I'M BBBAAACCCKKK!!!

First things first... I'm back in Madison for good!!! My place looks great and it's bigger than I remember when I first saw it (landlord had a lot of furniture stored in it and it was hard to tell the size). The kitchen was completely redone recently and looks brand new. Part of the bathroom was also redone.

Now for some even better news... I just won my 4th poker tourney. With a $20 buyin and 621 people it lasted for 11 hours! Most online tourneys only last about 5.5 hours but this was a special tourney on Poker Stars, a "Deep Stack" tourney. In a normal PStars tourney you start with t1500(t = tourney chips) and the blinds go up every 15 minutes, but in a deep stack tourney you start with t5000 in chips and the blinds go up every 30 minutes. This gives you a lot more time to manuever and play, which means the better plays have an even larger edge than normal.

With 621 people there was t3,105,000 chips in play. Going into the final table I had a little over t800,000 in chips. With 5 people left I had t1.6M in chips and with 3 people left I was up over t2.1M and when it got heads up I had about t2.6M in chips. The other guy doubled up once when we were heads up and got up to t1M in chips but then I chipped back away at him and took it down. This was the first deep stack tourney I've had the chance to play in but it definitly won't be my last.

My other 3 wins in poker are a 2500 person freeroll (free to get in) that paid out $1000 to me, my favorite win so far. I also won a $20 tourney with around 600 people. Both of those on Party Poker. My 3rd win was a live tourney with 75 people and a $25 buy in, which was here in Madison at a pool hall called Quenique(not sure of the spelling).

Here are the goals I have set for December:
1) make 13k (cash and tournies combined)
2)win a tourney(well that's done)
3)win a seat to a big live event (kinda a long term goal)

(Yes, I did make these goals before I won my tourney.)

PS. I don't proof my posts at all... and don't plan on it. Make comments on my spelling or grammer if you really feel like it, but realize I don't care. :)

Whew... where to start?

Ok it's been quit a while since my last post so I'll give you a cliff notes on everything up to now.

Vegas was great! We had an awesome time. I was down about $150 overall gambling (won at poker lost my ass at slots and blackjack... i'm sticking to what I know from now on!)

I got a small 8 point buck on the Monday before Thanksgiving. It had about a 12 inch spread and was a nice sized buck for Black River Falls. Overall hunting was a blast and our group got about 35 deer or so total.

After having Thanksgiving for the first time last year, after a 9 year break from it, I had 2 this year! First I was off to my grandma's and then it was back to my Dad's. Nothing like two huge meals within an hour of each other.

I've failed at my goals for this month but a lot of it was due to apartment hunting and deer hunting... damn that hunting.

I did make the final table of a tournament today and with 3 players left we chopped the remaining money evenly. So today has been great so far.

I gotta go as I have some more poker to play today... my next update should be from the new pad!!!

Month so far (and goals)

It's been a week since my last post and I've been pretty busy. I have found a place to rent and will be moving in on December 1st... back to Madison!

I said I would be posting my goals at the begining of each month so here they are for November:

1) Gross 5 digits from my cash games. (My main goal)

2) Win a rebuy event on PStars (Secondary goal)

3) Win my entry to a big buy-in event (If I have time goal)

So far I'm a little behind my first goal for this month. But that's mainly because I was very busy last week finding a place to rent and didn't get the hours in at the table I wanted. However Monday and today(Tuesday) I put a big dent in my goal and I am still confident I can make it.

My second two goals aren't very likely to happen this month since I'll be pretty busy. I'm going to try to make a couple attempts at each but we'll see how it goes.

Thurday night I'm off to Vegas... little last minute trip that just got planned! Right now it looks like Greg, James, Sean, John, Me, and two others (I know we have seven guys but I'm not sure who the last ones are). Are flight takes off at around 9pm from Madison and we don't get back until about 4 or 5am on Monday morning. Should be a blast and I'm psyched to get out there with the boys.

Next weekend is opening weekend of gun hunting. This is going to cut into my playing a lot so it should be interesting to see if I can hit my main goal even with this time off. I'll be putting in a lot of hours Wednesday and Thursday yet this week and then hopefully get a lot of hours in next week.

Well this is long enough for now. I may post again before I leave for Vegas otherwise you can expect a good blog when I get back.

My First Blog

I just set up my blog here on blogger.com. My goal is to be updating the blog 2 or 3 times a week. At the begining of most months I will post a goals blog for that month and then keep everybody updated as to how they are going.

For those of you who don't know I have left school for the time being to pursue a career as a professional poker player. My goal is still to get my degree within the next year in case I need something to fall back on in the future.

I am currently in the process of getting an apartment in Madison and will be moved down there before the end of November.

Feel free to comment on my posts or to share your thoughts and feelings.