November Results

On a laptop at the moment.. so won't be able to post graphs. At one point I was well on my way to my first $1,000 month.. but I decided playing Rush Poker was a good idea and ended up losing 12 buyins in like 1000 hands.. so I still had a decent month, but it's hard not to feel disappointed. I finished up 8 buyins or so at 25nl.. and finished up 600 or so after getting 2nd in one tournament and 3rd in another (bah! still can't close!) The rest of this blog is a copy/paste of my goals.. and then talking about how I did.

Poker

[x] 10,000 hands of 10nl
- I might throw some 25nl over thanksgiving break if I'm playing well.

Played something like 12-13k hands.. almost all at 25nl.. a few at 10nl.. a small amount at 50nl... but 1/4 of them or so were at rush, which is not good.


[] Play solid
- The last few months I've started strong and then played like shit at the end of the month.. something I want to correct.

Ugh.. failed this one. Was great until the last week of the month and I just tanked. I was playing when I was tired... I wasn't as intense with my workouts.. I was just off all week.

[] Take one day off from everything poker
- Part of problem leading to the goal above this one is that when I'm running well.. I play a lot..which is good for the bankroll but leads me to burning out.

Failed this late in the month :(

[x] Hit at least bronze ironman and at least one week of cardrunners. Qualify for 1 a day freeroll.

Hit all 3 of these goals... although I regret not doing the bronze goal differently, as it cost me a lot of money for very little reward.

[] Blog at least one time per week.
- I enjoy the blog as it keeps me focused and forces me to be honest with myself. Also, I find it fun seeing where I was at awhile ago.

More like every other week.. hopefully next month I can get a few more.

[] Less BQ posting.. most uNL and ssMTT posts.
- The goal that is always a failure.... some day I hope to be as involved in those communities as I am in BQ.

I did cut down on BQ posting.. did post a bit in strat... want to post even more next month.

[] 100-150 sngs/mtts, show a profit.
- I've had a friend sweat me when playing mtt's, and it has really helped me fill holes where I was just leaking small amounts of chips over and over again. Plus I've started playing my own game instead of what everyone else is playing and I feel like so far, it is working well.

Not quite 100... maybe 70-80.. and def showed a profit :)

Poker goals end here... so if you don't care about anything else... stop here :).

Health and Fitness

[x] Pay out less than $20 to my friend in my get healthy bet.
- Every Sunday I have to map out when I'm going to the gym that week... if I don't go, he gets $5. Any time I drink pop, it's $2. Any time I eat fast food, it's $5. This goes on until Jan 1st, where hopefully I will have a solid routine going.

Came in at $17! :) Very solid.. hope to do the same next month.

[] Be able to run at least 1 mile on the treadmill.

Nope.. focusing on starting strength instead of cardio for now.


[] Start using fitday and keeping a journal.

Nope.

[] Start learning how to meditate.

Sigh.. nope.

School

[x] Register for Spring classes

[/] A work on everything
Mostly.

[] Finish all work early that I can (esp. music and marketing classes.)
Nope.. I slacked.
Life

[X] Be employed
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[] Read one book on Nook
Nope

[] Pick a random article on wiki that sounds interesting, and spend an hour or so each week researching it... just to know more about it.
Nope

[] Read/watch more news.... try to have a better understanding of what is going on.
kind of.

[/] Try 4 new recipes
I think we tried 2 new recipes.. I can't remember.

[/] Complete 2 projects around the house.
Redid the bathroom.. new paint, some new fixtures.. but the was the only project..... unless you count rearranging the living room and putting christmas stuff up.