December Month Review

Poker Stars

Days played: 20

Cash game hands played: 9807

Hours Played: 38

Hourly rate: $17.74

Winning days: 17
Losing days: 3
Most profitable day: +$198.35

Least profitable day: -$309.03

Amount Won: +$602.46

Bonuses Earned: +$71.50

Total Monthly Profit: +$673.96

Goal Evaluation :

-Play 20K+ hands FAILED (Did not meet requirement due to the change into HU play which obviously means a lot less volume was expected)

-$600+ in monthly profit ACHIEVED ($673.96/$600 earned)

-Achieve Gold Star VIP level FAILED (1,900 / 3,000 VPPs needed)

-Achieve Platinum VIP level FAILED (1,900 / 7500 VPPS needed)

Reflection:

I'm extremely happy with how the month ended up. I wish I had put in more volume, but I am as determined as ever to put in the time next month and for the rest of the year. I'm going to make a blog post later today with updated goals for 2011 as they have changed drastically due to my decision to focus on HU play much more than FR. I'm happy to have put up a solid winning month after the downswing I hit in the very beginning. 2010 was a solid year for poker for me as I really achieved a lot not necessarily in monetary profits, but I feel my poker game has excelled to more than I could have imagined in the short time and I'm happy to have the opportunity to play the game. It's unreal to think that alittle less than a year ago I put $175 on full tilt and started at 5nl as my last effort at getting good at poker and now I have grown it to over 4K and am about to take shots at 100nl in the near future.