Thank god this week is coming to an end cause I am hoping for things to get back to being somewhat normal. We launched the site on Sunday and I decided to celebrate with a 12 pack and man it was a wild night to say the least. By the time the night was over I had downed a bunch of tequila and I was drinking and driving which I am against 100 percent, but sometimes after you flush enough booze into your system you don't make the most rational decisions . I am glad I didn't get popped for a DUI or something like that but I am even more glad I didn't hurt someone else driving around cause that is something that would stick with you forever and would love you forever scarred in many ways. I have also recently read that texting and driving can be worse so I am going to quit that as well but that's another topic for another day.

I have been somewhat of a recovering "party guy" for the past year or year and half and I make no bones about it and I don't try to spin it any other way. The bottom line is when I drink I go full blast most of the time I don't put my body and other aspects of my life in the best situations. I have done my best to correct this as much as I can as I went from going full blast roughly 100 or so times a year to a mere 5 or 6 times in the past year. 0 would be ideal but that is a very tough thing to do but maybe someday I will get there.

Well after my episode this past Sunday I had a massive hangover for 2 days and thought through a lot of this long and hard. I was somewhat depressed and felt very guilty about my actions. For 1, I put myself in a very dangerous situation and I already have one DUI on my record from when I was 18, and 2 I really threw pretty much the whole week of grinding and working out on the back burner cause I just wasn't feeling up to doing anything but think things through and sleep.

After getting through the fog of the week I realized every time in my life I have some type of success in anything I have always found a way to tear it down one way or another and most times alcohol has been at the root of my problem. For instance when I used to bet and I would win 10k one weekend , the next weekend I would shoot it all off putting in drunken bets. In the past I have built countless bankrolls and blown them playing higher limits while not being able to see. That has changed somewhat to a degree .

The last 3 times I drank this month I actually didn't play higher than 15-30 and I actually beat the games overall in the small amounts of time I played. The problem is I am putting myself in bad situations where I potentially could shoot off and dust off a fair amount of money. For one I keep telling myself about self banning if I am going to drink but I never do that for one reason or another. At least the high stakes rush don't attract me anymore when I am drinking. I used to get off on playing bigger games trying to roll it up but I know if I keep my approach that I have now I will get the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

So it seems I have let go a bit this month as far as getting back on the sauce after 6 months of sobriety and I realize that so I have to get back to my sober ways or sooner rather than later or there is always a chance I may self destruct at some point. So to keep my eyes on the prize I vow to stay off the booze until I hit Vegas in June and if I don't follow that that I will throw a $2500 freeroll for the users of this forum community. People have certain ways of dealing with there problems and this is a good solution that will keep me on the right path until I hit Vegas Boulevard. The proper solution is to just lay off the sauce but this will give me a little more incentive to stay on the straight and narrow.

Now the past couple of days I helped my bro out with some things and was camped out at his house for a couple of days and I just chilled hanging out with my niece and my nephew. It is amazing how funny kids are when they are learning new words and saying new things all of the time. They spit things out and you just step back and say DAYUM where the hell did they learn to say that. I didn't really do too much but hang out and try and get a little work done on the forums when I had a few minutes.

I played less than a couple hours of poker but ran well in the games I played and made a quick $500 which is much needed cause I a have a few bills coming and I need to keep growing my roll cause I plan on moving up soon to the 15-30, 20-40 range or at least taking a shot here or there when good games are running. Also have to keep trying to pad the roll so I can take some shots in some $1500-2500 wsop events. I am still not sure what I am going to play or if I am trying to sell any action but I have had a few people inquire about limit action and I may sell some off , if not I will just play what the old roll will support. I tried to start planning early for this but I am going to take a wait and see approach and plan my trip in mid may. After all Vegas is dead at the moment and things can change in the poker world rapidly so I will hold off to plan what I am playing and how long I plan on staying.

I don't really have any poker goals as far as earning goes cause I realized that making earning goals isn't really a good thing to do. The best thing to do is just focus on playing in good games, play your best and let the chips fall where they may. If you earn a lot great if not you surrounded yourself with the best possible situations. And playing in the best games you can is what it is all about in the long run. Some people especially HU players have been labeled as "bumhunters" and while that is a fair term I don't believe that should be cast in a negative light.

For example for a 3-6 HU limit player just to break even they must earn 2.77 bb 100 . Without game selection that is a pretty tough nut to beat before you even think about making any profit. So if you are battling with guys who are even slight losers you could wind up losing yourself while playing winning poker. At the higher limits it gets a little different because the rake is a lot less but there is still a slight margin I think that needs to be calculated unless you feel you have some sort of a bigger edge.

But all in all I feel the term "bumhunter" is cast in a negative light far too often on the web. Take a look at all the higher limit guys with great success. Guys like Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan and Phil Galafond. While these guys are probably a lot more talented players than most guys at their levels a large portion of the money has been thrown their way from rich business men both online and live with Andy Beal to the tune of 40 million or something. Remember the bums are the ones supplying the money and they are the ones that build most games especially the higher stakes games when they run.

So for me for the next 2 months my goals will be as follows. I plan to play in the best games possible and I plan to shred another 35 lbs with work and dedication in the gym. If I do both of those things I will be very very happy and everything else will fall into place. I strayed off my workout plan this week and I gained 3 lbs. I am still at a solid -36 lbs since I started but after the bad habits I have picked back up the past month I am super hungry and energized to get things back on track so I can coast in to the WSOP with a fresh attitude and plenty of focus

www.venompoker.com

Jan 18th weigh in(-21 lbs from mid DEC)
Jan 24th (-2 lbs)
Feb 1st (-1 lb)
Feb 8th (-3 lbs)
Feb 14th (+1 lb)
Feb 21st (-4 lbs)
Feb 28th (-)
Mar 7 (-1 lb)
Mar 15 (-3lbs)
Mar 21 (-5 lbs)
Mar 26 (+3 lbs)

Total loss -36 lbs

Well last week I was complaining about the rain and this week the weather was fantastic. It has been 55-75 degrees and sunny blue skies everyday and I have 0 complaints whatsoever about anything. The sun was shining bright and have I have a new project in the works and I couldn't have had a better week.

Monday I played poker all day and was running over the tables for most of the day. I think I scored about $500 in profit and the week was off to a good start. Tuesday was going pretty much the same way when I had a couple of people approach me about starting a website.

I have thought about creating a site in the past but never really gave it too much thought. I thought long and hard about this for a couple of hours and not 1 reason came to mind that would make this a bad idea. I figured I moderate on one forum, and post on 3 or 4 others so why not take all that time and energy I spend there and just do my own thing? If it works out it works out and if it doesn't I can never say I didn't give it a shot.

We sat around for hours Tuesday night trying to come up with names for the site. You would think it would be relatively simple to come up with a name for a poker site but believe me there were very few names available. I mean there were a few we considered that were available such as Jawspoker, Doublestraddle, Thepokerforce, and a few others but we weren't set on any of these names. Then Wednesday I logged on and I had a few names thrown at me and Venompoker just stuck. I really liked it and we all agreed that Venompoker would be it. I kinda like the snake theme and it is a bit catchy and there is a lot of cool stuff we can do with it. So that was it and it was time to get to work.

I hopped back on the poker tables first thing Thursday after a slightly losing Wednesday and something strange happened. I have been getting little action at 10-20 cause the games are getting dryer but when I logged on to Stars I opened a 10-20 table and in less than a second I had a guy sitting with me. I played him for about 15 minutes and mowed him down for $1000. Then I opened another table and another guy sat down instantly and I took him out for $400 or so.

Friday I had a decent day as well but nothing too out of normal to report from the tables this week . No crazy crazy hands or crazy crazy sessions. OHHHHHHHHH wait there was one crazy session I had and I think it was Thursday night. I was sitting around waiting for action and it was getting kinda late and it was almost time to quit for the night. I started closing my tables and this guy sits in right before I close my last 3-6 table.

I could tell after 5-10 hands he was a very very bad. He limped every button,he never ever folded, he bet every street in position regardless of the board or whether I check raised him on the flop or turn he would just call down with any 2. What I like do is tighten up and pound the hell out of these guys when I make hands . Well I smashed him for 120 3 times then he reloaded for his last 120 or so and I was well on my way to taking that too.

Now I have had some major problems over the last 3 months closing guys out when they get down to 3-4 bets. I had 1 guy come back from 17 bucks to beat me for 2k and a few other disgusting Heeb runs they put on me that I wouldn't like to think about. So I adopted a policy that I used in the past which is if you get under 5 bets vs me I sit out till you reload. There was a topic on Donkdown.com about Heads up games and ethics etc. and DanDruff and Reggiman have the same policy and I thought this was the best thing to do in these situations. If the guy is passive or a total donk that you think doesn't have the ability to run it up then get every last nickel out of him. So I decided I would stick with this.

So the situation is I have him down to 3 or 4 bets. I get him all in and I have like top pair and he makes a straight on the river. He runs it up a little then I fight back and he gets it in again and turns a straight on me. This must have happened like 3 or 4 times. Then he goes on an epic run and gets his stack back to 300. I grind him back down to 3 bets and what do you know? The same thing happens like 3 times. he runs it up to 300 then I get him back down to 150. I really needed to go to the bathroom and I already used my entire time bank doing that once so I sat out for a minute told him I would be right back. I came back and he was gone. I must have cost myself a shit ton in rake and the 150 he left with. Now I love the idea of quitting a loose cannon short cause they can run it up on you quick but guys like this you should probably go for their last few bets unless you are playing 3-6 or lower. The $18 isn't a huge amount of money and if they win a few pots you will sometimes just wind up paying close to that 18 in rake so every situation is different. All in all I think he left with 150, I made like 220 and stars took like 110 LOL cause the rake is a total joke at the lower limits. I did however have my best week of the year by far as I profited about $3000 :)

Thursday , Friday and Saturday I really didn't get to play too much poker cause I was busy doing some stuff on the site. It is a certainly a lot of work getting this stuff ready. I spent many hours coming up with forums, writing descriptions for forums, rules for forums, thread content etc and going over it all 3 or 4 times. It is certainly wasn't a walk in the park that's for sure.

All in all I am very pleased at the look of the site and we will be improving stuff as time goes on and trying to add as many features as we can. Right now the site features 4 staking forums. 1 forum is for offering stakes, the next forum is for Baps, another forum is where you can pimp your stats and the final staking forum is where you can make rail threads for your baps and stakes. At some point we will probably make some training videos geared towards lower to mid stakes and will probably be adding some radio shows down the line that will focus on poker, sports betting and maybe some boxing shows as well. Just like anything in life if you have the work ethic, will,drive, focus and determination the sky is the limit and you will have great success at whatever it is that you pursue.

Speaking of will and determination and all those motivational words I cut another 5 lbs this week and my new running shoes kick ass. I managed to get to the gym every day this week or hit the beach for a some strolls on the boardwalk. I wish there was a W.S.O.P. event tomorrow cause with the way things have been going for me I could probably take it down blindfolded. Oh wait maybe I am not running that well in everything. I did say Kansas would cut through the field in the NCAA tourney and they got their asses whipped by Northern Iowa. Props to the little guys. I hope we see some more upsets in the next couple rounds. I love rooting for the dogs especially when I have no money invested in the games.

Chinamaniac

www.venompoker.com


Jan 18th weigh in(-21 lbs from mid DEC)
Jan 24th (-2 lbs)
Feb 1st (-1 lb)
Feb 8th (-3 lbs)
Feb 14th (+1 lb)
Feb 21st (-4 lbs)
Feb 28th (-)
Mar 7 (-1 lb)
Mar 15 (-3lbs)
Mar 21 (-5 lbs)


Total loss -39 lbs

Another week in the books and man this past week was flat out depressing. I feel like I'm living in Seattle or something. 2 weeks ago the weather was perfect and then all of a sudden we get slammed with non stop rain for the past 7 days with high winds and floods everywhere. It is supposed to clear up in a few days which is good but this is one of the oddball things about living in the New England area.One day it will be 60-70 and the next day you could get a foot of snow. Hopefully we have seen the last of the snow and we can get some good spring weather in right around the corner.

So I have been on somewhat of a heater the past few weeks and this week I got derailed a bit but nothing to cry over. I started off Monday and Tuesday and booked a couple of small wins and was ahead about 700. Then I think I was playing in a ring game on Wednesday morning and my 10-20 table pops up and I have some action. I quit the ring game and took this guy on who bought in for $355.45 or something odd. He was a losing player and averaged losing about 6 BB 100 in his heads up play so I was pleased to get his action. He started off up a quick couple hundred and was a bit of a loose cannon but he knew what he was doing a little bit. I could get great value out of him anytime I made any type of hand cause he was 3 betting then calling me down very weak and he was capping a lot and continuing a lot with the hands when he was very weak also. I had him down to 7 bets and I was going to quit him when he reached anything under 5 bets or $100. Then boom he hit the sick heater from hell on me. He started checking behind with top pairs on the flop and it seems every time I fired for value on the turn with top pair or second pair he had a set or a bigger kicker and was smashing me with raise on turns. When he didn't have anything and checked behind it seemed he would make a runner runner flush like every other hand or he would just make perfect cards . I went absolutely card dead for a long while and made a couple of weak call downs and before you know it I was in for about 50 BB ($1,000).

Finally I just decided to throw in the towel here as I felt like a beaten bloody mess. I'd say 2 out of 3 matches guys like this will either just give away all their chips spewing while playing with reckless abandon or they will make the match a world of hell which he did in this case . Usually if I feel the match is going to be super duper swingy and the guy might give me fits (if he is not a total staggering idiot) I will quit but I kept saying to myself I will get him sooner or later and the cards just never came . I kinda felt that way before I reloaded the last 500 barrel but I kept pressing on and probably should have just saved that nickel for another time. Oh well you live and learn right.

Outside of that match the week was ok. I still netted $500 profit for the week and cleared a $1500 bonus. I have been slaughtering the 3-6 heads up games the past few weeks which is good cause I was in a terrible slump in that game for a while. I saw my BB 100 drop from around 4.00 to 3.3 in a very short time span but I have it back up around 4.00 which I am happy about. If you add in the rake and running bad in that game you can see some monster swings over a short period of time. I am just glad the swings are headed my way for the time being. Wish I could get more good action at 5-10 and 10-20 but the action is slow at the moment. Looking back on it I wish I put in the time I am putting now back in the fall cause the action was MUCH MUCH better. I decided to take most of today off from playing and maybe get a little action in tonight or just come back tomorrow with a clear head. I don't know why but this rain makes me feel lazy and brings my motivation down. GO AWAY RAIN AND NEVER COME BACK!!!!!

Other than that not too much going on. Right now my plan is too just grow my roll as much as I can so I can spend more time in Vegas for WSOP. I have been in talks with a backer about playing 5 or so events. (about 8k worth of events). If that falls through I will try and sell 25-50 % of my action on a staking site in B.A.P. form and if that don't work out I'll just buy in directly myself. It's still 2.5 months away so I have plenty of time to get the ol rollski to where it needs to be.

Didn't really do too much this past week outside of buy a couple of pairs of running shoes. One pair fit like a glove and the other pair felt good when I tried them on but after an hour on the treadmill my feet didn't agree with me. So I am going to return the bad pair for something casual some time this week.

OOOH MARCH MADNESS is here. Should be an interesting opening weekend as this seems to be the most balanced field we have seen in quite some time. Personally I feel no one will get in Kansas way and they will cut through this field like a hot knife through butter. ROCK CHAUK JAYHAWWWWWWWWWWWWK. I am running a pool for 100 bones ahead. Anyone interested can see this thread http://www.donkdown.com/forum/100-march-madness-brackets-t73831.html or PM me.

I hit the gym HARD for 6 days straight and cut another 3 lbs which brings the tally up to -34 lbs. The new sneakers really really helped alot. When I burn through these babies I am going with a set custom made shoes. They will run me like $250 but if they serve their purpose they are worth the $250. Taking the day off today and will be back full force tomorrow.

PZ China

Jan 18th weigh in(-21 lbs from mid DEC)
Jan 24th (-2 lbs)
Feb 1st (-1 lb)
Feb 8th (-3 lbs)
Feb 14th (+1 lb)
Feb 21st (-4 lbs)
Feb 28th (-)
Mar 7 (-1 lb)
Mar 15 (-3lbs)
Total loss -34 lbs

I woke up today at about 7 A.M. and was still pretty tired. I wanted to get breakfast over with and get to the gym and get the day started but after eating my breakfast I was still very tired and decided to hit the couch for a bit before starting my day. I was flipping through the channels and found game 7 of the 1984 N.B.A. finals on and decided to watch Bird and company finish off the Lakers . What a great rivalry that was back then. I was only 7 when that game was played but I remember watching all those games or listening to them on the radio if i was on the road with my parents. Both of those teams were absolutely loaded and the games were fast paced and action packed. Defense was less of a priority and the players were not the physical specimens they are today but the games were faster paced and fundamentals were a huge part of the success of teams and players as guys couldn't just rely on raw athleticism to get by.

So after lounging around for a couple of hours I was dreading going to the gym cause I was lacking energy but all of a sudden a burst of sun came through one of my windows and I was like HMMMMM maybe it is nice out today. I took a shower and walked out the door and it couldn't have been a nicer day. It was about 60 and sunny with blue skies so I decided to skip the gym and head down to the beach and walk a few miles. The beach is great on nice days like today because for 1 it is right at the end of my street , and there is also a nice 4 or 5 mile stretch with a nice view of Boston. The beach area was packed which was good for people watching and I never had to skip over a bad song on my Ipod. Every song that came on was listenable. One of these days I have to get around to deleting some of the dead content from some of the albums I have downloaded. After that I went to local butcher shop and grabbed some fresh fish , meats and chicken for the next few days. I am going into " Jew " mode for the next few months and decided to cut back on my massages to maybe 1 a month and also cut back on eating out cause I started adding up how much I was spending on this stuff and it can get to be pretty expensive for a "Non Ballin" grinder like myself. Speaking of grinding let's get to some poker talk.

I had a couple of decent upswings the past 2 weeks and was hoping to continue more of the same this week. There was 1 problem. The first 2 or 3 days this week the action was lacking at the HU limit tables on Stars even at the 3-6 limits. I think I got in less than 100 hands of 10-20 from Monday to Wednesday. Now there are ways around this if I want more action and that is spread my action to FTP and 5 or so smaller sites but I am fine with just playing Stars for now cause I don't have a ballin roll to spread around and it's not easy getting money off a few of these small sites. Damn I miss you Netteller !!!!!

Thursday rolls around and I am probably ahead 4 or 5 hundi for the week and I am feeling good and ready for a good day. Well that's exactly what happened for at least the first half of the day . I ran well and played pretty good all day then I got into a match with this superfish donkbetting goofball. Now I am confident with these type of guys if they stick around and don't quit I will destroy them most of the time as I think I have come up with the perfect strategy to take them out. Well I played this guy for an hour and half or so and I wound up taking him for around 25 bets but there were some swings in the match and he laid some nasty beats on me and by the time the match was over I was feeling a little stressed out. Now these guys almost always drop off what they have in their accounts if they don't quit but they can make your head spin with some of the plays they make.

After that match I sat around debating on getting some beers and I had been already up for 15 hours and was very tired but I said screw it off to the liquor store. I grabbed 12 15 oz Guiness cans and went to work on them. After about 3 or 4 beers down the hatch I found a great seat in a 10-20 6 max game with direct position on a limp donk. I never really got any hands and when I isolated him I got punished a little from either him or whoever decided to come along for the ride and wound up dropping about 450 in that game.

Now about 8 or 9 beers into the night I decided why not play some 8 game? I am a lifetime winner in that game and from my experience the play is generally pretty bad. I fired up 2 10-20 tables and went to work. I got ahead quickly but overall for the session there I dropped about 300 beans. One mistake I remember making was a hand I got dealt a pretty good 8. I think I was dealt like an 86432 or something and stood pat. The pot was 3 handed and I believe they both drew 2 on the first draw then both drew 1 after the second draw. Then the guy UTG bet out before the last draw and other guy called and I called. He stood pat and other guy drew 1 and for some reason I said to myself he has me beat I nead to draw a 7 LOL. Must have been the Guiness talking so I drew 1 and made a 9 and when the hand was over the guy turned up an 87. At that point I at least realized my brain wasn't right for mix games and I decided to GTFO and play some hold em.

I see a lot of people are testing the mix games or PLO or Triple Draw due to other games dying and here is my take on the play in those games from the time I have spent playing them and what stuff I need to probably work on. I have a good feel for most of these games from either dabbling in them over the years or just from reading Super System 2 when dropping a number 2.

Triple Draw - About half the table knows what they are doing and the other half is well behind the curve and doesn't have a clue cause this is a semi new game or they just don't get it. I grew up playing different variations of lowball draw games from the ages 13-17 so I kind of have a feel on what needs to be done. I probably need to work on my betting after the second and third draws but with a little more experience I think I will have this game fully aced. One of my buddies spotted a reg 100-200 3 draw player playing HU last week and the guy was making so many betting mistakes my buddy decided to throw his 5k roll on the line. To make a long story short he exposed this guys flaw and beat the guy HU for 10k in about an hour and a half. There is certainly some good spots out there if you look around.

Limit Hold Em - Seems most people kind of get how to play but again I'd say half the table at least aren't that good. There are def weak people you can pick on. For instance there was a guy that capped j-7 off in this game after a raise and 3 bet from UTG and UTG +1. I don't know about you but I don't like that play unless I am the guy that raised or 3 bet or the guy sitting behind him with AA or KK LOL.

Omaha Hi L0- I am not that experienced in this game although I did accidentally join a SNGO and beat the guy by the second level last week. I am not sure I can correctly evaluate peoples play in this game although I did see a few fishy showdowns. I def need a little work in this area.

Razz- This is a simple game and it should pretty much play itself. Too bad the guy that was raising my 567 in a HU pot with 8910 didn't know that. I thought maybe he lost track of the game we were playing until I saw him doing something similar the next round. Very simple game to play but some people just don't understand it.

Stud- By far my worst game as the game is almost like a blurr to me. I really need to work on this a bit but I am not too lost. I just try and play super tight and get by that way for now. I have a lot to learn here and I am def one of the fish when it comes to this game

Stud8 I can't play stud a lick but I am pretty good in Stud 8. Seems most people have a grasp of this game in the short amount of time I have played it

NL Hold Em Def not my strongest game but I can get by. Most poker players play NL or have played a lot of NL at some point or another. I usually buy in to these 8 games as short as possible to min playing big pots against the NL and Omaha specialists. I could def use some work here but if you are pretty confident in your limit games and 3 draw and not so confident in PLO I would suggest buying short and mopping them up in the other games and playing tight in NL and pot Limit Omaha till you improve.

PLO- Same for PLO as NL. Another reason I buy short is the experience factor. I am a lifetime winner in this game but still don't have much experience in this game as I do in others and there are def a lot more seasoned PLO specialists foaming at the mouth to get you in a pot. Buying in short is always an option but if you see some people having a party with their rolls in PLO or NL don't be afraid to top off your stack.

Well that about covers my take on these games. I don't have a huge amount of experience in some of these games but I have been around the block once or twice to make a decent calculation of what is going on.

Now let's jump back in to the drunken night of cards. I decided to hop into a 15-30 game as once again I had direct position on a guy that was either limping every hand or just machine gun raising with garbage. The game was filled with solid regs but I liked my seat and was up for the challenge. An orbit or 2 went by and the seat to my left opens and Zeigler takes that seat. Not exactly the guy I want to see on my left but I was up for the challenge. I put myself on a cap of losing 30 bets and I nearly hit it as I lost a few coolerish hands. I didn't get dealt much for about the first hour then I got a huge rush of cards and was destroying the guys on my right and everyone else for a short while. I ran my stack up about 60 bets from that point on and I was running this game over. Then all of a sudden the game went 3 handed and I went card dead and flop dead and dropped about 40 bets back into the game. I had a very solid player on my left 3 handed named piperpaper and he def got the best of me as he has earned a spot on my worst enemies list. I remember one hand in particular where I had like q6ss in sb and raised his bb. Flop peels off like 234, turn was an ace I think and river was a 5. I don't remember the action off hand up till the river but I think I led the river and he raised and right then and there I probably should have figured we were chopping or he has me beat or if I put in a raise and he has jack shit(which is very unlikely) he isn't gonna call anyways. But I had an itchy trigger and 3 bet and he capped and he rolled over the old 67 for the nizzies. Not too long after that hand I decided I had enough poker for the night and decided to crash. I lost about 300 in that game and don't think I played that bad but made a a few mistakes I probably wouldn't have made had I been not drinking.

I woke up Friday with a massive hangover and was a little pissed I chunked off about 850 considering I was ahead 750 already for the day before I started drinking which is exactly the reason I named this blog "Asleep at the Wheel". I mentioned it last week and it is so true. Drinking and online poker just don't mix. If you sleep at the wheel eventually you will crash. I could have easily won but poker is a game of who makes the fewest mistakes. When you drink or are on other substances you just don't make the best decisions and most of the time you will make more mistakes than good decisions. In a way I am kind of glad I chunked that 850 back cause had I won maybe I would keep playing in tough games when I drink and the results could be more of a disaster than just the 850 I lost. I decided I am going to lay off the booze until I get to Vegas in early June for Wsop and I will 100 percent be self banning for at least 24 hrs next time I decide to have a few cocktails. I have had some monster runs while drinking in the past but more often than not the end result isn't a good one.

So after nursing my hangover etc Friday I was back to the grind on Saturday and was pretty determined to play my best and let the chips fall where they fall. I started playing at around 1 pm and quit at around 10 P.M. and had a very good day. I think I netted about 1400 in wins playing 3-6 thru 10-20 HU and 10 max and was feeling good again. Same with today. Since I started typing this blog a little while ago I racked up about 700 more in wins and will be ending the week about +2500 in the green and I have a 1500 bonus I am about to vlear so things are looking pretty good. Maybe could have won double that had I game selected a little more but what's done is done.Like Mark Mcgwire said I am not hear to talk about the past i am here to talk about the future. Hopefully this will be a better week for me and for whoever is reading.

Working out went ok this week but should have been better. Before I went on my binge on Thursday I was down 4 lbs for the week but couldn't quite stay down that much after tackling all those Guiness. I still managed to lose 1 lb for the week and will continue on my quest to get back into much better shape. I have my diet down pat and have no problem going to the gym every day I just hit a couple bumps in the road the past 2 weeks that altered my progress. But I am feeling good and am very amped up about getting back things back on track. Hopefully will be a good week. Shout out to Microstakes PLO POY Mrobot on achieving his Zombie Badge

PZ China

Jan 18th weigh in(-21 lbs from mid DEC)
Jan 24th (-2 lbs)
Feb 1st (-1 lb)
Feb 8th (-3 lbs)
Feb 14th (+1 lb)
Feb 21st (-4 lbs)
Feb 28th (-)
Mar 7 (-1 lb)
Total loss -31 lbs