i finally decided to start an op. i'll use it to keep track of progress, post hands, and to involve myself more with FTR (besides being in the commune).

Poker History:
I learned to play NL hold 'em about two years ago. my best friend introduced it to me. we played playmoney on pokerstars. i was owning that, and decided to make a real money deposit. i played SnG and did well. then i would try to play cash games and get owned. i'm a perfectionist (and like to be great at everything i do) so i sought out a way to get better. i found FTR and joined, started reading up on strategy and tried to implement the basic concepts. probably around Feb this year, things started to click. i was rolled for 25nl and took a shot in april, destroyed it. rolled for 50nl in may, and failed epically lol. i went back to 25nl.

From what i saw from the regs on FTR, it seemed that a majority cut their chops in 6max. so i decided to ditch full ring in an effort to get better. so i moved to cake poker and 20nl 6max. when i was roll'd for 50nl, which was in july, i took another shot. and proceeded to lose almost 1k. i learned alot, but was disgusted with losing so much. so i didn't play much in aug. i got back on the grind in sept. and i'm rolled for 50nl again. so here goes my 3rd attempt. i've been playing a combination of 20nl/50nl but on thursday, i finally just went to straight 50nl. it was a good week. so what are my goals?

obv, get roll'd for 100nl (2.2k). but a long term goal i made back in april was to get to 200nl by jan of next year. (this goal comes from a post that asked FTR'ers how long did it take to go from 25nl to 200nl with the avg. answer being 9-12 months). at this point it doesn't look real great, with having to crush 2 levels in 3months. but i like to aim high.

so here goes results for last week......

current bankroll: 1203