Day 1

Hands Played Today: 7618
Hands Played January: 148381

Comments:

So there is one more day left in January. I believe I have taken 9 days off this month. I will finish with about 155k hands on the month. Both of these numbers are very typical of what I have been doing every month for the last year or so and it is why I am not moving forward in poker (I basically cashout what I make every month). 9 days off is the problem.

So again the goal in February will be to play every single day and hit 200k hands. Thats about 7100 hands per day. If I don't take any days off this should certainly be a realistic goal. I will be moving back up to NL5 again very soon so I will get more hands per hour there.

New Focus


My new focus is to play poker every single day and aim for 10k hands. I want to play every single day and aim for 10k hands b/c if I do so I will steadily march towards my goals in poker. I will document it here to keep myself accountable. Though I have made some great lifestyle decisions so far in 2010, such as quitting smoking (and drinking), I am back to my old habits of playing just enough poker to get by. I don't want to just get by.

My best month ever is still just 185k hands. It is in the archives of this blog for August 2008. I posted every single day that month keeping track of how many hands I played and my pace for 200k. I will do the same to end this month and throughout the month of February.

I have recently upgraded my scripts and now have the best technical setup for grinding that I have ever had.

February is a short month and I am a sports nut in an Olympic city. So while I wanted to shoot for 300k or 250k I am going to make my goal just 200k. I have never actually done 200k yet. I certainly want to play much more, but I will hold myself accountable for 200k minimum.

I should mention that I managed to play one of those donkaments for bloggers the other day. First time I have managed to play in a single event in 3 years while signing up every year lol. I finished 30th out of 1800 or so for a $33 SCOOP entry. Lost a big race blah blah. There wasn't another pay jump ($215 entry) til the FT so I really didn't mind much as I really can't stand tournaments. Being chained to my desk for hours on end is not my idea of a good time.
Anyways, I will play the SCOOP thing, whenever it happens, and report about the winnings here.

I have registered to play in the WBCOOP PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker! You too can Play Poker Online at PokerStars.com and take part in the WBCOOP which is open to all Bloggers by registering on WBCOOP to play.
Registration code: 847426

2010

Time to update this thing as a new year is upon us. I'm still playing poker. Nothing has really changed since I last wrote. NL2 and NL5 make up the majority of my play. I have won more at these limits on Pokerstars than anyone in the world in the past few years I am sure.

2010 is gonna be a good year. I have shored up a lot of the problems that were holding me back so big things are gonna happen. I will post more frequently this year.