Holidays

I didn't end up going to bfizz11 place this week because my grandparents, cousins, aunt and uncle showed up this week to visit. It was really nice to spend sometime with them and see my cousins. Pretty interesting story, last year in September my little cousin found me on Myspace and reunited my family. The family had a falling out 14-15 years ago and had lost contact and were not speaking. My cousin was maybe 4-5 when we last saw each other and never got the full story about what happened. She searched for me and one day I get a message asking if I was her cousin. I knew right away who it was and we got in touch and eventually everyone else did as well. It's been interesting having all these people come back into my life but I consider it for the better. If anything it was nice to be with them and my brother out together. Last time we were all little children and now we have piercings, tattoos etc, just a trip ya know. During the week it was work like normal which was basically wake up, gym for 2-3 hrs. come home and 80-100 sngs a day. Been doing well and just trying to think about the game and still learn. I'm trying to compile a decent amount of key hands in 180 mans to discuss with bfizz and just think about the best plays for the situation. I think I might have gotten food poisoning or something this week because I woke up feeling awful with chills and an upset stomach. I didn't play much Sunday and had the first losing day of the week which is meh but standard. After I busted the last thing I passed out with the chills on the couch, not feeling so hot today. I just had some chicken soup though and plan on curling up with the new Doyle Brunson book and just resting . I don't totally know yet if I will go back into hard gym mode tomorrow as I feel like poop but we shall not waste the time. Reading and lots of grinding can still be done and we shall make this happen. Hope everyone has a happy holidays with their loved ones.

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What it takes

This week I went to Austin to visit my friends Neil_Rick and j0hndayt0n who are 2 friends I lived with in Austin last year. These guys are pretty much awesome and I forgot how much I enjoy their company. We then went to Brain's Bfizz11 house in Dallas/Forth Worth for a couple of days. Our other friend Andrew was there for the first evening before leaving for Costa Rica to see the Spacegravy poker guys. I seriously never have as good as a time as I do with fellow poker players. The level of thinking and the discussions we have about poker or things in general is always great. One thing I realized was you can never get comfortable and you always need to strive for the top in anything. Brian moved into the house with the guys right after I left last year. In some way I look at his success in poker as what I could have attained this year had I worked as hard as he did. I'm fine with the way the year has gone but not being serious about my game is changing. If I really want to call myself a "professional" poker player then I need to act like one. So tomorrow I go back to Brian's house for the "bfizz bootcamp" and I'm pretty stoked about it. While I was there I spend one day watching him and picked up a few things. I still barley have any money in my account as I was doing the grind up for $100 bucks thing. The day after I won 2 180 mans and the next day another and final tabling several others. The few things I picked up were huge and I think picking the brains of the biggest winner at 180s this year will be killer. So I have reformatted the computer and databases for a nice fresh start. I plan on putting in a serious amount of work at the tables and away. I plan on playing 100 180 mans daily and saving every key hand that I have questions on and reviewing them with Bfizz daily. Since I know a decent amount of what he would teach most people who would hire him, the stuff I will get from him is priceless. All the tricks of his game that make him super profitable, I can already see the change in my game. You have to have the drive and ambition in anything you do, currently I'm super pumped about poker again. About to start playing hard for several hours before all the Sunday shows (Dexter,Curb,Califonication). Then I need to pack up my stuff for the brutal bootcamp I will endure : )

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