Today was a winning session kinda day. Not much, but made up for my last sessions losses. I accidentally bought into a PL table, but I didn’t notice for the first half hour. Of course, I really didn’t play many hands for the first 30 minutes, usually when I did I would make a pot sized bet, also my norm. Only when I wanted to get it all in is when I noticed that I was unable. I also played in a really tight $2 SnG 1 table where I was card dead for a while, but when I woke up with a hand, I doubled up. I kept the momentum for a while, started to get back to the starting chips when KK fell into my hands twice in two hands. Ultimately finished 2nd, again, 1st just seems to slip through my fingers, but I have now cashed in over 50% of the $2 SnG’s that I have played. Considering how I started the $2 level, this is a HUGE improvement (I think I went 0 for 6).

I need to look into the WPBT gathering for the Winter Classic.. see what’s do’n. I saw a few tweets about airfare purchases and such. Must be getting close.

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I have coined a new poker hand name. It’s the Devils Fishing Boat. What are the cards you ask? Well… only since you have asked. The cards are 6♠6♥6♦J♦J♠ or any other combination of Sixes full of Jacks.

On a more serious note, I’ve almost completed my first goal, $1.34 to $100, as of this posting I’m at $82.44. When I hit $100, the next goal will be $1,000. I’m really glad I started to do this “challenge”. I’ve learn a lot about patience, watching my table image and exploiting said image. Yes, I have gotten lucky a few times, who hasn’t, it’s a part of poker. I think living and dying by “Jesus’s” rules is a great way to train yourself when it comes to bankroll management. Of course, that’s only part of the equation, there’s also HOW you play the cards.

You can stick to the math of bankroll management, that’s super easy. But how you act at the table, how you play your cards, pre/post flop is another huge part of what makes a poker player good. Now, I’m not going to say that I am a good poker player. As history shows my stats at SharkScope tell a story and at this point, a story that I hope my opponents take as how I am playing now. I have already use that to my advantage twice. It’s funny how at the lowest levels, people want to shove years worth of ‘not-so-serious,-playing-for-fun’ poker playing as how to measure a player. I have never been a serious poker player. I do not play poker for a living and if I did, I’d be on a couch tour of the world, asking people for money for a cheese sandwich.

With the progress, focus and attitude that I have made in the last month is any indication, I think I may be ready to take that step into serious poker playing mode. Not play for a living, not by ANY means, I’m not that stupid. But of course, less than one month is not a good indication that I am ready. I will continue what I am doing and see what the results look like in January. I think four months is a good indication to see if I do want to make the leap from ‘playing for fun’ to ‘take the game seriously’.

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I have been following Chris’s rules for bankroll management and so far I have been able to turn $1.34 into $41.84. I’m almost halfway to my first goal of $100. I finally cashed multiple times in the $2 level and had a 4th place finish in a 90 player $1 SnG. I seem to be a lot more patient than I used to be and selective aggression is working rather well. Today, I grew my bankroll over 100% by taking first in two $2 SnG’s and 4th in the 90 player SnG. I actually played solid poker today and I honestly have not had this much confidence in my game for a long time.

I really want to play in a few of the blogger events, but the buyin’s are too big of a percentage of my BR. I must follow the rules, you know. If you want to see my progress LIVE, click here.

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