First Post

So, there are three major reasons that I am starting a blog. First, I think that talking about my poker playing will help me analyze my game and allow me to improve. Second, I am going to use this blog as a medium through which I can set my poker goals, and third, I think that writing will help me vent my frustrations over bad beats and stupid losses. On top of that, I am also going to use this blog as a way to talk about random shit that I find interesting or funny.

My first goal is to make at least $300 in my home live games. So far I am up $43 dollars for the year. I think that if I play every week, and I am consistent in my play, I can achieve that goal.

My second goal is to turn around my online playing. I bought in to the site full tilt poker for $50 in September. Through a combination of bad luck, bad playing, not paying attention, and playing heads up matches (which I am terrible at), I am now down to $18.43. My goal is to turn that into$500 by 2010. This goal sounds very lofty, however I feel confident that if I am disciplined and I play well, I can achieve it.

Lately I have been playing the $2 + $0.15 nine man single table SnG's. In these, the top three spots pay, and first takes $9. In the last three that I have played, I have taken 1st place twice and 5th place once. I plan on playing these until my bankroll is around 40 or 50 dollars. After that I am going to start playing the 90 person $3 + $0.30 turbo, knockout, doublestack tournaments. I played two of them today, and they were very soft. Most of the players were practically giving chips away. Plus, 1st place takes $72, and the top nine places pay.

For those of you who read this and aren't poker savvy, if you don't understand any poker terminology that I have used, you can ask me and I will explain.

Anyways, I will end with this. http://zombietools.net/ Really, cool, and based in Missoula.