BLaCkDiAMoND's ROAD TO $1K
My Story
Since I started playing, I've been mostly a casual, break-even live poker player taking home the occasional $150 from home game NLHE tourneys or a lucky win from the local casino. Over the past year, I started playing online and have had the same "break-even" success after logging just over 100,000 hands.
Well, today is the day I'm putting my foot down. Today is the day I STOP gambling and START playing poker like it's my fucking job.
My FTR Operation
Starting Bankroll: $165.06
Increase my bankroll to $1,000 on Cake Poker / deadline TBD
Play 2500 hands per week
80% Full-Ring NLHE / 10% SnGs / 10%MTTs
The Ten Commandments
1.) Practice solid, disciplined bankroll management.
2.) Take and digest constructive criticism from players BETTER than me.
3.) No more bitching about bad beats. They happen - move on.
4.) Control that whore they call TILT. Take a break.
5.) Post both well and poorly played hands in this operation thread.
6.) Stay disciplined - Cold cards are no excuse to get adventurous.
7.) Take lots of notes and log each and every session.
8.) Continue to read and improve my game, every hand, every session.
9.) Never show my cards to any player, ever.
10.) No distractions. Turn the chat box and browser OFF.
Bonus #1: I am putting myself on probation from playing ANYTHING but the top 19 hands until further notice. Only when I feel I am ready will I add more hands to my pre-flop selection.
Bonus #2: Unless my pot/implied odds call for it, I will throw away my hand if I know I'm beat. Conversely, I will always look to extract the most money away from my opponents when holding the best hand.
Wish me luck!
