Week ending 4/11

For this past week I had profits of 254.5 playing around 20 hours. I had two midterms this week so school kinda had to take priority. I also tried to play some different SNG formats, which I can't do as profitably as the DONs. I don't have any school work to do for the next two weeks so I think I'm can get 40 hours in each week.

Week 4/4 Results

For the week ending April 4, I had a profit of 346.5 playing around 28 hours. I did pick up 30 extra bucks from FPP tournaments, but these aren't trackable so I won't count them. I had been kind of stagnant in profit the last couple weeks and it was nice to get back to making decent money. I think this was due to both the number of hours I put in (28 is well above my average) and also the fact that I'm up to doing 24 tables at a time. I've only done a few hundred like this, but my ROI doesn't seem to suffer. When doing this many tables it is extremely important to have a solid internet connection and not be fucked up. Over 130 dollars is on the line when I do this many and one fuck up would can mess up your whole week. For this week I'm going to try and do continous five hour sessions of 24 tables. I've mostly only been running one set of 24 and then stopping for a while. This will make sure that I'm maximizing all my time playing and I think a 400 week should be attainable as long as I run decent.

Multitabling

I remember when I first became a winning player, i started tracking my results and found I was making the equivalent of $1.8 per hour. This discouraged me to the point that I quit playing online and started playing in live casinos. When I finally came to to online, I found the missing part of my game that me allow me to make a decent hourly rate. Multitabling. I started just playing two at once, then four, six, all the way to my current 24. To someone used to playing only one table, even four can seem overwhelming. But after steadily increasing the number you're playing, and learning your format well enough so each decision requires only seconds, playing multiple tables will not be that difficult Of course while you're doing this make sure the drop in profit per game that extra tables bring will be more than offset by playing more tables per hour. Charting your progress is essential so you know whether you're making money or not and for figuring out the most profitable way to spend your time. The best sites are Sharkscope.com and Pokerprolabs.com.

About me

My name is Andrew Russell and I have been playing poker seriously for about 5 years and profitably for about 1. I just reached 3k in profit on SS and I've decided to start this blog as I find out if I can do this for a living. I have made most of my profit on, and continue to play $5.40 DON tournaments on Pokerstars. I will use this blog to discuss strategy, results and other things important to being a profitable poker professional. I welcome any comments and will answer any questions from other aspiring players.