3 Year Biggest and Most

Don't feel like doing this on a year-by-year basis as I've done it before, so will just do the biggest 3 in each category.

Most BB won, day
11/22/2008: +82.1 BB
4/8/2006: +70.6 BB
10/31/2008: +66.1 BB

Altogether 13 days of 50+ BB. Would never have guessed that two of my best days were in late 2008 - I don't remember going on runs like that. Even more surprising when you realize they are contained within my current 27K hand breakeven stretch.

Most BB lost, day
3/5/2008: -65.0 BB
3/18/2007: -60.0 BB
11/5/2008: -59.1 BB

Altogether 6 days of -50+ BB.

Most BB won, week
12/10/2007 - 12/16/2007: +112.3 BB
6/23/2008 - 6/29/2008: +104.6 BB
5/1/2006 - 5/7/2006: +94.7 BB

Altogether 29 weeks of +50+ BB, although only 4 of these in the last year, and only 1 in the last 7 months.

Most BB lost, week
3/12/2007 - 3/18/2007: -98.0 BB
3/5/2007 - 3/11/2007: -95.6 BB
3/27/2006 - 4/2/2006: -84.0 BB

Altogether 11 weeks of -50+ BB, only 2 of them in the past year. Yeah, March 2007 sucked, and evidently March 2006 was not much better. Doesn't bode well for the rest of March 2009. In a graph:

I am (frankly) amazed that I've gone on two separate winning streaks of 12+ weeks, while my longest losing streaks are one of 5 weeks (but what a doozy THAT one was), one of 4 weeks, and all others are 3 weeks or less.

Most $$$ won, day
11/22/2008: +$417.67
1/5/2008: +$380.90
10/31/2008: +$363.26

10 days of +$200+ (all contained in 2008).

Most $$$ lost, day
11/5/2008: -$297.00
10/26/2008: -$248.75
1/13/2008: -$241.50

Amazingly every single one of these is within a week of my largest $$ days listed above.

11 days of -$200+, most clustered in a very small space right around -$200.

Most $$$ won, week
6/23/2008 - 6/29/2008: $560.95
3/10/2008 - 3/16/2008: $466.48
10/29/2007 - 11/4/2007: $447.31

13 weeks of $200+

Most $$$ lost, week
5/12/2008 - 5/18/2008: -$414.75
3/5/2007 - 3/11/2007: -$298.00
11/3/2008 - 11/9/2008: -$291.85

6 weeks of -$200+. That May week is a huge loss compared to other losing weeks, although immediately after it I went on a 12-consecutive-week winning streak for just over $2250. In graphical form:
Fun stuff.

3 Years of Poker

Just a short post with some graphs / stats on:

• Just over 3 years of poker (2/7/06 to 2/15/09)
• Over 140K hands

On to the numbers.....
Comments:

• Nice to see that I am profitable at most of the levels, although it always hurts to have the levels where you are a loser be the highest levels...
• I either need to learn to play 6-max better, or just stay the hell off those tables. Nearly 40K hands of 6-max, and all I've got to show for it is a hole in my bankroll of about $160 (although to be fair I am up 279 BB total for a 0.7 BB/100 rate shorthanded). Maybe I just need to not suck so much at the higher levels....
• I need to lay off the suckitude at $5/$10 as well. My losses there in 700 hands are over one-eighth of my entire win over 3 years / 140k+ hands!
• Overall 1.3 BB/100 is not where I thought I'd be (or where I'd like to be, frankly). I think something close to 2 BB/100 should be sustainable and my 30K hands of $3/$6 full-ring at 1.7 BB/100 shows that it is at least within reach. Or maybe I'm just fooling myself and as the games have gotten tougher, there just isn't enough edge at the levels I play to support 2BB/100. I guess we'll see.

Next, BB's won per month:
Comments:

• Nice to see that (most) months are solidly profitable, with the exception of the March From Hell that had me giving up the game for 2 months.
• Also nice to go on a sick heater of 600+ BB in the next 5 months after taking the game back up.
• When rolled up into quarters (below), I've been BB-profitable across every single quarter except the give-up-the-game quarter and the current quarter. I better get to work on the current quarter so i can keep my streak alive...
  

Next, the BB graph:

Comments:

• Not a lot to say here that hasn't been said in other posts. Although some of those swings feel quite large (in particular, the 300+ BB swing downswing early), in the grand scheme of things this graph isn't that swingy.
• There are few 20K+ hand breakeven stretches in there, including a 27K hand stretch that I am on currently. Thank goodness for bonuses.

Same graph in $:

Comments:

• The March From Hell rears it's ugly head again. if you look really closely in the graph, I actually drop below $0 cumulative (briefly) - 57K hands with $0 to show for it (other than bonus). Wow.
• Near the right side of the graph I went on an extreme heater whereby I won about $2,400 (over half my total earn for 3 years!) in about 2 months / 7K hands.
• Since that heater, I've been on a 7 month, 27K hand stretch where I am down $600 through play, breakeven in BB. Again, thank goodness for bonuses.

Wow, so much for a short post....