Good eating week

I wanted to make this a separate post because i'm just so excited lol. I have so many good eating plans to look forward to. Tomorrow evening I have a function called "Dine and Dress for Success" at Lowell. It's a 4-course meal where speakers come in and tell you how to have a formal dining experience in a business setting. I also get to wear my suit :) Then on Tuesday I have a test and we usually get out really early so me and my buddy Bobby are going to the Owl Diner in Lowell. It's a great little greasy-spoon diner that has delicious breakfast. Biggest omelettes and pancakes you'll see. Finally, on Thursday my work study boss is taking us out, I think to Bertucci's. She does this once a semester, which is really cool cuz most work study bosses don't really care as much about their students. All in all it'll be a very great and filling week.

A sad day

I have officially stopped my cash game challenge. It was just too much and ub was completely against me. I was up and down dollar for dollar for way too long and I just got down to $400 and said that's it i'm cashin out. With my situation the 400 will be very good and I couldn't risk it. I had a few bucks left and i remembered i could change some ultimate points for cash so I'm at about $40 right now. I guess I'll just try to grind it out again. I'm also playing on fulltilt and up a little there. The best thing is I'm starting to do more homework. I'm kinda mad cause I think all I have to do is start makin pro lay downs again. I was doing really well with that the first time I had a big cash out on ub but now I'm just paying everyone off even though I'm calling most of the hands before I see them. Granted the hands I'm calling are always the nuts to my second nuts, but I just have to realize that's how it's going to be sometimes. O well you live and you learn.

Other stuff i guess

I am being forced, against my will, to recount the other activities of my life, aside from my cash game challenge. Although I have a boring life, I will oblige to this request. Let's see.... It's been a pretty good and relaxing Spring Break. Done a lot of hangin out with friends and going out to eat. The buffet at Bamboo... o man that's the good stuff. All the sushi you can eat is ok with me. Got some nice candy at beantown in Jordan's Furniture. Delicious. Been playing some poker...oops sorry, i'll get to that later. I read some for Auditing, which is necessary. I'm starting to get a new obsession. I just bought a Jeff Buckley CD, and although it's not really the music I usually listen to, I love it. The emotion he put into his music was just inspiring, and I feel myself truly affected by his songs. It's an absolute shame that he died several years ago, because I think he could have touched many people.

Ok on to the good stuff :) The new level is a rollercoaster ride and a half. I've been up and down hundreds of dollars since I moved up. I think I'm starting to get the hang of it, but when i'm runnin bad i'm runnin bad and there's nothing I can do. It's definitely a whole new game. There are some fishes, but mostly it's really play and the players can spot a lot of the moves you're trying. It's good though, I love the challenge. Right now I'm hovering around $700, which is about the average I've been at.

All kidding aside, I appreciate the push back to reality. I have to keep talking about my real life so I'm not completely consumed by the challenge. Thanks Tahly!

10K here i come

I'm movin up again!! :) After turning quad 9s in a huuge pot, I have won enough to push me over the $500 mark and move me up to $0.50-1.00. I really feel like I'm playin some great poker. I'm startin to play very careful. A lot less curiosity calls, which were really killin me in the lower levels. It was helpin get some info but a few times I called the hand exactly and then paid to see what I thought it was anyway. I'm now officially up to where I'm not used to playing, and the real challenge is gonna start. I'm excited to truly test my poker skills against some better competition, and maybe become one of those young gun internet stars the pros are always talking about. I'm hopin to get some good playin done over this week when I have a lot of time off, but I'm gonna make sure I do other things I need to get done first.

:) :)

I'm up to $0.25-0.50! :) As brutal as the ups and downs are this is gettin pretty fun. I truly believe that I can reach my 10k goal. The real challenge is coming because I haven't played much beyond 0.25-0.50, but I'm in my comfort zone now and I think I'm getting better at every level. As long as I can keep playing smart I think I can make it to the high levels no problem.

In other news.. I'm on Spring Break!!!!!! It is very much needed. This is a tough semester so I'm glad to be able to just relax for a week. I should get a head start on a couple of projects, but I'll be honest I probably won't. I'll just play plenty of poker and probably visit Sarah a couple of time. She's in London and Paris right now :( so when she comes back we'll have some go0d catching up to do.

For now I'll go back to probably feeling the pains of variance.

crazy crazy day

Today started off so terrible. All the little things happening at once happened. I hate when that happens. I got up a little late and was rushing around to get ready and then I got to school later than I usually do and got a bad parking spot. Then I got a big Auditing Exam back and I did a lot worse than I thought I did :( So basically I was in a terrible mood all day and kinda just drifted through school today not really caring.

Another terrible thing was the awful run I was on in online poker. After making my way up to $82 earlier in the week, i got the longest string of brutal beats and cold cards. I was down to $46 when i quit last night. So I got on today and was like OK let's see if i can actually win a hand today. And o did I do just that. I mean it was ridiculous the run i went on today. I couldn't do a thing wrong. I also beautifully exploited a few super-aggressive donks for very very big pots. I worked my stack up to $140!!! That's almost $100 profit in one day at that low level. And that also means...... I GET TO MOVE UP A LEVEL!!! That means I only spent 5 days in the 0.05-0.10 level and I'm already movin up to $0.10-0.25. The swings are brutal but knowing that it's going to even out is a little comforting. And I'm starting to get up to the blinds that I normally play in. I'm starting to get really excited about this challenge.

movin up

I'm up to $0.05-0.10!!!! after a little less than a month I finally am done with the 0.01-0.02 level and I can continue my progress towards 10k. I'm already up to a little over $60, down from what i was about an hour ago after a couple absurd beats. I actually met someone at the lowest levels that was doing the same thing I am. He actually has a side bet with his friend that he can make 20k in a year. His friends layin him 5 to 1 so not a bad deal. I like that I'm doin it just for fun, because it's less pressure and I'm still undecided as to what I'm gonna do when I reach my goal.

Tom "durrrr" Dwan is really inspiring me to make success in the online circuit. He is a phenomenal player so i know I have a loooong way to go before I can be near that success, but it's just a good story that he's close to my age and he's built his bankroll up to the millions. Eh it's a goal lol

I'm gonna go back to watching the brand new season of High Stakes poker, in which coincedently Dwan is making his debut.