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Just testing out some new programs

is avoiding doing anything practical yet again

One of those days(2)

Yesterday it was the curse of the runner runner flush and losing every coin flip, today its the curse of KQ and losing every coin flip. Must have lost 6 times on the bubble today with all money in ahead, I know its still a flip, but (apart from one time where I bluffed into KK, after he beat my AA with KQ the hand before) I was always ahead and wouldve been nice to win one as the games I've played today have quite juicy top heavy prize pools. I was looking at some old stats as well, and the hand I've lost the most with is KQ.. guess its just there to curse me! Will post some specific hands if I work out how to use the tracker properly.

I'm also a bit behind track with how many hours I intended to play, had to have two full days off after I stupidly got locked out of my account. Will post a graph tomorrow regardless of how good or bad the outcome looks.

I've finally cashed in a multi on iPoker as well, a whole $2.56.. onwards and upwards!

First two days

First two days have gone OK.. not really played as much as I should've on the first day and was running well on the second day until I decided to be outdrawn by runner runner flushes all evening.

A few early stats from Poker tracker.. still getting used to this program.



19 of these games are $20 STT's which is where the wins are from, the rest are MTT's which I am yet to cash in. will record more as I go along

Target $4000
Total after day 2 $201.90
ROI: 44.66
ITM: 26.92

Mansion MCP's

With the change to the iPoker network the loyalty points system for Mansion seems a lot clearer (still no where clear as I would like, but who ever does fully understand them)

The general scheme seems to be 20 bonus points per $1 raked. I am currently on the Pro level which requires 8,000 bonus points per month (around $14 rake per day which is 7 STT's which I can normally complete in about an hours play)

the next level is 20,000 points ($34 rake per day or 17 STT's a day) this is the level I would like to be attaining anyway, it is probably a bit ahead of my bankroll constraints at the moment, but the rewards for reaching this level are much higher. I know I shouldnt be aiming to hit a certain level on bonuses alone, but If I am winning and attaining this target it should allow me to increase my daily starting limit and become an official traider with badbeat rather than a trainee traider, and also allow rake back to start.

$34 rake back per day is about £150 rake back a month(at 30% before site costs etc) which would be a handy bonus, especially as I should imagine I will hit close to $80 in rake on good days when I am running hot.

They also have bonus "boost" levels, If I hit 20,000 points in one month I can request a 50,000 points boost, but if I can maintain the same level for 3 months or 6 months the boost can me much higher (up to 440,000 points) so I am unsure what approach to take to this. I wouldn't mind an ipod touch and they are about 180k points of which I am about 23k cleared so far.

Mansion are currently running a $200,000 cash giveaway depending on points collected, I need another 4000 points to be guarenteed $100 in bonuses and possibly more which is money for nothing!

Only another 4.98 million points to get and then I can play the Foxwoods classics in Apr!

Genesis..

Well not the actual start, but the start of this blog. I have been with Bad beat for two months, and with Mansion pokers change to the iPoker network I feel that it is a good time for me to start fresh with poker. I predominantly play $20 STT's and multi tables around that region, and occasionally cash but no larger than $1/$2 and depending on my bank roll.

I have set myself a target of $4000 for the month of October, I normally don't like setting targets but have done so in the past and have in most cases met my target. It is different now as I don't have a set bank roll to play with, instead a daily allowance so it will take some time to adjust to what levels I can comfortably play and hopefully this blog will allow you and me to track what I am doing and hopefully set myself a routine which I am comfortable at and that actually works.

I will be posting graphs and stats from Poker tracker and certain hands for analysis, any feedback will be more than welcome.

Jon