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He's BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK

Took down my first 4.40 of 2008 and god damn it feels good! I played very well and patient. I was short stacked most of the way and some helpful flops and situations occurred. It helped sucking out A9>AK AIPF and A3 > KK AIPF but both hands were so standard.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1981220

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1981226

There was one very tricky, interesting hand that i had. I played it passively and I think the only hand at the final table I may have played poorly. My read on the villain is that he has been aggressive and has led into me after a PF raise before and i folded. I called the flop to see the action on the turn, the turn bet made me think A10 or K10, so all of my outs were live. I hit one and couldn't fold with the way i played it.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1981235

I plan to continue playing 4.40s at least until January and I might be playing them for an individual contest come February on pocketfives.com depending on a lot of things (strength of the field, work, girlfriend).

May all your cards be live and your pots be monster!

A little look at how Jan is going

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1975063

this is at a 4.40 FT where i have the player tagged as MR'ing most pots and i dont want to just shove PF. So i just call and get the flop im looking for and what do you know! I'm down 33 buy ins and feel im playing optimal poker.

I invested in PT and PAHUD and go over all my big hands and don't see too many mistakes if any. I am so frustrated ATM but still have confidence in my game. I've made 4 final tables with 3 8ths and 1 3rd so far. I can only hope to get out of this swong soon.

2008 Toughts and Goals

Coming from the 2007 recap post, I have a few thoughts on starting off 2008 the right way. Yesterday, I cashed out down to $440 and have the sole intentions of playing $4.40 180 mans until i feel comfortable with my game again. Mainly closing out tournaments and reestablishing my TAG play. I found myself making too many moves and -EV resteals because of not paying as close attention as i could have. Playing the 4.40's, I will be able to get to bed at a normal hour. I felt too often, especially in the 3r, "I have a big stack, if i keep this up ill be awake til 4am." And i wasn't saying that as a good thing. I spewed away way too many chips in the 5r (which i really wasn't rolled for), the 3r, the 20k, and who knows what else.

I can't really set a time when I'll be comfortable again in big MTTs, its all about how i feel with my game. The reason i cashed out is so i would not be tempted in playing any MTTs because i would not be rolled for anything that interests me. I would like, by the end of the year to maintain a 100 bi average for my bank roll.

Goals for 2008:
1) to maintain a 100% ROI in $4.40s
2) to average $500 a month income or $6k in total profits
3) to win a tournament with over 1k entrants
4) not play cash games except when donking around some PLO
5) to be ranked top 5 in Cleveland and top 50 in Ohio according to p5s sortable rankings page