******official year-end brag thread****** [Archive]

mikech

12-30-2005, 05:51 AM

not by me personally, as i've had a decent year playing cards but nowhere near the kind of dough some other folks on this site made. over the course of the year i've come across posts blatant and subtle, sarcastic and serious, hinting at win-rates or bragging flat-out. sometimes guys were criticized: bicyclekick for example, or stoxtrader's pt screenshots (not linked to by himself, of course), or j_v's mention of his making 6-figures a month. but now we actually have a forum to brag in, so modesty and decorum can be tossed out the window here. which 2+2er made the most $$$ this year: one of the aforementioned? james282? kanekungfu with his sick run playing heads-up vs prahlad? captzeebo? i know it's not diablo, since he loses all his poker winnings at party blackjack. so let's hear it fellas, don't be shy. BRAG.

p.s., i'm interested to find out which cash game players won the most. big tourney wins are no secret in the first place, so no point to brag since we already know, thx.

PokerBob

12-30-2005, 06:28 AM

i made enough to not starve.

krazyace5

12-30-2005, 06:30 AM

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i made enough to not starve.

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Vavavoom

12-30-2005, 06:30 AM

Not a brag in the slightest...

But I go into 2006 with a moderate bankroll that I built up from £200 ($360) into $11,500....

Cumulonimbus

12-30-2005, 06:43 AM

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Not a brag in the slightest...

But I go into 2006 with a moderate bankroll that I built up from £200 ($360) into $11,500....

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Mine went from $0 to $8000, which is cool.

Python49

12-30-2005, 07:37 AM

0 to 50k+

FoxwoodsFiend

12-30-2005, 08:34 AM

IRS considerations prohibit telling you just how many millions I've made in the last month, but trust me...it's a lot.

x vikram

12-30-2005, 08:40 AM

After under one month online at nl HE cash - 230 USD

Schwartzy61

12-30-2005, 09:12 AM

Started back in May with $0.

After playing sparingly for 7 months my bankroll sits at $1400 and I have withdrawn $4000 of bonuses/rakeback. According to my time spent playing in PT it works out to around $18/hour. Pretty nice for a BS hobby that drives me crazy. Golf sure as hell doesn't pay any bills...

fold preflop

12-30-2005, 09:21 AM

$100 => $341 => $1.23

I blame the rake.

th3 mol3

12-30-2005, 09:33 AM

Started back in late summer 2004 with $20, turned that into over $10k... most of which I have made this year. Would have been a fair amount more if it wasn’t for a severe downswing earlier this month combined with that good ol' tilt /images/graemlins/grin.gif Ah well, I can't complain though. Never in a million years did I think I would make more then $10k from poker from $20.

newhizzle

12-30-2005, 10:23 AM

i sucked for a while, then got better, then made 70 grand in 2 months, then broke even for a month with 15 thousand dollar swings in either direction every day sort of ending on the lower side of even, then made 27 grand in 5 hours

newhizzle

12-30-2005, 10:24 AM

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0 to 50k+

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th3 mol3

12-30-2005, 10:32 AM

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i sucked for a while, then got better, then made 70 grand in 2 months, then broke even for a month with 15 thousand dollar swings in either direction every day sort of ending on the lower side of even, then made 27 grand in 5 hours

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What limits do you play?

TheWorstPlayer

12-30-2005, 10:42 AM

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i sucked for a while, then got better, then made 70 grand in 2 months, then broke even for a month with 15 thousand dollar swings in either direction every day sort of ending on the lower side of even, then made 27 grand in 5 hours

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What limits do you play?

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.5/1.

newhizzle

12-30-2005, 10:43 AM

right now 50/100 and 100/200, but i am probably going to move down to 30/60 because the games are really a shitload easier, im also just starting out trying 10/20 no limit

in the period that i made 70 grand in 2 months it was from limits ranging from 5/10 to 100/200, moving up at 300 BB and going on a [censored] sick rush

MattSuspect

12-30-2005, 11:04 AM

You have too many *'s in your "official" thread.

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th3 mol3

12-30-2005, 11:18 AM

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i sucked for a while, then got better, then made 70 grand in 2 months, then broke even for a month with 15 thousand dollar swings in either direction every day sort of ending on the lower side of even, then made 27 grand in 5 hours

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What limits do you play?

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.5/1.

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Well, I guess if you 1000 tabled it /images/graemlins/confused.gif

soko

12-30-2005, 11:32 AM

I guess nobody told you i'm worth over 6 MILLION DOLLARS of virtual money

WarBus

12-30-2005, 11:36 AM

3k short of my revised goal for the year. My original goal was hit about 4 months ago. Bankroll did not grow. Savings has grown quite a bit, but not as much as I had hoped.

After taxes, living expenses, savings, vacations, birthdays, holidays, its difficult for me to make my bankroll grow.

stoxtrader

12-30-2005, 12:05 PM

A summary of partial results this year for me (basically missing the first 3 monhts of the year, and any hands played on my laptop or traveling. You can see the full image on the forums at thisisthenuts. I even made enough to fund my blackjack and craps habit.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a147/stoxtrader/test.jpg

TheWorstPlayer

12-30-2005, 12:10 PM

Why did you remove the SS? This was definitely going to be my favorite post of the year!

stoxtrader

12-30-2005, 12:32 PM

im still working on it. i dont know how to post it without it having a big white space. If anyone can tell me I've still got edit up, but I messed around with paint and photobucket for 30 minutes and got fed up. I resized the image, cropped it, changed its attributes and fiddled with zoon but can't get it right. so sorry for the post sizing problems.

if a mod can edit the size that would be great.

TheWorstPlayer

12-30-2005, 12:49 PM

I like it! Thanks, dude!

ggbman

12-30-2005, 12:53 PM

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A summary of partial results this year for me (basically missing the first 3 monhts of the year, and any hands played on my laptop or traveling. You can see the full image on the forums at thisisthenuts. I even made enough to fund my blackjack and craps habit.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a147/stoxtrader/test.jpg

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Ok [censored] it, my new goal is to beat stox next year. 700k in 123k hands? I wish they had a middle finger smiley or something...

SomethingClever

12-30-2005, 12:54 PM

This must include some NL, right? 59 won at SD is just sick.

Nice year.

Songwind

12-30-2005, 12:56 PM

Well, this isn't terribly impressive compared to some here, but I started on 11/16 and have turned my $30 into $65, single tabling while working a steady job and raising kids (so about 6 hours/week). I'm content.

neverforgetlol

12-30-2005, 01:06 PM

what the christ that can't be real

I.Rowboat

12-30-2005, 02:57 PM

2005 was a very good year for me poker-wise. I'm up more than $50k for the year, which includes $25k I've withdrawn for taxes and savings. This is playing 20-40 and 30-60 LHE. My playing time is limited to 1-3 hours/night, so I am especially happy with these results.

Paul B.

12-30-2005, 03:09 PM

[ QUOTE ]
A summary of partial results this year for me (basically missing the first 3 monhts of the year, and any hands played on my laptop or traveling. You can see the full image on the forums at thisisthenuts. I even made enough to fund my blackjack and craps habit.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a147/stoxtrader/test.jpg

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That is the sickest poker image I've ever seen in my life.

jba

12-30-2005, 04:16 PM

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A summary of partial results this year for me (basically missing the first 3 monhts of the year, and any hands played on my laptop or traveling. You can see the full image on the forums at thisisthenuts. I even made enough to fund my blackjack and craps habit.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a147/stoxtrader/test.jpg

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That is the sickest poker image I've ever seen in my life.

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Sponger.

12-30-2005, 05:19 PM

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You can see the full image on the forums at thisisthenuts

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Or I could just post it here...

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a147/stoxtrader/fullsummary.jpg

Hopefully you will continue to run sick nasty hot at 300/600 for another 37,000 hands? Or you're the greatest player ever /images/graemlins/smile.gif

TheWorstPlayer

12-30-2005, 05:32 PM

He's also the sickest NL player in the world. Although the 20 pound game is rigged against good players and he should avoid it.

stoxtrader

12-30-2005, 05:38 PM

are you implying the screehshot is altered?

TheWorstPlayer

12-30-2005, 05:49 PM

No, I'm implying the NL results are very good. Do you disagree?

wheelz

12-30-2005, 06:08 PM

competition over? i hope not. that would be awesome if someone beat stox.

i would love to know how i did this year, but most of my play isn't in any PT database, so i was just using my neteller records to figure things out. but recently neteller "temporarily" closed my account (it's not getting reopened...) because my account was "linked to another account with complications," whatever the [censored] that means, they won't tell me. so i'm looking real good for reporting taxes.

i know i made 6 digits though. and i'm pretty sure i didn't surpass 200k.

p.s.: i don't hope someone beats stox because i want to see stox fail or anything, i'd just like to see how many 2+2ers are pulling in that kinda dough.

HotPants

12-30-2005, 06:10 PM

Eh, my results this year are pretty tame

http://img418.imageshack.us/img418/6310/pt9mv.jpg

But given how few hours I've put in, I'm pretty happy with them. And so far at 400NL I'm running at $145/hour, woot

600NL is rigged though

XCEO

12-30-2005, 06:33 PM

WordWhiz

12-30-2005, 08:53 PM

But the year's not ever over yet! In fact, I just piled up another 50 BB in under an hour on Prima. With 30 hours to go, I could make thousands!

Seriously, this has been a very good year for me. I started playing poker late last year, playing $1 buy-in live SNG's with my friends at law school between classes. I had never played Texas Hold'em before in my life and really had no clue what I was doing. A friend of mine introduced me to Party Poker, where I basically dicked around, playing a combination of cash games, SNG's, limit, NL, stud, Omaha, whatever. I slowly bled away $500 over the course of about six months.

I decided to get serious in May--I ordered $200 worth of poker books. Unfortunately, one of them was Play Poker like the Pros by Phil Hellmuth. Fortunately, another one was Small Stakes Hold'Em. Even more fortunately, I read SSH first, discovered the 2+2 website, Pokertracker, bonus-whoring, rakeback, et. I slowly dug myself out of my hole, playing nothing but .5/1 LHE on PP until I was back in the black. That took until about mid-July.

Since then, it's been nothing but good times. I'm playing $2/$4 now, excelling at both full ring and 6 max games. I've just checked my stats, and at 23,000 hands of $2/$4, I'm winning 2.72BB/100. So starting January 1st, I'm moving up to $3/$6. I've managed all of this despite graduating law school, spending 2 months studying for the bar, and starting a new job. I haven't made a fortune, but I have made more $ playing poker this year than I netted from 5 months of work. (It's a govt. job, so I guess that's not really saying much. /images/graemlins/grin.gif)

Much thanks to everyone at 2+2 who have helped me improve my game tremendously, and actually make some money at something I love doing. Happy new year every one!

Harruin

12-30-2005, 11:30 PM

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are you implying the screehshot is altered?

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You did somehow manage to win a buy in for nearly hand you played in NL100.

David H

12-30-2005, 11:41 PM

Made around $1,000 but I just got serious the last 3.5 months or so(jumped up to .50/1(was at .05/.10), increased my playing time, started 4-tabling)

So, I'm pretty happy with my results, about to move up to 1/2, which is good.

Dids

12-30-2005, 11:55 PM

This year:

Jan was good/bad. I turned 0 on party into a 4.5K step 5 win, but cashed that money out to pay off a car loan.

Then I lost half my roll (2.6K down to 1.3K)in an illfated attempt to play poker seriously.

Then I almost quit poker.

Then party opened up 3/6 6 max and I've run my roll up to 5K, cashed out 2K to help a plasma, and now it's back up to 4.2K again (with various other cashouts and stuff on top of that).

Seeing as how I play 6 hands of poker a week on avg- I'm pretty damn pleased.

ivaluebet

12-30-2005, 11:58 PM

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are you implying the screehshot is altered?

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You did somehow manage to win a buy in for nearly hand you played in NL100.

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That's not nl100 stacks. Think about it.

KingNeo

12-31-2005, 01:08 AM

The buy in for NL 100 is $10,000

The $100 refers to the size of the big blind.

Those stats are honestly outstanding.

I am not really sure how you made that much playing 130K hands.

So when you werent being dealt AA did you just flop sets, straights, and flushes?

To be honest with you 130K is not a big enough sample.

I will bet anyhting you want that you could not even hit 1/2 of that number in your next 130K hands.

Anacardo

12-31-2005, 01:35 AM

I've ground $100 into a simple living. Should be getting a little less simple soon. Poker's been a good mistress to me; I feel very lucky to have her.

neverforgetlol

12-31-2005, 01:43 AM

no, 100 is the buyin for NL100.

flawless_victory

12-31-2005, 01:49 AM

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no, 100 is the buyin for NL100.

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well, it is quite obvious you are wrong, idiot.

Gugel

12-31-2005, 02:32 AM

I take it you play $100/$200?

Harruin

12-31-2005, 02:51 AM

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are you implying the screehshot is altered?

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You did somehow manage to win a buy in for nearly hand you played in NL100.

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That's not nl100 stacks. Think about it.

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Looking back I have no idea why I thought that.

KSOT

12-31-2005, 03:14 AM

Turned $50 into 10k in my firstyear of poker. Most of it came from bonuses though >_>

the_main

12-31-2005, 03:27 AM

I pretty much made a million.

http://www.johnhartery.com/winnar.jpg

neverforgetlol

12-31-2005, 03:30 AM

then why is that the max buy in for NL100 on party?

shut the hell up.

Sponger.

12-31-2005, 03:41 AM

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then why is that the max buy in for NL100 on party?

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THE WAY THAT IT LOOKS IN POKER TRACKER IS DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON WHICH POKER SITE YOU PLAY ON.

FOR PARTY POKER, "NL $100 (6 MAX)" IS A $100 MAXIMUM BUY IN GAME.

FOR POKERROOM (WHICH IS WHERE STOXTRADER PLAYED) AND PRIMA/ETC, A $100 MAXIMUM BUY IN GAME LOOKS LIKE THIS: "NL ($1)"

obsidian

12-31-2005, 03:41 AM

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then why is that the max buy in for NL100 on party?

shut the hell up.

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That isn't party's NL100 game on stox stats...

obsidian

12-31-2005, 03:53 AM

Here's my first year (started in march). Damn, was I ever weak tight when I started.

http://home.insightbb.com/~ryan.verity/2005.png

DeathDonkey

12-31-2005, 04:06 AM

Seems like you should just stick with 15/30 6 max.

-DeathDonkey

UATrewqaz

12-31-2005, 04:08 AM

Cleared about $5400 (winnings and bonuses)

all grinding .5/1 and 1/2 mostly.

Alex/Mugaaz

12-31-2005, 04:26 AM

What inspired you to move up to 5/10 after the lackluster 3/6 results?

MostKnownUnknown

12-31-2005, 04:49 AM

Started in January so this year was basically my first year.

I made about $30k and hope to make over $100k next year.

Dudd

12-31-2005, 06:11 AM

I'm depressed. I cashed out 3 grand or so this year, heavily helped by rakeback, but I haven't progressed at all. I got as high as 3/6 (6max) and 100+9 sngs, but apparently lost the abilty to play any limit poker and had a grossly overblown perception of my tournament ability, so I'm currently grinding it out at the 10+1 dollar sit n gos until I get my bearings enough to start moving up again. To actual progression in my poker game in the new year.

TheMetetron

12-31-2005, 06:38 AM

Started seriously in about April, made about $170k this year since then.

PS - Stox rules.

neverforgetlol

12-31-2005, 07:42 AM

how the hell do you do that

jba

12-31-2005, 07:48 AM

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how the hell do you do that

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there are people on this site that can help you figure that out but you're such a dick sometimes that I bet they wont

neverforgetlol

12-31-2005, 08:00 AM

laf

jba

12-31-2005, 08:03 AM

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laf

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wetzvf

neverforgetlol

12-31-2005, 08:10 AM

so how do i make the big money

wheelz

12-31-2005, 08:34 AM

risk your life by playing 10 tables so often you need ass massages in the morning.

neverforgetlol

12-31-2005, 08:38 AM

of NL?

actually recently i've had ass numbness

truly a sign of great wealth to come!

wheelz

12-31-2005, 08:51 AM

of shorthanded/heads up fixed limit. even more fun.

bicyclekick

12-31-2005, 05:59 PM

I wasn't super far off stox, but more importantly I was about double schneider! /images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Sponger.

12-31-2005, 06:26 PM

Yeah but thats not really fair because you actually play poker more than 5hours a week.

TeeJayOrTJ

12-31-2005, 07:09 PM

Most of this came from the last 2 months at 10/20 6max. I was way too lazy for most of the year. Since November 7th I am up 36.5K at 57K hands at 10/20 for a 3.20 BB/100. ( I run hot)

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/3303/Stats.jpg

J_V

12-31-2005, 08:09 PM

First let me say, congrats Stox. You mfer. 137k hands and 700k part-timing. Nicely done.

I'm not gonna say exact figures. I don't keep good records so it would be a guess anyway +/- 50k at least. That will change next year. I will grow up and keep records.

This year first six months could have been better - eh they pretty much sucked. The last six months were great. I was on pace for a 200k in 15 days of play this month before I dumped 70k to some donkeys on the last two days of the year. Pretty bummed.

I think I'm playing pretty good, tilting less, and have taken some baby steps in NL, which was a goal of mine. So my outlook for 2006 is pretty good. So, I look forward to shattering the one million dollar mark in 2006.

I think I'll post a comprehensive 2006, things I need to work on everyday list to get better. Mainly psychogical tricks to keep myself playing close to the top of my abilities.

One last thing: At the end of a poker year, looking back its seems like forever ago. Tilting, letting losses affect you the next day, playing to get even, seems so inconsequential and silly. Maybe in 2006, I can keep that perspective during the year.

TheMetetron

12-31-2005, 08:26 PM

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risk your life by playing 10 tables so often you need ass massages in the morning.

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I will never live this down.

I'm surprised my title hasn't been changed yet.

obsidian

12-31-2005, 08:31 PM

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Most of this came from the last 2 months at 10/20 6max. I was way too lazy for most of the year. Since November 7th I am up 36.5K at 57K hands at 10/20 for a 3.20 BB/100. ( I run hot)

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/3303/Stats.jpg

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nice job LAG

Schneids

12-31-2005, 09:04 PM

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I wasn't super far off stox, but more importantly I was about double schneider! /images/graemlins/shocked.gif

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FU I don't make results posts that talk about any sizeable sample sizes.

Most importantly though you played like 5 times the hands to achieve double?

fire_fly

12-31-2005, 11:33 PM

not that I want to get involved in this, but lol

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I don't make results posts

Most importantly though you played like 5 times the hands to achieve double?

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the irony is thick

ps love the avatar schneids

baronzeus

01-01-2006, 12:05 AM

Ultimate Bet 80/160 Hold'em (2 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter (http://www.pokerhand.org)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 3/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
Hero calls, BB raises, Hero calls.

Flop: (4 SB) 4/images/graemlins/club.gif, 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif, J/images/graemlins/heart.gif (2 players)
BB bets, Hero raises, BB 3-bets, Hero caps, BB calls.

Turn: (6 BB) 7/images/graemlins/club.gif (2 players)
BB bets, Hero raises, BB 3-bets, Hero caps, BB calls.

River: (14 BB) K/images/graemlins/spade.gif (2 players)
BB bets, Hero raises, BB 3-bets, Hero caps, BB calls.

Final Pot: 22 BB

Results in white below: 
BB has Kh Kd (three of a kind, kings).
Hero has 5s 3s (straight, seven high).
Outcome: Hero wins 22 BB.

stoxtrader

01-01-2006, 12:13 AM

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The buy in for NL 100 is $10,000

The $100 refers to the size of the big blind.

Those stats are honestly outstanding.

I am not really sure how you made that much playing 130K hands.

So when you werent being dealt AA did you just flop sets, straights, and flushes?

To be honest with you 130K is not a big enough sample.

I will bet anyhting you want that you could not even hit 1/2 of that number in your next 130K hands.

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if you really mean your last sentence, i would be interested.

Adam22

01-01-2006, 04:20 AM

i'm very proud of the fact that i turned 250 dollars into well over 50,000 this year and moved from .25/.50 to 10/20. but i also don't really feel bad about saying that i had a "bad year" in that during my two attempts at moving up to 10/20 i have experienced -250+ BB swings. the first one was actually a blessing in disguise as it inspired me to post my stats on here and recieved a ton of criticism and help that got me to raise my VPIP by almost 5 full points while playing 100,000 hands of 5/10. i'm in the middle of my second attempt at 10/20. it went well at first but right now i'm down a zillion bets and i might have to move back to 5/10 despite the fact that i feel like my play is really, really good right now ( of course there are plenty of players far better than me but i'm definetly better than 90+ percent of the other players at 10/20 ).

so basically i'm very happy with my progress in the past year but i'm really just pretty pissed at the timing of these two downswings.

David H

01-01-2006, 05:44 AM

My final results for 2005:

+$1,262.45(for about 4 months)

Was playing as low as .01/.02(very early in the year). Moved up to .50/1 in August, started playing 6 Max in October, now I'm making the move to 1/2 6 Max. Overall, very happy with '05, '06 is going to be 10x better though.

Schneids

01-01-2006, 06:11 AM

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not that I want to get involved in this, but lol

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I don't make results posts

Most importantly though you played like 5 times the hands to achieve double?

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the irony is thick

ps love the avatar schneids

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THAT TALK ABOUT ANY SORT OF LONG TERM RESULTS. Hence why i say FU to BK for alluding to shiz that talks about longterm.

kagame

01-01-2006, 10:02 AM

no offense stox, but those NL results are probably really absurd, which im sure youre aware

your sample size is incredibly small and youre playing in games that have huge swings

show us 200k hands and then brag about NL results, ala kane

btw, youre absolutely badass at limit ;-)

yeah i dont have enough hands in this database myself, but its a quarterly benchmark:

http://myspace-461.vo.llnwd.net/00394/16/48/394978461_l.jpg