Final Results of PROJECT 1

Total Gain: $845
Hrs Played: 39.75
Gain/Hr: $21.25 (10.63 BB/Hr)
Table Hrs (25% 3 tables-29, 75% 4 tables-119) : 148
Table Gain/Hr: $5.71/Hr (2.85 BB/Hr)
Total Hands played: 9596
Avg Gain per hand: 8 Cents
Avg Daily Gain: $60.35

So in reality it only took me 13 days to reach my project goal. Here are some comments concerning the stats kept..

Total hrs played: This is mostly time spent in the morning before I go to work. I have a normal life beyond morning poker that needs my attention. I have also noticed in past poker sessions that after around and hour, the play drags on. It is my hunch that if someone where to use this system as a full time job, they could do ok, but probably not keep the same numbers as I am posting with short 1-3 hour gaming sessions in the mornings.

The Gain / Hr is about as good as could ever be expected at this limit. Playing 3-4 tables can impact the results of anyones play. If one plays the cards and the person sitting across from them, they can not play 3-4 tables at once. You can’t keep track of all the players at your table and then make good decisions on how to react to their raise based on “recollecting” that they bluffed once. The beauty of this system is that it is purely objective. You can effectively ignore the other players at your table. However, there are mechanisms in place so that you can deal with other players getting reads on you. The approach is systematic in that you effectively change tables if people keep folding against you (indicating - enough people at the table have a read on your tight - aggressive play).

The table hours section demonstrates how many hours would have been played had one table been up at all times. Playing multiple tables gives the user a tremendous advantage while playing Low Limit Holdem.

Total hands played is essentially 10k. This was a key limit that I wanted to hit and I did hit it. This is key because it demonstrates that the results of week1 and week2 are not simply flukes or a run of good luck. I did suffer what felt like a run of bad cards lasting for about 2 days. During this run, I posted my only negative day and a slight gain day. Kept losing hand after hand. Likewise, I had a nice run of cards once or twice as well where it just felt like I was hitting everything I needed to. This is poker. The rest of the time, you are just grinding out profits. The system operates on a principle of keeping gains large and losses small. Lots of FOLDING going on. With 10k hands being tested, the results are incredible. Ultimately, this means that any new player should be able to pick up the system and get similar results. Since you are playing objective poker, experience means little.


In conclusion, I am quite excited about the results and am looking forward to my next project. Project $2400...

To all who supported me and wished me luck, I sincerely thank you. For those who have been following my progress, thanks and keep watching. It will definitely get interesting at the $2/4 tables. Keep following along..


Thanks for reading…

 

Hours Played:2.25
Starting Amt:$1217
Hands Played:304
Win %: 6%
Showdowns Won: 77%
Flops Seen: 23%
Hands Won(if flop seen): 26%
Ending Amt: $1245
Amt Won/(Lost): $28
$/hr: 12.44

Notes: This is the final session for project 1 (goal to hit $1200 from $400). Overall, things went great. The winning streak continues now for a 4th day.


I will post a results blog which will give a summary of the systems stats. As you can imagine, I am now confident in this system and very excited about it.

Take care everyone..

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Hours Played:1.5
Starting Amt:$1060
Hands Played:304
Win %: 8%
Showdowns Won: 91%
Flops Seen: 21%
Hands Won(if flop seen): 39%(no typo here)
Ending Amt: $1217
Amt Won/(Lost): $157
$/hr: 104.67

Notes: So tonight I sat down and played for almost 2 hours and what a night! I was hot(actually the cards and system were, I just obeyed). Seems like I hit every hand I needed. And now, since the goal of this project was to reach $1200 from the initial $400, tonight marks an important night. I have hit my first goal set. Can’t think of any bad beats today - I guess there was one, a full house beat by str8 flush. I did have a nice 4 of a kind beat a flush however. Again, these work themselves out long term.


So, what to do now???

I am actually considering playing the $2/4 tables for a little while to see how my system stacks up. I am fairly confident it will do ok, however there might be some changes made to it. The other part of me says, why be greedy, you are rocking the $1-2 tables, why go up. Is an extra $400 a week not enough for you?? This is good money, I mean with an extra $400 / month you can get a new car, upgraded house, nice stereo system, feed the poor or whatever. THIS IS $400 per WEEK (if it continues like this, it‘ll be $1600 / month). I am still stunned and amazed. I haven’t counted yet, but I’m sure I’ve hit the 10k hands played mark - meaning the system has been flushed through quite a bit of hands (lending me more confidence in it‘s ability to outperform the average player -lots of average and way below average on the 1-2 tables). I will provide another update once I hit day 14 with the stats for this week.

For now (until I hit day 14) I will continue to play the $1-2 tables. After Day 14 update is posted(tomorrow??), I will provide a more thorough explanation of what project 2 will entail.


Take care everyone..

 

Hours Played:2.5
Starting Amt:$1044
Hands Played:815
Win %: 5%
Showdowns Won: 88%
Flops Seen: 23%
Hands Won(if flop seen): 23%
Ending Amt: $1060
Amt Won/(Lost): $16
$/hr: 6.4

Notes: The 2 day winning streak continues. Again, all is going well within what my expectations were. Most people consider that 2bb/hr is great (with one table 2bb/hr is good - to come close to this with 4 tables open is awesome). Had lots of little losses today as can be seen by the 5% win rate (low win rate by this systems standards). Only $140 to go to hit my projects goals. Possible ideas for follow on will be to aply this system to the $2/4 game. More on this later.

Take care everyone..

 

Hours Played:4
Starting Amt:$998
Hands Played:1235
Win %: 8%
Showdowns Won: 92%
Flops Seen: 24%
Hands Won(if flop seen): 30%
Ending Amt: $1044
Amt Won/(Lost): $46
$/hr: 11.5

Notes: Ok, a bad day and an up day. This will work J. Today I played the longest session yet. Overall it was a winning day. The system had some nice wins. A couple bad beats as well, but overall the play felt pretty good. Will I make it to $1200 by the end of the week? We shall see.

Again, all is going well within what my expectations were. The second week has been slightly slower than the first however as long as I’m winning and growing my bankroll I’m happy. Considering I started with $50 and now have around a thousand within approximately 2 weeks, I consider all to be a success. This low limit system ROCKS!

Take care everyone..


 

Hours Played:2.75
Starting Amt:$1059
Hands Played:637
Win %: 7%
Showdowns Won: 86%
Flops Seen: 25%
Hands Won(if flop seen): 26%
Ending Amt: $998
Amt Won/(Lost): ($61)
$/hr: (22.18)


Notes: After a 10 day winning streak, the streak has ended. Today, playing was a little rough. Many bad beats. Lots of premium pairs getting killed even after following the strategies rules. Somewhere around 6 bad beats including sets getting beat by bigger sets or flushes, flushes getting beat by kigher flushes (K flush), even a full house lost.

The good news is that overall the system still is performing as expected. No system can generate wins every day. That is impossible. A good system recognizes this and looks at the long term results. The fact that in around 11 days of playing I have almost hit my goal of $1200 is amazing. We’ll see what the next couple of days bring.

Take care everyone..


 

Hours Played:2.75
Starting Amt:$1015
Hands Played:655
Win %: 7%
Showdowns Won: 76%
Flops Seen: 25%
Hands Won(if flop seen): 26%
Ending Amt: $1059
Amt Won: $44
$/hr: 16


Notes: A winning day is a good day. The streak continues(10 days now). I actually played a little last night and some this morning. The results above are the merged results of the two. Had a couple big bad beats early on that put me down, but eventually the wins started coming and they quickly covered the losses.

Take care everyone..

 

Hours Played:1.75
Starting Amt:$976
Hands Played:461
Win %: 8%
Showdowns Won: 84%
Flops Seen: 28%
Hands Won(if flop seen): 28%
Ending Amt: $1015
Amt Won: $39
$/hr: 22.29

Notes: Overall a good day. Had lots of bad beats (3 to be sure). Two sets beat by bigger set and full house. Also a K-high flush beat by A-high. These equate to fairly big pots lost. Again, if I kept track of how many times I delivered a bad beat on someone they probably would equal out. This system is geared towards killing the low limit game and thus far it is, even with some bad beats everyonce in a while. Even though it is low limit, the pots that we win (because of the techniques this strategy uses) should be higher than the average for this limit ($1-2).



Overall- This is now a nine day winning streak. Granted, I’m only playing around 1-3 hours / day, but this is with 3-4 (usually 4) tables running -so in reality it is 9-12 table hours.



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Hours Played:1.5
Starting Amt:$880
Hands Played:354
Win %: 10%
Showdowns Won: 87%
Flops Seen: 29%
Hands Won(if flop seen): 34%
Ending Amt: $976
Amt Won: $96
$/hr: 64.00

Notes: One of the best shorter sessions I’ve had. Still had 2 bad beats but overall things went great. Had lots of good starting hands dealt to me as can be seen from the high flops seen %. This was only 1.5/hr session however so it could be skewed slightly.

Overall- a great start for next week. It’s unbelievable that I’ve not had a loosing session yet (8 day winning streak). I’m sure I am due however so I am prepared. Again, greed is a powerfull enemy we must deal with. A loss should be handled as a simple loss. Don‘t go up in levels trying to win it back. Stick to the system and you‘ll come out ahead.
Take care...


 

Week 1 Results

Total Gain: $480
Hrs Played: 19.5
Gain/Hr: $24.61 (12.3 BB/Hr)
Table Hrs (50% 3 tables, 50% 4 tables) : 68.5
Table Gain/Hr: $7/Hr (3.5 BB/Hr)
Avg Gain per hand: 11 Cents
Avg Daily Gain: $68.57

My goal of $1200 is fast approaching. From $400 to $880 in 7 days is awesome. Especially considering that this is all from low limit holdem ($1-2 tables). I am extremely pleased with these results. Every day I have logged a winning day. I have had what feels like bad days and still a gain is posted(lots of bad beats, big pots lost). If things continue as they have this week (which I expect them to), I will hit my goal sometime next week. Overall, I am extremely pleased with this system and quite confident in its ability to grind out consistent profits - hitting the 10k hand mark will be important however. Anyone could play this system. It is entirely objective and is performing great.

Thanks for reading…

Feel free to leave comments if you have any. Take care!

Hours Played:3
Starting Amt:$823
Hands Played:683
Win %: 8%
Showdowns Won: 87%
Flops Seen: 27%
Hands Won(if flop seen): 28%
Ending Amt: $880
Amt Won: $57
$/hr: 19.00

Notes: Good day overall. Did suffer about three big bad beats which kept profits down somewhat. (don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining these results are awesome). Had two sets beat by higher sets and a big flush beat by full house.

Great system, great results J. With this ending week 1, I will provide a weeks analysis sometime today, reviewing the overall stats to include bb/hr, overall win ratios, etc.
Thanks for looking and take care…


 

Hours Played:3.5
Starting Amt:$806
Hands Played:763
Win %: 7%
Showdowns Won: 82%
Flops Seen: 24%
Hands Won(if flop seen): 28%
Ending Amt: $823
Amt Won: $17
$/hr: 4.86

Notes: The results for today demonstrate what happens on a fairly bad day with this system. Many bad beats were suffered in this session including 4 separate sets(three of a kind) being beat by either flushes or higher stets. I also lost a couple flushes to higher flushes. The fact that in light of these, the system still managed a gain is quite impressive(IMHO). Usually after suffering a string of bad beats, the typical poker player gets frustrated, starts playing poor hands, trying to force a win - goes on tilt. With this system, it is fairly easy to stay sane since you are plyaing a system with good results. You know that in a couple hands if you’re patient you’ll make up the loss and then some. LET THE CARDS COME TO YOU.

Again, worst day yet, however the system still managed to post a gain. Beats flipping burgers ehh? Under normal playing circumstances, today probably would have resulted in a net loss - this is awesome :). I continue to be extremely pleased with the formal results of the this project.


 

Hours Played:2.5
Starting Amt:$762
Hands Played:572
Win %: 6%
Showdowns Won: 92%
Flops Seen: 23%
Hands Won(if flop seen): 23%
Ending Amt: $806
Amt Won: $44
$/hr: 17.6

Notes: The results for today demonstrate what happens on a semi-bad day with this system. I only say semi, because it was still a winning session (made money). Notice how the showdowns stayed high, but the hands won took a big drop from the average of around 33. This delta is a product of me missing some of my premium pair draws and folding. Thus the showdowns is solid but overall I had to fold quite often. This is all part of the system and as you can see from the results thus far, it is definetly a winning system.

It feels refreshing to know that on a semi-bad day the system still rocks the tables. The winning streak continues but we’ll see what tomorrow says.


 

Hours Played:2
Starting Amt:$696
Hands Played:368
Win %: 8%
Showdowns Won: 76%
Flops Seen: 23%
Hands Won(if flop seen): 34%
Ending Amt: $762
Amt Won: $66
$/hr: 33

Notes: Had a couple big bad beats. Flopped a set of 9’s to have someone turn over 4 3’s.

Continuing the winning streak. Some have asked questions on what a win is as well as how many tables I play. A win is a day where I don't loose money. The results posted are for 3-4 tables being played. Most of the time it’s 4 tables. Part of my system requires playing many tables. There is other requirements on table selection involved with this system. So far, the system is working and I am well on my way to the $1200 goal. Concerning this winning streak, I expect the system to win more often than not, however it is bound to have bad days. I am due, so when it happens, discipline is key. Greed is the enemy of long term, systematic poker players.


 

Hours Played:2.25
Starting Amt:$567
Hands Played:436
Win %: 9%
Showdowns Won: 86%
Flops Seen: 25%
Hands Won(if flop seen): 33%
Ending Amt: $696
Amt Won: $129
$/hr: 57.33

Notes: Overall, this session posted some very nice wins. Seems like everyone was playing bad against me, calling my raises, giving me free cards when I needed them etc. Had one bad beat but also won some I probably shouldn't have. THis works itself out in the long run.

The best session yet. I took yesterday off and came back winning big. I am expecting a losing session any day now. Overall, this strategy has been much more successfull than in preliminary tests. I am quite sure that this is a solid winning streak. I have had 3 up days with no down. Seem to be hitting most draws I need and premium pairs are holding up. Discipline is key, sticking to the system. Also, when things go bad, to not be greedy and remember that the bad will come but should be small losses compared to the nice gains.


 

Hours Played:3
Starting Amt:$464
Hands Played:667
Win %: 9%
Showdowns Won: 84%
Flops Seen: 24%
Hands Won(if flop seen): 34%
Ending Amt: $567
Amt Won: $103
$/hr: 34.33

Notes: One mid sized bad beat, my fullhouse (pocket rockets) beat by a four of a kind-5's (pocket 5's). I also delivered at least one badbeat as well.

This day went great. It actually did better than the average for the system. So far things are looking good :). In general my expectations are to hit $20/hr and log 3/4 winning sessions. I do not desire to get caught up in expectations though. This usually leads to improper playing. If you log a losing day, you tend to want to make it back by going up a level. This is how most people fail. For this system to work, one MUST maintain discipline. If you lose, be glad, odds are you'll win the next couple of sessions. Take care and good luck.

 

Hours Played:3
Starting Amt:$400
Hands Played:717
Win %: 7%
Showdowns Won: 82%
Flops Seen: 23%
Hands Won(if flop seen): 30%
Ending Amt: $464
Amt Won: $65
$/hr: 21.33

Notes: One mid sized bad beat, my trips beat by a higher set. Other than this, all went ok.

A good start. This is consistent with the results seen in the preliminary test. Some details on it... Starting with a $50 dollar deposit, I played $1/2 on 2-3 tables until I could get to around $150. Then I played 4 tables with the system I have developed. This took me to $400.00. Please note, I have played online hold-em for aproximately 2 years now and have developed this system in this time.

 

I am starting with a bankroll of $400.00 with the intent of objectively testing a system I have developed for playing low limit holdem. I am married and have 2 kids so I can't play too much. :) Given this, I plan on playing 2 hours / day from 6-8 in the morning before I go to work.


Goal: Hit $1200 dollars, then reasses and possibly go up in limits. Play solid, unemotional poker.

Specifics: Play $1/2 Limit Holdem at Partypoker. Using a system I have developed from playing $1/2 as well as other peoples ideas and theories, I plan on applying my system to the low limit game in order to grind out profits on a consistent basis. Full records will be kept for all to see, good and bad. Preliminary results on this system appear to be very solid however time will trully tell. Depending on the success or failure, I will share this system if I believe it will help others.

Take care,

WinningPokerSystem (I hope)