Hey guys,

Well Genitruc's new blog has motivated me to start up a new blog, as I need some more structure in my game.

This past year has been the lowest volume year of the last 3.5 yrs, and this is pretty much entirely due to my full time job which I started 7 months ago.

It's hard to accept that 20k hands a month is a good volume month for me, and even harder to accept given the job pays like ass. But given the state of the games lately, I'm happy trying to do both and hopefully move to a higher paying job soon.

The operation name is pretty clear, and it has been my biggest obstacle throughout my poker career: play my 'A' game.. ALWAYS! (or most of the time). My 'A' game is very good, and my 'non A' game, is bad enough to offset any good.

My 'non A' game isn't as wild and crazy as some other people's. I'm not tilt open shoving preflop, or tilt shoving flops with air. Its repeating mid-sized mistakes over and over, which may even be worse. It's flatting 4bets IP with low SC's, because I've been 3betting 14% and they "must be playing back". It's floating flop c/r too light, or calling three barrels with mid-pair. I say this could be worse than just tilt open shoving a stack pre, because doing that is clearly bad and is a clear sign to quit. Whereas mid-sized mistakes can be perceived as "ok plays", or "read-based decisions", but compounded over and over, playing through them, can add up quick.

I have been using table ninja more lately, and it has allowed me to play across multiple stakes. I'm playing 200nl without any real game selection, 400nl with some and 3/6 and 5/10 with better game selection.

My only problem with table ninja is pre-flop raise sizing by position. Is this possible? (ie: 3.5x UTG and 2.5x on the button)

I've also been talking to some people who say that starting tables is +EV. I've NEVER been the type to start tables, and I think I'm missing out on fish by not doing so. So I'll aim to start more tables as well.

My goals are pretty modest from what they have been in the past. Play poker part-time and make a decent supplemental income to my job (ie: make more from poker than my job!)

Goals per month:
-at least 20k hands
-at least $5k-10k per month
-play A game most of the time
-start more tables, and continue on them if fish sit
-update blog semi-regularly

Here we go, time to close out 2010 the right way!