20th April

I didn't get to play as much as I wanted today but I played a good few super turbo sit n gos and the bankroll is now up from $288 to $315. I believe that the strategy and intuition I have developed by playing many many of these games has helped me increase my ROI. I have thought of graphing my results on excel or other software but at these stakes is it really necessary? It is good to know where you are most profitable and seek to make your earnings there but I am playing to improve, this means that I will eventually have to play out of my comfort zone and play games that I am weak at. Of course I will have to take my bankroll into account and very often I am overly cautious when I decide to switch game types etc. This also doesn't mean that I won't play to win money, of course I will and as I get better at these games, I will continue to make a certain amount of profit before progressing to different gametypes or higher limits. I do not want to make the mistake of moving up too soon.

Eventually I will start graphing my results but that will most likely be at the higher stakes or at least when I play a much greater volumn. When I was playing the absolutely lowest stakes like 1/2c cash games, the rake was just too detrimental to earnings. Playing 1-3 dollar sit-n-gos took too long ranging from 40mins -80 mins. I would not be able to get a good hourly rate from them. This is why I particularly like the super turbo sit-n-gos. I have been searching other blogs to see what the general feeling for these are, most believed that they can be profitable and some saw too much luck involved. So far for me, I have found these games pretty profitable. I believe that they can easily be beaten. The players at 3.50+30c are incredibly weak most of the time and don't make the calls. Often I even find that some players play way too tight and others way too loose. This means that players will call you with hands that you beat 60/40 most of the time, ocassionally 80/20 if you have a higher pocket pair to them. The other end of it means that players will fold hands that are ahead of you sometimes. Also with added experience, knowing how to play stack sizes, position, only add to your edge.

After playing these super turbo sit n gos I now play the bubble much better, picking my spots and being incredibly aggressive. I recently at a house game and I came back from being 1/4 of average stack to chip leader purely by picking my spots and pushing all in with relatively decent hands, and even with some rags when I knew the other player couldn't risk his such a high percentage of his stack.