I finally caved and bought PokerTracker so that I could keep track of my results. It's really interesting, actually; I'm still a very marginal winner. The only reason I've won up to this point, actually, is because of rakeback and bonuses, but it's still been good enough to roll my $110 deposit up to $366.15.
PokerTracker reveals that in cash games, I'm down $21.87. My losses are mostly due to getting destroyed at NL 25 Rush, losing $161.55 over 3,290 hands. Meh. I'm going to be bringing my PokerStars roll ($260) over to Full Tilt because of Rush, and the fact that PokerStars cash games have a slightly higher rake, after rakeback. The bankroll will be $526.15, rolled enough for NL25 again at 20 buy-ins, but this time I'm going to wait for 30 buy-ins and make sure I'm beating NL 10 at a good clip. I've also definitely overestimated my win rate; my total win rate for all stakes only stands at 2.32 bb/100, a pretty marginal rate, really. I've gotten much better since my hand history began, though, so I'm going to optimistically peg myself at 3bb/100 for right now.
I'm planning on switching entirely to cash games, specifically Rush Poker; I was very slightly up at tournaments until a month or so ago when I decided to try and mass multitable KO tourneys, and that's what knocked me negative there. So no more tournaments.
I'll try and do a weekly/monthly/yearly update so I can keep better track of my progress. Here's the first one:
Lifetime Summary:
Deposited: $110
Cash Game Winnings: -$21.87
Tournament Winnings: -$65.07
Bonuses won: $115
Rakeback: $228.09
Total Winnings: $255.15
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
I have been tempted to get Poker Tracker-3. How steep is the learning curve?
ReplyDeleteThe learning curve isn't too bad. I can do all the basics pretty intuitively (looking up stats, graphs, etc.). It's a pretty smooth program, in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteI had to look up what to use in my HUD and how to review online (twoplustwo is good for that). It shouldn't take more than a few days to get some good use out of it. I recommend it!