October 2007 Recap

Cash game net profit = $1,104.75 (60.15 hours of play)
Tournament net profit = -$651.40
Total net profit = $453.35

Total reversal from last month. I more or less found my stride in cash game play, but my tournament results were horrible. Granted, $250 of the $651.40 that I lost in tournament play was from one live local tournament that I decided to take a stab at, but that still leaves over $400 in online tournament losses to account for. According to my PokerTracker stats, I played 126 tournaments (120 of which were SnGs) and finished with an ROI of -16.53%. I'm so tempted to fudge these numbers right now...

Looking back on my SnG play, I think my biggest problem was simply a lack of focus. Between playing too many tables simultaneously and not going back to review my ICM decisions, I really didn't give myself much of a chance. It's not so much that I'm unwilling to put in the work as it is that I'm anxious to see some tangible results. I just need to forget about my profits and focus on plugging the leaks in my game.

As for my stated goals for the month:
- "I'd like to finish with positive results in cash game play for the month. We're off to a good start, but I'm hoping that my return to a more focused and patient game will really yield some extraordinary results."

I'm pretty happy with my cash game results for October. I did a good job of staying patient and adjusting my approach for the generally loose-passive games that I'm fortunate enough to play in.

- "I need to be more patient with my SnG play as well. I jumped the gun a bit moving from 4 tables to 10 tables, and it was all because I didn't feel like I was maximizing my profits. I definitely intend to increase the number of tables I play at a time, but right now I still have too many leaks in my ICM decision making to play more than 4 tables on autopilot."

I definitely don't feel like I did too well with this one. Even though I moved back down to playing 4 tables at a time, I was still pressing too hard to make money, which really caused my play to erode the moment I went on any kind of losing streak. I also didn't bother to review my hand histories, which basically means that I didn't improve much, if at all. Pretty damn disappointing, that's for sure.

Goals for November:
1. Continue playing patiently in live cash games
2. Be more focused and less results-oriented, particularly with SnGs
3. Win at least $1,000 from SnG play with an ROI of at least 10%

Yeah, that last one was a joke.

Yeah, it was lame, I know.