Chris Halverson’s Blog

I took full advantage of my available time last night and sat down and cleared the remaining part of my Party bonus. Woo hoo! The session started out well, but suddenly took a downturn. I lost 4 hands with full house over full house. Yikes. That seems to be my nemisis over the last couple of days.

I was planning on cashing out and doing a quick deposit into Stars to get that bonus, but decided to wait until after I cleared the Party bonus so as to not activate the Cash Out Curse (TM) trigger. I was having enough trouble staying above water before that kicks in. I was also pissed last night because the new Party software altered my pattern map. *sigh*

So how did I come out on this bonus?

Total Bonus: $200
Winnings from playing: -$165.88
Net: $34.12
Total table hours: 29.75 (2 tables at a time)
Hourly Rate: $1.15

Nice.

This wasn’t one of my better bonuses, however it was better than InterPoker in October where I lost $150 in order to get $90. At least it was a positive addition to the bankroll and I got to experience Party again, for whatever that’s worth.

Now that this one is done, I’ve got to concentrate on TGC as that bonus expires. I may also have a table or two of TotalBet/UKBetting to get those before the end of the month. I have cashed out two thirds of my Party roll and deposited the $600 needed into Stars (where it doesn’t expire), which I will cash out in a couple of days.

I’ve got an über post coming about my thoughts on bonus chasing. I know I’ve turned into a total bonus whore lately, but there’s a method to my madness. Stay tuned (oooh…the suspense…)

I’ve left enough in my Party account to adequately bankroll me for January’s “Let’s See if Chris is On Crack or if He Really Is Decent at SNGs” experiment. Due to the abundance of bonuses this month I haven’t played in one single SNG. I had a great run in November, and I think I have a pretty good feel for those, so I’m going to test it out by trying to play a decent number of them in January. If things hold up, then I’ll at least have an idea if they’re profitable for me. It still won’t statistically be enough, but I more or less know where my ring game stands and I’m curious to see if SNGs are more profitable for me. I’ll be hitting the $20+2 SNGs fairly hard in January (if things go according to plan, which may not be the case, etc.). This may also change my thoughts on playing NL instead of limit. Not sure. Oh, don’t worry though, you’ll still see me whoring the Crypto sites, there’s just too much free money there to leave unclaimed.

Trip report from Canterbury tomorrow. Hopefully it will be better than the last one, but then again, it can’t be much worse. Not sure if I’ll even attempt to play in the 2+2 game, but I doubt it. The only potential upside is that if SuperTight Chris sits down with the drunken 30/60′ers, then I can probably come out ahead because the money at 3/6 is nothing to them. Just sit back and wait and take advantage of it. I’ll be there early, so it will kind of depend on how the rest of my session is going.

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