November Review - The Perfect Month

In the month of November I played poker on nineteen days, and went the entire month without a losing day at the tables (not considering FPP value or any other sort of rakeback, pure table winnings only). It truly was a beautiful thing, though such a streak should not be a goal for a player with a strong mental game, as said behavior could lead to booking small wins when playing well and turning small losses into large ones by extending sessions while fatigued or tilted. I won't be playing today or tomorrow as I have evening plans both days and want to get the bulk of my Christmas shopping done during the day. Here's a HEM snapshot for proof:



Obviously, I ran very well this month, better than I ever have over an 80k hand period that I can remember. I even ended up 0.5ptBB above AIEV which is unheard of for me!

My volume on the month was very low, a result of playing a mediocre number of hours combined with less hands per hour due to a lower number of tables. I definitely believe my game benefited from playing less tables however, and it very likely was a big factor in my winrate being so ridiculously high this month.

I also picked up $250 from a quarterly freeroll cash which didn't hurt. My total table winnings this month is actually my second highest total ever, which is nuts. My other comparable showings were over 180-210k hand samples, while this one was over only 83k. Variance was definitely on my side for a change.

The obligatory graph/table:


The bottom line:
$14,978.03 table winnings
+$1948.58 VPP value (34,796 VPPs * 3.5 FPPs/VPP * 1.6c/FPP)
+$250 quarterly freeroll cash
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$17,176.61 USD total profit

In December I'll need to grind out 46k VPPs to reach the 500k milestone bonus. This obviously is a significantly more than I put in this month, and with the state of the games will be a legitimate challenge for me. While it's going be a grind, I'm excited to have a serious goal for the month to keep me motivated. Hopefully I can get ahead of pace early and not have things go down to the wire on New Years Eve!