Sry for ALL THESE POSTS

Sry, but this is rele exciting. I'm 3rd in chips (knock on wood)... 105 people left. I have 33k chips at 120/240 stage!! HOLY CRAP I know...I thought I made a good play here with the 89s because he made such a big reraise preflop. I assumed it wuz AT, AJ, or AQ, and especially with his stack size, could not call a shove. He TANKED FOREVER after I 4bet AI, he called AKs, and I sucked out at a 3:2 underdog :) I like my shove pre because a lot of his range simply cannot call a shove. http://www.pokerhand.org/?1179354



Nobody has any idea how badly I want this MTT to have a decent roll, balance poker with my life, play some occasional MTTs to keep my poker skills because I've just invested so much time and early on, money (I wuz stuck ~$350 in online poker- a lot to me then- until I stuck with it and played ubernitty but decent TAG to grind back into the green). I cant believe how many times I've tilted off my roll, and I want to go on record saying this BS will not happen again. I'm ready to move on in poker to a world of no tilt, good roll management, and really applying pressure to others to induce mistakes, especially because online poker who is filled with people who make them frequently. I now have 70BB with 21k at the 25/150/300 lvls, and I'm position #11/92. I have a decent shot of going deep if I play tight, solid, and go with instincts and try no ridic stupid plays. RELE looking forward to big MTT score. IF I win, since I'm giving $3025 to charity (setting aside), I will have 3025+$1470 (ONLY STUCK $5 FOR TONITE!!), giving me a Roll of $4500 to maybe take some shots at $1/$2 nl, not to mention the ~$1k/month from rakeback I'll receive. I recently got some $ I cashed out, and realize I want the extra side income poker provides, and it's worth it to get used to stress and controlling emotions in life, though I am a high-strung person. Wish me luck in my journey to grind back!!

Changes in my game from before:
1. Betting scarecards whether I have them or not
2. Playing 4 tables at a time
3. Hopefully getting PAHUD to make good, solid reads and good laydowns, etc
4. NEVER rebuying after taking shots
5. NEVER buying in full if less than 15BI for the game!
6. New strategy with pocket pairs preflop in and out of position
7. Evaluating my game through pokertracker and video sessions
8. Sessions will never last longer than 1 hour unless game is REALLLLY GOOD or RUNNING RELE WELL/PLAYING GREAT!

*I will now not assume I always run bad, but rather running bad is often combined when I play bad. Hopefully I can bury that in my head! Ok, done for tonite with posts unless I go deep in this MTT LOL. Otherwise, 1 post everyday after that, MAYBE 2 tomorrow...


BTW, while writing this post, I have reached ~85BB in my MTT :)