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I managed to squeeze out a $250 win last night.   After playing cash games for so long now, you think that I'd be having more 1k days , but theyr'e just not happening.   It's time to make things really happen for me. 

The first step I did was have a sweat session with my friend , Somnius.   He's a fantastic midstakes player and is simply crushing the competition.  I picked up a lot of tips from him, so hopefully I can really implement them into my game.   He is starting to coach now, so if you're looking to improve your game, be sure to PM him.  He'll definitely be worth your time. 

The next step for me is to build a roll on both Party and Cake.   I feel it's so important to have a roll on more than one site.   It helps clear any bad karma you're feeling from a site when you're running badly.  And that helps you a great deal mentally.   I'm rolled to play 100nl on each right now, so hopefully , hopefully....I'll be rolled for 1/2 by Oct. 

I say October because I'm getting married in about 3 weeks from now, so I wont' have as much time to play as I want to.   Hope it all works out for me.

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I was about to write a blog post about how I was up another 700 over the past 3 days, until I lost it all in today's sessions.  Nothing really went right from the get go and I just couldn't shake anything off.   I was up $200 on Party after the first session, but on the second, I lost that and $500 more.   I took a break, then loaded up some tables on Cake, and right off the bat, lost $400.   Cooler after cooler.   I guess I was kind of expecting it since I've run hotter than the Sun there, but I didn't expect it to hit that fast and hard.   I shut down all the tables, took a breather and loaded up some more.  I grinded some of it back, but ended down $170 there.  

After today's horrible showing, I'm only up $650 for the month over about 14k hands.  It's just baffling as to why I can't win on Party.  The players are horrible.   Maybe it's just time for me to get some more coaching.   There's no way I can't beat those games. 

I just can't emphasize how difficult it is having a full time job and trying to make a decent living off of poker.  Every chance you get, you want to play.  You don't want to study because frankly, it's boring and you'd rather be trying to make some 'instant' money.   And when you only manage to put 20k hands in a month, your downswings or breakeven stretches can last for months rather than just one.  And when you have extended down periods, it gets very draining emotionally.  And when that happens, your results are further affected at the tables.   I guess what I'm trying to say is, don't make the same mistake as me and just play every chance you get.   Take the time to study, take the time to think through situations, and you'll go through fewer hard times as you progress.   It's taken me almost a year of playing cash games to really understand this. 

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Since my last post, I've dropped 5Bis at 100nl over 3k hands. Some hands were played very poorly and some were just bad coolers, but most were leaned towards playing poorly or on tilt. My bankroll is only at 2k right now, so I need to double it before getting back onto the 200nl games. I'm going to evaluate my game along with the help of others to see if I'm good enough to just deposit another 2k into my account and start back at the 200nl games.

On Wednesday, I was going to withdraw the rest of my roll from Cake ($400, lol) , but I realized that I was $100 short of being able to withdraw. I decided to try and grind it up to $500 and then cash it all out. It went pretty well at 50nl and I've managed to grind my $400 BR to $1300 over 2k hands. I'm happy with how it went, so I'm considering on building a roll on Cake again and go from there.

All in all, I've only played about 8k hands this month, and I'm up just under 1k (almost all from cake the past few days). It's a terrible showing for the number of hands that I've played, but I'm just so busy lately. Work is very very busy and my wedding is only a month away. So I'm always running around doing things other than playing poker.

I'll try to update more frequently. I just haven't had anything interesting happen as of late. I really want to keep my blog positive because that's the attitude we, as people, should have everyday. So if I don't update, it probably means poker is going badly and I'm not going to blog about negatives anymore.

Go Canada!

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It's been a while since I've last blogged.   I took a few days off from poker because of my bad run in July.  It was pretty refreshing to say the least.   I haven't had much of a chance to play at all this month.   Work has been insanely busy and everytime I get home, the last thing I want to do is spend more time in front of the computer.    It's amazing how having a full time job can really hinder your growth as a poker player.  But, I can't complain because I have a pretty good job, and I'm lucky enough to even be able to play this game. 

I've been trying to grind up 1k from 100nl lately and it's been going alright.   I'm about half way there and when I reach that point, I'm going to top my account up to 4k and hop back onto the 200nl games.   I'm just trying to rebuild some confidence to make sure I can still play the game.   Hopefully I can get into a rhythm and just start crushing 200nl immediately. 

Here are my results so far this month:

I played a 700 hand session today, and I lost 2 BIs within the first 30 hands or so.  I managed to slowly grind my way up and I'm only down $23 on the day.   I played pretty well, so I'm not going to sweat it.  The results will follow if I keep playing like this.

I should really start updating more, especially since I haven't blogged in a while and my content is lacking.  I guess having a rough month will do that to me.

Anyways, thanks for reading.