Wednesday when I got back from workin out I entered the 80k sniper on UB.. The only reason why I played it was because I wanted to repeeeeattttt… I planned on playing it, then when I busted take the night off.. I got about 4 hours in and realized I had a chance to win it.. I opened 33 utg w an above average stack.. Commander_cool flats in mp and flop comes 9-7-2 rainbow.. it goes check check.. turn 3 but it puts 2 spades out there.. I check again.. he bets 6800.. ( i have like 47k at this point) .. I insta shove( def making it look like a draw, I never have a set here ).. he calls with AA and binks an A on the river.. Im glad he went on to win it. If I win that hand I think I reeeeeeeeeeeeepeeeeeeeeeeeat. I downloaded holdem manager and its the sickest thing ever, its going to help me so much with cash games.. Im gonna play a few V-deep stack tourneys, but when im not playing them ill be playing online.. Im gonna spend all of November at 1-2 and then in December Ill jump up to 2-4 if I do well in November and feel comfortable.. Goals for Nov = 50k hands  and 15k profit.. glgllglg in Nov.

Sorry its been a while.. ive been playing alot of the Caesar tourneys and 2 festa events.. Last Sunday I took 4th in one for 11.. Stuman123 was there and was shoving every hand but I couldnt get anything going.. I won a nice one on UB on Wednesday.. it felt good to win a tourney, its been like 1.5 months and im really starting to buckle down for the end of the year. Last year at this time is when I went on my tear, and this year will be no different. I played the 1k heads up tourney at Caesars on Friday.. I drew kenna James first round.. I played really well and then had AA cracked by 10-10 when he was short and AA<10-8 for the tourney…. overall I thoguht I played really well and I just know im going to pop something off huge soon. I started counting up my buyins for this year and Im down 40k+ live this year.. The tourenys really add up when you have cashed in 1 tourney all year… I feel like im playing really well, ive been super patient and waiting for good spots/ hands.. but they just havent been coming.. I think Bel0wAbove went like 30 straight WSOP and WPT tourenys without cashes.. then he won a WPT title, so maybe I can do the same thing:).. I feel like im super motivated and playing sicko, a major is gonna come soon.. I just know it… As for live poker ill probably play some Caesars mega-stacks next month along w Venetian deep stack events… should be a fun month of November. Im still working on my PCA seat, hopefully Stars starts up some doubleshootout sats, cuz i have my biggest edge in deep stacked sngs. Best of luck at the tables./

I spent the last 4 days in Chicago, just got back last night, It was a good time.. we went to the Zoo, Country music festival.. and just relaxed.. Sunday was also the first time in a year that I didnt play the Sunday majors.. it feels really good to recharge my batteries. I final tabled the 18.5k on FTP last night.. I went in short stack and busted 4th so I really cant complain.. Ive won that tourney 6 times outright and ill get number 7 soon.. I plan on playing tourneys most of the week, Caesars Poker classic starts Friday so ill be playing a few of those events, then V- deepstack is next month so Ill play a ton of those too.. Imma pop something off hugeeee in the next 2 months. You can quote me on it;)

When I was still in Wisconsin I bought a Trek mountain bike and was planning on starting mountain bike racing.. Two outbiddings on houses and I all of a sudden found myself in Vegas with 5 guys ive never met before.. Throughout college I steadily put on more weight, I think I was always around 200 lbs but throughout college I skyrocketed to 246.9 at one point. I went through some tough times and all of a sudden found myself weighing 210ish… I then hit a plateau, didn’t really lose anything from March til now.. In the middle of August I decided I wanted to get serious about getting in shape, lifting weights.. eating right.. etc. I hired a personal trainer who kicks my ass 3 times a week. Ive learned so much about fitness and my body over the last month and a half.. and I am really starting to get self esteem back that ive lost over the last few years. My confidence is beginning to sky rocket, which is obv huge for a poker player. Most importantly, im eating really healthy, No more fast food( aside from my double chicken wrap from subway w onions, tomatoes, pickles lettuce and mustard). The only time its hard to follow my diet is when I play a live tourney for 12 hours and then bust out. Usually you give it your all and you are just drained, and fast food seems like a quick fix to the problems I may have at that time. Working out 3 times a week( lifting) really keeps you on track, I know that I have a meeting with my PT at X:XX and since I paid for it I dont want to just skip it. My body is slowly starting to transform into what it used to be, it’ll take a while but I can already see results. I used to think personal trainers were a joke, but honestly.. my worst workout with my personal trainer destroys my best workout ever without one.. He pushes me til failure and though it may hurt at the time, I feel so good about myself after.

Reading  2+2 cash game threads inspires the shit out of me.. These guys have goals to play 40k hands and make 30k in a month.. and these are at modest stakes. It’ll take me a while to transition from tourney donk to cash game grinder, but im more ready then ever to do it. My tourney volume numbers are wayyyyy down in the last few months/ this year.. the truth is, if I would have focused on cash games over the last 5 years, id be a millionaire right now.. instead im just grinding out tourneys hoping for that big score. That is changing though folks. Tourneys are no longer fun for me, ive accomplished more in online tourneys then alot of people and I just dont feel that motivated to grind tourneys. Cash games are new and exciting to me because its something I cant beat. Also, playing a ton of cash games will help me when I play live tourneys and even some of the bigger online tourneys.

     One of my goals was to go for Nova-elite next year,  Im still not sure if this is something I realisticly want to attempt, I think I need to become more of a grinder before I can take a task on like that. Last year I came close to becoming nova but I came up short, this year I will do it easily, but I think thats because ive played more higher level sngs and cash games then ive played in the past. If the legal landscape on online poker changes and the lower level games get softer, then ill focus on massive multi tabling for nova elite, but we’ll see.

Best of luck at the tables and in life.

1. Questioning how someone can be with someone who is going to ” gamble all of your money away”

The whole ” lose all your money” think probably ercks me the most.. Thats why I am mostly associated with poker players and pepople that play for a living, because they understand. If you think I want to play poker for a living for the rest of my life you are sadly mistaken.. Its simply a tool to secure my future, family and myself. What are your plans for life??? Also, I enjoy the life poker has given me, just because you are miserable and can’t hold down a job( fucking sucker) quit trying to bring down other people with you.. It seriously really pisses me off that people cant be happy for others. I guess jealousy is natural though. I also think its hilarious when people try to tell you what you should be doing with YOUR life… Thats the greatest thing ive learned through this whole poker journey, you get people that love you when your on top, but once you slide down that rock a little bit they are nowhere around.. One of my goals in life is to not have to work for some boss that im probably smarter then, or for a company that is ran like a concentration camp… I don’t want to wake up and get to work by 9 am and hope my boss isnt mad at me for god knows what reason. I busted my balls for years in some shitty ass jobs just tryin to get enough money to live. I don’t wnat to do it again. Just because you have no future plans, doesnt mean you should bring down others with you. If people don’t like you for who you are, then there is no point in even trying to meet them. Ive already exceeded my expectations in life and I havent even started yet.