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.