I've been looking at craigslist every day for the past 9 months and never really found anything too interesting. Got a connection to a pretty nice house with an opening and am officially set to move in July. Orientation is July 12th, sooooo 53 days or so until that starts. I'm stoked to not be living in a shitty apartment. The whole process of finding a place to live was beginning to stress me out.

Everybody, and I mean EVERYBODY I've talked to said 1st year of school is a complete bitch. Class all day, study all night. That does not bode well for the future of my poker career. I will, of course, not know until I am actually in school, but I could see myself quitting poker (except for during breaks between trimesters and Christmas break). I am going to be very rusty and have to think it will hurt my winrate quite a bit.

Speaking of poker, I took a more serious approach using all of the suggestions commented in my last blog. Sleep pattern improved, grinding earlier in the day, much less tilt, short sessions (I have about 1hr attention span), booking wins, eating healthier, and cutting out distractions during sessions REALLY helped. Of course, having the nuts a lot helps too. Having a losing regular who pumps in 11-12bbs in the pot OOP 20% of the time when I raise the CO/BTN is also awesome.

I can't believe how fundamentally flawed a bunch of the regulars are at NL100. They squeeze to 15 to 18bbs preflop. I've seen people 4bet to 29bbs with AA. Today, some donkreg tagfish 4bet to 39bbs when I had AA. I guess I should have flat called instead of 5b jam b/c he fucking folded lord have mercy on his soul.

Now, it's time for me to admit my flaws. I overvalue top pair with T or J kicker. I always tell myself they're value raping my ass with Q, K, or A kicker and am pretty much spot on every time. Gotta learn to fold the river. Ummm, what else? I haven't been 3 betting light enough in position. Mostly, I wanted to try to prevent myself from spewing/tilting, so I've just been taking it easy on the marginal plays. I suck at playing when I'm not the preflop aggressor. These are all things I can work on, so I'm not worried too much about them.