Ok. First things first, results.....
It hasn't been the most successful month but it hasn't been an awful month either. Results were bound to suffer moving up the stakes and playing against better players and with this in mind I'm actually reasonably happy especially as I have just fixed a couple of significant leaks that have potential to really improve my win rate. Before posting my monthly graph I have to explain to any noobs out there that the variant of poker I play on pokerstars is extremely swingy with the possibility for huge upswings and huge downswing's no matter the calibre of the player. Anyway, enough excuses... Graph time :)
Ok so again I have to explain that I am not allowed to post my expected value so this is next best thing. After all this is real money I suppose! Next update I'll factor rakeback into my graph! Redline isn't too bad but still plenty of room for improvement :) I'm quite excited to play some decent volume with my newly fixed leaks but unfortunately due to an upcoming trip (keep on reading) I have to really focus on uni work for the next 2.5 weeks and I don't see me playing ANY poker at all for the next few days unfortunately....
But overall I feel I've had quite a successful month poker-wise. I put in pretty crappy volume thanks to uni (agaaaaain) but results are fine considering I've only just moved up from the 7's and I feel confident for the near future! This month I've earned 11,000 vpps which is 11% of Supernova but only 1.1% of Supernova elite which is an optimistic but possible goal for this year. So first month down I'm officially 1.1% of the way to hitting my goal :) BUT obviously the higher the stakes I play the quicker I earn vpps and also the second I finish university my volume at the tables will increase dramatically so I'm still on track! Supernova elite would be an incredible achievement not only because I have only been playing hyper turbos for a few months but also because it is worth a hell of a lot of money!
Around 100,000 USD to be more precise
Heres a chart representing the number of games at each stake I'd need to play in order to hit my goal.
Anyway, enough dirty money talk! I could get crushed at 15's for ever and lose the will to live! Hopefully very unlikely but still a possibility ;). Had a pretty busy couple of weeks with my 'boss' (he doesn't like this term but he basically is. Either that or a loan shark ;) ;) ;) )
and good friend visiting me in Liverpool along with another poker play in our stable George (Belthazorrr) who decided to move to Liverpool for the next year to focus on poker and avoid crazy Greek 'gambling' taxes. So been doing lots of studying with George and showing him around Liverpool a little in preparation to move him into his new place within the next few days if all goes to plan!
Now last but by no means least. HOLIDAY!!!!!!! WORK TRIP!!!!!!
From the 17th of February till the 9th of March I will be studying, playing, partying, sunning, gyming and chilling with the rest of my stable (12 of us in total) on the beautiful Caribbean island of Curacao. Obviously main goal of the trip is to seriously develop our poker and to give us a real head start in our goals to hit Supernova elite this year. We'll be putting in some serious volume whilst were over there so this is pretty exciting and if all goes to plan we will be able to fit in months of study and really catapult us into a very profitable year for both ourselves and our backers. I'm actually lucky enough to be celebrating my 22nd birthday over there so I'm extremely excited for this as last year I spent my birthday held up in my bedroom doing sweet f a. I'm hoping for a somewhat hangover-esque birthday this year so if any of the stable are reading this don't let me down ;) I want everyone on top form.
Anyway, this blog post is already way too long so congratulations if you've even made it this far! I'll finish this post with a few pictures of the grind-house and epicentre of general awesomeness where we'll be staying during our stay in Curacao. In case I hadn't mentioned earlier, I'm excited! Hope the rest of you guys are hitting targets and making 2014 your bitch!
