Working Hard On The 6-MAX

Wow it's been a long long time since i have written in my blog. So much shit has went down since my last post, I guess i just got depressed and said fuck poker. But poker was not the reason that i stopped blogging;But the fact that i was so busy working my life away! I guess i really had to think about something that my father told me about work. And that is no matter how many hours you work,or time you spend at work!The job will always be there if your dead or alive.

With that being said i guess i lost at least two years of serious play time. Right now im just working on getting back up to par,as far as my game is concerned. I spent a great deal of time playing mtt's at low volume. And i think i did fairly well as far as results were concerned. But to be honest recently i have really understood just how much money i have left on the table. Im really looking forward to playing in thePoker Maximusat Lock Poker. I have not really been working much on my mtt game; As i have really been working hard on my sng game it's been really tuff.
I have had a few good days and quite a bit more break even days more than anything. I have to be honest it has been very, very challenging! At times i have great runs of being a great player; And then at other points i find myself trying new things.And as you know when trying new things you will often make new mistakes in the learning curve.

It seem i have decided to enter the world of 6 max poker; And what a lesson it has been.I have really been learning what it means to play within yourself.It has been a tuff road but i am getting better. Feb makes it the second month in a row,that i have dedicated myself to improving my poker game. The hardest part of it all is doing the work away from the table. It is boring and consist of very long hours of sitting on your ass; And taking on a classroom atmosphere!

STACKING CHIPS HITS 20K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This will be my final post for this blog on blogspot.com for my title STACKING CHIPS TURNING $20 TO $20,000. Just recently i met this goal of 20k in winnings; And this blog has plenty to do with my success.In short i am very proud of myself and my acomplishments this year. I have been keeping up with this blog for around one year and a half now.As i now only play MTT's and limited sit-n-go play.My goal for the start of 2008 was to get my 1st big score and i did do that! I also wanted to get my 1st 5 figure score as well, and i also did this on June 1st 2008.But as far as taking down my 1st online MTT victory i have not been quite able to do so as of yet.
Right now i am just looking forward to ending the year with a big score! Poker has really been a challenge for me; As well as very tuff and mental bitch!! My social life has pretty much gone to hell and my dedication through the roof! I have come a very very long way with so much further to go. As i am not looking to be the best player online; But one who will be feared at the tables at all times.
50-70K in winnings goes a long way when you come from where i come from. As far as the month of October goes i have not been able to play as much as i have wanted to; As i have been spending most of my time running from hurricanes and work.I have just now recently really started to pay attention to bankroll management as hard as it is for me!
This picture above was of me Final tabling the $16.50 360 Max a few days ago! I was unable to take it down but it was great feeling anyway. I also FT 20 180 yesterday but ended up running out of gas!This tourney was played on October the 16th 2008. I was also able to take down a couple of $11.70 Double Shootouts on Stars as well this month! The only major problem i seem to have as of late is getting the job done! Good players know how to close and i have a problem running well late! Well anyways i hope you have enjoyed my blog to reach 20K!!! i will now shoot for 40K+ (http://www.tournamentsessions.blogspot.com/)
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3 Small Cashes for OCT so Far

Just a quick note as i have decided to play more volume this month. So far i have been able to cash this 360 max and two 20/180 mtt/sng's this month so far. I took a horrible beat at the final table of the 360 max; When my KK ran into JJ and a J hit on the flop sending me to the rail.
I ended up cashing there for right around $200 or so. In another hand from the 20/180 in which i ran very deep,I ended up busting out as the chipleader with right around 11 players remaining. I am a idiot sometimes at the table,and i felt as though i could outplay another donkey with a big stack.As usual i ended up pushing and pushing and ran right into his better hand, as he laughed at me as i headed to the rail.
Anyway overall i am feeling pretty good about my play. As a side note i was never very fond of the 180's or the structures; But so far i am playing them pretty solid but just running like shit once i get deep or have a huge stack. I am also working nights and 12hrs shifts plus weekends,so this is not much of a help as well.
Right now i need to make $400 to hit the $20,000 mark as this blog refers too. I am so so close but yet so far away. It's pretty much been 2 years since i started this blog,and i have come a very long way with my game. Although this year is far from over i am very optimistic about my results for the upcoming 2009 poker season.
I am however just alittle upset about my results this year, but overall i have improved hand over fist as a mtt poker player. I truly hope that October has good things for me and that i run good. I have never really been on a heater or such a thing as of yet; But i there is a first time for everything so.

Grindin the Sats!!! @*&%$

Ok so i have decided after taking off a week that i will go to grinding the $5 sng's.
And of course i am well rolled for the $50+ range; I just want to review my entire game as a whole. I need to know that i can beat the $5 games as well as the $10 and the $20 levels as well.
I have also decided that until i add the rest of my roll to my acct; I will just stick to the 40bb's for the $5 levels. Right now my goal is just to play sng's in steps and to hit some Sat tournaments.
I have no problem playing the $50 Mtt's; But right now i just feel that it would be a horrible move for me. Right now even though i feel that i am good enough to play at this level daily. I also feel that i need to work on the small mistakes before i just jump in head over heels.
I played my 1st three sessions yesterday,and i pretty much broke even after about 11 sng's. Today AKA right now as i write this; I have played in two double shootouts
and busted out before the 25-50 levels in both!
Not so much because of my bad play,but more so because i am so aggressive. Right now i am just trying to work on picking my spots and most of all working on my reads.

Well anyway hopefully if i am lucky enough i will win myself a Sat ticket to the big dance on Sunday. And if not well fuck it and maybe i can get it done Sunday morning!
Well anyway only God knows!!!!

Taking a few weeks off to work on my game

Well i have decided to take a few weeks off in light of the recent turn of events. 1st there was hurricane Gustov that ended my chances of playing in Bilox's $1,000 buy-in event.

Then i also missed two weeks of work when i drove back to Illinois for the bad weather as well. So now im back in New Orleans and after running really bad on Sunday; I decided to once again go on a leak plugging regimen of my poker game.

So far i am very pleased to report that everyone should see a major improvement in my Mtt game as soon as i return next month; As well as the fact that i will attempt to qualify for more Sunday majors as well. I plan on hitting alot more (sat) tournies as i have really gotten away from them.

I also feel that my game time decisions will contain a lot less donkaments than before. I have also been working on pushing and calling ranges; As well as hand reading and player read and image dynamics at the table as well.

So far i feel that Oct. will be a very good month for me in poker. I also plan to play more volume playing on Poker Stars,Fulltilt and Bodog Poker as well. I often feel that i am losing alot of needed volume by playing on one site.

As far as my bankroll goes i am pretty well off as far as money for poker goes! I just need to start running deeper in Mtt's and opening up my game; As well as making the correct game time decisions.
October will be month number 10 of my MTT battle; As this is my 1st year of serious mtt play with $19,000 in winnings so far. I would very much like to finish 2008 with over $50,000 in cashes; And i only have two months to do so! So let's see what happends and wish me the best!!!!!

Will

WHAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF!

I am a true believer of hard work and dedication. And so far this year i have been very hard on myself; As far as t6he poker world goes anyway.
With that being said i can remember when i first started to blog about my poker game. It's truly amazing how far i have come with my personal goals in two years time.And i am very happy as well with my game theory and understanding in Mtt play as well.Today i just wanted to sit down and think about how horrible a player i was; Yet how good i thought i was as well.
It's really strange because im sure we have all gone through this exact mind state as well.I can remember making post on P5's about playing the $27.50Mtt;Which at the time was like playing in the $109 $50,000 on Stars as far as my bankroll was concerned.
Then i look at the games i play today and the limits as well. It's just strange as i now play in Mtt's the size of my entire $50 deposit only so short time ago. And as to date i am very proud of the fact that i can play the $55 Mtt level if i choose to do so.
So now i only look forward to better myself and my game as well; As i search for that long awaited 5 figure cash once again!!!!

AUGUST 2008 One MTT cash in JULY

Wow this is my first post since my last post. It seems kinda funny because i really got out of my circle last month. I was also only able to cash one tournament last month as well.

I have been pretty busy with work so i am unable to play 4 weekends a month anymore. I am also limited in the volume that i can play in Mtt's as well. So right now i have just been trying to hit the smaller buy-in events; And get in as many hands as possible to work on my Mtt game.

Although i had a rather shit month last month, I feel a little better about how my game seems to be coming along. I also decided to start a new poker book called KILL EVERYONE after reading the Harrington Series for around 3 years now. The game has really changed and it's really really getting tuff out there.

But this goes back to an old saying that i got from my best friend and Father! "It's the same old soup they just keep stirring it up"! And my father is 100% right in what he said; And with this thought in mind i will continue to play solid poker, while staying current with the different styles and moves that have evolved.

Above is a picture of one of my girls TIA McCoy who is 9 years old right now. She along with my other 3 are by far the smartest little trio i know. I bought this one a lap top with some of my winning from June.

Also my family came down to see me last month as well here in New Orleans; So i didn't play for a whole week when they were here as well. I did alot of unusual drinking and staying up late and shit. You all know how it is when family comes down. Everything comes to a stop; And they got 100% of my attention.

It's really been a task working here in N.O and being away from friends and family; But at the same time god has blessed me and my family as well. Myself like other seem to get side tracked sometimes and it really starts to affect the way you play poker.

This month i plan to play alot smarter and i plan to open my game up as well. I also plan to do alot more homework away from the table; And not just by reading poker books. I recently purchased SNG tools as well as a membership to a training site, just to stay current with the game and the new styles of play.

So hopefully i can calm my game down a bit, view a few hands in Poker Tracker. And with alittle luck and solid play i can take one of these things down