The Beggining Of Something Beautiful - I hope

My last and first blog was short and sweet, i overestimated my ability as a sng player and couldnt cut it. This time i hope things will be different. Im starting out playing 6max on Green Joker Poker on the ipoker network at the 10c/20c level and hope to work my way up to the 1/2 level.

Ive been playing online since around Sept 06 and up until recently i was a sng player and played very little cash. I've read the usual book, Skalanskys Theory Of Poker and Harringtons I & II, ive read boards.ie posted Hand History's and Ive joined Cardrunners.com. I also plan to start reading and posting on ssnl forum on 2+2. Thats basically my experience up to now, i think i have a grasp of the fundementals and i hope to pick up the rest as i go along.

I expect this to be relatively low content but i think its essential to keep my discipline and keeping track of my progress. Ill be using poker office to keep track of stats and one of the things i want to improve is concentrating more on the games im playing instead of browsing the internet. Ill review my biggest wins and losses after each session to keep track of where im getting my stack in and wheter i should have or not and hopefully ill improve as a player.

I think starting out my biggest weakness is playing draws, occassionally open limping when i want to get into a pot with a maniac and the maths behind the game. I also feel my game is a bit too 1 demensional as in i get a good hand i bet hard, i have a weak hand i dont build a pot. Thats possibly good enough for this level but i think i need to add more to my game. These are all issues i hope to improve as i read and post on 2+2 and watch videos on cardrunners.

My biggest strength IMO is i have a good feel for knowing when i have the best or worst hand now all i need to do is trust this instinct more often. So many times ive said to myself im beat here but its only x amount to call into that big pot, i seem to have a good read on betting patterns and obviously dont get it right everytime but if i just trust that judgement more often i think ill improve my profits alot. One thing i also have to start doing is just saying to myself in the above situations what hands do i beat that would play this way, and if i can do this i think ill definetely have improved, my gut usually tells me im beat but i need to convince myself then by asking myself that question everytime. I also want to get into the habit of watching the play and guessing hands as i think this is one of my strengths and id like to improve on it.

My current Bankroll is $290 between my Green Joker Poker account and My Full Tilt Account. This is only 14.5 buyins but it should be sufficent at this level and I will mostly play ipoker but i have money stuck in full tilt and i have to send ID to get it released so ill leave it be for the time being simply because im too lazy.

So for the next level ill be happy enough with 20 buyins = $1000 so ive bit of work to do.