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After many years of going to school and saying no to drugs I graduated with a degree!  Little did I know it would lead me to being beaten into the ground at the hands of a soulless corporation.  After 3 years I quit to play poker professionally.  I've now been full-time over 7 years, yet revenge is still in the air.  It's crazy to look back and realize I started this blog as I was simply 'pumping myself up' to quit the real world and go full time.  Now I also do some writing for fun as a 'day job' (some freelance and paid, but an insignificant sum compared to 5/10 live) and airbnb my place when I don't feel like playing as much.

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May222012

Updates (5/22/2012)

DateTuesday, May 22, 2012 at 4:17PM

It's been quite a slow month for me. 

I pretty much took a week off and I just haven't been playing a lot.  I'm also running very bad in addition to not playing enough.  I went into Saturday's session down $1300 on the month, but I made it all back so I'm probably up a mere $500 on the month.  I felt good playing on Thursday and Saturday, then I got sick.  So set back AGAIN.

I'm going to really push to play hard and put in the volume the last 9 days of this month.  Even if I get 40 more hours in it would still be my lowest volume month as a pro.  I'm hoping to log at least 100 hours, I'm only at 70 right now.

I had a strech where I really wasn't happy playing.  Now I feel like my mind is in the right place and I'm ready to grind.  The games have been good enough, and I'm working on my mind-set again.  At one point my mind-set was in a good place, but it has REALLY slipped off during the past month or so.

Before when I went into sessions it was:

1)  Play mistake free

2)  Whatever other specific areas I'm working on at the time.

Now It's:

1)  Play mistake free

2)  DON'T GET ANGRY

3)  Whatever else

Yes I've been getting angry WAAAYYY to much.  Little things bother me that shouldn't.  Other regulars tilt me by just seeing their stupid faces.  These kinds of things causing me to get angry is unacceptable.  So I guess my main goals going forward are putting in clean solid volume while not getting angry.  If I get super angry during a session I've failed my target for the day.  I realize my mind-set is an area that needs improvement right now.

Also my bankroll is awfully close to 40k.  If I can get over 40k and stabalize I would consider that a milestone.  I'd also feel comfortable taking 5/10 shots even in the low 40k range.  If I bust my ass the next three weeks and string something together I might take 5/10 shots during tournament time.  This is a nice motivation piece.

-bag 

 

 

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"Other regulars tilt me by just seeing their stupid faces."

LOL. You're fucking hilarious, even if you don't always mean to be.

May 29, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterFkCoolers

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