January was an interesting month, I started off as well as I could have imagined, winning a $109 Turbo on Jan 2nd. That same day I finished 2nd in the $55 Turbo Rebuy and 4th in the $215 Turbo. This got me up around $12,000 the first few days of the month. I took a little time off relaxing and getting ready for trip to Maui. While I was in Hawaii I played a few times, but on Channing’s little laptop and usually laying in bed watching a movie, not exactly the best set up to be as focused as possible.
When I got back from Hawaii I was excited to really get back to the grind and play solid and let the results take care of themselves. And they sure did, I finished the month strong winning close to $25,000 the last few days, thanks to my biggest cash in the Nightly $100,00o for $14,659.
It is never fun losing, and I will admit there were a few times during the middle of the month that I knew my focus was not good and that is a big part of the reason I was losing. That is going to chance and going to go full steam tomorrow.
Here are some poker stats for the month and my top scores:
- Played 83 $109 Turbo MTT’s for a profit of $6,468
- Played 294 Rebuy MTT’s for a profit of $1,002
- Played 410 SNG’s for a profit of $3,452
- $2,791.55 — $50 Turbo Rebuy
- $4,042 — $109 Turbo
- $3,920 — $215 Turbo
- $4,598 — $33 2R+1A
- $1,472 –$22 Big Antes
- $2,459 — $9.90 Final Table Paid Only
- $2,144 — $215 6 Max
- $14,659 — Nightly 100k
And if you look in the PokerStars private tab for tournaments, you will see that there are two MTT’s a day titles “RainmanPoker Freerolls.” These are a way for me to see how dedicated potential students will be and who has some talent and who doesn’t. Anynoe is welcome to play them. Password is “Mi_Turtle2010″ case sensitive. I track the results and names just looking for anyone who sticks out or people who consistently play and are willing to put the hours in. I will be playing in them every so often as well as friends and other coaches, so it is a great place to try some new moves and ideas and get some practice.
Very cool initiative – I’m on the waiting list but I will play with a great pleasure in RainmanPoker Freerolls.
24k, not a bad month. I’m only making 30 after taxes… on the year. But that’s why I’m here, to work. I look forward to seeing everyone in these dailys!
CaneKid07
What times are these freerolls?
Congrats bro, keep up the hard work
Just registered in all of them lol
Nick I look forward to take this awesome opportunity to heart, and show you that while I might not be the best player certainly am the most determined. Thanks so much, Kelly (Kelron2)
Hi Nick,
Any chance you can mix up the times of the freerolls so that one is in a non-US friendly time?
No problem if you can’t, will have to just play them on the weekends.
Dodge
hey nick,gd to see you finished strong this month, ive been following your blog and odd deep finish when i got screen space and your article in uk pp reasured me tht im not mental and some things just ave to be done in order to succeed.buzzin u set up thm freerolls n will hopefully play in thm soon.. keep up the gd work..
Finished 23rd out of 808, which isn’t bad considering I’ve only played about 5 MTTs ever! (KK cracked by 9-10o).
Nick, if you’re reading this then I’m on your waiting list, please choose me
Matt
Nick,
I have a suggestion on the tournaments. I am currently playing in the second tourney on 2/4 and about 70% of the players are sitting out and it has just turned into an all-in war for the most part (on some of the tables). Therefore, it is not a natural or naturally occurring tournament, which is unfortunate because it could be a useful tool for developing and evaluating skills. My suggestion is to leave the registration closed until 1 hour before the tournament. I think this should solve the problem; otherwise, with all the pre-registration that has been done, this will continue throughout the tournament schedule. Thanks.