No FTOPs...New Plan

Well, I have made a decision recently to attempt to move to the Ft. Lauderdale area from Minnesota. I have a friend doing an internship down there, and figured it would be a great experience for a 21 year old. So instead of bumping up my online poker bankroll, I have decided to challenge myself to not deposit again until I get to Miami. It appears that the move would be in about a month. This is a great oppurtunity for me to "walk the walk" and not just "talk the talk".

For three years now, I have told myself, my friends, and my family that I can succeed in life and also play poker. That has led me to living with my parents, having no social life, and so forth. I have set this challenge to prove to myself that I can play poker, enjoy it, and also have a happy and successful life. So FTOPs is no longer a viable option. The only one I am even considering as a possibility is the Main Event, but since I am decreasing the amount of poker I play, it would seem to be harder to get a bankroll in time to qualify. So for now, my life and my poker life are about to merge like never before...and that's walking...

FTOPs VII...here I go again

Hello again. As part of my New Year's Resolutions, I decided I wanted to try to post here more often. So, now two weeks later, here I go.

FTOPs VII is about to start on Full Tilt Poker, and I am going to try my best to qualify for some events this time. I usually wait a while and then try to qualify late in the game, but this time I am starting almost as soon as the qualifiers came out. My main events I am focusing on are:

• Event #1: $200+16 NLHE ($750,000 Guaranteed)
• Event #4: $200+16 PLHE ($100,000 Guaranteed)
• Event #5: $200+16 FLHE 6-max ($150,000 Guaranteed)
• Event #8: $120+9 NLHE Knockout 6-max ($150,000 Guaranteed)
• Event #9: $300+22 NLHE ($1,000,000 Guaranteed)
• Event #10: $1,000+60 6-max ($1,000,000 Guaranteed)
• Event #14: $300+22 Razz ($150,000 Guaranteed)
• Event #15: $200+16 NLHE 6-max ($150,000 Guaranteed)
• Event #17: $2,500+120 NLHE Two-Day Event ($1,500,000 Guaranteed)
• Event #19: $240+16 NLHE Knockout ($300,000 Guaranteed)
• Event #20: $500+35 NLHE Main Event ($2,000,000 Guaranteed)

I know it is a lot, so I am hoping I get in atleast half of them. Working on Event #1 right now. Anyways, I will try to update you on the progress here in the next month on a regular basis. Please post if you want to say hi! Talk you you all later!

Kinda dumb

So last night I started working on the freeroll and stakes challenge and finished for a total of $0.00. I built a good stack up in one freeroll and left for awhile. Came back about 75 people to the money, saw pocket 7s. It would have taken 10 minutes tops to get into money. So I push and a guy has Rockets and I am out. Dumb. Everything went bad last night too. Then I have played two freerolls today. One was AK suited loses to A 4 off suit...on the first hand. The other was JJ against 66...on the first hand...beautiful 6 on the flop. So in two freerolls, I managed to play two hands. Sigh.

Freeroll to Bankroll

Well, right now I am trying something I never have. I am going to actually make a poker bankroll solely on Freerolls and stakes. Normally, I join freerolls and accept stakes, but I never really try as hard as I should. But I think if I try my best, I can probably slowly move up the ranks and buyins. My main goal is to get into the PokerStars PCA qualifying steps and try to win a seat into that tourney. But for now, I need a bankroll. GL to me!

Life is good

WHOA! Been way to long without a post. I am in the middle of going through bartending school, which is great fun, so hopefully I can start full time within a month and get out of my cube. It sounds like I will actually get more money doing bartending, so I can move to my own place and play some more poker than I do now! Thus life is not good....it is EXCELLENT!

In Shock

At the moment, poker does not seem all that important. I am playing a SnG as I am typing this and drinking an Amstel Light, but I live in Minnesota, and seeing the images of the bridge collapsing in the state I live in is a huge reality check. The story that has touched me most is that a school bus full of 60 kids around the age of 12 fell with the bridge into the water and all 60 made out alive. Once I sort my thoughts out tomorrow, I will be posting again. But right now, I am reflecting and am in shock.

Changing it up a little bit

Well, the grind that was the previous mentioned goal is not working. So my new goal is to be a good BR manager, play more deepstack tourneys (like the 90 man SnGs on Full Tilt/Qualify for Sunday tourneys), and try to just become a smarter player. My main weakness is that I know I am beat, but call a lot of times. Daniel Negreanu has said numerous times that he has this weakness as well, so I hope I can do better now. My goal of this week, however, is to get into the Sunday Million and the FTP Sunday tourney, and then cash. I have also started a "partnership" with someone to talk strategy on an almost nightly basis. So hope that helps. Peace!