Hello Everyone,

I have not upated my blog in awhile. I have been mostly grinding $26 45 mans since getting to #2 on the Sharkscope leaderboard at the $10 level.

Below are my $26 45 man stats for this challenge. I am happy to be doing fairly well in them.

<TABLE id=t1 class=sortTable border=1 borderColor=black><TBODY id=tablerows><TR id="patricii#fulltilt&9/9/2009 11/30/2009 E45-45 S20-30" class=sortTable><TD id="patricii#fulltilt&9/9/2009 11/30/2009 E45-45 S20-300" class=sortTable align=middle>patricii </TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle>84</TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Av. Profit is the Average Profit Per Game after rake has been subtracted." align=right>$13.43 </TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Av. Stake is the average tournament buy-in amount." align=right>$24 </TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Av. ROI is the Average of each game's Return On Investment. It is the average of each (Payout-(Stake+Rake))/(Stake+Rake). This is not the same as total ROI which is (Total Payouts-(Total Rake+Total Stakes))/(Total Stakes+Total Rake)." align=middle>52%</TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Total Profit is the net profit for this player (and includes rake)." align=right>$1,128 </TD><TD class=sortTable title="Super Hot=6 straight payouts. Hot=3 straight payouts. Tilt=4 straight losses. Super Tilt=8 straight losses." align=middle>Tilt</TD><TD class=sortTable title="The ability rating is a number up to 100 that shows a players ability based on combining all the statistical measures we have for that player." align=middle>N/A</TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle>FullTilt</TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle>9/9/2009 11/30/2009 E45-45 S20-30 </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
I was hoping to be able to play more mtts than I have for this challenge but my private life does not allow me to put in 8 hours mtt sessions. I can put in 3-4 hours at night but that is about it. I have noticed the 1000 cap mtts on Poker Stars and think I may start playing more of those.

Friday night I though I would take a shot at some mtts. I opened up 4 mtts on Full Tilt and 4 on Poker Stars. My goal was to get in mtts that would finish around 3am in case I ran deep. I busted in all my tourneys and was running pretty deep in the $33 $15K Guaranteed on Poker Stars. I played my game. I played very tight and maximized my big hands. I took not of the players that were playing too many hands and occasionally 3-bet them. I got to the final table 9 of 9. It was cool to be at a final table but going to bed past 4am to win $387 did not seem very cool. I always had around 15-20 blinds so I was not super desperate. I remember shoving AJ a couple of times and won a 77 vs A10 flip to double my stack to $220k. We got down to 7 players. I then picked up KK and raised preflop to $30k. One person flatted me and another squeezed to $85K. I shoved to $220K and got called by 44. That hand itself put me in the lead.

I was willing to chop 4 handed for about $3K but one guy didn't want any part of chopping. I ended up getting HU with him and beating him for $4462. That was a big boost to my bankroll and makes getting to $10k a lot more attainable.

I have taken a few days off of playing after the win. I always like to take time off after a big win. I assume I just like the feeling to sink in for a couple of days before the beats start happening again.

Thank you for reading the blog and just $3K left to go.

Patricii

Hello Everyone,

My bankroll is now up to $1759.03. I haven't hardly been playing any mtt's so i have only slowly been increasing the bankroll playing 45 man SNG's.

I have mainly been playing $10 45 man's on Full Tilt because I was so close to breaking into the Leaderboard. I finally have my first star. I am 3rd place in average profit for tourneys 4-6 tables over the last 500 games. I am shooting for #1 but am happy with this so far.

I thought I would layout detailed stats over my 500 games in the $10 45 mans.

<TABLE id=t1 class=sortTable border=1 borderColor=black><THEAD> <TR class=sortTable><TH class=sortTableasc width=140>Username</TH><TH class=sortTable>Games Played</TH><TH class=sortTable width=45>Av. Profit</TH><TH class=sortTable width=45>Av. Stake</TH><TH class=sortTable width=45>Av. ROI</TH><TH class=sortTable width=50>Total Profit</TH><TH class=sortTable>Form</TH><TH class=sortTable>Ability /100</TH><TH class=sortTable>Network</TH><TH class=sortTable width=50>Filter</TH></TR></THEAD> <TBODY id=tablerows><TR id="patricii#fulltilt& E45-45 S10-10" class=sortTable><TD id="patricii#fulltilt& E45-45 S10-107" class=sortTable align=middle>patricii </TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle>500</TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Av. Profit is the Average Profit Per Game after rake has been subtracted." align=right>$6.94 </TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Av. Stake is the average tournament buy-in amount." align=right>$10 </TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Av. ROI is the Average of each game's Return On Investment. It is the average of each (Payout-(Stake+Rake))/(Stake+Rake). This is not the same as total ROI which is (Total Payouts-(Total Rake+Total Stakes))/(Total Stakes+Total Rake)." align=middle>63%</TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Total Profit is the net profit for this player (and includes rake)." align=right>$3,469 </TD><TD class=sortTable title="Super Hot=6 straight payouts. Hot=3 straight payouts. Tilt=4 straight losses. Super Tilt=8 straight losses." align=middle>-</TD><TD class=sortTable title="The ability rating is a number up to 100 that shows a players ability based on combining all the statistical measures we have for that player." align=middle>N/A</TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle>FullTilt</TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle>E45-45 S10-10</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

<TABLE id=miscdatasectionTableID class=recentResultsTable border=1 width=900 align=center><THEAD> <TR class=sortTable><TH width=640 colSpan=9>Miscellaneous Data</TH></TR><TR class=sortTable><TH class=sortTable width=120>Total Cashes</TH><TH class=sortTable width=120>First Game (CDT)</TH><TH class=sortTable width=120>Last Game (CDT)</TH><TH class=sortTable width=90>Total Rake</TH><TH class=sortTable width=120>Total ROI (?)</TH><TH class=sortTable width=90>ITM (?)</TH><TH class=sortTable width=120>Av. Entrants</TH><TH class=sortTable width=120>Turbo Ratio (?)</TH><TH class=sortTable width=120>Av. % of field beaten</TH></TR></THEAD> <TBODY id="miscdatasectiontablerowspatricii#fulltilt# E45-45 S10-10#MiscellaneousData"><TR><TD class=sortTable align=middle>$8,969 </TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle>27-May-07</TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle>8-Oct-09</TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle>$500 </TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle>63.07%</TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle>24.2%</TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle>45.0</TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle>0.0%</TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle>63.89%</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>



It was a pretty good run. I am going to start playing the $26 level again and hopefully will have good success.

PM me if you are interested in getting coached by me. I am coaching 3 people at the moment but am interested in players wanting to learn and that can play high volume and make a 12 month committment to run under me.

I am slowly but surely increasing my bankroll but understand i still have quite a ways to go. I need to put in more MTT volume.

Good Night everyone and until the next.

Patricii

Hello Everyone,

Still Winning

I am happy to say that every day I played last week I won money. Below are my stats from that time period.
<TABLE id=t1 class=sortTable border=1 borderColor=black><TBODY id=tablerows><TR id="patricii#fulltilt&9/20/2009 9/28/2009" class=sortTable><TD id="patricii#fulltilt&9/20/2009 9/28/20095" class=sortTable align=middle>patricii </TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle>67</TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Av. Profit is the Average Profit Per Game after rake has been subtracted." align=right>$12.1 </TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Av. Stake is the average tournament buy-in amount." align=right>$11 </TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Av. ROI is the Average of each game's Return On Investment. It is the average of each (Payout-(Stake+Rake))/(Stake+Rake). This is not the same as total ROI which is (Total Payouts-(Total Rake+Total Stakes))/(Total Stakes+Total Rake)." align=middle>125%</TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Total Profit is the net profit for this player (and includes rake)." align=right>$810 </TD><TD class=sortTable title="Super Hot=6 straight payouts. Hot=3 straight payouts. Tilt=4 straight losses. Super Tilt=8 straight losses." align=middle>-</TD><TD class=sortTable title="The ability rating is a number up to 100 that shows a players ability based on combining all the statistical measures we have for that player." align=middle>N/A</TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle>FullTilt</TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle>9/20/2009 9/28/2009</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

I am waiting for variance to kick in but so far it does't seem to want to. I am playing very well, picking good spots and having my cards hold up.

Mixed Games and Badugi

I have started playing more mixed games and so far it has been a lot of fun and has been increasing my bankroll and breaking the monotony of just playing holdem. I got 5th in a $5 PLO MTT against 238 people for $80. I got 2nd in an 8 person $5 Badugi tourney on Poker Stars. I have also played a couple of mtt horse tourneys but haven't quite cashed in them as of yet.

45 man games still rocking

My bread and butter of making money is still the 45 man tourneys. I have been crushing them and hope to continue more of the same. Below are my full stats from the $10 45 man tourneys.

Sharkscope leaderboard here I come. <TABLE id=t1 class=sortTable border=1 borderColor=black><TBODY id=tablerows><TR id="patricii#fulltilt& E45-45 S10-10" class=sortTablealt><TD id="patricii#fulltilt& E45-45 S10-107" class=sortTable align=middle>patricii<INPUT onclick=showpreferences(); src="http://www.sharkscope.com/images/shark3.gif" width=28 height=14 type=image mce_src="http://www.sharkscope.com/images/shark3.gif"></TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle>445</TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Av. Profit is the Average Profit Per Game after rake has been subtracted." align=right>$7.05 </TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Av. Stake is the average tournament buy-in amount." align=right>$10 </TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Av. ROI is the Average of each game's Return On Investment. It is the average of each (Payout-(Stake+Rake))/(Stake+Rake). This is not the same as total ROI which is (Total Payouts-(Total Rake+Total Stakes))/(Total Stakes+Total Rake)." align=middle>64%</TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Total Profit is the net profit for this player (and includes rake)." align=right>$3,138 </TD><TD class=sortTable title="Super Hot=6 straight payouts. Hot=3 straight payouts. Tilt=4 straight losses. Super Tilt=8 straight losses." align=middle>-</TD><TD class=sortTable title="The ability rating is a number up to 100 that shows a players ability based on combining all the statistical measures we have for that player." align=middle>N/A</TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle>FullTilt</TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle>E45-45 S10-10</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Once I reach 500 games in these $10 45 man tourneys I should finally get a star next to my name and get on the leaderboard for 2nd or 3rd for most average profit in 6 table tourneys on sharkscope over last 500 games. 1st place currently has a $7.33 average win rate and 2nd place has $6.99 average win rate. I am currently at $7.05 average win per tourney through 445 tourneys.

Coaching Zekenasty
My new Student goes by Zekenasty on Full Tilt and melano on p5's. He is already a proven player and has won thousands of dollars online. During the month of October he is in a $10 45 man competition and says he is going to play at least 1000 of them during that time period. This is how the competition works. Every contestant pays their entrance fee and then 60% for most profit, 30% for best ROI and 10% for most volume. I know there are guys in the competetion that will play 3-4K tourneys in one month so we are definitely shooting for best ROI.

If this month goes well for Zekenasty I am definitely going to be setting more time aside for coaching players who can put in serious volume. If you are good enough to learn and have time to play I would be happy to discuss staking/coaching scenario for you.

Way to go Zekenasty

Check out Zekenasty's first session of $10 45 mans
<TABLE id=t1 class=sortTable border=1 borderColor=black><TBODY id=tablerows><TR id="zekenasty#fulltilt&<12Hours E45-45" class=sortTable><TD id="zekenasty#fulltilt&<12Hours E45-451" class=sortTable align=middle>zekenasty </TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle>21</TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Av. Profit is the Average Profit Per Game after rake has been subtracted." align=right>$19.85 </TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Av. Stake is the average tournament buy-in amount." align=right>$10 </TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Av. ROI is the Average of each game's Return On Investment. It is the average of each (Payout-(Stake+Rake))/(Stake+Rake). This is not the same as total ROI which is (Total Payouts-(Total Rake+Total Stakes))/(Total Stakes+Total Rake)." align=middle>180%</TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Total Profit is the net profit for this player (and includes rake)." align=right>$417 </TD><TD class=sortTable title="Super Hot=6 straight payouts. Hot=3 straight payouts. Tilt=4 straight losses. Super Tilt=8 straight losses." align=middle>-</TD><TD class=sortTable title="The ability rating is a number up to 100 that shows a players ability based on combining all the statistical measures we have for that player." align=middle>N/A</TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle>FullTilt</TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle><12Hours E45-45 </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

That is all I got. I hope this next week continues to see the bankroll increase. I need to play more MTT's if I have any chance of making it to the $10k mark.

Good Luck to all of you.

Patricii