Thursday, February 07, 2008

Two Years and Counting

Given that I played my first hand of online poker for money on February 7, 2006, it looks like I've been doing this for 2 years. So what better time to do some comparison between the two years? My apologies for the fomatting (Blogger does some weird things with tables).














Most BB won, day
Year 1Year 2
  • 4/8/2006: 70.6 BB

  • 6/17/2006: 63.8 BB

  • 5/5/2006: 53.1 BB

  • 1/5/2008: 63.1 BB

  • 9/2/2007: 53.3 BB

  • 1/18/2007: 51.7 BB



Looks like these are similarly sized.














Most BB lost, day
Year 1Year 2
  • 7/21/2006: -53.8 BB

  • 10/31/2006: -47.7 BB

  • 6/21/2006: -47.4 BB

  • 3/18/2007: -60.0 BB

  • 10/20/2007: -55.1 BB

  • 6/17/2007: -47.6 BB



Again, similarly sized. Looks like just a bad day on 3/18? Think again - look a few tables down....














Most BB won, week
Year 1Year 2
  • 5/1/2006 - 5/7/2006: 94.7 BB

  • 9/4/2006 - 9/10/2006: 78.4 BB

  • 12/18/2006 - 12/24/2006: 78.0 BB

  • 12/10/2007 - 12/16/2007: 112.3 BB

  • 10/29/2007 - 11/4/2007: 93.3 BB

  • 7/16/2007 - 7/22/2007: 76.1 BB



Nice week in late December, but in general these are similarly sized.














Most BB lost, week
Year 1Year 2
  • 3/27/2006 - 4/2/2006: -84.0 BB

  • 5/15/2006 - 5/21/2006: -55.8 BB

  • 1/22/2007 - 1/28/2007: -38.9 BB

  • 3/12/2007 - 3/18/2007: -98.0 BB

  • 3/5/2007 - 3/11/2007: -95.6 BB

  • 6/11/2007 - 6/17/2007: -76.2 BB



Here is where the real nastiness comes in. My first year, I only had two weeks where I lost even more than 40 BB. This year, I have some huge weeks of loss. And you'll notice the two consecutive weeks in March 2007 that caused me to take a break from the game for two months. Nearly 200 BB in 2 weeks. And if you "cherry pick" dates, the total size of the downswing before I quit was 282 BB starting on February 11, 2007 (just past my first year anniversary!) and ending on those two weeks above.

And for a truly sobering number, my total downswing since February 11, 2007 is 371 BB on non-Cake-network sites, since I did play a few days in June on Stars and FTP (and got killed LDO). I should just withdraw all my money from those sites so I am not even tempted to go play there again....














Most $$$ won, day
Year 1Year 2
  • 2/3/2007: $92.00

  • 6/17/2006: $81.00

  • 7/22/2006: $74.25

  • 1/5/2008: $380.90

  • 1/18/2008: $235.91

  • 11/10/2007: $181.75



Obviously bigger than last year. Best day is far and away better than my second-best day, and more than double my third place day.














Most $$$ lost, day
Year 1Year 2
  • 10/31/2006: -$107.35

  • 12/15/2006: -$103.25

  • 1/24/2007: -$85.00

  • 1/13/2008: -$241.50

  • 10/20/2007: -$212.30

  • 11/15/2007: -$203.00




Three days of more than -$200? Wow.














Most $$$ won, week
Year 1Year 2
  • 1/29/2007 - 2/4/2007: $177.00

  • 12/18/2006 - 12/24/2006: $146.75

  • 10/23/2006 - 10/29/2006: $98.85

  • 10/29/2007 - 11/4/2007: $447.31

  • 12/31/2007 - 1/6/2008: $335.48

  • 11/5/2007 - 11/11/2007: $295.95



Nice run from 10/29 to 11/11: nearly $750.














Most $$$ lost, week
Year 1Year 2
  • 1/22/2007 - 1/28/2007: -$166.75

  • 12/11/2006 - 12/17/2006: -$157.25

  • 3/27/2006 - 4/2/2006: -$85.87

  • 3/5/2007 - 3/11/2007: -$298.00

  • 1/21/2008 - 1/27/2008: -$225.75

  • 3/12/2007 - 3/18/2007: -$196.00



Note 2 of these 3 weeks were during the slide that had me giving up the game for a bit. Cherry picking the dates as before, the total slide starting on February 11 was -$923.40.

Well, that's about it. Back to the tables!

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