The Shark....

First up is an apology for the lack of posts this past fortnight but a few other projects have taken up all my spare time.

With the desk now clear it's time once again to start my WSOP Quest.

Obviously though, even with my recent heavy workload and what with me being a complete Poker Addict this hasn't stopped me playing a few games here and there, usually in the early hours of the morning while the missus is snoring her head off.

And on the whole the poker's generally being going well and my Sharkscope graph is heading in the right direction, i.e. upwards, although I really need to start playing more games to make the kind of money I need for Vegas. Oh and Sharkscope awarded me a picture of a Shark next to my name which has got to be good, well it's better than a Fish!

I'm on course to make about $1000 for this month but with only another 4 months to go I need to be doubling that figure to stand any chance of succeeding in winning a World Series Seat.

So I've drawn up a 5 point battle plan for the next 6 weeks to see if I can get to $4000 before the end of March.

1) I've got to put more hours in. Currently I am averaging about $16 an hour but I've only managed to squeeze in about 45-50 hours of play in 3 weeks. It looks like it's going to have to be less watching Coronation Street and taking the missus out and more playing poker. Which the more I think about it sounds like a win-win situation.

2) I'm going to start Multi-Tabling. By this I mean playing 4 tables at the same time. This should increase the amount I win but unfortunately it won't be by four times the norm as the more tables you play the less chance you get to observe other players betting habits etc. and the more chance there is of making a mistake. Given how many I usually make playing 4 tables at once means a LOT of mistakes! and 4 times the number of bad beats.

3) No more tilting! I have a confession to make. During a particularly bad run of cards which saw me play umpteen games without making the money, I upped the stakes and played a few games above my usual level. The inevitable happened and I lost a fair chunk of my bankroll which, thankfully, I have since won back.

4) No playing above my skill level! See number 3

5) Step up a level. Which may sound a bit contradictory following the last two parts of my battleplan but what I am planning to do is a gradual increase in the buy-in and only when my bankroll can take it. I am currently playing at the $16 buy-in level and when (if) I get my roll up to $2500 I will start playing the $27 buy-in games. After that we'll see how we get on....

You can see my latest results here;

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pr2ePJ7sxXb8OQA84amVoDA&hl=en

And check out my Sharkscope stats here; http://www.sharkscope.com/

My username is 4kingaceblog and I play on Pokerstars

Right, back to the virtual felt,

Gavin.