Scheduled posts!

I'm getting formal with the blog at this point!  I figured out how to schedule blog posts, so my posts will become more consistent from here out.

My next blog will be posted on Monday at 12 AM.  The next one after that will be on Thursday at 12 AM.  I'm going to try to stay on either a once per week or twice per week schedule, depending on how much I play and how much time I have to write blogs.  I already have those two written and ready to go.  My plan is to keep writing blogs and queueing them up so you can have a consistent blog experience to look forward to first thing on Monday and Thursday!

Wynn

As of right this second, I am proud to say I have my own separate bankroll again too.  I've just been playing and keeping track, but I didn't have it separated out.  Now I do.  What is really cool about it is that it's all profit at this point.  From my starting date (January 25th, 2012) I am currently up $2218.  In my bankroll I have exactly $2218. What I love about having poker money separated out is that it makes me feel better about taking shots at bigger games.  Sure, I could say "I've been winning for a while, let's take a shot at 2/5 NL" but when I have to ATM to get the extra money out and lose it, it hurts a lot more.  If I already have money separated out specifically for a bankroll and gamble it, I feel like that's OK.  It doesn't necessarily make a ton of sense, but it feels right to me.  I think that's going to be a lot more important when I start moving up past 2/5 NL especially, because I don't think I could ever justify putting more than $1k on the table for a 5/10 NL or bigger game if I had to take it straight out of the bank.

Last summer I really felt like I was doing well.  I think I started out with $2000 and got it up to $8k or more.  And I did make it back to 2/5 NL.  Right now I'm poised to do the same and get back to 2/5 NL.  I'm really excited about that prospect.

This time I might take it a little slower.  I also like buying in deeper.  Right now I'm pretty much just playing at Wynn, 1/3 NL, and I'm buying in for $500.  Sometimes this means I'm $600 or $900 in the game, if I lose a bit and have to put more hundreds on the table.  When I move up to 2/5, maybe I should really wait until I can buy in for $800+ as well and feel comfortable with that.  With my new style, playing speculative hands is a big part of it and being able to put pressure on, and extract maximum value when I do hit, becomes important.  So sitting deeper at those games could be a big benefit.

I think what I want to do is this : focus on 1/3 for now.  Take some small ($500) shots at 2/5 soon, but still play a lot of 1/3.  Once I get a big enough bankroll, start playing 2/5 with a $800 or $900 stack, and see how it goes.  Eventually I can build up to where I'm buying in for the max ($1500) which would be so sick.  I've never done that before.

Of course, I'm getting ahead of myself.  :-)  For now, let's work on crushing 1/3 NL, and move up from there.