So I made a post about my goal to play 40k hands for 1BB/100 at $10/20 SH earning $8,000 plus $3,500 rakeback.
It's now half way through the 9th of August and I'm going to play almost nothing on Friday-Sunday because I'll be in Mexico, so I figure this is the 1/3 way mark for me.
First of all, 40,000 hands is a lot harder than I had originally thought. This is compounded by the fact that I multi-table like crap (probably due to picky table selection?) and only get 250 hands per hour in when I'm "4-tabling". Still, 40 hours a week should do it for me, but that is obviously a lot of online poker to play.
Second, this game has insane variance. Not variance I'm going to complain about (I'm running hot), but someone point me to this post when I'm in a 200+ BB downswing and remind me that I do actually know how to play this game.
Third, rakeback calculators are liars. If I actually hit 40k hands this month I'd only get $3,200 not $3,500... bastards.
And fourth, LAGing it up really is the best way to play this game. It's a relatively new style of play for me, but the advantages I can see while I'm playing are just amazing. I know I'm outplaying most of the table without even having to think very hard. I only have to think against other super aggros because otherwise I know exactly what to do already.
So, anyways, I am way behind my goal hands-wise and I don't think I am going to find a way to make that gap up. Maybe next month, but it just won't happen with me leaving for vacation again in 3 days.
If you care where I'm at and what my stats are, knock yourself out:
Hands: 8,451 / 40,000
BB/100: 4.88 / 1.00
Amount Won: $8,055 / $8,000
Total Rakeback: $700 / $3,000
VP$IP: 26.33 -- PFR: 20.97 -- WtSD: 38.11 -- W$SD: 53.59
W$WSF: 45.02 -- Att. to Steal Blinds: 36.67
Folded SB to Steal: 81.01 -- Folded BB to Steal: 58.59
Flop Aggr: 3.66 -- Turn Aggr: 2.84-- River Aggr: 1.69
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