Poker.........

Hhhhhmmmmmm, this year, according to The International 2010 Leader Board, I have won £ 17,702 and am in 6th place, 13th on the ‘Overall’ leader board (very thinly veiled brag!). So why does it feel like I am always losing?! Some will say I have no bankroll management, some will say because I am shit and some will say that it is just variance. These are probably all true but I cannot be losing more than £ 17.5k on poker this year; I must be ahead!

This weekend has been a bit miserable for me...... I have played a couple of live MTTs as well as a few online MTTs and have naff all to show for it! This seems to be the overriding theme the past few months & I don't like it. This is how it should be! It doesn't help when my so called 'friends' give me the rub every minute, e.g this or even  this 'gem' from Value Productions.

I know I can play the game, I know I can win too. I think what I am not doing is playing the right tournaments or putting myself in the right environment or frame of mind to do so. My more knowledgeable acquaintances tell me that game selection is important and if I'm honest they are right! So one of the first things I am going to do is start by playing the right tourneys at the right time.

The plan? To play some of the tour events such as the GUKPT & the UKIPT as well as the EPT & the WSOPE. These are the MTTs that offer the best value and if I were to have been exercising BR Management I could have easily have done so this year but I was too busy treating poker as more of a social thing. Don't get me wrong, it'll still be social but that side of the game is now banished to the rail.....Well, at least until the breaks! I am in it to win trophies & prize money! Obviously I will be satelliting into most of the tour events or playing the side events but play them I shall!

The Players Championships at The International will be my first step to success, proper success! The International is where I have cut my teeth and I will always consider it as ‘home’ but I also need to start to spread my wings I think maybe I am becoming too ‘comfortable’ there.

This year has kind of passed me by but it’s not too late! Henceforth, I shall be putting bankroll management into operation and stick to it religiously, pick the right tournaments to play and make sure I am in the right mindset.

I start winning from now!