End of the month.

So after my first 6 000 hands or so in my poker career, I was about ready to roll over and die. I was chasing way too many pots, double or even triple barreling with few outs, and basically just trying to push people off of, most likely, made hands. First I should mention that I beat my goal by 10%, playing 11 000 hands, about 5 000 of those in the last week and have really improved my game. It's been like a light switch has turned and things have become a lot clearer like when to give up, when to double barrel, etc. Also, I think the addition of 4-tabling has dramatically upped my game because I've been less likely to tilt. Playing 1 000 hands in a session rather than only 200 or 300 leads to a lot less variance and therefore a lot better (and fewer worse) situations.

So with that being said, I'm almost back to break-even after being down quite a bit. I'm about 3BI short of my initial BR and I don't see any problem surpassing it within the next week with some average play and some nice bonuses coming my way. If all goes to plan, I'll be working my way into some 25NL games by the end of the month, which I have already started datamining.

On a side note, a good friend of mine, JB, and I have made a bet to see who can play the most hands in April in order to get his motivation back up to par and to get some much needed volume for myself. The loser has to buy the other a lobster (or equivalent) dinner at a damn nice restaurant come July when he comes to town. My initial goal for April was to get 12k-15k of hands but I think in order to be competitive in this wager, I'll have to up that to 20k-25k, which is definitely doable with a lot time off in the beginning and end of the month.

That's about it for now, feeling really good about poker at the moment with the profitable last few thousand hands and I'm looking forward to getting it going. I'll post some stats of my first 3k-4k of hands this Friday and also get some hands down to review. Ship it!

S