September Results; October Goals

Here are my September results:

• Goal: Over 60K hands (50K at NL100): Nope. Oh SO close, thought. I played 59.4K hands. I played 42K of it at NL100, though and only 3.1K at NL50. I also played some NL200, some NL/PL 50 6-max, and some NL25 6 max (at Stars). I'm at NL100 to stay except when I play cash games at Stars (due to roll).
  
• Over 6.0 BB/100. Not even close. 1.31 BB/100 for NL100; 0.65 BB/100 for all hands.
  
• Get rolled for, and take shots, at NL200. I got rolled and then some. Took some shots at the fish. Played only 2,200 hands at -2.85 BB/100
  

With rakeback, bonus, and tournament $ (cashed in the last 4 tournabees I played), I ended up the month +$1,440 for my 3rd consecutive month over $1K. I'm still not playing well, but I'll take it. I made (are you ready for this?) a whopping $1.16 per hour! (not including rakeback). With rakeback and tournabees, my hourly rate was $8.04/hour. Sweet. I'm almost ready to go pro. (NOT!).

After 8 months, I should have won $8,000 to be on pace to make $12,000 this year from poker. I am only at $5,345, about $2,700 off the pace.

October Goals:

• Play 60,000 hands (at least 80% at NL100 and do not move up until I have at least a 3 bb/100 at NL100).
  
• Over 6.0 BB/100.
  
• Hourly rate from cash NL cash games: $5.00. I know this isn't good for NL100, but making it $10/hour (10x what I did in September) seems way too lofty.
  
• Watch at least 1 instructional video per week.
  
• Spend 30 minutes per day reviewing hands.
  

August 08 Results; September 08 Goals

Results vs. Goals for August:

• Over 60K hands (about 30/30 split NL50/NL100). Fail. I only played 37K hands total for the month. This is due to having to travel way too much this month for work. I got in 27K hands @ NL/PL100 and 7.7K NL/PL50. I also played some 6 max.
  
• Over 3.6 ptBB/100 for both levels. Fail. Sort of. I was at 6.25 ptBB/100 for NL50 but only 1.3 ptBB/100 for NL100. I'm still happy with both, although I can easily find enough hands that I donked that I could have been around 2.6 ptBB/100.
  
• Get rolled for 1/2 NL (doesn't mean I'll move up, though). Fail. Sort of. I did get rolled for NL200, but I fell back down. If I deposited monies from my rakeback account I would be rolled, but I want to play the majority of this month at NL100 and at the end I should be more than rolled for NL200.
  
• Improve my tournament play. I think I did this. I read HOH Volumes I & II and I managed to get a 2nd place in a 180-man SNG this month.
  

Total made for the month (w/out rakeback): +$1.073.47.

My year goal was to make $12k from the poker. YTD I am far behind - I'm at $3,904 (May and June just killed me). So, over the next 4 months I have to make about 8,000 in poker. Considering that my best month so far has been $1700, its going to be a stretch. However, I have moved up stakes so that should increase my potential winnings (but on the downside it increases potential losses). I think when its all said and done, I'm going to be damn close.

September Goals:

• Over 60K hands (50K at NL100)
  
• Over 6.0 BB/100.
  
• Get rolled for, and take shots, at NL200.
  

Other poker news and notes:

• After being very frustrated with how laggy PT3 was making my laptop (could barely play 4 tables), I tried out Hold'em Manager. Long story short - I fell in love with it and bought it. The look isn't as "slick" as PT3, but its a ton faster and takes up less resources. I also feel its easier to filter the data that I most want to see.
  
• I didn't mention it earlier, but I'm a mod in the poker section of a site called insidestl.com. check it out. Though, since I am the ONLY person who reads this, I can guarantee that my entire readership will join the site.