Hey guys, I just released by far my most comprehensive video concerning pretty much everything I know about exploiting fish. This is part of a comprehensive series that a number of the low and mid stakes video makers are creating over about 4 or 5 months. I think it's a really exciting series for players that are struggling with the current landscape of online poker, need to work on fundamentals, are working their way through the lower limits, or are just looking for more in depth coverage of specific theory ideas. For my part, I am working on a number of more advanced concepts that I have not seen much of anything on any of the poker video websites. I am actually just finishing my next video for the series which deals with common lines of regulars and how to combat these. Honestly, I think a lot of the information contained in my videos are things that previously I have kept just between my friends and students so I really hope that I can help the CR community a lot.

Also, I have started to begin the grind again online. I feel a lot more comfortable about the safety of my bankroll and am just totally sick of playing live. The 80 minute drive each way really ended up getting to me, and running poorly at live poker is just about the most unfulfilling and depressing thing that I could imagine. I have played about 10k hands in the last week, and while I am not seeing the results that I expected so far, I am quite happy with my play. I think the regs are still very exploitable, just in different ways then they were previously. I am definitely going to try and keep the blog updated because I think when I am putting in a lot of study along with playing that it results in my best game. So hold me to this guys!

Since I have started to get back in the grind again, I feel like I am capable and qualified to begin coaching again. I will make a more detailed blog on this later this week, but I think watching my last video will give you a very good idea about my coaching style and the effort that I put into it for my students.

Finally, while poker is not at its peak point for me right now, everything else in my life really has been great. I had an excellent Christmas and New Years celebration with my wife, family and friends. I have started back to healthy eating again, I am trying to eliminate all junk food and eating out during the week and have already lost 20lbs in two weeks (obviously I am really a fat ass if just not going to chick fila three times a week has made me lose 20 lbs). Additionally, my team is in the AFC championship game. This will almost certainly be their last game because I just cannot envision a scenario where 1) Cam Cameron calls a creative offensive gameplan, 2) Joe Flacco plays like an elite QB, 3) the defense finds a way to cover Gronkowski, Hernandez, and Welker while also putting pressure on Brady. Unfortunately this game feels a lot like 2008, where we reached the AFC championship game by being a good team that puts out maximum effort, but is ultimately limited by an average at best offense and the inability to beat an elite QB on the road. BTW, I really wish this last collumn was purely based on a reverse jinx, but like my wife said when she got home today, "I ran through all the realistic scenarios in my head, and I cannot find a way for us to win." Pretty cool that I have a wife that thinks about football on a tuesday afternoon, but she is unfortuntately spot on.

My goal for the rest of the week is to correct a few of the common mistakes that I have seen in my game, and to grind about another 10k hands before a big partying weekend before the destruction of my football team (ok maybe I am spreading a little reverse jinx in here). Good luck guys and expect to see a lot more in this blog now that I am back in the swing of the online poker scene.

Salud!