Hi,

been a while since i updated. Firstly the bad news:

I lost about $14k in high stakes cash games. bit of bad play and bit of bad luck later on when i had got other my bad play! not too concerned although it was disapointing, still up nicely from the high stakes cash games this month.

after this i went on holiday for 5 days which was really nice, i relaxed and managed to read a few books on tournament poker to refresh my memory (i havent played hardly any poker over the last 4 months due to travelling round the world).

Anyway, i decieded that just flirting with various sized cash games and various tournaments wasnt going to get me anywhere as a pro poker player. I need more disapline, and i have finally learned what is best to do:

I have made myself an mtt tournament schedule of around $40 Fo's and $10 rebuys which i will play each day with at least one day off from poker altogether a week. So for the last 4 days i have STUCK TO MY SCHEDULE AND NOT EVEN PLAYED ANY GAMES OUTSIDE OF IT. I have also gone to sleep after playing all the tournaments in my schedule down for the day and NOT FELT LIKE I HAD TO WIN IT BACK IN CASH GAMES WHEN I WAS TIRED BEFORE I WENT TO BED.

I cant tell u how big a step forward this is for me, i am confident i now have what it takes to be succefull as an MTT pro poker player . I intend to post updates on here at the very least every week on how my MTT's are going (i only access my results at the end of each week so i dont become too result dependent). This is the first time in my poker life that i feel i have found a true long term way to be succeful in the long run and not take huge swings and be able to do things other than poker when i want.

I am sure i will stick to my schedule, i started off with a BR of just under $10k and will only relook at my schedule to include bigger MTT's when i have got my BR up to $25k which could take some time.

I am also recording all of my results on paper and aim to maintain a ROI of over 25% which will net me $1000 a week playing 4 whole days or 6 part days.

For the first time in around 12 months i feel i have some hope for the future,

gl at the tables,
zidane18