July Results

   A man walks into a doctor's surgery on Monday morning. The doctor says, 'I have good news and bad news".
   'OK', says the patient, 'give me the good news'.
   'Well', says the doctor, 'according to these results, you have two days to live'.
   'Oh my God',  says the patient, 'if that's the good news, then what's the bad news!'
   'Well', says the doctor, 'I got these results on Friday.'

   Well, the good news is that I actually came out ahead on my Fixed Limit Holdem games; just barely ahead. I played six of these games in July, losing four and winning two, although some of the losses were quite small. Of the last three FLH games,  I won 2/3 so maybe I'm beginning to get the hang of it. But let's not jump to conclusions just yet.
   As for Multi-Table Tournaments, I only managed to play in three of these this month and got knocked out pretty early in all of them. My best result was 29th place. So that amounted to a moderate loss.
   And now for the bad news. I played in 23 SitnGo Tournaments in July, and cashed in four of them, two of those being first place. That's right: 4/23. The worst part is, I don't know why I've been doing so badly in SNGs this month. As far as I'm aware I haven't been playing any differently than before. I have a pretty straightforward strategy that I employ when I play in these single-table tournaments, and it has been pretty effective in the past. But not this month.
   Overall, I've lost about 20% of my bankroll in July. In fact my bankroll hasn't been this low since the end of April. So all the gains I've made since I started reporting my monthly results have been lost. This is what you might call a significant setback. My plans for domination of the poker world may have to go on hold for now, so Phil Ivey, wherever you are, you can relax.
   So I guess I need a recovery plan for August. Thinking about it though, it really amounts to more of the same. I can't see any glaring holes in my SNG strategy, and I am still ahead for this game type for the year overall. What I will be doing though, is going through my game notes for the year and trying to identify weaknesses in my game. And of course if I can continue to improve in FLH games, that would be a big help. Another win or two in this game type and it'll be time to move up to the next level.
   So the final verdict is; down but not out. I'm looking forward to August and Everything After.

Post Script...
   As expected Sky Sport's poker coverage is all over the place. Last year they showed a lot of the World Series of Poker Main Event live, and then replayed edited highlights of the whole thing over several months. This year, they've shown a big money tournament called the Big Drop, but haven't showed a single minute of the Main Event. Now that it's over, they've started showing repeats of last year's highlights! LOL!