/ Matthew Pitt / 31 January 2012 / Leave a Comment 
Nom, nom, nom. I love chips
I started playing tournaments again on the Jan. 15 and by Jan. 22 I was already thinking I was the best thing since sliced bread
The month of January is almost done and dusted and what a rollercoaster ride it has been at the tables. Not including whatever I play today I have played a total of 200 tournaments during the last 15 days of January and I'm rather pleased with my fat self for turning a profit, finishing with an ROI of 16.6%.
Whilst an ROI of 16.6% is hardly going to see Phil Ivey quaking in his boots at the prospect of an overweight Yorkshireman breathing down his neck in the all-time money listings it is actually a pretty amazing figure considering how my month progressed.
Weeeee! Perfect Start!
I started playing tournaments again on the Jan. 15 and by Jan. 22 I was already thinking I was the best thing since sliced bread as I had played 61 tournaments, cashed in 10 of them, made six final tables and had two outright wins to my name. Ship the 163.0% ROI to the Pudding. Obviously I knew this was unsustainable but I had high hopes of playing a ton more tournaments and ending the month with an ROI of at least 50%, but my little Poker God friends had other ideas and thought they would play a sick little trick on me, a trick that would make me believe I was a complete donkey who had just run like Jesus for his first 61 games of the month.
Aaarrrggghhh! The Wheels Have Fallen Off!
Their silly little game almost worked too because between Jan. 23 and Jan. 30 I played a further 107 MTTs and I can honestly say, hand on heart, I have never ran so badly in all the time I have played poker. Although I managed to make it into the money 13 times during this period, there were only four of those cashes that were not for the bare minimum. I ran horrifically during crucial stages of games and I was thinking of jacking in tournaments once again but I'm no longer a quitter so I simply gritted my teeth, went through my HEM database and looked for glaring mistakes. It was here I discovered that although I was, and still am, missing some spots where I should be getting my money in I was for the most part doing everything right and the fact I was more than 130,000 chips under EV during those 107 games is testament to that fact.
Victory Is Mine!
Then yesterday I played 32 tournaments to bring the total played for January to 200. Out of these 32 I made it to the money in four of them, bursting the final table in one but finished fifth twice and fourth once. Although my ROI for that session was only 13.9% and the profit less than five of my average buy-in it was great to get my chips into the middle and suck out for a change and actually book a win after seven consecutive losing days!
Damn You Work!
The plan for February was to play no less than 600 games but those plans are almost certainly going to have to be put on hold until March due to work commitments. You see I fly to Venice on Sunday for the World Poker Tour Venice Grand Prix and I will be ridiculously busy plus I am sure you can't online poker there anyway so that is one week without grinding. Then I am back for a short while before I head to Denmark on Feb. 19 for the European Poker Tour Copenhagen Main Event where again I'll probably be super busy and I'm not sure of the legal status of playing in the land of the Vikings.
I'll still try to play as much as I possibly can and I'm still hopeful of playing in most of the upcoming GSOP games so February won't be a complete write off. I'm super pleased at how I am developing now as a player, the mental side of my game that was so lacking seems to be getting better and better each day and I honestly feel that the sky is the limit right now and progress is certainly being made. Until next time, good luck at the tables!
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