Its been a great relief to get into the new year and no longer feel like i have to grind, even though it was fun, and its allowed me to review my goals for 2011 and set some kind of plan out. 2010 ended well, but im still pretty burnt out and have no desire to grind 24/7, so im basically going to do what i have in previous years and play sngs at the start of each week to see how it goes, and max them out in the good weeks for the leaderboards but take time off when it doesnt go so well and play cash gsmes. Hopefully there will be enough good weeks early to avoid having to really cram later, I also need to get back to basics and follow the plan i previously had of:

- playing sngs in the background when good cash games are running.
- betterr game selection, its easy to load every game and not care, which is basically what i will continue to do at 200s and 300s but i still want to apply some discrimination when they are jammed and at higher stakes.
- playing more at off peak hours.
- only playing 200+ games. I also experimented with seeing how many games i could run at once this year towards the end or when games were dead, but it didnt go so well. Although the 100s are very soft they are just too small to take seriously, i dont know the regs that play 100 and below and it diverts my attention from other games and leads to stuff like timing out too much.
- spending time reviewing hands. Its pleasing to see how well i have almost every situation internalised, but i still want to spend time reviewing hands to keep sharp
- play more steps, obviously they are way softer than the average games. Ill be in most step 5s and 6s around scoop and wcoop hopefilly.

In the rest of the time ill be focusing on mix games. So far ive mainly been playing 25/50 and 50/100 and whilst the games are pretty soft ive run terribly so im gonna force myself to stay here until things improve. Ideally id like to be playing the 100/200 - 250/500 regularly but i want to get a feel for them first too and build up a ftp bankroll rather than just depositing a bunch and jumping in. To counteract this ive run pretty good in the $200 stars mixed games tournies where most people are pretty bad, this weekend 1st in 8 game, 3rd in TD and 5th in Badugi. Theyre not exactly big events but late reg no runs for 90 mins so you can buyin late and have about 10-15 big bets, so as long as you run ok to start with its pretty time efficient.