February, February, February!!

I mentioned yesterday that there were a lot of regulars in the Double Up games b/c of the promotion. The effect this has had on the games cannot be overstated! So far this month I've played 457 of these tournaments for a loss of $1413 (be sure to check out the awesome graph at the end of this post!). The thing is, everybody else grinding these games are losing at pretty much the same clip. Everybody is playing so close to optimally (also consider the flat payout structure and fast blind structure) - there really is no edge to be had in these games at all. Once you deduct the rake, everyone's a loser. I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to rethink my plan for February.

After the 1st day I was 4th place in my division and close enough to 1st to feel good about being able to take it down. I still have no doubt that I can put in enough volume to win these races, I'm just not a masochist and cannot imagine putting myself through an entire month of losing steadily just to make a little profit from the promotion and rakeback.

Time to put on my thinking cap, and almost time for Lost!