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Hello Vegas
Headed down to the Venetian today for the Deep Stack series. What started so beautifully online in the month of January turned south. I still made money in Jan. but just not as much as hoped or expected. Now I’ll spend the next 20 days playing live and happily interacting with people rather than a keyboard. While down there I’m hoping to pick up a new car as my 96 Camry is on its last leg. Probably going with something boring as I already have a Jeep and need a vehicle with some sort of gas efficiency. After the main event I will going to Brazil to warm up and drink cachaca.
More online then LAPC
Lately I have been playing pretty much exclusively online. It has been ok with no big wins but also no big losses. I am a bit anxious to play a series of live tournaments. My goal is to drive down to LA the last week in January and play a few events at the LAPC then head to San Diego for Harrahs Rincon WSOPC event. After that is over I will head back to LA for the rest of the series. One thing I have focused on lately is varying my games besides NL Hold’em. As the field has been leveled in Hold’em I have noticed there are big edges in games that are becoming more populated with new players as they attempt to broaden their poker horizons as well. I am really looking forward to Razz and Stud Hi/lo this year at the WSOP.
Starting 2008 the right way
Over the last few days I have read many resolutions for the upcoming year. It made me question what it was that I wanted to accomplish. I had a winning year last year and was very happy with my progress as a poker player. All I have desired to further is my poker development and bankroll. I finally feel that I have turned that corner where if I truly put in the hours in mtts there is no doubt in my mind I could be one of the top players online. The problem I have is I am not diligent about putting in the amount of time necessary. I switch between cash games and mtts and sometimes altogether take too much time away from the tables. Both cash and tourneys have been very rewarding for me.
Start of an era?
Yes, I hope to blog on a regular basis. Not always that easy but I am giving it my best shot for 2008. I have have a pretty good 2007. I ended the year winning the nightly $100k on Pokerstars for about 29k. A week later I won a $200 live tourney at Pot of Gold for about 6200. Definitely a great way to end the year in poker. Going forward I hope to spend more time on the road playing tournies in Vegas and LA and of course more time online if the games don’t dry up. Right now I play live tournaments up to about a $2k buyin. I would like to play some main events this year. I hope you follow along as I progress and move up stakes and bankroll.
