First Day

First day was a rollercoaster on the NL .25/.50 tables. A crazy jackal who raises to 16x BB with Ax or anything really stole $40. Then the table became quite weak-tight. I managed to come back and break even with a little aggressive play. Raising preflop and flop, counting on them to fold on the turn or river.

I definetly was lacking attention to details. I need to pay more attention to who calls/folds to big raises. And then get some balls to make big raises! I also need to work on playing middle pairs better. Lost decent sized amounts with JJ-66. If I think I'm ahead on the flop I need to bet out or check raise, not continue to check-call and allow them to catch.

I played for 5 hours from noon until 1700. Besides the lack of funds shown for my effort, I feel great getting back into the saddle. My goals this week are to get Poker Tracker installed on my laptop again and to install some sort of table-overlayed stat program like game time+. I'm off to catch the UFC fight and hopefully read a bit this evening.

I couldn't stay away, and jumped back into the fray from 2300 until 0130 in the morning. I had a nice beer buzz and played more aggressive. Big river bluffs helped me steal quite a few pots and it was quite a bit more fun than "grinding it out". I jumped from $340 to $480!

Ending Bankroll: 480.00
-Braien

February's Goals

Well, I want to start it off with reasonable expectations that I can be proud of. As I'm just getting back into the swing of things, I want to take my $300.00 and turn it into $1000.00! It's such a nice even #.
February's Monthly Goals
1. $700.00 profit.
Get my $330.00 deposit bonus by playing an insane number of hands (@ Doyles)
That leaves about $400.00 left to earn in Feb-so $100 a week.
2. Avoid turning on "auto pilot" at the tables. Quickest way to get bored & broke.
3. Finish reading NL Hold'em Poker Theory by Slansky & compile the 15 pg summary of the key concepts for swift revisiting.
4. Read Phil Gordon's Little Green Book.
5. Continous status updates to this blog.

-Braien

Starting Out

Wow! Finally starting to take my potential poker career seriously. It's time to find out whether or not I have the minerals to survive. My overall goal for starting this blog is to monitor my own progress and allow others to help me along the way. I would like to end each poker day (atleast at first, maybe every week later on) with a quick 10min update.

Each post will include financial details to include net profit for the day and ending bankroll. Number of hands played, how long I played for, the time of day, future goals, how I'm progressing on those goals, and finally my intelectual ramblings will also be included.

First off, I need some detailed long-term goals.
1. By 2008, 12k - 15k in my bank roll.
2. Control over my "poker emotions" - Have fun at the table!
3. Never stop learning and reading. Avoid that "comfort zone" where I blame my consistent losses/breaking even on bad beats.
4. Create/Monitor monthly goals ($ & time).
5. Devote myself to this. Strive to be the best & give it my all. All that positive affirmation bull$hit.

Starting Bankroll: $300.00

Let the Games Begin.........