April recap

It's been a nice month. I have been able to continue on the play from March. First the numbers:

UB: +910
PS: +80
Total: +990.

Just shy of a $1000 month. Based on the results of March, I had focused on playing UB and most of the UB results occurred at the beginning of the month.

For the latter part of the month, I was back at PS trying to play in their 70k guaranteed NLHE tourney. It is a $50+5 buy-in tourney and first play pays about 12k. My only rules for playing in it are that I must win my $55 before buying in. So I play some 100PLO8 and some 50PLO8 or some PLO8 SNGs before hand. If I make my $55, I stop the cash games and sign up for the tourney. I find that this is actually helping me stay conservative in the cash games, and improving my results.

I've played in it 3 times so far. Average number of players in about 1500 usually getting the payout slightly above the 70k. The first 2 attempts didn't go so well. Too aggressive in the first hour of the tourney and busted in about 1000th place. They just don't fold, and I wasn't adjusting. The third time was better. I got a lot of value out of my hands and managed to chip up from 3k to 12k. Then I had my AA cracked by AK, and was back down to 5k in chips. I battled back a little, but then I got switched tables with my 5k stack on blinds at 150/300/25, so I was all in or nothing. Went busto in 315 with cash paid at 234.

The prize pool is top heavy, so I need to balance cashing vs getting in the money with enough chips to make a run at first. My play is getting better, but it's clear that my game is not where it used to be. I just need a run like I did when I won the $50+5 tourney on Tower (200 players for $2.2k first place). I got an early chip lead there and was able to control the table all the way out.

I'll keep at it this month. If I don't see improvements, I'll stop. At least it is fun, and it's good to keep me from burning out.