Looking back

I felt like writing a little more.

Today I went to Commerce Casino and played 40/80 mix with Mimi Tran and several online poker players who do coaching with major training sites. I beat the game for a smallish win of 1400 and felt good about it. It was fun playing all the different games. We played Omaha 8, Stud 8, 2-7 Tripledraw, Baduci, Badaci, and Hold'em. They are all limit games.

Just now I read one of my old blog posts from Feb 2008.

Wow

I've come a long way. Back then I thought I was good at poker.
I think I'm good at poker now. But I know I'm substantially better now than I was then. I think the people who I played poker with then can attest to that. It's amazing how differently I view the game now. I feel like I've grown so much, and yet there is still so much I need to learn.

Last year I turned a loss attempting to gamble for a living. It was the first full year, I did that. The year before I would've turned a loss if not for that one big win at the WSOP. Maybe I'm not cut out for professionally gambling? Maybe I'll find out this year. In 2009, I might've been barely good enough to win a living earn from poker. In 2010, I definitely was, but I made too many other mistakes, like managing my money, or allowing myself to get cheated.
I want this year to be different.
I want to prove I can win big at poker and I want to prove I've learned from my mistakes, and make better life decisions.

I feel like there should also be more balance in my life. I'm gonna try to do some other stuff, but I don't know exactly what yet. A friend of mine asked if I'd like to start a study group in investing into options. It sounds interesting, and I'd like to check it out. I was a finance major after all, and I've heard a lot about the similarities in investing and poker.

Hopefully, you'll hear some big news coming. Of the good kind.

I'll see you across the felt.

Bryce