End of October Update

When it comes to poker, October was good. I ended up increasing my BR by $1900. I made my 1st withdrawal from Full Tilt (6 days from request to check). I played decently well and didn't tilt too often or too bad. I did have my share of losing sessions and you can tell tilt was still present because my losing sessions were usually quite large 3+ buy-ins on average, so I still have plenty of work to do. My winnings breakdown for the month looks like this:

NL50 FR (18K hands) = $550.00 (3 BB/100)
NL50 HU (493 hands) = $153.50 (31 BB/100)
20K FR + misc. tourneys = $940
Rakeback + Stox sub. = $175
Iron Man Bonus = $80

Obligatory cash graph:


Let's looks back at my goals for the month and see how I fared:

1) Play well - Check
2) Tilt less - Check (still plenty of room for improvement)
3) Recognize when I am losing that I might also be playing well - Never had this opportunity this month as I actually ran OK all month
4) Understand that when I am winning I may also be playing poorly - Same as #3
5) Quit better - Check, I actually managed to stop fairly well both when winning and when losing.

I guess I'm going to start November at NL100 and see how that goes even though I haven't played any FR since my buddy passed. I just haven't had any desire for that sort of grind. The only poker I've played since was some HU and a $1 CC buy-in tourney. I guess it's about time to get back at it.

As far as November goals, I think I'll just stick to the same ones I had this month as they seemed to work out fairly well.