I've been waiting for today for a while. Today is the day that I feel is time to give myself a fresh start in poker. I'll spare the long story.. but this past while has been full of downs and learning for me. However, I didn't quit... I hired a coach, I read as much as I could and I'm still learning to be sure.. but I think my game is to a level now that I deserve a fresh start.

I figure between loses I incurred playing above my head and money I've spent on coaching etc. I'm about $800 in the hole right now... well not quite that bad on account of rakeback but I'm calling it $800 all the same. Hence the name of this thread.

This is more for me than anything else. I think it will be good for me to regularly post results etc. to keep me focused and looking long term. Of course I welcome all comments, but I'm mostly just interested in having a record of my progress from this point.

I'm not going to be posting bankroll amounts or anything of that nature.. simply my winnings, losses and results. Bonuses and rakeback will be left out of this thread.

To begin, I'm going to be playing mostly 10nl full ring and $5 sng's. I've been playing sng's for quite a while now and am confident I can do well over a large sample. I think I will seek sng coaching of some sort in the future as there is always more to learn and work on but I'm confident enough in my sng game for now that I think I need to be playing them to assist with bankroll.

Cash games are fairly new to me. I jumped right into 25nl... and lost my ass over a couple weeks so I cut back to 10nl and sought coaching. I'm definitely turning my game around and look forward to continuing to improve. I am going to play only 2-3 tables at a time for the next while and really concentrate on what I'm doing and why. I will be continuing with the coaching as required and looking to possibly get into 6 max in the future.

I'm not going to be to concerned with moving up stakes for a while. I'd like to at least get close to making my $800 back first. I will move down if it becomes clear that it is prudent, but that will be a disappointment. I've had enough of those for now.

I am going to be playing mostly on Full Tilt for the immediate future. The majority of my bankroll is there right now and I am working on releasing a nice bonus. I also have accounts at Stars, 888, Carbon and UB. I will likely get to work on those accounts in the coming weeks as well.

I will try to post something every couple of days.