2 posts in 2 days??? I think I am on to something here.

Well apparently today is the first day of Autumn here in Fort Worth. A cold front blew in last night and it is actually chilly outside. I am quite excited that it is finally cooling off. Autumn is my favorite time of year and it is nice to have to be able to wear a jacket at night. Seeing as how we are halfway through October its about damn time.

I watched the final table of the main event for the World Series of Poker and I must say that I could not be less impressed with Jerry Yang's play. I think its just atrocious, I am all for being aggressive with a big stack but I think he played really bad. He pretty much doubled up everyone at the final table and then had to actually try to play poker. It really doesn't make the game look skillful to the average person watching on TV.

I am about to leave for Kung-Fu class here in about 20 minutes. Since the move the school has been growing significantly especially Wing Chun. Classes are getting so big that Sifu is having to change some things around and I think its going to be good for all parties involved, the beginner students and the advanced students. I think that will start tonight, we shall see.

I called a place about a car I found online its pretty sweet but it was a little bit more than what I had in mind by about $8k or so and the guy told me I would need a co-signer. I am a little worried that even if I find a car in my price range that this will still be an issue and it sucks. I wish I was still dealing at the Basement because I could pay a car off in record time. I am talking to a friend who deals at the Back room to see if I could deal for her on Saturday nights because that would allow me to make at least an extra $150 per week/ $600 per month which is a decent car payment and the full coverage insurance I would have to carry. Hopefully that works because I am really tired of the O'reilly auto parts truck.

Earlier today I played a small session, it was only 289 hands. I was looking at cars and doing some other stuff so I didn't get started until a little later on in the afternoon and Melissa come home on her lunch break so I hung out with her. I decided to play $10NL because the bankroll is getting a close to the period where I should be taking shots. I know that I can play and win at $10NL but I only was playing 6 tables so I could be a little more careful and not so much on auto pilot. Playing less tables I was a good deal looser preflop, generally I run around 19/16 or so and today I played 28/21. Granted it was a very small sample but it seemed to work. I am posting a graph and a poker tracker screen shot. I read an article in Card Player Magazine that basically says the easier your bankroll is to replace the more willing you should be to gamble with it. With that advice in mind I am going to take some serious shots at $10NL and hopefully play there until I have about $600-$700 and then move up to $25NL. $25NL is where I have had trouble in the past so I am going to make sure I am a little over rolled for it. I am not saying that I am not going to take shots at it here and there, but want to be able to absorb any large losses with relative ease.

Link to graph
Link to poker tracker

Well its time to go to class.

Until later.