Going home this weekend....

I'm heading back to Phenix City Thursday night for the weekend. Seems like more than 2 weeks since I've been back in town. I guess you could say I've missed it a little, even though I just got here. Anyways, been grinding this week. I've played 80 $22s so far this week, and its only Tuesday. I'm going to be cranking it up big time now, because the money is now important... its no longer just something on the side to build up a bankroll, its something on the side to help with bills. I think I'm getting a better feel of 16-tabling too... I'm getting more comfortable with it, which is good. I'm still running pretty bad lately though... I've probably had a really good top 3 finish % (not sure exactly what it is), but I'm getting way too many 2nds and 3rds... I think I get too shove-happy and over-aggressive HU and 3-handed... oh well.. I'll work on it.... I'm up roughly $80 after 80sngs this week... Was down $150ish after my first session though, so its not so bad I don't guess. Well I'll try to update again after the week is over.

- Brandon

Been a while..

Its been a while since I've updated... I've moved up to Atlanta (Kennesaw), and I like it up here so far. Got a nice one bedroom apartment 2 miles from work, which is great. Finally got to set up my new 50" plasma tv, which I love. I'll be going back to town to visit probably every couple weekends. Also, me and some friends are going to Biloxi for Daniel's bachelor party in 3 weeks for the weekend, so that should be fun. I plan on playing a good bit of poker down there at the Beau Rivage, where we are staying. I have to play at least 10 hours total for the 2 nights to be $99 each because its a poker room rate... Last time I covered it before I checked in to the room lol... Well anyways, today is the last day of Week 9 and I don't plan on playing anymore today, so I'll list the last 4 weeks.



6/29-7/5

WEEK 6 = $22,full,reg (65) 7/8/7/43 = -$116.00



7/6-7/12

WEEK 7 = $22,full,reg (100) 9/17/17 = +$140.00



7/13-7/19

WEEK 8 = $22,full,reg (32) 2/7/6 = +$70.00



7/20-7/26

WEEK 9 = $22,full,reg (48) 6/11/3 = +$186.00




TOTAL SNGS = 622
TOTAL BUYIN = $9,717.00

TOTAL PROFIT = $636.60

TOTAL ROI = 6.55%



The last couple weeks I haven't gotten to play much, with me moving and all... Plus I don't have cable here yet and took me a couple days to realize that a couple of my neighbors don't secure their internet connection... ship!... Week 6 was horrible... My first week at $22s and during the first full session, internet went out, which was STANDARD at the other house. Lost over $300 (probably more because I was running good so far) in those 15 sngs... So once again my ROI has been screwed over, but I think I can bring it up pretty good. I've been running probably below avg besides the disconnects, as you can see by my sort of flat line on my graph at sharkscope. My total sng profit on there is $7k-ish right now. I'm going to get it as close to $15k as possible by the end of the year. I do have to cash out more frequently now because of the increase in bills, but hopefully I can keep a steady flow. Well thats all for now...

Week 5...

WEEK 5 = $11,full,reg (85) 12/10/17/46 = +$181.00


TOTAL SNGS = 377
TOTAL BUYIN = $4,327.00

TOTAL PROFIT = $356.60

TOTAL ROI = 8.24%


Pretty decent week I guess. Pulled my ROI up a little. For week 6, I decided to go ahead and jump to $22s. I know, I can never stick to the plan. But I think I can beat them so who cares. The only bad thing is on my first full session of them, the internet went out again. It costed me $297 plus any profits I would have made (and I was running good in most of them). This led me to make the decision that whenever I play from now until I move to ATL in 2 weeks, I'm going to my Dad's house to play. The connection here is just not reliable. I've managed to get back about half of that in the last 2 days, but its still money lost, and will hurt my ROI. I think stuff like that really gives a misrepresentation of somebodys ROI, especially in the short-term, because disconnects don't make you a losing player in my opinion. But I guess they do make you a losing player on paper. Oh well enough complaining. I'm on vacation through next Wednesday so I'll have time next week to get some tables in.

- Brandon