January Summary

A good start to the year.  This is the first month I have passed my target of $100 profit per day. Obviously I would like this to continue. 

SUMMARY - Jan 2009

         FTilt  PStars   Live  Total   Profit

                                          0

01/01     20       2      0      22      22

01/02   -118    -  1      0    -119    - 97

01/03   - 90    - 40      0    -130    -227

01/04     23       0      0      23    -204

01/05   - 91       0      0    - 91    -295

01/06     80    - 23      0      57    -238

01/07   - 79      35      0    - 44    -282

01/08   - 93      32      0    - 61    -343

01/09   - 64    - 22      0    - 86    -429

01/10   - 13       0      0    - 13    -442

01/11   - 18       0      0    - 18    -460

01/12   2895    - 23      0    2872    2412      

01/13   -109    - 10      0    -119    2293      

01/14   - 25    - 10      0    - 35    2258      

01/15   - 74    - 15      0    - 89    2169      

01/16    155       0      0     155    2324      

01/17      0       0      0       0    2324      

01/18      0       0      0       0    2324      

01/19   - 31       0      0       0    2324      

01/20   - 95    - 29      0    -124    2200  

01/21   - 92    - 51      0    -143    2057      

01/22    795    - 17      0     778    2835      

01/23    547    - 62      0     485    3320      

01/24   -118    - 29      0    -147    3173      

01/25      0       0      0       0    3173      

01/26   - 54    - 44      0    - 98    3075      

01/27    216      23      0     239    3314

01/28    595    - 76      0     519    3833

01/29     46    -  7      0      39    3872      

01/30   -174       0      0    -174    3698      

01/31    148      15      0     163    3861   

Some things stand out when you look at the numbers. Why am I winning on Full Tilt this month and yet cannot win a thing on Pokerstars. I have stepped down limits to as far as $1 sitngos and still lose all the time. If I have aces, the other guy gets a flush. If I have kings or AK the other guy has aces.  I recorded a number of my tournament exits where I got all my chips in with the best hand but got unlucky....time after time.

I still cannot explain how or why the 2 sites are so different.  Maybe FullTilt is being kind to me this month and hitting my drawing hands more often that it should and that's why I am winning. Or maybe Pokerstars is being unkind to me.  I know last year I had a spell where the opposite was true and FullTilt would not win a thing for me. Maybe this is all psychological and I am causing my own problems.

So notwithstanding the puzzle above I am reasonably pleased with this months results and want to try to meet my target again in February. I am going to take a shot at a couple of larger tournaments - one good cash in one of these should improve my results but a few losses will make it very hard to meet my target.

Onwards......