The Road to the Rio

This week I have not played as much as I would have expected after the non stop poker last week. I have played 3 tourneys online, only notable success 4th in the 20 euro buy in Deepstack event on boss network, good for 312 euros. 195 runners, so 4th decent.

It is not the money, it is the results, they breed confidence and momentum, the money follows! Gotta get your game right first ;)

After busting out a five figure bankroll any resulty on the rebuilding road is a positive, and there is something really refreshing in starting again, wiping the slate clean etc etc (atleast that's what my shrink says)

When I had a decent bankroll I would still not adhere to proper management! Buying into sunday million, nightly hundred k etc etc, You just cannot sustain that unless A, u run super good and make a big score early on, or B, u are making money playing cash and grinding the tourneys to atleast make buy ins back (I was good at neither!) I would buy in, play the game and either get deep or bust out early.

What I am learning is regardless of buy in, I am getting the same level of satisfaction and any tourney feeds the competitive spirity.

I've played some cash this week, and suprisingly have not tilted! Infact as it stands I am up this week from cash, been 4 tabling and it seems to be working. Less bored because of the extra decisions and action, stops me trying to play every hand and win every pot, which again I never catch myself doing in a tourney, but online cash something takes over! But Im working on it :D

As a side note I have just finished watching the first two episodes of this years WSOP main event, it just reinforced my goal, Vegas 2009 is a definite, all decisions and actions are gearing towards making the wsop 2009. Will definitely be flying out there, buy in for a few of the $1500-$2500 events, and try and sattelite into the main event.

It is a big goal of mine, and us poker players are lucky that if you really want to do it, it only costs you money!!!!! (and every true poker player knows that is easy come easy go) Golfers can't buy into the open and football fans cant pay to play for their team. BUT POKER PLAYERS CAN PLAY WITH THE BEST IN THE BEST TOURNAMENT IN THE WORLD.

I am definitely commiting to this goal in this public forum which my friends have the link, so this motivates me more to keep my word :D

Good luck at the tables

P.S Stu should have bought Bose headphones, atleast he would have had something :D xx