Pokerstars to adjust SNG rake in May..

Title pretty much says it all, Pokerstars is doing a restructuring/rake review of the SNG's they provide. This has been a much needed and will be a much appreciated adjustment, described in detail here....

I've talked to several poker players regarding their goals post Black Friday, and as expected nearly everyone has shifted their position. The general consensus seems to be that the compromises required to attain Supernova Elite no longer justify the end result. The effort, be it adjusting game selection in order to reach volume, changing a schedule that works to play during new peak hours, and simply the amount of time it will take to attain Supernova Elite have all gone up, balancing these new hurdles against what was already a daunting task seems more and more difficult to justify... I personally haven't yet decided, but I'm certainly interested to see if any adjustment (similar to what they've done with rake when it no longer seemed logical) will come about :)

Daily Summary...

To keep myself motivated, I'm going to try to update at least once every day or two with whats happened at the tables since my previous update...

I played 62 SnG's/Donkaments and lost $562... not to bad, not great but its nothing to complain about, I wanted to play 100 but it actually is work to try and play 100 games, sometimes I was just 5 tabling for a really long time with table ninja running on auto pilot for 38+ 18s and 9 mans.. Updating my blog more/eating and exercising were all accomplished today, so I feel good about that :)

Black Friday...

Well I haven't updated this since FTP/PS removed themselves from the US market thanks to a "nudge" from the FBI, but now that things have settled a bit (from a Non - US perspective) and Stars has continued providing all the services it was prior (with the games running less frequently/less high, natural due to the volume drop) I've decided to pretty much pick up where I left off prior.. What this means in a nutshell is continuing everything and in fact more actively pursuing certain aspects of my career, slowing down just because I lost a considerable amount of money (those that know me know both how much and where the loss came from) isn't really an option. I've outlined several goals for myself in light of the game changes that have taken place and the new bankroll that I have to work with.

-Update my blog more regularly, to what extent I'm unsure but this shouldn't be difficult regardless
-Play a minimum of 100 tournaments per day, (3000/month) this should keep me within reach of SNE if high stakes action returns to the extent it was before
-Exercise once/day, I don't really care how I do it or what I'm doing, but something active once per day, I'm going to wither away if all I do is sit here...
-Eat 3 meals/day, this sounds terrible to some people, because you're supposed to eat 5-6 smaller meals.. but to be honest some days I eat once, its so easy for me to sit down and work/play (whatever you wanna call it) until I go to sleep, and when I get up I'm starving, eat a meal and pass out... It doesnt take a genius to know this is terrible for me, but I'm working on it lol..
-Continue staking with the adjustment that profit chops get pushed more, having my funds tied up in other players leads to me having more online than I need to

As always good luck, I won't advise table selecting this time, if you do its gonna be hard to get in volume :)

Playing a little live....

So after more or less being on the fence about heading to St. Louis, (really last minute decision) I opted to go and play in some of the live circuit events that were taking place... A lot of you know that I won my first circuit ring, and had a 3rd place finish in another event, but for those that don't those were the results. Live play goes a lot deeper than online play, and I was really disappointed with my play after winning the ring.. I got really sloppy in a lot of spots, played tired, played hungover, and in general made some decisions that likely won't be often repeated.. But it was a learning experience, and one that had a pretty sick monetary reward, so I'm 100% happy about the fact that I decided to go. (My Dad came out for the main event which was pretty clutch, as I haven't seen him since early January)

I haven't been online much at all and will begin pounding volume again tomorrow, the 14th. I'm taking today off, travelling for an eternity again only to arrive and party until I pass out... I met some interesting people during my exploits in St. Louis, Phil and Mizz (Caleb) stood out, and Kyle (winner of the main event) was obviously a sicko... Hopefully I'm able to meet up with some of these guys in June/Vegas, anyway I'm tired as hell, haven't slept and I'm stuck in an airport, so I doubt this was coherent but it was my best attempt at an update before I get back to work, good luck at the tables..

St. Louis luckbox...