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Well things are good for me right now and I don't have much to complain about. I have been working out hard and going to the gym everyday. I lost like 7 lbs. since last week which is kinda crazy. Most of days are filled with grinding and working out and that's really it. I also got a new guitar and have started writing music again which I'm really stoked on. I have always felt my main true calling is music and after the summer I plan on making a good record with some good friends. I also was scared about my taxes but did them in 20 mins and actually get some money back, ship it !!The low stakes grinding is nice and stress free and going the way I expected. Though I did have a bit of trouble putting in the amount of games I wanted, I'm still fine with it. I just wanted to stop losing money and work on me and still play. Many times I have wanted to just deposit and move back up since I'm over rolled but I enjoy the challenge. I'm also about to book my place in Vegas for 6 weeks for the WSOP. I was going to get a house with some friend's but this place is a block from the Rio and while not super baller is good enough. I really only need a place to sleep and possibly away from the partying so its cool. Sometime this week I'm moving back up in stakes to my normal games and just planning on grinding 100 games a day as well as doing 8 miles of low cardio along with my 4 times a week workout. I'm really getting into the whole working out thing and I feel really good about it. I'm totally of the mindset that if you get in great shape it can only help your game. Either in poker or with the ladies and dare I say.. both

Seriously though I feel the best I have felt in a long time and I don't remeber where I read something that has stuck with me all week. It was something along the lines of if you are a lion and work hard at being the lion, you truly are confident in being the king of the jungle since you can own it. The wording is a bit off but that was the general concept that stuck with me. I truly do feel that with work,balance and faith the lion can move mountains. The lion doesn't want much just good vibes, some run good and maybe a hip lioness to play with. For now this lion is of to go see Trapt rock out. Then the other 4 miles and zero rest V-Burn challenge. Holla Holla

Is how I feel since for poker things have not been good at all. Though I have fixed that currently and have an easy way to rebuild I feel humbled as the title says. For one I got a cold at the street fest and had to stop my diet/workout routine and eat some normal food. Mainly because my body felt like it needed it and I could not work out in the condition I was in. So this week we started again for a new 6 weeks. I also basically bustoed my stars account and am rebuilding the old fashioned way which is also inspired by the Boku87 pro bet. I am playing lower stakes sngs where my roi is 20%+ and I make $1-2 a game. This is a grind but I am playing 100+ games a day and running a little better then expected so far.
I just don't want the stress of losing more money and if you can print money at the lower stakes I say do it. So basically my plan is to grind the 150 dollars I had left in my account into 10K. While I'm not going to do it in 15 days like Boku I think it should take me about 8 weeks at most. I think after that I will go back to playing my normal games and more cash. The workout diet thing last 6 weeks so I'm aiming to have the new me and the grind done around the same time. It's a good goal and I'm happy doing it since I need my life stress free to prepair for the summer. I also played that live big HA game and basically ran really bad. NO ONE folds because they don't care about the money and I have just gotten unlucky for several 1k+ pots. Again I just don't need stress so I'm going to swim with the fishies for a little while. I also told my brother I would teach him to do what I'm doing at the low stakes so this is good practice as he comes home from school soon. Already running at about 2 buxs a game so ship 1k games a week and 1-2k profit and holla holla. Saw Paper Route again Sunday and they are amazing for sure. Also went out on Saturday and had a great amazing time with my friends. So I'm going into this week happy that I already got my workout routine and groove down since I did "week 1" already. I'm also happy that I will just work hard like most people and see the results of just grinding it out. Oh I also did lose 7lbs. in the 1st week of the diet but put a few back on while not working out and eatting. So i am starting again weighting less, ship it. I already played about 100 games though I think I'm going to go run and hit the sauna. Feels good to be a bit ahead of my targets and I'm happy living a stress free, humbled week. Good luck to everyone this week

Well I'm through week 1 of my Velocity Diet and I feel really really good. The last workout I did was actually getting easier and I can feel myself getting strong. I have felt kinda emtional this week maybe because of these suplaments or just everything and adjusting. I went out on Saturday for the Street Fest here in Houston to see some friends and some friends play. Sick good time with some silly drama at the end but nothing to stress over. Weird not drinking with everyone else but I'm a trooper. Got some Sashimi for my meal and that was sooo good. Got to see Devin the Dude and holla at some treats on stage which was a first : ) Also my boys in Meriweather and American Fangs slayed that piece as always. Check them out!!! As far as poker this week has sucked so bad. I bricked all the sundays today and I'm actually pretty upset but ok with it. My downswing is I think my biggest ever at 3k+ and while in the realm of "standard" ,I can't countinue online this week,.Everyday I'm grinding the live cash games they have around town like I used to. I fgured it will be good for the summer and these games are sooo soft. There's some big PLO game tomorrow afternoon with the standard buisness men fish so ship ship. I remember going to these games and thinking these people were good but they make some awful mistakes. I think when I do play online again I'm just moving to cash. I have reviewed my play in sngs and gone over hands in SNGWiZ and its seems ok. Variance is just finally hitting me this year but I can't let it get me down. So this week lots of videos, live cash, shakes, workout etc etc. If you read this then ship me some run good.
OH also when I got home I just knew someone was deep. Spacegravy won the 200R on Stars for 46k...... Congrats to that sicko, must be nice to be the gravy. Though he did get community service for having snobby neighbors so that's a lil variance. Going to watch some videos and make a shake.

Love you too...

is the theme currently and I guess it was time for it. I have been on a life heater since I left to come back to TX despite coming off a life cooler. If I start to lose you with the poker talk you must forgive me but it is a poker blog. I really have no idea who reads this but I would like to keep some written record of my year and why not keep a blog here. I finally started this diet/workout plan I been talking about forever called the Velocity diet. Basically you drink a bunch of protein shakes and workout pretty hardcore for a month. There is also a 2 week transition phase so basically 6 weeks total. Its not easy and the workout rocks your world but I feel good. If any of you guys drink Muscle Milk and think its the nuts I would totally check out T-Nations Metabolic drive. Best protein out there you can buy and all the products are cool.
Austin and SXSW was cool I and I have fallen in love with Paper Route, Lenka, Greg Laswell, Gallows, Cancer Bats and Evaline. . Met the sngicons.com boys for some good times and got the elusive Juntmonkey out of his room and into the hot tub. Needless to say my liver and body after balls to the wall 2 week Miami,Key West and SXSW is spent. Oh I'm on my 1st and hopefully only downswing of the year. Can't tell my poker pals cause its standard and can't tell my normal friends cause they think its a redic amount of money. The only reason I think it hurt so much is all I can do is workout and grind. Working out is great and I feel good but everyday this week is like lighting money on fire. Doing this diet and trying to be focused and strong through everything has been kinda tough. So nothing utlra special just trying to holla at getting buff and making some skrilla. Looking forward to chicken and/or Sashimi and some Veggies for my one meal of the week. It' also the street fest in Houston so lots of friends,bands,friends in bands,friends of the band,im with the band etc etc. I need sleep....

Oh also congrats to Reef2287 for getting 4th in the Million for 72k and waiting till right when I passed out to bust and Spacegravy for running as good at backing horses as he does at sit n gos. Also J0hndayt0n for winning the 40k stars MTT I won in Jan. earlier this week. Ship me some run good a playa needs it!!

Love you too.

I heard that yesterday and it stuck with me mainly because that's one of my biggest problems. I over think so many things and thankfully now I have a much clearer picture. I just got back from the sickest vacation ever and I think I'm in love with Miami. I decided to drive since I had been driving all over the country already this year so why stop now. I met the guys in Jacksonville FL as they were driving from VA and it was a good meeting point. I got to FL 6 hours before them and since I had barley slept I passed out in the car after drinking at some local hot spot I stumbled on. The guys called me like 20 times and somehow I woke up to a text with the address in Miami. Fuck my life!! Thankfully they were only 20ish miles down the road and from there we motored on to Miami. We were all on no sleep but when we got there we could not help but layout in the sun. We had a wonderful time that night then the next day Gravy and I stayed in Miami while our friends went to the Keys. We ventured into South Beach and got into some crazy adventures which included getting our cards declined at SET despite having enough to pay the near 1k bill. Thankfully we had enough cash to cover it but I got my card frozen by my banks fraud dep. as they tried charging it for 2k!? Also Gravy and I ate dinner earlier and we were flipping for the bill. We didn't have a coin so I ask a girl if I could borrow a coin. I guess she though I was busto and counted out 10 pennies for me. I laughed pretty hard but for some reason she didn't get a kick out of it. We drove to the Keys next day and stayed at the sickest house for rent there. Most days involved waking up and drinking a ton of water as you were still drunk. Then the beach for drinking in the sun, working on the tan and girls. Then back to the house for whatever crazyness would happen that night. Mostly it was going out on Duval St. and hitting up all the bars till some crazy hour.There are some pretty sick stories but leaving it to the imagination is better for everyone involved. We left the Keys Saturday and stayed at the Delano in South Beach which was also super sick. They had some killer lobby pool party that lasted all night. I ran sick good at CC Roulette and only chopped Sun. $600 dinner bill HU for my only lose the whole trip. Ship It!! The next day we parted ways and headed back home which kinda sucked. I already miss the guys and FL and want to go back real soon. Got back on Monday and went out for a friends Bday which was fun. Yesterday I ran errands, got a haircut and did some shopping and slept. I'm now totally pumped to go to Austin for SXSW and let the good times continue. I moved to Austin around this time last year and it's really cool how much I have grown not only in my playing but as a person. I'm thankful for my friends at sngicons.com for letting me live and learning with them and being great guys. When I woke up this morning I thought how different my life was last year and how lucky I really am to be able to live it this way. I'm off to prepair for Austin but will have more good stories soon. Stick with the truth inside and don't overthink it.

In Florida with my Richmond boys (Spacegravy,Facestealer and Demo0013) having an amazing spring break 09.
Super happy right now and will be heading to SXSW when I get back from FL. Life is good. In poker news I 4 tabled cause Facestealer wanted to holla at a 36 180 that was loading. I won 500 bucks while here which is nice for sure. More news soon.

Love you too....

Don't quite know how it totally happened but here I am...I could go into it but this is a poker blog and no one wants a sad story. You go with your feeling, get it in ahead and make the best decision but still lose, standard. So we shall just go with the positive and move on from there. I drove back on Wed. then went out for a couple birthdays on very little sleep. Was good seeing my friends and feeling "home" wherever that is. We had a great time but I was hurting from it the next day. After setting up my main computer and old desk I felt inspired as I missed grinding on the 30" and 22" monitors. I fired up some sngs and mtts and ran meh in most and still had the 11r on stars going. I was semi hoping I would bust so I could get some much needed rest. About 12am I started passing out depite having an above average stack the entire tournament. I won some huge pot shorly after slapping myself in the face and from then on was focused. I also drank a bunch of soda for caffine and that made me feel more meh. Finally about 430am I got 6th for 3k. Semi disapointing as I clearly had an edge over the players left but I just got coolered when I shipped 12ish BBs from the button with A3o into the SBs KK. I ran fairly card dead and the whole table had about 12-30ish BBs as the blinds were sick high at this point. I feel very good about my MTT game lately and have shipped about 11k in MTTs in about 30 days with very little volume. I'm coming MTT world, slowly but surely. I been watching a bunch of cash videos on all the sites and mainly working on PLO. I think I have a decent NLHE cash game and will also work on that but PLO is very interesting to me. I am also still starting my workout and 4x4 days as discussed before. Monday I will find a gym here and start my month long diet/workout. Eating meat and fast food is meh and I need another cleansing ASAP.

Been here in Richmond, VA the last week or so with my friends grinding,partying and having a good time. My friend Spacegravy is doing this sicko prop bet to make 40k in a month at the 60's. Trying to holla at a 6 figure month/bet isn't easy and hes had a rough start to say the least but I have totally faith in the Gravy. He set the new record for most games played in a day I think the same day he hit a 100BI downswong. Watching the guy grind is inspiring and I have obv enjoyed my time here. Also my boy took down a FTP MTT for 30k the other day.. Congrats ALL_THE_F_TIME..holla holla. As far as myself I been running meh and breaking even over the last 1k games in sit n gos. It's not a big deal just frustrating. All the games even down to the lowest stakes are filled with regulars now. I'm pretty sure I can still play them and be profitable at them but its pretty redic when you look around and there at least 2 good players at your table. I also played a couple FTOPS events and played well but no deep finishes. I'm really thinking of getting better and mainly focusing on cash games. I have said over and over again that I would move in this direction but I have made up my mind. I'm going to focus on PLO as I think I'm fairly decent at NLHE and will be playing both. As far as life goes I have a very clear idea of what I would like to do with my new year just not totally sure where I would like to do it. So for the next month the main goal for now is getting into shape, learning cash games better, yoga, meditation and not eating meat again. I was kind of upset about some stuff and started drinking and eatting badly again and thats not a good reason. I did enjoy some of the stuff I ate but my stomach and my body really do hate eating crap. After being a pescaterian for a little while I truly do feel that is the best thing I can do for my body. I have been doing some research on dieting and lifting and I'm starting a month long diet. It won't be easy and I will be working out 4 times weekly. I also plan on grinding super hard during this time having 2 4 hours sessions daily where I will grind out my normal games of sngs for one session and the other I will play cash games. I will pretty much be alone during this time and no have a social life. Though after the diet some friends and I are going on a Cruise to Mexico. John Mayer and a bunch of others are on the cruise and performing which should be fun. Funny thing is all of the guys I'm going with all said it was not totally balla but there would obv be tons of hot girls on board, ship it. That's about it for now, I'm about to head to Asheville as I'm going to a balla resturant and the symphony for Valentines so that should be fun. Hope everyone has a good weekend and good luck at life.

Well not much has happened since I won the MTT I guess. I purchased a new car and finally left Houston which is very nice. Though I do have to go back at some point to get my car. I got a 2004 Mazda RX8 which I think is quit playa. I was going to stay and deal with it but I missed someone and was sick of Houston. I have to fix a few things on it but even after that I could sell it for double what I paid so good deal. I'm slightly unsure and confused about what to do with the rest of my year. I want to grind out Supernova Elite but my friends who are Elite say just play what you're good at. I'm torn between the chase and the catch, in more ways then one. I feel like with life and poker the chase is sometimes better. Not like I have hit some amazing spot in life or poker, I'm just unsure for no reason or several what the next move is. I feel like I could totally make it or not but I'm affraid of commiting. I could just grind out 8-10k a month at the games I'm good at if I actually play them which is great. I just feel like I should grind for it if I have the roll but it's very stressful. Out of the 3 elite's I know only Spacegravy seems to not lose massive amounts of money grinding it out. So it being Febuary 1st I'm already behind and would have to commit to grinding out 100k VPP's a month......Sigh. I have been watching quite a bit of Full Ring videos on all the training site to mass table and have been doing ok at it the few times I played. Today or tomorow I might just try it for the month and see how I do. Worse case I grind a shitload of VPP's and make Supernova in March. That's all for now I guess, thanks for listening to my silly rants. I promise next time I will have something more etertaining to talk about. Just trying to get settled into whatever "home" life I will have so I can then focus on my "work" life. Best of luck at the the tables and life. Oh also as promised here is my friend's new video. I won the MTT jamming this over and over again. I would totally check it out as it's the mortal nuts!!! Holla