This is actually my second operation thread – here is a link to the first: http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...08-t53387.html

Background

I was unable to accomplish the primary goal I set for myself in my first operation, as I didn’t manage to make myself a regular in the 400NL games. However, I have progressed tremendously as a poker player since April – which was around the time I began my first operation. Regularly writing about poker undoubtedly helped me to focus on improving my poker skills, and therefore I would not consider my first operation thread to have been a failure or waste of my time.

I finished off 2007 by going on a 16 buy in downswing that started at 600NL and brought me back to 200NL (thankfully, most of my downswing was at 200NL). This is by far the biggest downswing I have ever been through. Even after seeing zook go on a downswing of a similar size a couple months ago, I didn’t think it could happen to me. I would say I’ve played my best during many of these sessions, and never came even close to tilting. One bright side to this downswing was that it has made me appreciate even more the importance of bankroll management. I am wiser for going through this experience.

As of right now...

Currently I am a full time poker player playing 200NL. Because I am not playing higher limits, or completely confident I am a good enough player to be playing poker for a living, I am still holding a part time job. With the money I will be earning from that job, as well as the money I made working and playing poker last year, I have 6 months living expenses set aside from my online bankroll. If, by the end of February, I feel I am not working hard or doing well enough at playing full time poker, I will go back to work and eventually return to school in the fall.

My number one poker goal for 2008 is to become a regular in the 1000NL games. The only things that will stop me from achieving this will be motivation/discipline. I will go into detail about these areas of my poker game in my first post.


What i will be writing about

The topics i will be writing about in this thread are going to be different than my first one. I’m not going to discuss the results of individual sessions; instead I am planning to talk more about specific poker concepts and issues I have been thinking about or improving. As of right now I expect to update this thread once or twice a week.

Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions!