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

Back To It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tomorrow will be the first full week of grinding with no interuptions. Nothing to much happening on the poker front. Last week finished up about $75 or around there. Next week will be much better. I have been investing alot more lately, begining to take it more serious. I am going to be starting a project with investing where I take 1K as a starting roll and going to build it slowly but shorely and safely through nothing but investing. I got my spreadsheet up and going and will be keeping detailed updates on this project.

I ordered Kill Everyone and hopefully that comes soon so I can get reading that. Should be a good read.

Without going into to much detail I think I found an alternitive to my parttime job situation. My whole life I grew up playing soccer. I was goalkeeper, was pretty darn good at it. Played through Highschool and eventualy played for a division 1 school, West Virginia University. I was a goalkeeper trainer for alot of highschool. I decided I will be offering Private goalkeeper training sessions at night. I can charge upto $25/hr and make a good amount of money doing this. It will also be fun and keep me in shape/ get me back in shape. Will keep you updated on this as well.

Thats all i got for now. Good luck this week at the tables.


-Jon

Just Cant get away!!!!!

As hard as I try to leave my Job they seem to be making it very difficult. I was supposed to come in for 2 days this week and train the new guy replacing me. It turns out that he wanted to give his old job 2 weeks. I said ok thats fine but I can still only work 2 days this week. My boss gives me a load of crap asking me to stay for the whole week. They gave me a full two weeks pay to stay 1 more week. Pretty sweet deal considering I am not doing much here at work and just kinda getting things organized. I still wish I was at home getting some volume in and getting settled in poker.

I need to grind these low levle sng's real hard to start. I need to dominate them, the sooner I can move up the better. I need to increase my hourly as much as I can.

Ive come to the realization that the set up I have been using, (my 19" laptop with a 22" monitor, tileing across both) is not working out. The head and eye movment is killing me. I need something easier on the eye. Im going to try stacking and cascadeing and find something that will work for me. I need to get the number of tables that I am playing up to at least 12, I am hoping to eventually be able to play 20+.

I dont have a graph to post but I am up like $40 on the week which sucks but I have only played like 75 sng's.

Mabey Ill try to play alittle tonight. Its tough though my fiance Jen wants to spend time with me and she likes when we hang out and play with our dog. Going into this whole endevour was I would grind Sng's all day and have time at night for her. Playing at night wont be a problem as long as I only do it ocassionaly.

Anyway sorry for rambiling on just figured I would give an update and try and get refocused on the big picture. The big picture is tomorrow really is my final day and I can wait to get moving on this. This weekend we go register for our wedding. Im excited to pick out a huge fucking tv and I really do like to cook so picking out all the kitchen supplies will be cool.

Until next time good luck.


-Jon

First day Let the grind begin!!!! Mehh!!!!

Today was my first day of Grinding SNG's full time. I managed to play 50 of them. I normaly would play more but I recently dropped the number of tables I was playing to 8 so I could focus on making proper decisions. I am play 180 man & 45 man SNG's.





The day started great and I was up about $70 my first session. It was all down hill from there. I had a rough run loosing all of my flips and not winning one 60/40. Oh well tomorrow will be better. I felt great and was in a good mind set. I did not tilt at all and was confident in every play I made just need to get in the grove again. One day dosent mean shit and only time will tell.

I went and followed up on an application I filed with a new restaruant oppening up in April. They said they were still accepting applications and wont be doing call backs until anohter 2 weeks so Ill have to wait and see how that pans out.

Heres to running better tomorrow!!!!


-Jon

The End is Near!!!!!

So I sit in my office at 7:45am writing this. The past few days have been extremely boring here at work. There hasnt been much work for me to do. I have been getting organized and prepared to leave, which is tomorrow. I need to move my tool box back into my truck.(I didnt ever want to take it out in the first place, I knew this was gonna happen and my tools weigh like 600lbs+)FML.

I havent played any poker this week. It has been like that for the past few weeks. I have been so stressed by work and trying to find time to keep my sanity, I just havent had the motivation to play. This is all going to change because come friday I am a free man and no longer work traditional hours. I am so excited to be able to grind poker full time. Im talking 6-7+ hours day. I have never been able to play that many hours a day. Im so excited to see the learning curve that is going to happen. Right now I would rate my self as a knowledgable player that is a winning player but just hasnt had the time to break through. When I start grinding full time I fully expect my winrate and profit to shoot through the roof. Only time will tell.

Anyway gonna go grab some breakfast and read the forums.


Jon

A new Chapter???

This is my first post. I would like to use this blog to try to keep me motivated and keep me focused on my goals. This blog will mostly be about my new Poker carrear and how things are going. I will use this to post updates and spew out my own thoughts on poker and life.

This is my last week of real work. I could no longer put up with the 9-5 bull shit and the misery of working my Full time job as an Electronics supervisor repairing and installing Video, sound systems and GPS systems in Tour buses. I gave my Two weeks last week and this friday will be my last.

I have a few part time jobs lined up and they all seem promising. I will most likely end up working as a bartender or server a few nights a week. This does not seem to bad to me, the tips will be good and I really like interacting with people. This will be my steady income I have a fairly small monthly nut to obtain living at home with my fiance. I only have a car payment and insurance to pay for. Here is where things get interesting though, I am getting married in September and we have to pay for most of it our selves. I have about 9k of it payed off already and the whole thing is going to cost us about 25k. This includes the honeymoon which we are going to Sandals St Lucia. I cant wait!!!!

Anyway just gonna lay it out there this way mabey you guys can relate to me more. I have about 5k saved up in personel checking and about another 20k saved in stocks and CD's. My monthly nut is roughly $900 a month which should be covered by my part time job.

Heres to running good and getting to grinding this coming week. I cant wait to put in the effort and studying that it is going to take to make me a great Sng grinder and make a full living out of this. With the help of SNG mentors and my coaches I fully beleive if I put in the effort I will not fail, I will succeed beyond my wildest dreams.

-Jon