GOOD NIGHT TONIGHT

I played pretty well tonight although I did not get into situations where I tend to donk off all my money. One pic is tonight and one is for the month.

I am glad that poker is going well for me out of the gate since I would have to get a job at Starbucks otherwise. It's funny, I tell people I got fired and I play poker now and they say something like "That's great, I'm sure you'll do great. So you going to try to get a job at Restaurant X or Y?" Fuckers.

I talked to Nutedawg my coach and I should be having another lesson soon. I am looking forward to it since I have put more into improving at this game in the last week than I have in the last year. During this process I am sure to make mistakes and head the wrong direction at some point and I am very glad to have someone to help me stay on path.

DOWN 2.5 BUYINS TODAY

I came back to win around 4 though. I made very bad calls and shoves again to start the night. I did improve towards the end of the session. It is hard to believe that I did not know what I was doing before someone at CR told me. I get a fight response when I have an OK hand and someone applies pressure. I call down and raise without much thought. Sometimes I even make calls knowing I am beat, but I call anyway, out of a sense of pride I guess. I will ask my coach if he can help me with this somehow.

The games were great tonight, someone with a VPIP of 50+ was on each of my tables. For this reason I will not be posting hands tonight but will have to do it tomorrow. I have ten that I noted as needing to talk about and will post some big winners and losers as well. On top of that I will have to answer some so I don't feel like I am abusing the forum. I feel I am posting a ton but this guy "DODGYKEN" puts me to shame. He also delivers a higher quality of response and a level of insight that I can not offer. He is quickly becoming my role model for posting and dedication at CR.

DOWN 1/2 BUY IN

Played pretty good but made some bad calls at the end of a session. I am still defaulting to aggression in marginal spots which is killing my wins. Also I have lost like $800 with JJ and ran it into AA like 4 times in the last 2 days. I should have gotten away cheaper than I did though.

TWO GREAT COMMENTS FROM CR GUYS

From reading/responding to some of your posts I think you should be slowing down on some of your marginal situation aggression (speeeew) without better reads. You could also try and control the size of the pot more in these spots.

Ive noticed in the last 2 hands you posted that you like to lead with your draws, but then you have second thoughts about betting them once the get there.

BAD DAY

Took some beats and played overconfidently today. Called down lite and continued to have to much aggression in marginal spots. I lost back almost all my winnings from yesterday. I have stopped for the night however and will hit it up again tomorrow. My girl sent me this when I told her how I did... "you shouldn't let one day bring you down though, b/c there will probably be days when this happens, i'm sure pros have the same thing happen, it's just they didn't stop trying and they worked very hard at it. and here you are learning from a very good teacher, working harder, and dedicating more time. it will take time, but i think you'll be great. i really do and if i was worried or concerned in anyway i would tell you." That helped.

GAME IS IMPROVING, BUT STILL NEEDS WORK

Two pics tonight one is for the month and one is just the 5th.

I am running very well still, and playing better than I ever have. I am running at 19/15 which is not where I want to be. I am trying to open up to around 20/17 but it is not happening. I am very happy with my coach and what I have learned so far and am looking forward to the next lesson. I think he will be happy with the direction my game is headed and I should be able to open up more with him watching.

I'm not sure if I mentioned it in my last post but I have been reviewing my sessions in PT and it is helping a ton. I also take notes on hands that I have questions on during my session so that I don't have to search through to find a small obscure pot I played.

I am still really nervous about poker as a job. I feel that with hard work, dedication, and the support of my friends, girl, and family, I can make this work. It is nice not to have to be fake anymore either. Pretending I'm happy to see people that I could care less about gets old after ten years. Now everyone that I come into contact with I like and am happy to see, there is no more faking it.

GETTING REEMED ON CR

I am in the process of booking another winning day. I started off down a buy in and a half but came back to be up over a buy in. I will be playing more tonight and I assume the weekend games are crazy. Just realized that I will be playing in some free rolls from now on, sweet!

I am posting allot of hands on CR and am catching shit from other posters. It turns out I might suck at poker since the guys giving me shit are solid players. I will be posting more tonight and am sure I will learn allot.

I entered into a 90 day trial of Quicken Business and Home to get a grasp of what I need to make playing poker. It is a sweet program and I might just have to buy the damn thing.

STUDYING THE GAME

I have been taking a much more serious approach to poker. I am looking over sessions in PT and posting hands on CR. I am falling short on answering but will make an effort to balance my studies in the future.

I AM A PRO POKER PLAYER NOW...

I got fired today.

I am going to try and play poker for a living. This will involve allot more commitment than I have previously given to poker. I will need to be a winner at 2/4 to make enough money. I do have a good amount of savings to get me to that point.

I need to earn 6K a month to break even on all my expenses and not starve to death. I think I will be getting unemployment and that will come to about 2K, so I need 4K from poker.

I would like anyone who reads this and has ever seen me play to provide an opinion on the state of my game. Honesty is paramount. I would also like any general opinions on the quality of my posts on CR, and thoughts on if I exhibit enough intelligence to beat 2/4 for a decent rate given time and dedication.

Also, I will be having more time to sweat and be sweated and would happy to discuss hands on AIM and so on. Please contact me if you have interest in anything like this.

PT DATABASE GONE

I recently rebooted my computer and lost the last 100K hands I hand in PT. With the older ones and stats left I decided to go for a fresh start and delete everything. Before this I was down $800 or so for the month but I will be disregarding that and am starting over completely.

I had a 3 1/2hr lesson with my coach. I sweated him since I was having issues with my computer. He ran bad and still booked a nice win at 2/4 on FTP. A couple things I learned; I am not giving people credit when they bet scare cards, I can slow down in pots where I don't hit my flop but my hand still has showdown value, 4 betting frequent 3 betters pf and how to put the pressure back on them, I need to pay attention to the table dynamic and my image more.