 VPIP/PFR open up a pot to 200, where I might normally just flat or make a raise to 450-500 with a hand like queens, in this case I'll just shove because the majority of my time they aren't going to fold and I want to maximize full value for my hand. Yea, I get sucked out on from time to time doing this (and occasionally run into a legit hand) but when I'm 12 tabling these $2.20's, I just go join another one and move on.

In April, I'm going to try and maintain Gold Star, get the roll over $1,000. Also going to be playing some on Lock for the Bluff Poker Challenge and see if I can win a long shot.