Graph (2009 - 2013) Zoom and Rush NL Hold'em 750k hands

As promised, my playing history from the lucrative period to 2013. It just shows that even through some downswings that felt quite terrible at the time, it seems that I was a small winner in those games at that time.

How that translates to the present day I'm not so sure. Recent results in Zoom have been break-even at best and it could be that those tables are no longer "soft" enough for my small win rate and I'd be better off back in the standard games with table selection.

A quick note about the player alias, it's given as B4nko - my Full Tilt username - but this graph also includes hands played in Zoom poker.

 

 

A note on playing style, tight aggressive was key. 3-betting was so prolific that I was ditching small pairs UTG (up to 55), along with other marginals e.g. KJs. Post-flop understanding of fold-equity and value betting were key. Understanding ideas such as hands on the river with showdown value should usually be checked back if villains are not calling with worse. This combination of pre-flop discipline and post-flop understanding is what yielded those results.

 

 

I will update soon if I get around to playing some hands.

 

 

GL!

News

I still play from time to time, but not often enough that I have much to post about.

The story since the last update is one of flatlining results (including Poker Stars bonuses), so slightly losing overall. That’s in Zoom games.

The reason for this post is that I rebooted my old gaming machine for the first time in years today. It has all of my databases 2009 to 2013 so I’m going to aggregate the results if I can and post the full history so that the blog is fully up to date. It may also serve as an incentive to play some more: If I can correlate my recent stats to those winning ones, perhaps I’ll play a bit more.

To follow, then. Probably be a week or two before I get around to it.