The quest for data to get power

Hey guys,

So I have played on Titan for a week and a half. The goal for month one was to attain the highest loyalty status on the site (diamond), buy the $4000 cash back bonus for life expenses which will last for two months and build up a good database of 150k+ hands for the Ipoker network. I thought for month one I wouldn't be over ambitious on the profit side and settle for breaking even, whilst generating a database. As game selection and reads in the coming months resulting from this will have a good impact on my win rate. After all information is power.

In terms of what has happened, I've had a couple of bad sessions however, so far I have won $1750 or £1.1k so overall its going better then expected I guess. I have played 85k hands in this time and have been 16 tabling 50/100nl.

Got lucky on the 2^nd of this month and hit a Royal Flush before anyone else that day so got $50 from Titan, which was pretty nice.

Titan are doing a promotion which rewards the biggest winners with cash prizes. Unfortunately I did not know about this and didn't opt into the scheme until a friend of mine told me I had won it. Obviously its nice to see that I had apparently won the most at 100nl over this time period however, unfortunately I didn't get the money. Obviously I have opted in now and hopefully I will get something from the three other races.

In terms of Titan points I have made 80k so far which means I am on target for my 4K cash back bonus (320k points) and will get the 120% multiplier at the end of the month.

I also reckon I should win something in the $5k gladiator race every month due to my volume which should net me $200-450 a month. So far I have been hovering between 15 and 7^th so I guess I’m up there with the uber sickos.

Got plans to improve my set-up in the next month. At the moment I have a 20” dell ultrasharp 2007fp monitor and a smaller 17” Packard Bell monitor (kindly donated by a friend). Obv I need to alter my set-up so going to sell my old i-phone 3gs and use the money to buy another 20” dell 2007fp. I reckon 2 dell ultrasharps with a 17” monitor on top will make multi tabling feel nicer and allow me to play longer and harder. Also I guess over the years I've been a bit lazy when it comes to online poker aids as I've seen it previously as a hobby that somehow magically you make money from. Keyboards are annoying when it comes to typing in bet sizing- it cramps your wrist/arm after a while- they are designed for left handed people or something- I don’t understand why the number pad is on the right hand side. Anyway I have ordered a separate number pad along with wrist rest- this will allow me to be more dynamic with bet sizing- feel it its really +ev.

Next month also have plans to make a Party Poker account, the $100 holdem manager store credit is nice and so is the $600 1^st deposit bonus. More importantly multi clienting is really important for game selection and liquidity at weird hours for poker players (e.g. 7am). I think this will give me more life flexibility and will be a step towards attaining life balance.

Take care.