...since I tightened up after Valentine's Day. I am playing closer to 22/17 and feel really good about it. If only I could just stop getting sucked out on. Ahem--promised myself I wouldn't get caught up in all that. I am sure that I was playing much too loose before to be a winner at 50nl. Everyone disregard my forum posts before Valentine's Day as I currently view that period of my life with great suspicion, especially my teenage years.

Now that I am fully recovered from last week, I will be getting back into the swing of things. More Hmwk assignments and stuff like that. Also, I just decided to start commenting on the small stakes/micro stakes forums as the posts happen and not worry about "catching up." I really do like opening up the forums and seeing a row of check marks, but the idea of catching up with what I missed is daunting, and it kept me from answering the small stakes stuff. And the small stakes stuff is much harder.

I am now comfortably installed in my garage for playing poker instead of going out to my "office," that was a coffee shop with spotty internet connection on the weekends. Lots less distractions. I put up a pull-up bar and can do five clean pull-ups, almost. Almost clean and almost five. My brother can do 20, and I have vowed (not to him, but privately to myself and to everyone reading this blog) to match him. He can probably do more, tbh, since he is a Marine and he did 20 a few years ago, but w/e, I will get there. I think it will take me 10-12 weeks. Gives me something to do on my breaks. I would also like a speed-bag to feel totally bad-ass. Anyway, I am much happier out here, and I long to post pictures of my set up, but I fear I would be laughed at after all the pics of sick set ups people have posted. I still might do it for kicks, and try and get all of the clutter around me in the shot.

In all seriousness, I feel like I am at some kind of turning point/breaking point with poker. I have been breaking even for a while now with rb, and I would like to see some improvement results wise if I am to seriously consider pursuing this for the rest of the year. I think tightening up is the first step that has long eluded me.

Play well. Do good work. Keep in touch.

PFJ