Hopefully this past week was a sign of good things to come. I managed to rebound from a lack luster week 2 and made a strong push in week three. This week was however finals week for me (WPI runs quarters so I get a break the week of the 19th) so the hours were down overall. I had to make the most of what I was given and I feel like I did that and then some.
Cash Games - $25NL FR on UB
Sunday -> 2.3 hours of play, -$5.81 on the session
Cash game action unfortunately again took a back seat for most of this week. My normal cash game grinding hours, some time in the afternoon hours here on the east coast, have been subject to longer hours in the school library and review sessions with TAs. The only session I was able to log was on Sunday. It had been so long since my last real cash game session I expected to need to knock off a little rust. Couple that with a less than notable run of cards and I ended up pretty close to even on the session. I did get my rakeback money added in so I still wind up with a couple more buy ins in my account at week's end.
MTTs as has been the theme so far have dominated my schedule
Monday -> $68.05 in buy ins, $1,332.35 on the session
Tuesday -> $87.55 in buy ins, $6.40 on the session
Friday -> $74 in buy ins, -$72 on the session
Monday I found myself having just a monster day. I played in a smaller schedule than normal, only 6 MTTs due to a late start. I managed to go 5/6 on the night including a double cash in the daily doubles and two final tables. I managed to get 3rd in the $3 rebuy good for just under $1K and got a little unlucky HU to finish 2nd in the $2.25 cubed good for $320. Tuesday night I followed my strong showing up with only 2 cashes on my full 8 MTT rotation. I just missed the top 100 in the Daily Double B for a small cash and then in gross fashion bubbled the FT of the $26 $5K Guaranteed PLO when my AAc7c3 fell against the nutball chip leader's AhKhTh4. A win in that spot puts me 2nd in chips and gives me a great shot to make another big run at the FT. Unfortunately I had to settle for breaking even on the night.
Final totals at the end of the week:
Cash Game BR: $761.13
MTT BR: $2,784.38
Total BR: $3,635.51
With the WPF going on this week I'm not sure what I'm planning on doing with my MTT BR. I have enough right now to rework a few more $26MTTs into my nightly schedule. The other option would be to take another $500 or so out and play in another WPF event. For now I'm planning on leaving my MTT schedule alone with the intention of reworking it if things go well for me this week at Foxwoods or on the virtual felt. One thing for sure is that I plan on getting in far more cash game hours this week to make up for some lost time. I'd like to try and log 10K+ hands this week and really make a push get get the BR up into the 4-figure area.
Anyway you look at it, this is just the show that never ends.