May Goals / Life comes at you fast!!!!!

The month of May has come upon us and I need to set some poker goals for myself to shoot for so it is a successful one.

I need to put in more volume, this has always been a problem with me. I eventually want to be able to play 100 games a day. So my goal this month is to play 50-75 games a day. I feel my confidence is there and I am playing well so if I can do 50-75 games a day I should make a decent buck this May. The month of May wont really start for me until the 11th. This coming week I will be at my parents house helping out around the house so I will only be able to play a minimal number of games. Then on Wedsnday I go to AC to play in the Harrahs Poker open. Once I get back I will start to grind my ass off and make some good money.

I would like to make $2k profit this month. This is more then doable and I feel like it is achiveable. Im hoping that after this month if I work really hard and make a decent profit I will be moved up to play$12 level. This is key in me making a good amount of money at this. I feel my game is getting there and that I am finally coming around even though I might have been a bit slower then some of the guys turning into true grinders I feel I am getting there.

Most of this MAY is going to consit of me trying to keep my volume up and making a decent profit. If I can do all of this and keep myself focused it wil be a succesful month for me. I want to finish Kill Everyone as I got half way through it and kinda have slowed down on it a bit, Hopefully I can get some good reading done in AC I will be by myself and should have some time away from poker as well.

As far as non related poker goals, I want to continue going to the gym. This has been a huge thing for me going to the gym everyday, as much as I dont want to go sometimes when I do go I feel so much better about myself. Right now I weigh 225lbs, Come this September I get married and need to look good in my tux and need to look good on that tropical island I am going to. This is a big deal for me and I cant seem to take it serious. If anyone has any secrets to keeping yourself motivated for something in which seems impossible to you let me know. My eating habits have to change or I will never lose the wieght I want to lose.

I think focusing on weight loss will be a big enough challenge for this month so that is my only non poker realated goal.

As far as real life happenings. We got our wedding bands and she seems to be super excited about it. The wedding is coming fast and she just seems to be stressing so hard over it. I try my hardest to calm her down and do things for her so she dosent feel stressed, I hope some of what I am doing is helping. The wedding is going to be here before I know it and I feel pretty excited about it, gonna be one hell of a party LOL JK ect ect.....

Anyway I always feel lke I ramble on when I blog. I never feel like I have a well thought out plan when it comes to writing these things, I hope you guys dont mind. Thats all I got for now.

Good luck at the tables and Ill be sure to let you know how AC went, I feel a 6 figure score coming.


Jon

18 mans for a bit. Feeling in the mood!!!!

Just for the next few sessions I will play some 18 mans, Im really in the mood to play a few of these and they really can be fun. So gonna switch it up for a few and if you see me playing them I dont owe you $50 LOL.

That is all will post my MAY goals in my next post when I have more time.


Jon

April's Almost Over but feeling good!!!!

With April coming to a close there are some things to reflect back upon this month. I did not put in the volume I wanted. This was partly due to the fact that I took a mini Vacation mid April and the fact that my fiance was home for most of this month. She had a few weeks break before she starts up her next internship. This is her last one and she will be done working full time in a month or so.

All though the volume wasnt there I ran pretty well towards the end of the month. +$800. Ill take it after getting out that down swing and paying make up off.

Ive been playing mostly $6.50 45 mans and $7.70 180 mans, the only problem with the $7.70's is they fill like once every 30 minutes. This is so slow, so I fill it in with the $2.20's, hopefully I can move up to the $12 45's and 180's in the coming weeks. I am feel extremly confident in my game and am playing well because of the confidence.

May 6th I go to AC again for a few days. I am playing the Harrahs Poker Open. I will pla the first event which is a $230 2 day event. the structure is insanely good, and I will try to satty into the ME which is a $1100 3 day event with an even more sick structure. so wish me luck during the series. I have a BAP up for it and you can buy some of my action if you like. http://forum.parttimepoker.com/showthread.php?t=530742

If you are not a memeber I will just put the shares in my name.

On to graphs pretty exciting graph to post.

The months still not over and Im hopeing to break $1k profit for the month.

Anyway see you at the tables and gl in MAY.

Jon

Back from AC & kinda burnt!!!!

I spent three days in Atlantic city with my fiance. It was supposed to be a really relaxing trip and we were just suppose to hang out. It was all of that and more it seemed. I didnt get much relaxing done but had a ton of fun and made a good bit of money. We ate at some of our favorite restaraunts and lived it up. This place called Budakhan its on the Ceasars peir. It is so fucking good I can beleive it. I ordered the Pad Thai with chicken and shrimp. This dish was so good. Anyway its our new favorite place to go. Cant wait to get back there.

Poker went really well. I didnt have a loosing session the whole time I was there. It just seems that people want to give me there money. The first session I got angled on in one spot and I went on a bit of tilt but managed to keep it together.

I was dealt TT UTG and raised it to $12. It fold around to a guy who held what I thought was like $60. He puts in all of his red chips and the dealer declares him all in. Fold back around to me and I call. The guy then drops $50 in green chips from his hand and says Im not all in. The dealer takes his side I call the floor and hes allowed to play the $50. Flop comes A97 or something like that. I check and he shoves I have to call now as there is to much in the pot really and a fold would be stupid. He turns over AK. It just pissed me off a bit If knew he had that much behind I might have been able to find a fold. The fact that the dealer declared him all in and I acted on the dealers actions. IDK just tilted me a bit. I wound up like $70 on the session and walked away happy to not lose any money.

The next session went really well and I made a quick $200 like it was going out of style. I dont think there were any huge hands but I got people to lay down big hands when I had marginal ones by pushing them off there hands. It seemed like they were scared of me for some reason.

My third and final session was the sickest of them all. I bought in for $200 as I normaly do. It was fairly early in the morning like around 9am. A bunch of drunks were still hanging around and had some pretty monster stacks in from of them. I manged to double through a drunk guy calling off with 88 in the BB When I held AA and floped my A. It was all uphill from there, the deck hit me in the face so many times I cant remember it all. I wound up $1300 for the session and it was time to leave for home.

All in all it was a great long weekend trip and me and my fiance had a great time. I just felt really tired after getting back am just now recovering enough to feel like playing online.

Online has been going well. Not much volume but that will pick up in the coming days. I have decided I have to start wheening off the $3 games and play mostly $6. I will be loading up $3 and $6 to start but them just transition into $6 games as my session goes on. I need to start in creasing how much money Im making and see If I really have what it takes to make a living out of this. My coaches are all there to help me and I need to take a few more risks instead of playing it safe. They understand that I might owe make up from time to time. Hopefully I can bang out a few hundred at the $6 level and move up to the $12 where I can make some decent money.

ANyway sorry for ramblin on here had a alot to say and I suck at writing.

Ill post some graphs in my next post and let you how im doing with my transition.



Jon

Out from this down swing WOOT!!!!!!!!!!!

So I havent posted in awhile. Ive been working really hard on my Poker game as of late. I went on a pretty big downswing for the stakes I play, and today I can say I have broken out of the down swing and am back into profit. This feels really good considering the last time I was in profit was when I still had a Job. As soon as I quit my job I went on this big downer. I like to think I was being tested to see if I could hold it together. I was stressing pretty hard and feeling pretty shitty about my game. I worked out some of my leaks with my coaches and I feel like the only place to go is up from here.





I need to start putting in some solid volume like I have been doing this past week. I have been slacking slightly the past few becuase I wasnt feeling much like playing when I was loosing. I need to work even harder and try to play as much as possible, the sooner I can get moved up in stakes the better. I need to try and move up to the $12 level ASAP. More money to be made being the reason.





Some things going on in my personal life that are pretty exciting. As you all know I am getting married in September. Its coming pretty damn fast. Anyway we bought our wedding bands and thats pretty cool but it cost $1k. I have money saved up and put away for the wedding but it jst puts a bit of pressure on me knowing I am spending alot of money and not making much. Hopefully that all changes soon. I feel more motivated then ever.





Anyway on to some stats and graphs-

oh yeah I almost forgot I am going to Atlantic city this weekend. I have a free room for a few nights and am going to make some money at the Cash games at Ceasars. Like priting money LOL!!!!

Good luck at he tables and see ya around.

-Jon

Fresh Start!!!! New Mind Set!!!!

With the week coming to a close I feel kinda good about it. I learned alot and gaind a hell of alot of experience. With such a swongy week it was very soul crushing. I had a good start and it was all down hill from there.





I played 206 games -3% roi -$121.

I set a couple goals for myself. This has given me a fresh mindset. I am going to make the transition to 45's and 180's fully. This means I will no longer be playing 18 mans. Heres the deal. If any of you catch me playing an 18 man I will pay you $50.

I also set a volume goal for the week. I would like to play 350 games this is gonna be tough but its doable. I now found a way to comfortably 12 table, so the volume should go up. I am very excited about increasing the volume and seeing what the next level is for me.

Sorry for a short post and just rambling but thats all Igot for now.

Good luck at the tables this week.

-Jon

Frustration!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Extremely frustrated right now. I am playing great at least I think I am. I cant win a hand when it matters. I had a good morning then just tanked in the afternoon session. every 50/50 went the wrng way and when I was favorite they would hit there mircale card. FML. Down about $125. It sux to have had a good start to the week then to be in the hole half way through the week. I really wasn tilting but now I am. I hate to loose and feel like I should be crushing these stakes and Im not.

Mabey I need a coaching session reset my mindframe. Ill see if I can get one tomorrow. Im done playing for the night and its probably for the best. Ill go to the gym and sweat off the frustration.

I joined a gym on Monday with my fiance. I need to get back in shape and look good for my wedding. Excited about working out it helps clear my mind after a long session. Esp. with how I have been running.

Anyway thats all I got for now Ill post a graph later on.


-Jon