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Daily Update…Back into the Rhythm

Just a quick update.  I played for 30 mins after reading a couple chapters of Zen & the Art of Poker.  I read the chapters on hesitation which were very interesting.

Basically the point of it is to take the same amount of time looking at your cards and generally acting in the same time frame each time.  The only reason you should deviate from this is too indicate misinformation.

Did quite well financially as I almost tripled my buy in.  The point of course is not to focus on the money but rather to focus on playing well.  Which is what I have been doing.

Feeling good about playing poker again and I will continue to play at least 30mins a day.

-Ethan Caine
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Day 2 of Grinding – 4 Hours $65 Up

It is Day 2 of my poker grinding career and I am up $65.  Its not as easy as one thinks to play multiple tables with full concentration.  While this is day 2 I have logged 4 hours total.

I am averaging $16.25 an hour playing 5cent/10cent tables!  My goal with the 5cent/10cent is to make $10 an hour.

Again only 4 hours logged but I need to adjust myself to be able to focus on 4 tables at once and I am getting better and better.  My goal for tommorow is to play 3 hours.  Eventually I want to play 6 – 8 hours a day and make up a full 40 hour work week.

Anyway here is a snap shot of my balance.  I transferred $5 to my friends account so he could play which is why it only adds up to around $60 in profit.

$65 UP - Day 2

Anyway I will update you guys again tommorow.

-Ethan

Its My 6 Month Aniversary!

Thats right!  On Aug 11 2009 I started to seriously study and become a student of poker.  I am glad to report that I have consistently stuck with studying and playing poker.  In fact this is the first thing I have really stuck with in my life.

Most other things have been kind of half assed.  I mean I’ve had a number of short term projects that I have done well but this is the first long term thing that I can really say I have stuck with.

Just a quick summary of what I have accomplished over the last 6 months:

250 Hours Spent READING and STUDYING Poker Books
400 Hours Spent on the tables applying what I have been learning
Just started formally grinding cash tables

I believe my income should accelerate upwards very quickly because of all the studying and experience I have accumulated over the past 6 months.

The next 6 months should be exciting so check back and follow my progress!

-Ethan

Playing with the Pros: Lynette Chan

So I decided to play a super high limit SitNGo 45 Person tourney $1 + .10 buy in, when lo and behold who is sitting 2 positions to my left but Lynette Chan.  I totally chatted her up asking her about poker and why she was playing a $1 SitNGo at 3am.

She said she couldn’t sleep…which is really hot because shes a hot asian chick and its hot when hot asian chicks can’t sleep.

Wonder What We She Could Our Kids?

She Totally Wants Me...

I also asked her if there were any good books I should read to get better at poker and she said she really liked Ace On The River which has a chapter about having sex with prostitutes.

I totally think she was coming on to me…so hot.

Anyway just thought I would make you all jealous cause I’m better than you people.

-Ethan

December 20 2009 Poker Challenge Update

Just a quick update on the Christmas 2009 Full Tilt Poker Challenge.  Did fairly well on the 5cent/10cent Ring Games today despite only getting an hour or two in.

Also played the Full Tilt Poker Daily Dollar.  Came in 720th place out of 5200 people.  It was fun but after 4 hours of play I only made $2.45 which is completely not worth it.  I’m actually bored with SnG’s for the moment.  I am going to focus mainly on Full Ring Games since thats where the real money is.

Anyway here is my current balance:

$76.34 Up In Profit So Far

-Ethan

Dec 19 2009 Christmas Poker Challenge

Just reporting in.  I have been faithfully playing 5cent/10cent tables and not playing over my bankroll which was my downfall before.  I have managed to climb back up from $40 dollars to a balance of $89.

$54.11 Up So Far

I attribute this steady climb too all of the studying I have been doing is actually starting to show in my play.  My sessions are still relatively short for some reason but I am visiting my parents and they see poker as a gambling demon so I play in a really small window on my desktop over my email screen.

Anyway I will keep you guys updated.

-Ethan

Consistently Posting a Profit

Heres a snapshot of my last 10 sessions and as you can see I am consistently posting a profit which is the goal of all wannabe/professional poker players such as myself.

Consistency Consistency...not a very exciting but good

I attribute this change to small ball + tight aggressive play. I will, of course, keep working at this strategy and studying as usual.

-Ethan

Back in Black…just

BEHOLD the graph representing my amazing profit!

You Can See My "Profit" Bar JUST above the REDLINE

Also my score has increased a couple points:

Behold "Earnings" of $5...I can ALMOST get a Big Mac Meal

This Puts Me @ $97.43+ for the Christmas Challenge

This money was mainly made from playing single table at the 25cent/50cent level.  I figured that playing FOUR 5cent/10cent tables = 40cent Rake per hand so if I simply play ONE 25cent/50cent table + stealing and bluffs I figure I will make more.

So far this has been proven correct as I made about $50 today with this strategy, AND unlike the previous time I made alot of money it wasn’t from sucking out and getting lucky.

-Ethan

Dec 10 2009 Poker Challenge Update

Played for about 4 hours today.  I kept playing .05cent/.10cent because I didn’t want to get cocky, play outside my bankroll and lose it all like kind of did before.  So I just put on some Ustream Athene Poker and played for a number of hours.

I would have made 3x as much however I made a few loose call with low pocket pairs with BLATENT over cards on the FLOP that people OBVIOUSLY play.

I am still up but I learned I need to discipline my self more.

In other news my rating went up 6 points in one day.

Moving On Up...sort of

-Ethan

Dec 9 2009 Poker Report Card .05/.10 NL

Not sure whats up with that there Turn Agression...