17th March 2009
Tonight's session was primarily to free me up for the next fortnight by racking up the final merit points I needed to keep my silver VIP level. I keep talking about these merit points and my VIP level and it's not really worth much but it does keep me playing and all the time I have that as a target each month it encourages me to play and rack up the hands and experience. At this level I reckon it takes around 25 table-hours of poker to get the points I need each month. Do that for seven months and I can have $50. I told you it wasn't really worth it didn't I? Anyway, I have got the points I need this month now.
I was also trying to up the aggression a little tonight but as yet I haven't looked at the stats so I don't know if it worked or not. I couldn't really tell while I was playing whether I was more aggressive or not so let's look at the numbers...
Stats
Hands: 3655
Won Hands: 10.10%
Saw Flop: 16.91%
Won Saw Flop: 41.75%
Showdowns: 7.06%
Showdowns Won: 55.04%
Pre Flop Raise: 8.81%
Won: $194.61
BB/100 hands: 2.62
Tighter, more hands won at showdown and more pre-flop raising, along with a profit of over $25 - looks like it was a successful step down the right road. That said, I still don't think I played that well at times. But tonight sees me start with Jennifer Harman's chapter in Super System 2 again...