Final 2007 update

First of all, sorry for the lack of updates recently, but I hope to compensate it with this somewhat longer then normal update.
I was kind of poker tired, so I just spend my poker time into effective playing hours.

2007
In 2007 I managed to put in 1314 poker hours, which is about 110 hours a month. I know it doesnt sound much (normal job here is about 168 hours a month), but I found out that it's not good for my game and health to play 8 hours every day.

So looking back at my goals in the beginning of the year I did not manage to play 1 million hands (my guess is around 750K hands), but I managed to reach my earned money goal with a very wide margin (goal was $120,000).

The best thing about this year was that my monthly income was very stable, better then I ever would have expected. All my months were $12K+ and my worst month was exactly half of my best month....so do some calculations and you know the 2007 results. I know people would like to see a year graph, but I have 5 PT databases so making one graph would cost me some photoshop time and it's probably a very boring (but nice) upwards sloping line.

2008

I would love to put some goals here for 2008, but I'll have to say that I'm not exactly sure what they will be. I don't know if I'm capable of putting another 100 hours a month of grinding NL400/NL600/NL1000. I'm now at a point were I could take the step from medium stakes to the higer stakes (NL1000+), but it's not just a small change in games. I should change my schedule for example, or play on different sites.
I know a lot of players get a kick from competing with the best and are action junkies, but I'm different in that.
Offcourse I like to play with good/better players some of the time, because it makes the game so much more interesting, but I'm not really an 'ego' player who always wants be the best and outplay others.

This was it for now, hope to update my blog more recently in the new year.
Finally I want to thank everybody for reading and wish everyone a happy new year.

Playing a flushdraw againt a donk.....

EverestPoker Game #2564351381: Table Bamako-0 - $2.00/$4.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:36:06 - 2007/12/27
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ($440.10)
Seat 2: luckystrike1 ($1,475.54)
Seat 3: I_Destroy_U ($374.00)
Seat 4: Garuda72 ($607.80)
Seat 5: tristan217 ($240.00)
Seat 6: kaminari ($459.90)
kaminari posts the small blind of $2.00
BldZwtTrn posts the big blind of $4.00
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[9c Ac]
luckystrike1 raises to $8.00
I_Destroy_U folds
Garuda72 folds
kaminari folds
BldZwtTrn calls $4.00
*** FLOP *** [Th 7c Kc]
BldZwtTrn bets $12.00
luckystrike1 raises to $24.00
BldZwtTrn calls $12.00
*** TURN *** [Th 7c Kc] [9d]
BldZwtTrn bets $14.00
luckystrike1 raises to $28.00
BldZwtTrn calls $14.00
*** RIVER *** [Th 7c Kc 9d] [2c]
BldZwtTrn bets $380.10 and is all-in
luckystrike1 calls $380.10
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BldZwtTrn shows [9c Ac]
luckystrike1 shows [Kd Td]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [Th 7c Kc 9d 2c]
BldZwtTrn collects $880.20

Time for a break....

I have been playing 4 months now without any significant break.
So it's time for a short one, below a graph of my last 2 months of playing, can't complain.

LOL

Hands like this make me laugh, because guys like this pay my food/car/house at the end of the day ;-)

EverestPoker Game #2473889818: Table Bamako-0 - $2.00/$4.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 10:18:04 - 2007/12/07
Seat 1: Common ($455.95)
Seat 2: BldZwtTrn ($473.00)
Seat 3: COCOWAGRAM ($1,211.30)
Seat 5: Mux100 ($305.90)
Seat 6: Fifty_outzz ($1,016.80)
Mux100 posts the small blind of $2.00
Common posts the big blind of $4.00
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[Qd Ah]
BldZwtTrn raises to $14.00
COCOWAGRAM calls $14.00
Mux100 folds
Common folds
*** FLOP *** [6c As Ad]
BldZwtTrn bets $24.00
COCOWAGRAM raises to $106.00
BldZwtTrn calls $82.00
*** TURN *** [6c As Ad] [7d]
BldZwtTrn checks
COCOWAGRAM bets $246.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $353.00 and is all-in
COCOWAGRAM calls $107.00
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BldZwtTrn shows [Qd Ah]
COCOWAGRAM shows [9h Th]
*** RIVER *** [6c As Ad 7d] [8c]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [6c As Ad 7d 8c]
COCOWAGRAM collects $950.00

Swingy start of the month

December has started kind of swingy. Had one session where I lost over 7 buy-ins in less then 2 hours. During this period I didn't win one single pot bigger then 75BB and lost money with all my big pairs.... Im still up over $5K so not much to worry.
Don't have time for to analyse hands, so I'm just posting some fun ones.

Hand against a regular who has a tilt problem...

EverestPoker Game #2464817165: Table Bamako-13 - $2.00/$4.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 10:21:51 - 2007/12/05
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ($472.75)
Seat 2: 12345mat ($21.20)
Seat 3: Drainlife ($419.45)
Seat 4: marc067 ($449.00)
Seat 5: morpheo ($524.60)
Seat 6: auxerrebest ($346.45)
BldZwtTrn posts the small blind of $2.00
12345mat posts the big blind of $4.00
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[Ah Qh]
Drainlife folds
marc067 folds
morpheo raises to $14.00
auxerrebest folds
BldZwtTrn raises to $46.00
12345mat folds
morpheo calls $32.00
*** FLOP *** [7d 4d Jh]
BldZwtTrn bets $70.00
morpheo calls $70.00
*** TURN *** [7d 4d Jh] [Ac]
BldZwtTrn checks
morpheo bets $94.00
BldZwtTrn calls $94.00
*** RIVER *** [7d 4d Jh Ac] [8c]
BldZwtTrn checks
morpheo bets $314.60 and is all-in
BldZwtTrn calls $262.75 and is all-in
Uncalled bet of $51.85 returned to morpheo
*** SHOW DOWN ***
morpheo shows [5s 3s]
BldZwtTrn shows [Ah Qh]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [7d 4d Jh Ac 8c]
BldZwtTrn collects $946.50

He snapcalled my raise on the turn...

EverestPoker Game #2469267163: Table Bamako-2 - $2.00/$4.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 09:10:15 - 2007/12/06
Seat 2: BldZwtTrn ($758.30)
Seat 3: rico92200 ($264.70)
Seat 4: 81blackcat81 ($212.00)
Seat 5: Bandarjudi ($99.40)
Bandarjudi posts the small blind of $2.00
BldZwtTrn posts the big blind of $4.00
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[4c 5c]
rico92200 raises to $14.00
81blackcat81 calls $14.00
Bandarjudi folds
BldZwtTrn calls $10.00
*** FLOP *** [Kc 7d 6h]
BldZwtTrn checks
rico92200 bets $34.00
81blackcat81 calls $34.00
BldZwtTrn calls $34.00
*** TURN *** [Kc 7d 6h] [Qc]
BldZwtTrn checks
rico92200 checks
81blackcat81 bets $50.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $200.00
rico92200 folds
81blackcat81 calls $114.00 and is all-in
Uncalled bet of $36.00 returned to BldZwtTrn
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BldZwtTrn shows [4c 5c]
81blackcat81 shows [5h 4h]
*** RIVER *** [Kc 7d 6h Qc] [As]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [Kc 7d 6h Qc As]
BldZwtTrn collects $236.00
81blackcat81 collects $236.00

Nice flop call with....

EverestPoker Game #2469263630: Table Bamako-3 - $2.00/$4.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 09:07:53 - 2007/12/06
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ($653.80)
Seat 2: jaketkeine ($90.00)
Seat 3: PALKO ($460.60)
Seat 5: johnlaw ($410.00)
Seat 6: teo1970 ($74.00)
BldZwtTrn posts the small blind of $2.00
jaketkeine posts the big blind of $4.00
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[Kc Ks]
PALKO folds
johnlaw calls $4.00
teo1970 folds
BldZwtTrn raises to $16.00
jaketkeine folds
johnlaw calls $12.00
*** FLOP *** [2c 5s Ts]
BldZwtTrn bets $26.00
johnlaw calls $26.00
*** TURN *** [2c 5s Ts] [8d]
BldZwtTrn bets $75.00
johnlaw calls $75.00
*** RIVER *** [2c 5s Ts 8d] [Qd]
BldZwtTrn checks
johnlaw bets $238.00
BldZwtTrn calls $238.00
*** SHOW DOWN ***
johnlaw shows [Qc 8c]
BldZwtTrn mucks
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [2c 5s Ts 8d Qd]
johnlaw collects $712.00