What a month!!

hey all, well as u may or may not be aware i peaked around the end of Aug getting the roll up to a fine figure of $600!!

then a few lost coin flips and was down to $500. This then sparked a few days of what can only be described as pure madness!!

Chasing and tilt saw me gamble and spunk my hard earned roll down to bout $160!!!!

i saw an article in a poker mag advising on building a $5k roll in like 9 months or something, they had 2 approaches SnG & Cash

For SnG they suggested playing single table $11 as any lower was a waste
for cash they suggested Buying in for half at a NL$25 i.e $12.50 25c blinds and sitting there tight as a nats ass and only playing AA,KK QQ and AK strongly i.e raising hard/reraising and firing again on flop

Being the fool that i am i sort of tried both approaches!!

up to yesterday my SnG results were pretty good:

$11 Speed:
Entered: 17
1st:3
2nd:2
3rd:3
Cost:$187
Return:$270
Profit:$83

basically i make the money 50%with an average $4.88 per game, (mag suggests anything above $2 is good)with is ROI of 44%

however another 3 games this morning which i have to admit i played bad!!
now looks likes this:

$11 Speed:
Entered: 20
1st:3
2nd:2
3rd:3
Cost:$220
Return:$270
Profit:$50

now i make the money 40%with an average $2.50 per game, (mag suggests anything above $2 is good)with is ROI of 22%

I play speed as they are easier to fit in before work!

I have also play a few non speed:

$11 regular:
Entered: 11
1st:4
2nd:1
3rd:0
Cost:$121
Return:$230
Profit:$109

i make the money 45%with an average $9.90 per game, (mag suggests anything above $2 is good)with is ROI of 90%

obviously much smaller sample of regular SnG's but seems like i should concentrate on more of these if i can

Now i said i tried the cash approach too, i started buying in for half on the NL$25 and playing tight (not as tight as mag suggests but fairly)

To Table From Table Profit/Loss % change
12.50 10.44 -2.06 -16.48
12.50 12.45 -0.05 -0.40
12.50 16.64 4.14 33.12
12.50 15.74 3.24 25.92
13.00 24.35 11.35 87.31
26.00 12.65 -13.35 -51.35
13.00 0.00 -13.00 -100.00
50.00 66.12 16.12 32.24
13.00 17.17 4.17 32.08
13.00 12.75 -0.25 -1.92
65.00 73.92 8.92 13.72
50.00 42.27 -7.73 -15.46
25.00 30.99 5.99 23.96
50.00 71.00 21.00 42.00
50.00 0.00 -50.00 -100.00

So up to yesterday my roll was looking good and up to $380but then this morning i spunked 3 speed sng's and 1 norm sng with no cash

so down $44 for day i decide to stick $50 on the NL$50, well one mis timed bluff and a horrid rivered str8 to villain saw that disappear!

So back to $280 ish now, but on a positive note i am going to sovereign poker club this sat night to play the £20 semi freeze out, wish me luck!!

any feedback on my roll and performance so far in sng's and cash very welcome!!