July Wrap Up…

July was a very nice month for me.  I put in alot of action at the nose bleeds and did well.  In total I ended +280k for the month. 

As for my goals I didn’t do as well as I would have liked. 

1) Play 10k hands of limit O8, no higher than 50/100
2) Play 5k hands of Stud or Stud 8
3) Watch of make a video from on of the mixed games everyday.
4) have a winning month at 25/50 PLO

Of these four goals I accomplished only one.  I ended up having a winning month at 25/50 PLO which feels great after losing 300k their.  As I said earlier I probably wasn’t playing my best when I lost 300k, but still it just shows the variance in the games.  I want to be very carefully when playing 200/400 and 300/600 with an ante because I believe a winning player could lose 3 million in those games.

The ante makes the PLO games play so much bigger.  Most of my 300k downswing came in the ante games which I think almost doubles the size of the game.  So 25/50 with an ante is almost as big as playing 50/100.

So the goals I set were a bit lofty so for August I want to set goals I think I can accomplish.  I probably could have completed my July goals if it weren’t for all the action at higher stakes.  I also had alot of real life stuff to deal with.

So my goals for August are

1) play 10k hands of mixed games no higher than 40/80.
2) watch a mixed game video twice a week
3) Only play big PLO when games are good, I am rested and focused.

Things have been going amazingly well this year for me.  This could easily be my best year has a poker player not only financially but also in terms of the troubles I have had with multiaccounting and downswings at PLO.  I know when things go really well I get complacent and don’t play my best.  Hopefully I can keep my focus and drive that I have had all year and finish up strong.

A couple of big pots from the past few days.

http://weaktight.com/1342887

http://weaktight.com/1342891

http://weaktight.com/1342892

http://weaktight.com/1342894

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