Results for April

So here's how this month went...
(sorry for the layout, it won't let me make enough space for each column..date, results, hours, location)

• 4/1 +$250 (5/5) 3 hrs Private nyc apt game
• 4/3 -$600 4 hrs Bloomfield
• 4/4 -$50 4 hrs Bloomfield
• 4/5 -$500 3 hrs Bloomfield
• 4/7 +$0 (even) 3.5 hrs Bloomfield
• 4/8 +$200 4 hrs Bloomfield
• 4/9 -$200 5 hrs Bloomfield
• 4/11 +$30 6 hrs Borgata
• 4/11 -$15 5 hrs Borgata
• 4/14 +$660 2.5 hrs Bloomfield
• 4/16 -$800 3.5 hrs Bloomfield
• 4/17 +$465 3.5 hrs Bloomfield
• 4/20 +$280 4 hrs T-stone
• 4/22 -$440 7 hrs T-stone
• 4/24 +$220 4 hrs T-stone
• 4/25 +$465 7 hrs Borgata

So overall this month has been alot of break-even poker. This was definitely by far my most frustrating month too so there is a correlation between my anxiety and the way this month went. Last night me and eng went to AC. I owed my mom $450 for my credit card bill which she said she made the minimum payment for and as a result I would be charged a high interest charge by the credit card company so there was a good amount of pressure for me to come up with that money. Fortunetly, I was able to win $465 to clear that debt. On the other hand, now i have no bankroll so i'm not sure how i will come up with money to play.

This month has shown me how hard it really is to not focus on results and just put in hours, especially in the beginning of the month. Towards the middle, I ended up having $400 left to work with, $300 of which was eng's so i decided i'd make a trip up to T-stone and play $100 max. It was a tiresome week of traveling since i drove +800 miles and ended up +$60 from poker but spent over $100 on gas.

On the bright side I've been gradually putting in more hours each month. This month I put in roughly 70 hours. I think i should make it a goal for next month to have 100 hour months, and then eventually i'm hoping this lifestyle will become more and more routine. Ideally, I want to have a normal schedule and wake up at normal hours like before noon, get in the poker room, and put in 6-8 hrs. Since there's no casinos around here the only way to accomplish this would be to make a move to AC or Vegas.

So i guess we'll see what happens in the days to come.