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Joe Czech Republic. Sep 27 2007 19:04. Posts 5987

Since I havent updated my blog for a long long time, I feel like writing a summarizing post about poker and stuff from the beginning of this year (2007) till now and my plans for the rest of the year.

So, I started off in January playing NL100 @ partypoker after recovering from a 2-months-long downswing.
I played well and probably also hit a heater, so I was able to rake solid money and move up stakes pretty fast. My good run continued over the course of next months and I was ready to move up to NL1k by the end of May being properly rolled for it (50+ buyins) even after some (minor) cashouts. I had my best month in march when I made over 33k.

But then June came and I started to run pretty bad and also the competition on NL1k was way better than on NL600 and NL400. Although I didnt want to admit it back then, I was probably only an average player there, maybe a small winner when I wasnt tilting.
I also had some problems at the university, I was close to quitting my school, but I managed to force myself to pass the exams, so I can continue. Now I am quite happy I didnt quit.
So, I lost quite some money during June and July, not a big deal, but enough for me to reconsider playing NL1k even though my BR was still quite safe for playing it. So I returned back to NL600 and NL400 in the second half of July and began slowly winning again.

In the end of July, I left home (and poker) for my 2-months-long trip to the USA. It was a pretty cool trip, we managed to travel all around USA, visiting like 40+ states, almost every big/interesting city and most of the national parks. I played a little poker when in the USA, some of it live in Vegas, where I lost a bit and then when I bought a new laptop - I won some, but nothing important.

A few days ago I came back home. I started playing poker again and so far I have been doing solid. I guess the break from poker helped me as I calmed down pokerwise and dont need to play for thousands of dollars every hand to not get bored (dont take me literally, but I guess you know what I mean). If I can keep the winrate I got since returning home, I might consider returning back to NL1k soon (if I feel like it).

As for my future plans - I and a few friends of mine (who also play poker) have decided to rent a house together temporarily. Its not 100% yet, but if everything goes as planned, then we might be moving within a week. Then we shall see if it was a good idea or not

I hope it will help us all to get better at poker.

As for poker, I plan to grind NL400 and NL600 combined as my main stakes, but if I continue doing well and get the confidence, I will probably try out NL1k again within a few weeks. I set myself the goal to reach 6 figures BR before the end of year, which seems to be a reachable goal - neither too easy, nor too difficult I would say.

I guess thats enough for now. I am not sure how often I will be updating, probably not too often, so glhf, till next time!

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there is a light at the end of the tunnel... (but sometimes the tunnel is long and deep as hell)

Last edit: 27/09/2007 19:24

dronebabo United States. Sep 27 2007 19:27. Posts 736

hi! been awhile

BaB Czech Republic. Sep 27 2007 19:28. Posts 44

Nice summary. Welcome home. Looking forward for lessions for free :D

Feel the rain on your skin.

Fayth

Canada. Sep 27 2007 20:33. Posts 10085

well i'll just grind NL600 too to hit 100k before youuuuuu!!!!! tons of hands incoming gogogo

Im not sure what to do tomorrow when I see her, should I shake her hand?? -Floofy

P1mpdaddy Austria. Sep 28 2007 00:07. Posts 1370

r0cking your s0x

nolan Ireland. Sep 28 2007 00:58. Posts 6205

joe i love you

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