A Poker Odyssey (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} pokerodyssey) wrote,@ 2004-06-24 18:07:00 |
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The last month has been a very exciting time for me. I've put in a considerable amount of work and have turned my game around and improved more than I thought I could in such a short time. By making the proper adjustments to my game I have successfully moved up a limit and over the next couple weeks I will be moving up again into the next higher limit.
On Monday of this week I started a personal challenge to win X dollars in Y days. You'll probably remember that I've talked about these "results oriented" goals in the past....I've changed my tune a little. I think these sort of projects are flawed because they are based on results and because of the luck factor in poker you can run hot or cold over the short run and the results can be misleading. Despite their flaws there are some positive aspects to these challenges and one of the biggest is that it is EXCITING.
I've only been working on my challenge for the last four days, but I've really enjoyed my time at the tables this week, I now have a "goal" to shoot for instead of just grinding it out. I'm sure the other full-time players out there know what I'm talking about. I'm going to keep the right attitude about my project (if I hit a cold streak I'm not going to let it bother me), and if I maintain that attitude throughout the challenge I feel I'll have an enjoyable experience regardless of my results. I'm going to keep the details of my challenge private, but lets just say that if I am successful it will be significantly more money than I've ever made (in a 2 month period at least).
After some debate, I've decided that I'm going to put the blog on hiatus over the summer. These days I'm working a lot more than I have in the past and I rarely have anything new to say...I might pop in here or there and make a post, but I doubt I'll be making regular posts again until September. I hope all of you have a great summer. Peace.
The last month has been a very exciting time for me. I've put in a considerable amount of work and have turned my game around and improved more than I thought I could in such a short time. By making the proper adjustments to my game I have successfully moved up a limit and over the next couple weeks I will be moving up again into the next higher limit.
On Monday of this week I started a personal challenge to win X dollars in Y days. You'll probably remember that I've talked about these "results oriented" goals in the past....I've changed my tune a little. I think these sort of projects are flawed because they are based on results and because of the luck factor in poker you can run hot or cold over the short run and the results can be misleading. Despite their flaws there are some positive aspects to these challenges and one of the biggest is that it is EXCITING.
I've only been working on my challenge for the last four days, but I've really enjoyed my time at the tables this week, I now have a "goal" to shoot for instead of just grinding it out. I'm sure the other full-time players out there know what I'm talking about. I'm going to keep the right attitude about my project (if I hit a cold streak I'm not going to let it bother me), and if I maintain that attitude throughout the challenge I feel I'll have an enjoyable experience regardless of my results. I'm going to keep the details of my challenge private, but lets just say that if I am successful it will be significantly more money than I've ever made (in a 2 month period at least).
After some debate, I've decided that I'm going to put the blog on hiatus over the summer. These days I'm working a lot more than I have in the past and I rarely have anything new to say...I might pop in here or there and make a post, but I doubt I'll be making regular posts again until September. I hope all of you have a great summer. Peace.
