Alright, I've been playing for too long now, and I owe it to myself to take poker more seriously. I've been messing around at the party 50 NL tables for a few months, occasionally venturing to the 100NL tables. I do pretty well. I've cashed out some money here and there, sometimes too much and I've had to reload a few times. Last week I decided to take a stab at higher stakes, and it was a huge mistake. I lost alot of money. I don't necessarily think I played horribly, but looking back I was clearly scared at playing for too much money.

I guess what I'm trying to say, in so many words, is that I've worked relatively hard on becoming better at poker, but I've managed to completely avoid managing my bankroll responsibly, which really has kept me from making any serious progress. So time to fix that.

I'm taking a step backwards and starting all over again. I currently have $393 in my Party Poker account. I'm going to play $25 NL tables until I have 20 buy-ins at the next level ($1000). I'll continue to move up in limits any time I get to 20 buy-ins at the next level. If at any time my bankroll drops to 15 buy-ins at the level I'm playing, I will drop down in limits again until I get back to 20 buy-ins at the higher limit.

My ultimate goal is to be playing at $1000 NL tables, with an adequate bankroll, one year from now, April 25, 2006. To accomplish this, I will need to move up in limits every two months.

Goals -

$1000 by June 25, 2005
$2000 by August 25, 2005
$4000 by October 25, 2005
$8000 by December 25, 2005
$12000 by February 25, 2006
$20000 by April 25, 2006