Ok, so after watching some cardrunners videos, specifically Jackal's on SNGs, I figured out that MTTs are a cash game util the average stack has an M of 10, then it becomes a game of shove/fold/call. Next I realized it turns into a weak cash game until the bubble, the shove/fold/call. Lastly, the game returns to TAG cash game play until the 10th player busts.

You pros are probably thinking....no shit.

What I'm most proud of is I finished 3rd out of 170 on absolute. I found myself down to a chip and a chair and looked for juicy odds and acted decicively to pull out of the whole. Very few showdowns. Each showdown was certainly a coin flip from preflop.

What took me to the final table was blind stealing from the average stacks and aggressively betting after dead money against weak players. I felt like I discovered the meaning of life while watching the blinds fold to a big big bet from the button and I had Kx, or better.

So, luck certainly had something to do with it. However, I think aggression and psychology allowed me to weather the bad spots to the end.

Please send comments.

Lane

Here's the situation in a nut shell. I need a poker mentor. I've read every book I can get my hands on. I'm aggressive by nature. I've found my greatest weakness is picking spots with the wrong players. I dont categorize myself as stupidly loose aggressive, its more like tight -hyper/ultra aggressive. It always gets me stacked off with the worst of it. My next weakness is that I'm highly suceptible to tilt. The next one (I hate airing out my dirty laundry) is bank roll management. This kills me. I'm super bored at the low stakes where you can essentially fold your way to a sit n go pay day so I gravitate to buy ins worth 10-20% of my roll and get wiped out about twice a year.

So, in summation, I need a teacher/coach/mentor to guide me along as I look to grow and build up to competitive excellence. Currently I can only play online because of the simple reason that I'm serving in Iraq right now and have a staff job due to wounds received in combination with a temper that doesn't recognize rank (once again, picking fights with the worst of it). So, I have all the time in the world to work on my game through September.

I appreciate the consideration.

Lane Boland

1LT, CAV