Hiatus from blogging

My hiatus from blogging has been caused by this damn thing called school. In my last semester my 18 hours are keeping me extremely busy and while I still put in some sets its nowhere near the amount I looked to start playing when I first started this stake.

Anyways we left the last blog post with a BR of 387.55 and in the midst of a downswing. The downswing happened to continue for another month or so. I ended up losing 7 buyins in September and 27 in October. It was ugly nothing I did would work out for me. I am running a little better now and actually luckboxing some hands that I should not be winning. Variance is fun isnt it?

Either way its important to note that November is going extremely well for me right now. It started with me putting in some volume while I was working security for a tour company. I get paid to make sure kids stay safe on DC trips and play poker & facebook all night. Well I was 4 tabling and simply crushing. I feel I have my confidence back and noticed some spots I was missing in the past month and half.

Bankroll for my stake currently stands @: 389.70

Now an update on my personal Bankroll.

After a couple successful stakes being returned I had some money that I could play around with. I don't remember the last time that I updated my personal bankroll and that's probably because its been ~6 months. Having a personal bankroll to mess around with while I grow my stake is rewarding because I can play some games outside of the parameters of my stake. While I am not playing $25 tournaments with 2000 people its nice to fire up a small stakes MTT like the 8.80 180max on FTP. These are perfect because they allow you to play a MTT without wasting 6 hours of your day. Fortunately for me I was able to make a nice cash in this tournament when I finished 2nd out of 118 for $175 and company that with a 2nd in a 45man $11 sitngo for $113 I was able to withdraw some money for the holiday season.

Also while in DC I was able to win a ticket to the SitNGo Madness Freeroll on FTP. It takes place tomorrow night which is a bummer because I'm not sure I can play it at 11:59 since my friends are having a blowout party. The private bankroll currently stands at 156.47 which consists of:

FTP: 89.42
Pokerstars: 67.05