[snowbank]

I have finished 30 days of small stakes NL hold'em. My goal was to make $3,000 in 30 days at small stakes NL tables. Due to taking 9 of the 30 days off, I did not reach my goal. I did not expect to take 1/3rd of the whole challenge off when I started, but that's what happened. Anyways, I think doing this was beneficial for me to really look into my stats and realize that I should put some goals in front of me and quit playing such low stakes. I stopped early today basically because I am so tired of messing around at the low stakes, and was throwing money away because it's not competitive. I think I made more money than I would have made over the last 30 days if I did not do this challenge, because I would not have forced myself to play sometimes, and actually been shooting for something. Here are the stats:

(each stage is 3 days long)

.25/.50 NL
Stage 1- +$320.10
Stage 2- +$237.45
Stage 3- +$136.05
Stage 4- +$0.90
Stage 5- +$130.30

First half (.25/.50)- +$824.80/ 9,674 hands/ 35.5 hours
17.05 BB/ 100 hands
$23.23/ hour



.50/1 NL
Stage 6- +$786.90
Stage 7- +$312.10
Stage 8- DNP
Stage 9- DNP
Stage 10- +$133.70

Second half (.50/1)- + $1,232.70/ 8,407 hands/ 28 hours
14.66 BB/ 100 hands
$44.03/ hour

Overall- + $2,057.50 in 21 playing days. $97.98 per playing day. I did not include the Pokerstars bonus that I received which was $120 and would put me up to $2,177.50 for the last month.

I know this is a small sample size, but my numbers tell me I should be playing a lot higher as well as my boredom is telling me. Would you agree?