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August 12, 2008

on a whole i'd say i'm typically pretty hard on myself... and this little emo blog post of mine will definitely convey that.

overall since i've started working with verneer first and then zaitsev my game has gotten much better. i take poker seriously and currently plan for it to me my source of income for many years forward. at least i claim...

i just got done reading gambler2k4's latest blog post and he put in 95k hands for the month of july and picked up around 30k at 400NL winning around 4BB/100. For the amount of time I have, I play a pathetic amount of hands. I had a prop bet with Zaitsev about playing 28k hands every two weeks and the first person to fail at reaching this, would have to annihilate themselves in a blog post. Well, I'm doing it now. For someone that is supposed to treat this like a profession, I'm doing a terrible job. i've played about 7500 hands in the last 12 days. My results are much better at 50NL but i'm just not getting the hands in. I have no excuse and am just lazy sometimes, and lack confidence others.

Take a look at Balbomb's blog. Now here's a man who treats poker like a career. He posts his hands and results for the day, and goes over his big pots in his blog. He WILL BE tremendously successful when he moves up. I have a lot of respect for how he treats poker. I put in the equity analysis, sweat sessions, and hand reviews. But i don't put in enough time at the tables and that's still the best way to learn. How can I implement the stuff i'm thinking about and working on if i don't play. There's no reason I shouldn't be making at least 30BI's a month at 50NL, especially when i have low expenses at the moment to build my bankroll.

If my mother were still here, she wouldn't be impressed with my work ethic and my pathetic reasons for not playing. She'd give it to me straight and tell me i'm being lazy and say i have no one to blame but myself if i failed. I really want her to be proud of me, the way she once was when i was a hard worker and dedicated myself 100% to something. I won't accept failure and won't be satisfied until I'm grinding the midstakes the way i know i'm capable of for a decent chunk of change each month.

SO.... It's time to hold myself accountable and get going. I do have a mini vacation planned for this weekend so I probably won't be around Fri night, Sat or Sun. But for the rest of the month... I plan on playing at least 5hrs a day, at least 6 days a week. I will post daily hand results and post some hands in my blog as well... I'll be damned if i disrespect all my mother's hard work in raising me or dishonor her memory by becoming a loser.

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