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May 2010 Update

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
I have been playing off and on over the last month and a half. At one point, I was getting hammered on Cake and dropped down to $300. But using patience and proper money management, I was able to pull back and my totals are now back on track again.

Totals as of today:
Cake Poker: $949.33 Full Tilt: $447.75 Party Poker: $331.90
Total: $1728.98 Read More

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The 10% Plan

Sunday, March 28th, 2010
My strategy for now is to play fairly light as there is a lot of other stuff going on right now outside of poker. My goal is to leave each session with 10% more than what I brought to the tables.
This strategy has so far worked pretty good. After 4 sessions, I have made positive gains each time. Cake is now at $713.78 from $679.96 when I started again. I also got a couple extra bucks on Party and that is at $204.29.
I`m hoping that sense of accountability by posting my results will continue and provide for more steady and consistent days. Read More

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I`m Back for 2010!!

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
After a long hiatus, I have decided to once again start tracking my poker play again. Over the last several months I`ve just been playing casually and event taken out money from my Cake Poker account. By the way, they now offer 1 free cheque a month which I have gotten delivered by priority mail within a week.
My first challenge was to take $10 and see if I could convert it into over a $1000. I was able to accomplish this and actually take out the $1000 with money remaining. As of today, the amount I have at poker sites is $1344.60, spread across Cake Poker, Full Tilt Poker and Party Poker.
For my second challenge, my goal is to reach… Read More

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1st Anniversary !!!

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
It is finally here. One year has passed in my poker challenge and although I haven't broken any world records, I have been able to grow my initial deposit from it's meager beginnings of $10 up to $2633.10 as of today. My current game of choice is 6 man cash games at $1/$2 no limit. I generally play just one of these tables plus a sit-n-go heads up match. My side experiment of playing 100 heads up matches is still under way and after 63 matches, I currently have 37 wins and 26 losses. I am really looking forward to year 2. Cake Poker is still going great for me and I hope they are able to keep up the traffic. The other day, they had over 9000… Read More

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Mid Month Blues

Monday, October 19th, 2009
It never seems to fail. Things go awesome at the start of the month and then after a few weeks, the wheels seem to fall off. I am now down $450 from my highs and lost all of this within 1 week! I have decided to take a break from poker until the weekend to let my frustrations cool off and get back to some web development which I have been interested in working on again.
When I return from my hiatus, I am going to setup a new mini challenge for myself. I call it the heads up challenge 100 rally. I plan to play 100 heads up matches. My goal is to achieve a success rate of 70%. I'm not sure how long this will take but it should be a nice change… Read More

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Cake Poker Oktoberfest

Sunday, October 11th, 2009
October is rolling along nice and smoothly. We're having our first taste of snow and it's also Turkey weekend here in Canada. I'm looking forward to visiting with family and having a great meal. Happy Thanksgiving!!
My poker play this month has been pretty much focused on blasting away at Cake Poker. They are currently running a promotion called Oktober ChipFest. The deal for me is that I need to clear 500 frequent player points in order to receive a free entry into a $10,000 freeroll on Oct 17th. If I clear another 500 points, I will receive 300% more gold chips during the second half of October. Well as of last night, I have cleared 1100… Read More

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September 2009 – Summary

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
Another month has gone by and once again fall is starting to arrive. I have been doing the challenge now for over 10 months and everything is still going nice and steady. I did have a record breaking month for earnings but they were still solid with just over $200 added to my bankroll.
Cake Poker has once again started to become my friend again like the old days. I am now comfortably playing $0.50/$1.00 cash games with up to 6 tables. This game is much looser than the lower stakes tables and there are some great opportunities to have some serious gains.
I played a lot on Full Tilt again this month with unfortunately a negative return.… Read More

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August 2009 Summary

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
The vacation month is now over but it was very enjoyable. It was good to get away from the usual and have a little R&R. The family and I were able to get out to British Columbia and we were also able to have some great visits with our friends. I even had a chance to repaint our deck which was definitely in need of a little attention.
Although I didn't even play half as much poker as last month, I was still able to walk away with my second best month to date.
September is now here though and it's time to see what the fall will bring. With my bonus clearing window running out, I was once again playing at Full Tilt. Only $30 left to clear.… Read More

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Getting Back Into The Action

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
I played a little Full Tilt tonight but didn't play enough to release anymore bonus. So far I have cleared $50 and I haven't lost my shirt doing it which is very easy to do when you start focusing on the bonus instead of playing solid poker. There is still another $50 waiting to be cleared by September 8th and I think this should be achievable.
Most of my play tonight was in tournaments at Cake Poker. I played a mix of heads up matches and double ups. I ended up being down about $10 due to the entry fees even though my results were 50/50.
For some additional excitement I decided to play a couple of larger tournaments. The first one… Read More

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Lovin Vacation

Sunday, August 9th, 2009
I just finished my first week of vacation and what a great time I've had so far with my family and friends. Our first stop was in Calgary last weekend. It was an awesome visit and the kids had a lot of fun. I even got to go to the casino with my buddy Greg. Surprisingly enough it was my first time playing a no-limit cash game at the casino. The nerves were with my for the first 20 minutes but I fell into the groove after that. I was able to walk away with $11 after a couple of hours. Not bad for my first showing.
After that, the family and I headed to Panorama, B.C. for a little R&R in the mountains. A little colder than I would of liked… Read More

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