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Yo… so I’ve been pretty busy lately searching for a place for me and some poker pals to move into.  I have three friends(two of which are a married couple) that are coming to this area from all over and we are  going to get a big place and work our asses off at poker.   The place we found is technically a 4 bedroom/2 bath place (pictures to follow), but it’s more like a 3 bedroom place.

Two of the bedrooms are upstairs and the other technical bedroom is more like a living area upstairs.  We’ve decided to make this the war room.  We are going to set up all our computers up there and just go to town!  The two single dudes will be staying up stairs with the war room and a bathroom.  Downstairs there is a huge kitchen that should have room for a table in there, a living room, a dining room (that I’m not sure what we will put in), and the master bedroom/bath.  It also has a basement and a nice big deck out back.

I’m obviously pretty pumped about the situation.  I’m sure there will be lots of sweat sessions and poker talk going on.  I hope to move up through the limits and play a ton of hands this year.

Kitchen

Deck

The War Room

Alright, so it’s been about a week into the new year let’s see how I’m doing.  Obviously we can really only take this so far, but let’s make sure we are off to a good start.  I’ll go through and grade them one by one.

1. I’ve recently, through Tommy Angelo’s excellent series “The Eightfold Path to Poker Enlightenment” on DC, really started taking an interest in mediation and related studies.  I intend to make this a daily study.
2. 700k hands.  I want to really log a lot of hands and make some cash this year.
3. I’d like to play some $2/4 and potentially some $3/6 if things go well.
4. I’d like to cut a little body fat off by getting back in shape and eating healthier.  I’ve gotten a little lax about this over the last few months.
5. Continue working on tiltlessness.  This is both a poker goal and a life goal.
6. Continue growing as a poker player.
7. Be more organized.  I tend to let my living area get a little too crazy.  I want to put stuff into storage that doesn’t need to be out and just create more space.
8. Continue placing emphasis on personal goals and enjoying each day.

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Well, well, well… 2009 is over.  New Year’s has always been one of my more favorite holidays.  I like to reflect and set forth new paths.  It’s just who I am.  I also like to drink… so yeah… New Year’s is a natural fit for me.  :)

2009 really was another year that was pretty weird.  I’ve spent the last couple of years going through a lot of  changes and 2009 was no different.  It was my first year where I had to pay rent and everything as a professional poker player.  Made it through that without anything close to a problem.  There were typical life issues that got in the way of poker.  Looking back at 2009 now though, I realized that it was a very big personal growth year.  I was in some weird situations and I found out a lot about myself.  I’m looking forward to 2010.

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Well it’s been a pretty eventful month for me.  I managed to move back to my hometown for a little bit.  That has been really great to be around friends again.  I’ve spent the better part of 3 years, in mostly hostile situations, leap-frogging from city to city where I know no one or almost no one.  It’s been great to be in a place where you can just call some people up if you want some company.  It’s hard to express that in words.

Had a BE stretch over my last 41k hands.  The good thing about downswings is it causes you to reevaluate things.  I’ve definitely found a few things that I can work on… mostly working on making sure I play better more often.  I definitely feel like I’ve been on my A-game a higher percentage of the time so hopefully Lady Luck will switch around as well.  Let’s hope tomorrow goes better!

This one is simple… they cost money… and when craving they cause you to tilt-shove money in without regard. I figure they cost me about 3bb/100.