May Results

May went down as my best month to-date, even excluding the big tournament score. I am really happy that I backed up the MTT win with a great month in cash games. I feel like a lot of people, both poker players and non-poker people, have given me undeserved respect for getting lucky in one tournament. For me, this helps validate the new-found respect I've gotten. It also shows me that I am still hungry to play, regardless of whether I am winning or losing lately.





Goals for June:
-30K hands online
-Play 50+ hours of live cash games in Vegas
-Play $2500 6 handed WSOP event; possibly $5000 6 handed event; use $1-2K in satellite buy-ins to try to qualify for main event
-Attempt to interact with the female race
-Begin learning PLO
-Keep working out while in Vegas

I also booked my first big live win last week. There is a small stakes home game near me that I've attended periodically for the past two years. There is one other player there who makes good money grinding online, he is a young LHE player who plays everything from 15/30 to 50/100 limit. I decided to challenge him to a 5/10 NL heads-up match, knowing he probably wouldn't decline, even though he never plays heads-up NL. We each brought $3K with us to the match. He played very aggressive, but was too loose on all streets and I was able to take advantage. A few coolers and 2 hours later, the match was already over and I won all the money. It feels great to book a nice win live. It also helps a lot to have a decent-sized live roll to bring to Vegas now.