August 2009 Summary
So it has been a swingy month for me lol. I was playing both 50nl fr and 50nl 6m at the start of the month and forgot how to play both anywhere close to correctly. That was the first 11k hands or so. The next few bumps in the road, was moments of good play trashed by horrific spew as I tried to get my game back. All the way up to the last week my win rate has been ridiculously pathetic this entire month, even when I was pulling myself up out of BE, which was really getting to me.
Finally I sort of just said “fuck it”, and tried to un-do any changes I feel I might have made to my game at the start of the month, that may have put me in this position, as I was beating 25nl for 5pt in the first 30k hands, so beating it for ~3pt this month is rather crap.
More recently still I have made a few adjustments, which I believe are improvements, though these are pulling my game back closer to what it was previously, just more refined and better well thought out. I’m hoping September will allow me to cement my game back together and instill some more confidence back in me. Once I’m happy with things I’ll then work on setting up HEM, using a HUD for the first time, 12 tabling and eventually moving back up to 50nl fr.
I normally like to show off my money won at showdown and non showdown graph, but not this month, my red line has been a sore issue for me, so you’ll have to make do with the regular money won graph.
There are some positives from this month though, I have gotten more used to playing short handed, I am now a lot more comfortable playing HU then I was, though there is still a ton more room of improvement to be made. I exceeded my VPP goal and made Platinum Star, and I also completed the full reload bonus, and also sold 12, 500 FPP’s for a decently sized instant cash bonus, so money won and bonuses coupled together put this month has my best ever, in terms of fpp’s, money won, and volume, so that’s good. 
Also new this month, is my copy of “Professional Poker”
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