HotDiggy1121

11/7/09

Not sure what the hell happened to my game since May. I used to be able to crush the $2 STT on FTP. I seriously can't win a STT. But I feel like I'm a MUCH better player. Weird. Doing decent on the MTTs. Really like playing the deep stacked KO tourneys. Thinking maybe I've gotten too loose, will review next week.

Bankroll:
Pokerstars: 4.40 (deposited $10 - geez)
Fulltilt: 84.12

No response from Rakeback - won't be at Full Tilt much longer.
Studying more than playing - yes so far.
In the process of becoming risk neutral, getting sucked out on more...meh...staying focused.

1. Not yet. Computer is a piece of crap.
2. Reviewed 3 vids, not complete series. Will do by EOM.
3. Reviewed and posted 1 book.

11/14/09 - Just finished a session tonight that was, well, freaken disgusting. I refuse to use the term "bad beat", but I lost some big hands in very interesting ways. It doesn't tilt me. If I choose to play push/fold, even in the right spots, sometimes 32o beats my 99. I think it's kind of fascinating really. Speaking of tilt, though, I was watching Last Man Standing AGAIN - episode 8. AMT talks about identifying what tilts you. For me, it's money issues in general. I've dedicated myself to learning poker for a part-time income. The longer I play with proper BR Mgmnt, the lower my bank account is getting. Not going to let that affect my decisions going forward - done. I'm playing REALLY well. I feel like an athlete talking about how things "slow down." Watching these series again is helping I think. Also, the commitment to study more than I play is helping too. I wasn't opening up SNGWIZ near enough. Also, I started playing the DoNs on Stars again. I made so much money over there. I've been running a couple of those off to the side when playing regular tourneys. you can almost play them without thinking. I don't know why people hate on them so much - since the point is making money. I'm still not beating any other game consistently, but I still feel like I'm playing...and more importantly IMPROVING.

Anyway, here are the updates:
Bankroll: Pokerstars - $60.25********Full Tilt $21.06 (I said it was a disgusting night:)********************************Rakeback: No reply from Rakeback Pros. I'm pretty much done with Full Tilt due to no rakeback. As soon as I can spare some $$ to open an account on bodog or something I'm out of there indefinitely*****************Spending more time studying than playing - CHECK! **************Risk Averse - I'm really developing here. HUGE leap forward. Decisions are getting easier. starting to looks forward to getting my money in methodically instead of shoving to take the pot down immediately**********************Videos? - May have to compromise on this goal. My laptop just won't run all the programs. My anniversary is next Saturday and I'm hoping my wife got the hints I dropped about tigerdirect.com************Reviewed quite a few more vids, but only posted 2. I'm being very conscious to try to absorb the info rather than just rush to post it to hit my quota**********************Posting notes on 2 books - With my anniversary next weekend, I'm taking the entire week off from playing poker. I'll study every day during lunch at work and come home and post, this won't be hard to hit.

NOTE TO SELF:

November Goal: Finish posting last man standing series, then post Online Tells and DoN Strategy.

Potential future project - compile step by step for n00bs to teach them what order to learn and how to sort info up to this point in the journey. Foundation for learning, how to grind a bankroll, which games to play, which games to progress to, which single vid in each series makes a certain point.

Also, a summary of forum and poker terms. ftw....gogogogog......etc.