so april has been my first decent volume in ages. Shame I'm running only 1.5ptBB/100. So far i've played 54k hands, and i feel as though my game is going ok. Need to re-read the list of leaks above once in a while though.

I've been thinking about what to do my first pro month - options are huge Full Tilt volume or retain iron man with low volume (or buy a month off) while clearing some crazy bonus/rake race thing on some other site. Ladbrokes is the main contendor I think, $1k first deposit bonus that clears pretty fast + a big rake race. Only downside is that I'd have to play 6-max cos their full ring traffic is pathetic. 6-max is pretty much a requirement regardless if I want to clear a bunch of easy bonus $$ and/or eventually move into mid-stakes. I also have to take into account the fact that I'm switching countries sometime during May, and that could result in limited grind time for a week or so.

I'll do the maths on figuring out which will provide me with best $ return for least effort. Later. In the meantime I want a decent return in April. $5k would be a nice start.

I've also decided to learn basic short-stack strategy over the next six months. I'm thinking about SuperNova Elite in 2010, and that will be a lot easier if I can pilot shortstack when I'm tired....

Looking forward to Europe. And looking forward to coming back as well!!! I've decided to build a wind-turbine/solar combo power-pack system so that I'll have zero power bills, and figuring out how to hook it into the national grid. So I've learnt about ametek motors, washing machine motors, conversions, etc. Should be fun

life is pretty damn cool