Time to own!

OK OK enough BS its time to buckle down and simply own. I know I said I didn't like goals but its time to start setting them again. I will play no less then 30k hands this month. I intend to book a 5k month as well.

My plan to execute my goal is simple:

~3-4 sessions a day M-F 75-90min 4 tabling
~Intensive note taking during play in order to develop reads on regs
~Emphasize correct decisions over anything else (no results checking)
~1 hour of study 3 times a week minimum


So far this year has been mediocre in comparison to how 08 started. It is my fault and I know it. As long as I continue to be a clown my game will suffer. The cold hard truth is I have mouths to feed and fucking off wont cut it anymore.

Strange observation and some resolve.

Just wanted to quickly hit up the blog for my faithful readers,anyone out there? Anyways things are good in all aspects of life.

1st things 1st I realized that poker had gone substantially better when I am attending college then when I am not. Discussed it a bit with Martin and we both have some ideas as to why its the case. I might be hinting at something.

2ndly I realized that instead of watching my roll closely and feeling a sort of urgency to be back at 200NL I want to just play 100NL through April most likely and then see where I stand in regards to 200NL. The truth is i can live off 100NL and though 200NL will be a nicer living I need to be ready in all regards to moving up before I do.

That is all, goodbye.

Yes sir!

What is yall just wanted to blog real quick and catch everyone up. Poker was wack in Feb and I ended around breakeven after RB and bonus. I have found a new coach and was quite pleased with our 1st lesson and hope to continue with him till I am regularly crushing 1/2 or 2/4. The real thing he hammered home was just thinking. I mean fuck its like at some point along the way I forgot that the reason I love poker is the fact that every hand I play is an opportunity to out think my opponent and force him to make a mistake. Truth is thats where the money/edge comes from right. Another thing I opted to do over the weekend was to downsize my HUD to the old school PFR/VPIP/AF which has forced me to focus more on game flow and do less spewy shit based on 3bet/4bet stats. I have the pop-up if needed. I am still making some fundamental mistakes but in due time I hope to plug them.

Exercise wise things are going well. Been eating right most the time and havent missed a beat as far as gym and cardio go. Was 217lbs this morning. Probably post a pic at the end of the month to compare with the earlier one. Hope everyone is enjoying life I know i am.

Dodgy advice

DODGYKEN advice that is. "If you spew a BI it will take you 1k+ hands to regain it based on your win rate." Moral of the story if you spew you aint going to be going anywhere fast in poker.

I have made a spewy bluff yesterday that was not well thought out and just complete spew. basically I must always be thinking while playing and any distractions will have a negative impact on my win rate long term.

Solution, when playing I will have no other programs open.

Flash back

WOW! I just had a mega tilt relapse. I mean it was subtle yet disgusting. I played an uber gay session and then my computer shit on me so i decided to not reboot. I was killing time and thought why not play some more. Well because I was on tilt thats why. I proceeded to drop 3-4BI by playing like a clown. I literally hate myself at this moment. This month has been so gay after how well January was. I dont know what to say I am to blame. Basically I played 20k hands of roller coaster poker and thanks to todays sweet performance I ended down just under 2BI's. I cant wait for March to get here.

Rough day.

Today was just a brutal day at the tables. It sucks because I wanted to close out this month on a sick heater and was doing well this week till today. I only burned 3BI's but not sure if they were actually burnt. I mean I know like 1 was due to poor decisions but fuck my life did the cards just hate me today. Sickest hand was one I posted on Leggo which hurt. It pains me how amazingly fishy the games are at night yet how terribly the cards seems to roll off when I need them to be my friend the most. Truth is you need some luck when donks are in abundance because they will pay you off. Only thing is you have to have it to get payed otherwise you just get owned. It was simply a day where KK ran into AA twice, every 3bet bluff got caught, and every draw missed when they were mine and got there when they werent. Thing is I feel good and know I have what it takes. This isnt a fml poker is gay post. This is just a reminder that some days just suck but all we can do is keep our head high and focus on the decisions we make.

So far so good.

I have been loosely sticking to my outlined plans and I am feeling good. I find it really helps my poker to be active away from the tables. I am able to stay focused longer and minimize tilt much better. I have been running decent except for none of my big pockets seem to be getting much action preflop. I am lucky to even get a call. In order to maintain my VIP status on AP I am forced to 6 table at the moment. I have chosen to play pretty nitty and seems to be working well. Playing 19/15 isnt terribly fun but it makes monies. March I will most likely move back to 4 tables and focus heavily on improving my postflop play so I can jump into 200NL as early as Mar 5th.