Ok, so I'm starting over. I'm probably not going to go into detail about how or why, I'm not even sure I know, but I'm determined to fix whatever it was that snapped into 10x37 pieces after my first attempts at 100nl. In here I'm just going to blog about what I'm doing about it.

Basically the last year had its up and downs. 7k bankroll, winning at poker, sunshine on the horizon. hooray! Then, sometime last fall, life tilting downswing and reactionary spew coupled with terrible bankroll management that crushed my dreams.

Between cash outs, total collapse of my 50nl game, and a severe lack of volume I am barely rolled for 50nl. So I'm just not going to play it for a while. With some help I split my roll between Full Tilt and Stars yesterday, Full Tilt sent me this ever so timely email with promises of nice bonus maneys should I return to them. So I am. For a time.

I need to increase my volume. At the same time I need to increase the amount of time i spend studying. I used to study alot, then I stopped. Probably some correlation there. I'm also going to be actively seeking feedback on hands played. So if you see a hand posted, feel free to laugh. But after you are done laughing try and throw in some critiquing. I'd appreciate it.

I'm not going to set any volume goals for now, feel like that's pointless at micro stakes because if you are playing your A game then the bankroll will grow and that is more important than any loyalty program or frequent player points or whatever. I will however be playing enough volume to clear the FTP bonus as it has to be done by April 1st. Shouldn't have any problem with that, so I'm not concerned.

I'll probably be tossing in some other random thoughts here and there, everyone else is free to do so as well.

The plan, then, is to rebuild to 40ish BIs for 50nl and move back up. I'll likely move back to stars at that point. But to be honest it just all depends on where I feel the most comfortable. I'd also like to start build a roll on two sites, so we'll see.

Here is my graph for all the hands of 25nl 6max I've played on stars and Full Tilt so far this year, mostly on Stars but the last maybe 3k are on FT:




I'm not going to post the graph of my 50nl results, but let's just say its kind of like if you put a mirror next to something and reverse it. ya, bad.

So fuck 50nl for a while. I know I can beat that stake. What I need to do now is keep my head on straight, bury 25nl this month and build a bankroll.

So that's my first challenge. No matter how much it hurts. No matter how much I cry. I'm going to play 25nl 6max the entire month of March. At least. We'll see about later, later.

I'll try not to write a book in my next post. thx for listening.