It has been almost a month since my last update so I thought it would be a good time to catch back up with the thread.

On 11/21/2012 my carbon bankroll was $580.00. I hit a rut for a few weeks where I couldn't break the $600 mark and I was getting frustrated with my game. After winning 5BB/100 hands over my first 50,000 hands at 4nl and feeling great, my next 20k hands was a little under breakeven. I went from 11 winning sessions in a row, to 3 days of losing sessions. I was starting to question myself and if I was even a winning 4nl player. Over my next 50k hands I started running better and seeing my good play pay off again. It really made me understand how sick and brutal variance can be, even over 20k and 50k hand samples.

I have played over 130,000 hands at 4nl. When I started I was 6-8 tabling to get into the groove. I am now 12-16 tabling with 12 being the minimum. And I have played 18 table sessions several times. I feel really comfortable with the number of tables I am playing.

I have won two $109 tix from freerolls, one of which I used for poker maximus (and I bubbled AK < 1010 for 32 big blinds). I got around 185th/1200 runners. I am saving up my other 109 tix, and will continue to save any other tix I win.

I have been selling off my side bankrolls for points and paypal, so they are all currently low. It has allowed me to go over a month without doing any surveys though =) (sorry zab!).

I am proud to say I passed the $800 mark yesterday!!!! My current goals are: 1. reach $1000 bankroll on carbon 2. play 200,000 total hands at 4nl 3. be confident I am the best 4nl reg. When I meet these goals I will be moving up to 10nl. And I will begin to play tournies. I am going to be playing mostly $1.10-$5.50 buyins with the best structure and value possible. The most expensive tournies I will play will be $11 shots, that have great value. I will try to use winnings from 10nl to cover tournament buyins until I bink a score. Until then, I plan on grinding out 4nl =)

Updated Bankroll:

Carbon $813.86
Sportsbook $0.22
Hero Poker $0.50
Bet Online $0.95
America's Card Room $1.51
Juicy Stakes $6

Total: $823.04