as promised i will post the 2016 poker tour reports here in this 2016 thread and again pledge to do my best to make quality posts.
if you are just joining us i always have a goal to make thousands ($2000+) of dollars in a year and so far i've failed twice (+911 in 2014 and -210 in 2015). so hopefully the third time is a charm!!
everything that happens in the reports is basically true. names or player descriptions are frequently changed to protect the innocent.... and sometimes the not so innocent.
at the end of each game report is a game +/-. this is cash out at the cage minus buy in. i'm not adjusting for dealer tips or rake although it would certainly be a big help in making my $2000 goal if i did. similarly if i tip the cocktail waitress out of my stack, that counts against me too. usually i just tip waitresses with some spare bills in my pocket though. cash out minus buy in. period.
in my gambling life i come from an abusive home (penn national) that treats both horse and poker players like absolute dirt. while i've been extremely unlucky to grow up in such an environment, i've been extremely blessed by the emergence of a new casino down route 83 called the horseshoe baltimore.
in addition to being a beautiful casino with a great poker room horseshoe really treats the player well and as such it's my 2016 goal to play there as much as i can.
in addition to game winnings we've also kept track of "bonus" winnings which i've defined as any extra money that comes directly from the poker room. in the past two years i got a full house bonus at charles town, and hot seat, rakeback, high hand, and bad beat jackpots at horseshoe. should i be lucky enough to get another bonus or two in 2016 the after tip totals will appear separately from the game report statistics in a line below them.
i also get comp dollars, promotional chips, and gifts from the horseshoe and sometimes atlantic city. i may mention a gift from time to time but will keep no official track of these. new for 2016 i will keep a separate track of promotional chips and try to give updates on unused comp dollars.
finally readers of the 2015 reports probably noticed that i had terrible luck with pocket kings. fellow pa member and west coast limit expert dilanesp noted that he won 71% online with this great hand and i'll probably never match this number since i'm usually facing probably twice the field sizes he is but for 2016 we'll track the w-l record of this powerful hand and see how i do!!
thanks for reading and hope to see YOU across the felt!!
--proximity
