It was a nice long weekend...I didn't play quite as much as I had planned, but overall it was worthwhile...I am still working at Martin's for the triple bonus; the games are OK, and the LIMIT seems a bit softer than NL. I stuck my toe in the SH -6 max game for a bit, as I had been wanting to try it-I am still dizzy, but I think I broke even or lost very little! DAMN--- stuff comes around fast, and I was only playin' ONE game!

The place---PStars
The Event---20 $---180 peep SNG
the pay off---1100+/- to the winner---pays top 18
result---19th...The mouse survived, but dammmm...
I think I played really well...Weird feelings, as I am a bit more pissed now than I was when it happened yesterday...

Since I am now a blogger, I feel the need to comment on others---
Jenee has some funny shit there, and I just now read she plays a bit of poker

The Grinder has made a VERY interesting rake comparison...I am still thinking on it...I am trying to think of an argument, bit so far-nada...

Felicia made some really silly comments about a successful blog recently..I'm glad I wasn't the only one who saw thru her BS...

Obviously, I am still trying to figure out how all this blogging software works, but it really doesn't matter, cuz nobody will read this drivel till I win a big one ...

Good bye to Frank---

I have won a fair amount so far this month in poker....Don't seem to matter right now...

My day job is a commodity broker...Frank joined us as a client a couple years ago at the ripe young age of 90 ish...Chuck (my partner) and I faxed a quote sheet to Frank everyday for 2 years...I think he made 3 or 4 trades in all that time...I said a few months ago that I loved faxin' those prices over to Frank...I knew we would never "break-even" with him, as the phone calls and faxes cost us way more than his business brought in...In our own way, I think (and hope) we helped him stay interested in what is going on in this crazy world of ours...

He used to call everyday at 11:30 and say "well Bob, it's 11:30, you got those quotes ?"

I would say "You bet Frank, Ill fax 'em over in just a minute"

I miss Frank...........

New Years Reflections

I have been playing online for a long time (1999?), ever since a friend got me started at Planet Poker...I remember he said something about having a certain amount of time to make a decision, and I said "WHAT? No way man, that's not enough time!!" LOL Now years later, I am multi-tabling...We just played the free games back then, and I can't remember if I ever funded the account. I do know I won a point tourney which gave me a few bucks and I have been on a small roll ever since. It has not been without a few dips (and a few drunken screw ups), but poker has been fun, as well as good to me. It goes without saying that you run into a lot of unhappy folks online, but on the other hand I have met (either online or in person) some of the best friends I will ever have, all because of this crazy game!!

I was way behind the learning curve as far as chasing bonuses, but I had read something that caught my interest, as I had never taken playing online too seriously. That is pretty much when I started keeping track of things (back in March)...50,000+ hands later, I turned 600 into almost 6K, learned a ton about poker and met some great people.

New Years Resolutions

I read the other day that most people don't get started on resolutions until March, which is a damn good thing because I probably wont even have my list done till then!! I will put procrastination on the "list of things to do" at a later date!!

Some ideas for the list----

Some people want (or try) to play more hours... I play plenty already, so my goal here is to play about the same, but perhaps less tables at a time...I want to take TWO HOURS a week, playing ONE game and actually analyze each and every hand, and take the time to compare it to all I have learned. It doesnt sound like much, but it won't be easy...THINK MORE....

Goal---8PTBB/100 over 20K hands at 100NL.... 200NL full time after that...I have played a little bit more 200, and starting to get comfortable...

Omaha O8---I am probably a break-even player here, but it seems like I could kill this game down the road...I will play more and post more..I will get PTO later today and start paying more attention....

GOAL---nothing specific here-just want to learn more...

I am a pretty good tournament player...I have not won anything worth noting in quite awhile, so---

GOAL---play at least one decent sized MTT per week...

more tourney stuff---last year I really messed up and did not play all the WCOOP qualifiers that I should have. I have a ton of points...

GOAL---that will NOT happen again-play more of 'em

and---

GOAL---purchase one poker book per month

I have more, but I have a few things to do...



It has been a hella year overall---

Bankroll (AKA "retirement fund")
Mar 1st---600
Apr 1st---885
May 1st---1197
June 1st---2022
July 1st---1896
Aug 1st---2050 (+/-)
Sept 1st---2673
Oct 1st---3600 +/-
Nov 1st---4425
Dec 1st---4100
Dec 31st---5750

I spent some money, so------

Just to keep it clean---

Jan 1st, 2006---5000K

and off we go---

GL all