Mid Month Update

It’s been a little over two weeks, so thought I’d share an update on how the play has been on Carbon Poker.  For starters, I really like the site.  It’s easy to navigate, the graphics are clean, and the players… well lets just say they like to give away money.  Over the past couple days I’ve switched from a short stack approach to buying in for table max.  It’s not a huge adjustment but there are noticeable differences between the two that I’m not really going to go into detail here but the transition has been pretty easy.  I’ve also started 3-4 tabling as opposed to 1-2 tabling which also took some getting used to but I’ve got it down now.  I remember on Bodog there were rarely more than two tables running at any stake for PLO, but on Carbon there are plenty of tables at the stakes ill be mostly playing so have to take advantage of that.  As you can see from the graph, I’ve been running right around or a little above EV which is good but a few of the sessions I’ve had, especially the recent ones, have been so rollercoaster it’s crazy.  Like yesterday for example, 30 minutes into the session I was already down 3 buyins.  After an hour I was 7 buyins deep and really didn’t think I’d be able to get it all back by the end of the day.  But couple hours later I was only down a buyin.  I can never seem to just start off up ever lol.  It’s always start off down and then make it back to turn a small profit which is definitely annoying, but there is nothing I can do except to make sure I’m making smart profitable plays every hand and the cards will fall as they fall.  My goal for the rest of the month is to reach $500 in the account so I can start playing some .10/.25 and get off this .05/.1.  I’m about $300 away, and based on the 1^st half this month it seems unlikely I’ll reach that but I like a challenge.  I think my chances will improve once I start playing tourneys more regularly. 

Speaking of tournaments, that was the whole reason I switched sites in the first place but man I forgot how frustrating they are.  A lot of the players have no clue how to play PLO and especially PLO8 tournaments.  I’ve tried to have a couple tourney days but after putting my money in good and busting out before the break in the first few, I always end up just saying fuck tourneys and going back to cash.  I did ship a small $2 PLO8 tourney right at the beginning of the month that was pretty bad ass because I started the final table as chip leader and was able to go wire to wire but other than that my results have been pretty uneventful.  For now I’m not too concerned about it because I need to get my bankroll up to play in the bigger tourneys where the 1^st place money is much more significant.

Next post I’m going to give a few of my thoughts on the WSOP coverage this year and live broadcast coverage of poker in general.  I was going to add it here but feel it may get too lengthy, so I’ll wait until Monday or Tuesday to post it.  Shipshape.

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