March & Trimester Performance

March Review
I started running very bad last month, but I am getting used to this. After 10k hands I was 8 buy-ins up. 12k hands latter I was negative, what a feeling! Anyway, hard work and dedication pays off and ended up March a better month than February.  I made almost the same net amount of February but in less hands.

Until 13th of March, I was playing almost everyday, then I had some personal things to take care on 14 and 15 day of March. After that I did not put the volume I was expecting to make, again, some personal stuff happened and my focus was not at the tables. Here are the overall performance for March:

 This is my vpp status on Pokerstars, I made more than 800 vpps last month:

Trimester Review
This is being my best year in terms of net amount won at the poker tables, the last trimester was very good, after grinding NL2 for almost 3 months (November, December and January), I jumped to the next level, NL5 on February and it was the correct decision.

I will continue with NL5 because I am very conservative with my bankroll and also because I cashed out more than 15% of my bankroll last month. When to move on to NL10? Well if I continue with this performance I think I can move on to the next level on June.

This is the trimester graphic, I played 124141 hands with a 7,20 bb/100 and a net won of $318. This is also a good indicator that I am a better cash game player than a SNG player.

What to expect from this month?  Well I will work hard to play 50k hands and make more profit than last month ($150? Why not?). I will try to make 1k vpps this month, it's not easy but it's not impossible.

February Performance: 50k Hands

February was the month where I started to play on the new level, at NL5, where the big blind is 0.05c (cents) and one buy-in is $5. It was the month that I reach 50k hands for the first time in one month.

I started the month running terrible bad, I was break even for at least the first 15k hands. I was losing many big pots with big hands, but I was making the best effort to make the best decisions at the tables during this period. I started to run better and in the overall after that though start, I guess I had two major downswings for the all month.

I remember during a session, I was always losing for a set of the opponent, I had the best preflop hand (like KK vs 44) and on the flop or in other street my opponent catch the third card to make the set (444). Okay, that happens sometimes but 5 or more times straight! I think this was the only time I tilted a bit (I tilted for myself).

Anyway, here are the pictures that show how February was at the tables. The first is the net amount won in dollars, the second is the overall performance and playing stats.
Some month highlights: first time that I made 50k hands in one calendar month, first time that I made more than $100 exclusively from the tables.

Month Graph:

Overall statistics:

I started March with a 2 buy-in downswing yesterday, anyway it's part of the game.