yea yeaaa bout time it happend again. Shipped the 50k guar on stars for 11.3k then got 7th in the 10r for like 2.2k bleh, i really fckd that up tho. It feels great to get back on track and feel confident i can still play very well. When i get some time i'll write more about the day. uppppps

Been struggling quite a bit the last 2 weeks or so and its really bothering my poker game, ive bubbled from 12 to 6 or 18 to 9, 6 fts in the last week and just getting air for payouts. I've probably misplayed 2 of the hands, but after that its just panning out in key spots for me. Really havent been blogging too much because i'd feel so negative when i write about poker. Cash games have been going very poorly as well as it looks like there is a book on the market to teach you how to punish me at 100nl, because everyone owns me lately even tho im getting it in in super standard hands. Just sucks ya i hate reading about people ***** too, thats why I haven't had much lately.

Went out to the mall amist my downswing pickd up some new shoes, madden, the Game's new alblum, and got my new phone setup (voyager). I need to take some time to get it setup and learn how to use it def. The Game's LAX cd is pretty good even tho im not one to really go out and get cds, i heard good things and it was the first thing i saw when i walked into best buy, good marketing placement imo. Buddy from college that I played hockey with came up to New Hampshire yesterday to get his private investigator licence, ya its a sweet job just like it sounds. He gets paid to creeeeeeeeeeep, and i mean creep hard. Businesses hire him to follow people around and see if they are say for example lying about a back injury to get time off from work or something of that nature. He told me some hilarious stories about how people just lie off their ass, it just baffled and made me laugh a ton. So ya went out to eat and had a few beers before shipping back home last night.

So ya not too much goin on, my two best friends just headed back to school for the fall so i'm going to have to visit them very soon and live the dream. But in the mean time i need to figure out how to win at poker again and have as much fun playing as I know i should. Its just very hard to enjoy learning, taking those ideas, putting them into place, and still get crushd daily. Variance is a ***** tho. upup glgl everyone.

Woke up pretty late today around 3 pm, which usually annoys me but today I felt very refreshed and in a good mood even after my sub par 100nl session yesterday. I ended -400 on tilt and -150 on stars, so it really wasn't productive in bankroll perspective but logged a bunch of hands and played probably my B game overall with how I ran.

I just watched ae jones 5-10 video and honestly it was more hilarious than informational but its all good, vicadin can do that to ya. I also sent in my payment for hold'em manager last night, going through leggo ovb, and should hopefully get the pm from greg or w/e lata and try to get that setup. I barely used PT2 so I going to try to stay devoted to using HEM whenever I setup a cash session. Plans for the rest of the week are pretty set in stone. I'll play all of tongiht probably and get back on track owning the 100nl scrubs, and hopefully be back at 200nl by the weekend. Sunday just really took a toll on the bankroll with the whole ftops and cashing in about 1 of the 20 mtts i played and ran SUPER in :/.

Tomorrow i'm gonna try to get a haircut, then i'm going to the mall with my mom at night to get a new phone which is a huge deal for me, because the one I currently have is about as useless as a phone gets battery wise lasting at most two calls without being charged. So I'll prob get something to eat with her, get the phone, come back and grind. Thursday, looks clear for another day of poker, and Friday i'll be playing golf then going out to the bars after before my two good friends head back to school for the fall.

So there's a decent outline for myself, hopefully everything can go well and keep the week heading in the right direction. I started a fourm yesterday in Poker Discussion on leggo and feel its a really good topic, and would like to get some more players thoughts on it so if you guys can check it out and post i'd ovb be pumped:

http://www.leggopoker.com/forums/gen...sion-3116.html

Off to go for a quick run to keep my mind clear and get ready for the night, peace guyssss.

Edit: Just played a nice 2 1/2 hour, 9tbl sesh of 100nl 6 max, won 6 1/2 buyins and should have been 7 but decided to ship it in with 99 in a bb vs button match where this guy will now never give me credit for shipping from the bb. All on stars, so will play some ftp later tongiht and get going there.

The other night I threw in a quick blog entry, and talked about how i had been getting the when it rains it pours treatment. Well lata that night I shipped the 11.5 KO guar on ftp for 3.2k which finally starts to get me back on track. I'm super happy with my play lately and played very well in cash today to keep things on track.

Last night I went out to the bars with some of my good friends and o boy did I pay for it today being hungover. Red Bulls and vodka are the end of me when I go out lool but I planned on getting pretty drunk because we were going to a dance club which really isnt my scence sober lol. We went out scoprion bowling to some chinese restaurant around 8ish and met up with everyone downtown in Manchester. Food was pretty good and there were a lot of laughs just going over things from the past. After that we headed to the club called WB's which supposedly you need dress shoes and not pimp white sneakers that me and my buddy jim had on hhaha. So the bouncer tells us SORRY, im like this is so rigged against me, but out of no where Jim with his connections knowing one of the bartenders gets them to come outside and meet us to try to get us in. Next thing you know the owner comes out and boom were walkin in due to our baller hookups. uppppppps, but ya the bartender hooked us really well and made sure I visted the rare blackout city there lol. It was really nice of her to help us out and feel like im actually running well now haha! Got a cab back to our house after which worked out stellar even tho my memory is super hazy.

This morning I felt beyond terrible which I knew I would, but I think you should have a lot of fun when you have one of those nights with your good friends. So I get up at like 930 this morning, usually the standard for me after a heavy night of drinking because I feel so terrible i cant sleep haha. So I drive to manchester to drop my buddy off to get his car and we grab a bite to eat at this dinner before we part ways. Food was delicous and much needed, ALSO we got to see the lady from the travel channel, brag clearly, that goes to all the sweeeeeet hotels and destinations around the world aka sweet life, but ya the dinner took a picture for their wall and stuff and it was neat to see a small celeb. On the way home from the diner im at this stop light and there is a ethnic festival going on at park in manchester as im driving by that looked pretty cool but ovb not up my alley. While at a stop light I def saw this older woman trying to break into someones suv, LOL! She just kept looking around to make sure no one was looking then kept trying to open each door, then walked away suspiciously as I lol in disbelief in my head.

Came back played few tournys cashed in 20r but nothin special, and grinded a good amount of 100nl between ftp and stars on the day. +500ish on tilt and similar results on stars as well from tonight. Played very well and just am super confident that I am easily one of the best regulars at those stakes imo just my thought! But my game has really come together lately and just need to keep producing results to back up my confidence. I'm not super tired now but I should prob get some sleep for the sunday mtts later today which i will ship something +10k so soon, just a matter of time. Should be a very expensive day for the most part with the FTOPS main event, Sunday million, and about a 100 other tournys between the 2 sites, YA IM AN MTT NOOB lol! And ya my sleep schedule is beyond screwed lately so basicly just going to bed at like 3 and waking up at 12 or 1 would be the nuts for me right now. Think that wraps up this entry so hopefully everyone has a sick day tomorrow and hopefully my next post ill have shipped that 10k + in some direction.

note- my stars avatar is unreal now and really cant be touched in terms of having a fish as an icon. Thing is neon and as baller as it gets. Def gives me +ev happiness. glglgl.

LOL, everyday is a weekend to me at the house I live at haha. But anyways poker has been meh this week, getting killed on stars like at an alltime rate in MTTs after winning the 55$ 4max last week other than that its been a disaster on there since june haha. FTP ive had so many close calls in mtts lately but absolutely air for cashes. Last night 7th in the 22k 30r, which imo is a ****in awesome tourny and a lot of fun because there are a ton of regulars to own . AQ<AJ for a 2-1 cl blah blah blah i run like **** ya its the main theme haha. Cash i've been playing very well lately i just need to learn how to put sessions in after i dont take like 10 coolers in a 15 min span which usually happens i feel like.

Overall my cash game game is improving drastically i feel and can't wait to hit a big mtt score so i can move up limits in cash. Is very tough to move up limits when i play so many mtts because my overall entrys for the night usually are quite pricy. But my drive and passion is with tournys right now is peaking right now and I'm set on hitting a massive score. Im surrounded by some of the best and upcoming mtt players out there and really am trying to continue to gain knowledge from each of them in thier own ways. MTT variance blows and can make me depressed even which isnt good but honestly these kids show me just how possible is if u play a sicko mtt game.

My friend doubledave just got 3rd in the 320 ftops for 100k zomg insane, then my boy fishontilt gets 3rd in the horse ftops, very impressive imo. frustrating for me sometimes seening these guys crush because im not and i know i play just as solid a game or better at times eek but w/e thats why pokers a fun game and we all think we play the better than we think eh! Ill wrap up another blog quick tomorrow gl.

They used to be exciting haha , anyways ended up pickin up my buddy and he came by the house chilled watched the olympics for the night. Had a few beers, and got to relax for the night without the stress of poker really. Got kinda sauced and moved down to bink some 50nl ballers lol. won like 200ish ya drunk poker ownd. Don't like making it a habit but always fun every once and a while eh! Tomorrow hopefully I can ship something biggggggg haha, usually just turns into me life tilting by 11 and wishing i hadnt played mtts for the day. anyways gl tomorrow everyone time for bed.

Hey guys,

So ya i've been on and off playing this week so why would I blog clearly haha. I'm super lazy sometimes and it's definitely a flaw i'm going to work really hard to work on after summer ends. It's a common trait among most poker players I kind of feel like, which is not a good thing in my case imo, because it 100% slows my growth in becoming the type of player I want to be. Somehow it's August already and I have no idea how it already, summer has truly flown by. Golfed two days ago and hit the driver unreal, but the irons awful. Saw Pineapple express last night, movie is basicly the nuts for sure. And thats my life this week so far.

Poker has probably taken up far too much time this summer when it comes to hanging out with my friends, goin to sox games, beach, etc. All those things are still very important in my life, especially my friends, and i'll be sure to visit my best friends at school this year and live the dream one more time haha. But anyways for myself I've never really devoted, or thrown myself into anything else in my life like poker the last 2 months. Truly it has been a great experience for myself as I have progressed farther than I ever thought I could have in just a few months talking with some great tournament players gaining knowledge, learning what style works for my game, and taking it to the next level with my thought process.

Over the last few months i have become baffled at sometimes of just how much the game can test you mentally, and have done a very reasonable job of progressing through some tough spots mentally with losing huge pots for cl on the ft bubble constantly blahhh, and just the basic things that variance dishes out daily. Mentally the game can just be insanely grinding for weeks at a time when your not winning a hand it seems like, and this is the first time i've recognized how to handle some of the downswings that come with the game through using improved bankroll management and just being reasonable with how much I cash out after my wins. I've always been decent with bankroll management, easily the best among all the poker players i've lived with in this house haha (not even sure what to think of that lol) but do spew some days with the roll on as AE Jones says "when it rains... it pours." It's not even tilting with poor play really more just abusing std bankroll practices for me lol. So six months later after I started playing full time I can say i'm actually pretty satisfied with how far my game has progessed going through a ton of ups and downs including some decent downswings which have tested me. But its all for the better and gotta continue to look forward toward that next level.

As far as poker goes i've run pretty ****ty this past week and its just so annoying because i'm stuck grinding 100nl again from cashouts and dirty swongs, along with continuing to develop my own style. Prob +1k at 100nl hu on tilt last few days which have covered a ton of buyins but then 6max goes so terrible that it can actually tilt me. Stars and FTP 100nl and 200nl are so frustrating sometimes because the play is terrible but awkward at the same time which can cause problems for me. To the point where I feel more comftorable at say 2/4 or 3/6 than at 100nl or 200nl which makes no sense really but I think it comes from being around my roommates who have all had good money in poker at some point. That is definitely a + to have in my game because I don't think i'll go through as many growing pains at those levels as most do, but who knows i'll probably be way off, hopefully not.

MTTs have been so brutal lately, 30th in ub 200k (cl with 70 left) and go out with tp vs flush draw, tons of other cashes with nothing coming from them, and a ton of coolers yayaya ill spare ya. But anyways i somehow managed to ship the 55$ 4max tonight uppsss finally. +1700 on stars in a day OMG WTF ITS POSSIBLE TO BE +$ ON STARS IN A DAY! lol hasnt happen in a while so i guess ill take it, but im pretty sure it doesnt even break me outta my swong. So ya i'd like to ship something asap like an ftops event ya thatd be fine imo. Ran awful in event 3 today, which i was really looking forward too today, god i love 6 max events. But ya ftp needs to get back on track for the remainder of the ftops and stars needs to keep increasing drastically for the wcoop which is the greatest thing ever.

I gotta wrap this up i started to ramble a ton, gl guys i'm gonna try to write something for Saturday and just ship like crazy these next few weeks.

Hey guys,

Basically haven't done too much this week poker wise, after a long trip at turning stone this past weekend. I'll review the trip really quick just to catch up on things. One of the kids in my house brought his brother who just turned 18 to the casino for his first experience so I told him I would come as well to keep him a little company. In total there were 8 of us but I was really the only poker player besides my roomate who wasn't even going to play. This was fine with me because I was really only focused on playing poker anyway during the trip.

Onto the poker... Good god does Turning Stone have problems with their blind structure. Their 300max game runs 2/5 blind structure, LOL, and the 100max runs a 1/2 blind structure like comon. I ended up doing well in the 300max game and by the end of night one was sitting 5/5, playing well, and really not getting in any tough spots because the play was just super poor. Limp calling monster 3 bets, etc, std live play. I end up like 800 the first night which I was happy with, the next day I continued playing well working up another 600 or so before dinner so the trip is going well poker wise. For dinner Saturday night we went to some steakhouse place which was pretty nice, they brought out each dish to our table and gave us how ever much we wanted and filled me up quickly. After dinner we went down to the craps table which clearly is rigged against me having a good time while playing, 0-3 in having a winning session. I dropped like 200 in 5 minutes which started to annoy me very quickly because basically I just don't ever like losing $ that fast, especially when it takes some time to make that in poker. So i quit that and went back to the poker room.

I sat down at 300max again and grinded most of the night without much action at all. We started to get shorthanded around 2 am and I started to accumulate chips quickly, which the table didn't care for and decided to break the table. I moved over to 5/5 and took a shot with the added profit for the weekend. As for the skill level at the table, it got about a 3 out of 10 as massive bets got thrown around with complete air for the most part with just no reasoning behind anything. From here I have two notable hands to talk about quickly. UTG blind raises to 15 and get 2 or 3 callers I believe. I'm on the button with AK h and make it 90. They fold around to the CO and he says to me " I CANT JUST LET YOU STEAL THIS" and makes the call lol. Flop come KQQh and we go check, check. Turn 10h giving me every out possible for my hand to ship this pot. He checks and I under bet 85, he SNAPS all in 400, I call he goes NH and mucks. The game breaks down to 6 with two fish still at the table keeping me there, when I pick up AKo on the button again. Two players limp I make it 35 they both call. AK8 two heart flop the first player leads 45, CO calls and i make it 175 to go. First player who just folded qq on 876 board face up after being shown a king by the other player goes "its time to go home i guess" and flats my raise and the other player mucks. Turn 4 clubs, we get it in hes got..... 88 sfovb no ace or king on riv to let me ship a monster pot and weekend. Ended up like +800 on the weekend so w/e blah. The trip home was awful and one of the longest days of my life as our car broke down and that story is just too long to talk about.

So this week I have been playing a ton of GTA 4 which is the nuts for any video game to be playing currently. I'm like 40% complete and have been logging quite a few hours haha. The game is just phenomenal in every aspect and can see why it was the first game in 10 years to get a 10/10 in GSN mag. Anyways the game is just sick and I recommend it to anyone who appreciates great entrainment value in a video game.

Plans for the upcoming week are pretty much set, Saturday im going to CountryFest at Gillette Stadium in Mass. It really is the biggest outdoor party of the summer and i've gone the last 2 years which was a lot of fun, except last year when I was escorted out for having too much to drink sigh. Anyways no repeat of that this year, and hopefully it will be a great show, yes, i do like country haha. After recovering Sunday i'm going to be purchasing a new computer setup for me which is very exciting as i've been saving up for one for a few months now along with other things. The setup will include a 30in monitor, new desktop, and new laptop. Overall I plan on spending around 3-4k total but its going to be a fantastic addition for me poker wise. If ANYONE can help me with purchasing the best setup for poker that would be much appreciated for sure because i'm clueless when it comes to this stuff and don't want to just have the people at best buy give me a total piece of garbage. So thats whats going on in my life right now, Hope everyone has a great weekend and pulls in that bankkk. GL Everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TheGfactor

LOL, really wasn't sure when the day would come again cause its been a few months since i shipped a true mtt, but I was able to win the 22k (30r) on ftp last night for 7.3k which works. Ran good late finally, and continued to play great poker. Won a big suckout with qj vs aj with me shoving the btn and the sb snapping my 14bb shove. That doesnt happen often late but when it does ill capitalize haha. Going to turningstone this weekend so hopefully the live game is sharp as well. Short entry here, I need to blog more.

Hey guys,

Haven't really posted lately and I'm really not too sure why I haven't because I feel better about myself after I get some of this **** off my chest. This is going to be more personal entry for myself but I think its necessary right now. Right now life just isnt ideal for me and im very stressed and on edge for the most part from day to day which I dont like. Everyone is just annoying the hell outta me, my friends, my roomates, and especially my roomates friends. Most of them suck really bad and mabey its me venting but jesus these kids are stuck in high school and drive me crazy, especially when im running poorly... not an excuse. I mean the house I live at is always full of people because my roomate cant ****in relax and just chill, watch a sox game or do something without having a full crew over it just drives me nuts.

This just isn't turning out how I thought it would for me when I moved in. Granted the owner of the house doesnt make me pay rent, which is a fantastic offer and a large reason i took him up on living with him. But I saw myself being able to discuss game theory, hands, situations, whats going on in the poker world, or one ****ing topic other than how many bad beats he takes. Its really insane and its def the reason he hasnt developed as a player IMO but wtf can I do if someone doesnt care about improving their game. The kid only means good, but just has As for myself I'm working the hardest I personally have ever in my life on my poker game, which definitley not hard enough but its going to get there. I am a very competitive person, that is what makes me successful at poker. I want to be the best player at the table, and bring that confidence to everything I do in my life. I love my family, and friends and want to make them all proud of me by being successful but I also know I need to do it for myself first and be happy with how I'm doing things. I feel pretty lucky that I get to play poker full time and have the freedoms in my life to do what I want on a day to day basis instead of being strapped to the 9-5. Thats just me.

Its all a lot to me right now, but I really think ive progressed extremely far as a player in the last 12 months, and just see myself continuing to improve to the high stakes game and be a consistent winner. That is why im trying to put everything into this right now, and be passionate about something in my life right now, which is something very hard to find in reality. So hopefully things will improve and I can get back on track winning more CONSISTANTLY, along with improved ev expectation hopefully things will improve quickly. Cheers, To better months of poker and my game growing to where I want it to be. And lastly build my roll to create the financial security i think this game can provide for myself. Good luck guys! ship, ship july......