All Things Poker

A lot has happened since my last experiment and where I am now. When I wrote before, I was in the central Illinois area. I started community college and didn’t have time to play poker, blog about it, study, have time with the family. Now I am in Vegas baby! I moved here about four months ago and the dust from the move is starting to settle. I am not going to college, and I have the time necessary to focus back onto poker. Besides, if you are going to have a social experiment where you try and go semi-pro, Vegas is the place to do it, no?

So, some lessons learned, and some new rules:

• Last time I had a starting bankroll of $400. It affected my play and the pucker factor associated with it was not a positive effect.
  • This time I am starting with $2,000.
• Last time I said anything over $4,000 would be used to pay bills.
  • While I am not sure I won’t follow through on that, I might just decide to let the bankroll grow to be able to move up in level. In Illinois $1/$2 was pretty much it. Sometimes there was a $2/$5 table, but it was spotty at best. Now I have unlimited levels available to me, and I don’t want to stay at $1/$2 if this starts working out for the best (obviously I am being optimistic, but what else do you want me to be?).
• Last time I had only one casino to play at. While I might keep to that out of comfort or convenience, I now have the freedom to go where I want. So despite the fact that I have chosen to play primarily at the Bellagio, expect some details on other casino’s and their action.
• I didn’t study many poker books or sites. Expect that to change along with a “recommended reading” or “currently reading” section somewhere on the site soon.

So, I am a year older, hopefully more wise and seasoned, and I have a better starting bankroll. Cross your fingers and wish me lots of luck!

Winner winner, chicken dinner! Chant it with me!

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