Part I

So I've been reading through a lot of these Poker Etc threads that peoeple have and I think it could really help. I've been following setzy and 75k for a long while and since trainer/euph/anosmic started their own I think it will be a good way to start becomming serious again. So basically here is my situation:

I started donking my way around ring from pushaments in May at 25nl fr. I ran real well, moved up to 50nl and realized I suck at poker and by playing 8 tables I was running like 12/6 (ew). I studied became kinda better and long story short eventually worked my way up to 100nl with ~$3500 bankroll. I played like 40k hands total during this period of a few months (this is a lot for me) mainly 4tabling. I was stupid and cashed out a lot (pretty much all) of my br for business and personal reasons a while back and ever since I seem to have lost my "spark" if you will.

I recently was laid off from my job ( I was working as an aprentice carpenter with my dad) a couple weeks ago and now I have no cashflow. I actually don't mind not having a job since I absolutely hated it, I have no idea how people do that shit for 20 30 40+ years.... not my thing. But anyway I don't know if it is who I am as a person being too lazy or whatever, but I have a lot of time on my hands and just never play poker. I think from Sept - Nov I played maybe 5k hands. Granted I did have my job then working 40-50 hours / week but that's just a lame excuse.

OK SO ENOUGH BLABBERING.

RULES
- I plan on playing 2k hands per day or 10k hands per week MINIMUM. I will post how many hands and how I finished each session in this thread, if my numbers do not add up at the end of week make sure I am told how much of a pussy I am.
- I plan on playing exclusively 6max (starting at 25nl). I had played nothing but full ring up until recently. For that reason, I want to start at 25nl and adjust to playing 6max
- I plan on posting 1-2 hands from my session on FTR. This is obv, FTR got me to where I was today and I <3 you all.
- I WILL NOT BE A CASH OUT FISH. One of my biggest problems is cashing out, $100 here, $200 there.... it really stunts any growth to my BR.

OVERALL GOALS
- 40k + hands for December
- Reach 100nl 6max

I don't plan on posting monetary goals for myself because quite simply I don't think I am good enough. Plus no matter how good anyone is variance can be a bitch. Instead I think a # of hands is a much better idea. Once I feel comfortable at 6max I plan on moving up to 50nl and eventually hitting 100nl. I want 40 buyins for each limit before I move up, this is more for a comfort reason than anything else. This will all be on Pokerstars because Stars is sexy and that makes up for no rakeback. Maybe once I hit my overall goals I'll think about moving elsewhere like FTP but for now it's Stars 4 life.

So I guess that pretty much wraps it up for now. I will probably edit this post 1,000 times and add goals as they come to mind. I appreciate any feedback and luck (obv) that anyone wants to leave and now it's time to hit the felt!


Part II

Well folks, I figured it's about time to get my shit together again. I am still disapointed at myself for never finishing my old goal, but I had my reasons.

Some of you saw my thread about my business, and right around mid-December is when things started to pick up. This required a lot more of my time (and money) and turned my focus off of poker. From about December 15 until February 7th I have had more work and had more stress than I forsaw; everyone only has 24! But, I still feel I made the correct decision and although the business is still taking time, I'm finding myself with more free time again. Here is my current situation:

- I cashed out. I know I know. Stupid. I was really scraped for money, so I took out what was left of my bankroll.
- I am finding I have ~15 hours per week I can purely dedicate to poker. I am not sure if I will take all of this time, but I will play at least 10 hours/week.
- After saying that, my current bankroll stands at a staggering: $59.28.

Goals (I'll add more as I progress).
1) Play low buyin donkaments/ring to run my $59.28 up to $300 where I will switch to 25nl rull ring. I hope to reach this by March 1, 2007.
2) Play at least 10 hours/week (probably more) and record my stats here every day.

I guess you could call this my micro-grind challenge thread now. Everyone that reads this has the permission to slap me across the face if I do not update this at least every other day, so pay attention!

Okay I think that pretty much wraps it up. I hope I don't busto!