Week 1 Update - Blaargh

So.... I'm planning a weekly recap with charts, notes and graphs starting with today as week 1. Since this was an 11 day week, the numbers will be out of whack with the other 8, but so what.

1. Most gained as a % of bankroll from beginning to end of challenge

starting br		date	current br	% week	$/wk
1,960.82	week 1	1/11/10	$2,506.43	27.83%	$545.61
	week 2	1/18/10
	week 3	1/25/10
	week 4	2/1/10
	week 5	2/8/10
	week 6	2/15/10
	week 7	2/22/10
	week 8	3/1/10
			% Total	27.83%	$545.61

Wow, for the first time ever, I'm in positive territory in an SBC. I have absolutely NO hope of winning any of these bets... my goal is to grind out as much profit as I can, and become a lean, mean cash playing machine. So far, so good, though I'm now above expectation... I seem to remember cracking AA with QQ, and I think most of my suckout hands were standard beats like that. I'm working on a bunch of leaks right now stemming from too much aggression. You can see from my red line that I'm probably playing hands way too hard, moving folks off hands that should stay around, and getting trashed by the ones I'm behind. I'm reading a ton, and watching a ton of stox vids, and going over my stats with a fine tooth comb. When I have enough 50NL hands, I'm thinking of getting a little coaching so I don't develop any weird habits as I move up... we'll see.

2. Largest score

date	tourney	buy in	prize	won
1/6/10	mookie	$11.00	$46.00	$35.00

Heh, not playing too many MTTs atm....

3. Slayer of Donkeys (smallest fraction: finish place / # of entrants)

date	tourney	entrants	finish	%
1/6/10	mookie	23	3	13.04%

4. Funniest post (non-monetary)

Ummmm.... I got nuthin.

5. Betting the horses (picking the victor of bets 1-3, non-monetary)

Hey - we all need to grab some donkies! I'll post my picks later this week when I have time...

6. Bad Beat of the Challenge (worst bad beat of the challenge, non-monetary)

I don't even know how to judge this one. They all seem bad at the time.

7. Most hands played during the challenge (cash game only)

	date	hands/wk
week 1	1/11/10	4,037
week 2	1/18/10
week 3	1/25/10
week 4	2/1/10
week 5	2/8/10
week 6	2/15/10
week 7	2/22/10
week 8	3/1/10
	total	4,037

No idea how I'm stacking up to MHG here... I'm going to guess I'm ahead, though I barely played at all this weekend...

8. Best overall winrate over 10k hands

Won't even be able to judge this one for a couple more weeks.