May Review

Ok, my renewed aspirations of hoping to earn a decent single (or additional) income from poker began when I returned home from Orlando on May 16th. To say the least I was a little nervous, I didn't and still don't feel I have a comfortable bankroll (started with $600) to support 16 tabling 50NL. Maybe I just run really bad, or don't fold AK enough when the board is A K 7 rainbow. I'm nots sure, but I am considering depositing a further $500 to boost my confidence from any future inevitable downswings. I may wait for some sort of deposit bonus from Stars though.

Overall, despite my hot start I feel I have run pretty poorly. I am not running badly in ALL in EV, however this does not tell the whole story, as the number of times I have been sucked out on turn/river when pot committed is incredible. I have also had very few "hand me outs." These are when the cards dictate the hand and both players are in no fault of their play. I.e., AA vs KK or set over set.

Due to Stars awesome promotion (which I did not quite complete or know about till I returned from my hols!), I will become Platinum Star as of June 3rd, plus be rewarded 70K VPP for earning 5010VPP over the last 2 weeks. Although I did not hit my intended 7.5k for 80K VPP, this is no big deal and may delay my journey to Supernova by just a month or so.

Anyway, heres how the graph/stats looked for May...

The Stats

2.56bb/100 over 27,450 hands
$350.75 in winnings
New roll $949.96

My goals for next month are to play 60,000 hands and try and boost my roll to ~ $1.5k.

Will keep ya updated on my progress!

Best of luck!

- Rich