[Hopefully at the tail end of 2009, I learned to control some tilting issues. I played the month of Dec without going ballistic when I lost in a marginal at best type spot and went into spew mode. I decided at the first of Dec to take 10NL seriously and start improving my game and looking for ranges more, concentrating when I play, and playing when I wanted to. Its hard once in awhile to work 50hrs/week and WANT to focus on poker, but with winter in full swing it has been alot easier.

I built my roll to comfortably play 25NL, but played poorly on christmas and took a 4 BI loss. The money lost didnt hurt but knowing I kept playing when I was playing poorly did. That is def my biggest goal for 2010. I have a job as a restaurant manager/chef and when you are successful in one area in life it takes monitoring to know that doesnt translate to every aspect of your life. Poker is something I def enjoy in downtime, but Im ultra competitive and decided I didnt really enjoy losing or breaking even at poker and it seems absurd that it took me this long to recognize that something I do 15 hours a week I wasnt fully invested in. 2010 will be different from previous years in this regard. What is the point of wanting to play poker x amount of hours per week and not gain something out of it? Turning the page and watching a lot of vids and browsing through the forums have immensly helped for the last month. Also stopping myself when I get irritated and spewing after that simply bc I have more money to deposit has helped immensly. If Im not going to take it seriously, there is no reason to keep loading and reloading money online for short spurts of entertainment.

So after my last deposit on NOV 12th, I decided no more. My goal for 2010 is to work only within the bankroll I have online and be consistent in the games I play. Keeping tilt in check and knowing I have the ability to take a break will help greatly in ensuring I dont have to deposit again for the year. Haha looking at other NY resolution posts this is pretty mundane. But I think its good to have a simple yet somewhat elusive(thus far) goal to work on. Monthly goals will be to get around 13-17k hands in on the month. More would be great but its not anything Im going to press as I really dont play well not focused. I prob dont actually play THAT well focused to be honest but I know I can beat 10NL at a good clip, and Im comfortable at 25NL and with a bit more focus while continuing to learn Im sure that I can start to beat that the same way.

2009 was a great year. I got married to a beautiful and absolutely fantastic woman. We bought a great house and my family is all healthy. What more can you ask for? I guess improving at poker is down on the list of importance here in general, but also being below average at anything I do is frustrating so thats the goal. Thankfully my wife is a patient and supportive person, and is an absolute treasure.

GL everyone.

PS how do you post pics on the blogs?