January Review - Professional

January was perhaps the most interesting month of my life to date. I purchased (and moved into) a great townhouse, ended a 3.25 year long relationship, and left an enjoyable and comfortable job applying my skills (and degree) as a Software Engineer to play poker professionally. Oh, and did I mention that after the breakup my best friend moved into the basement of my townhouse? Yeah, that too.

From a poker perspective, the month felt eerily like August (the month in which I set my previous record for hands played, which has now been shattered). I ran poorly during the bulk of the month, but upswings at the end managed to improve the month to "mediocre" from "bad".

Here's my graph for the month:

You can see how most of the profit comes at the end. Below is a quick recap of went went right and what didn't this month.

What went wrong:
- Ran terribly at 200NL and poor at 100NL.
- Tightened up a little, and started stealing less for whatever reason, perhaps due to fatigue during long sessions.
- Due to factors above, poor winrate.

What went right:
- Exceeded my VPP goal for the month, and got 10.5% of the way to Supernova Elite (earning 105,067 VPPs total).
- Despite poor luck, still made a good amount of money (see below) and really proved to myself that both playing professionally and reaching SNE are realistic.

The bottom line:
$7145.55 winnings
+$5883.75 rakeback
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$13,029.30 USD total (that's about $15,850 CDN if you're curious)

Time to keep up the grind!