The Importance of Solitude Looking back at my first few years attempting to trade I can't help but cringe thinking about how doomed my approaches were from the start, the poker term being drawing dead

My Background I have been trading forex off and on for the past 4 years. For the first 3 years I learned absolutely nothing because no matter what my approach was it was essentially blindly following others,

Los Angeles For a while I've been entertaining the idea of moving to California.  Having lived there for a year when I was 13 I have very fond memories of it being a beautiful place with truly genuine,

The Abyss DGAF over at the twoplustwo forums could not have summed up my thoughts for this month any better so I decided to quote one of his most timeless posts, seeing as I couldn't have expressed myself

Maryland Live Traveling to Maryland Live was an idea up in the air for a while, but there was never any need for it to actually materialize since there was no reason to leave the great games here in

Strictly Business in Miami For the first week of the month 5 of us split a room at the Hollywood Hard Rock during their tournament series.  As someone who views the casino as a terrible environment

Going North Up until recently I agreed with the notion that buying in for the max is an ego thing and that overall it is much more productive to play a ~100bb stack since you can get paid off much lighter

Cucked by the Toothless Degen I have always been horrible at planning things. I waited till the very last minute to make Vegas arrangements and figured it would be better to room with an acquaintance from

The Tournament High This month I have spent 40 hours playing tournaments.  It may not sound like much but it doesn't factor in the time traveled to and from and these events.  My hourly rate

Last $1,000 left to my name April 1, 2015...This is a day in my poker career that I will never forget. It was on this day that I had only $1k left to my name, bankroll and liferoll combined. My psyche

Intro I have been putting off keeping a personal journal/log for quite some time now.  How nice it would have been to take a vivid trip down memory lane to my baby days in Florida.  A time when