Day 52 - Another 60 to be marked off the totalizer. (Mental note - I totally need a totalizer. Next time I take a day off, I might get all arts and crafty.)
Quote from: Div on February 21, 2006, 11:25:18 pm
Tank sometimes it pays just to turn chat off.
I'm doing just that, turning it back on when I'm down to the last tournament of the sesh. (Can't stop me chatting completely)
So far, it seems to be working....
Day 52 Results : +$1,399.5 (+$7,954.3 total)
ROI : 13.6% (after 974 played)
I don't believe that this result was entirely due to turning chat off. However, I'm still buying Div a pint when I see him next. 
A jump of over 1% in the ROI in one day, after playing this many, is a big deal for me. Looking back, I believe this is the single most successful day of the campaign so far. 
Dull statty bit
On Friday I'd managed only 17.7% of my target while 40% of my time had gone. I was behind a whopping 23.3%!
Today 25.8% of the tournaments required are behind me and 44.2% of the time has elapsed. I'm now only behind by 18.4%.
So in 4.2% of the clock I've put in 8.1% of the total tournaments needed.......and I feel fine 
My play is much more regimented and professional-ish now. The structure of my work day is much better too. Play 30, take an hour and a half off, then play another 30. In the last 5 days I've put in 324 tournaments. I've finally started to play like I mean to get there within four months. I think this is largely down to the new, more disciplined, regime.
Before, I'd sleep when I was tired, play poker when I fancied it and had days off on a whim. Instead of 7 sleeps a week like a normal person, I'd have around 10 short ones. Most of the time I wasn't sure what day it was.
I'm still going to take days off (not that mental) but I'll plan when they'll be and adjust my sleep schedule accordingly. Days off will still be necessary if I feel tilt creep into my game.
Day 53 Results : +$360 (+$8,314.3 total)
ROI : 13.4% (after 1,034 tournaments)
The first batch o' 30 wasn't going too well at all. It finished amazingly stongly though. When I used to play batches of 4 I never ever had a "perfect batch" (four 1st places) Pleased to tell y'all that 1st place money in the last four tournaments before "lunch break" (4am) were all taken down by tigmong. (That's me )
New word for your dictionarys, professional-ish : Verb used to describe someone who is serious about their STTs but still munches duck pancakes by the computer and gets plum sauce all over the mouse.
As I was working, only did a half day when I got back. Just the 30 tournaments.
Day 54 Results : -265.5 (+$8,048.8 total)
ROI : 12.6% (after 1064 played)
I like the timing of my day off tomorrow, just after a losing sesh. I'll be back early Sunday morning to tell you how many I played on Saturday, and hopefully, report another win.
