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<span> 2010 MTT Results as of May 3rd: Total Profit = $20,842.39</span>


This is the way poker goes. There are good times and there are bad times. I'm down about 70 buyins over my last ~150 games.

In a five-day period, I finished 11th in the Nightly Seventy Grand on Stars, 10th in the 50/50 on Full Tilt, then 60th or so in the Double Deuce (after being 1/72).

As if that weren't frustrating enough I then proceeded to cash just 3 of my last 57 MTTs.

This is another shining example of why BR management is so important and why the long run is everything in this game.

Well my session is starting. Hope to break out of this soon. GL.

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<span> 2010 Results as of April 24th: Total Profit = $23,543.22

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Full Tilt recently introduced their "Steps" SNGs whereby you work your way up seven different steps with the ultimate goal being to win a Step 7 SNG and shipping a 12K WSOP Main Event prize package.

Phew, what a mouthful.

It's all right here actually if you don't know/want to know how it works.

So basically I've gotten pretty excited about this. I love the idea of starting at a small level and working your way up using nothing but your initial equity and equity you accumulate. It's the very foundation of how I approach poker tournaments. I start small, follow BR management, and work my way up through time and effort.

Obviously I have a plan of action for my Steps approach. I mean, that's pretty much what I do with my life... I sit around and I plan things out and try to figure out the safest/most efficient way to do things.

Anyway, here's what I'm thinking:

Fact One: Full Tilt will be running this promotion until June 27th. This gives me 66 days (and ten Sundays).

Fact Two: The closer we get to the start of the Main Event (on July 5th) the more +EV these steps will be.

Fact Three: All Sundays between now and the end of this promotion will be very +EV for these Steps.

With these three facts in mind, I've tentatively formulated the following plan:

Every night when I start my session I'll load up one Step 4 SNG. I will play until one of two things happen:

1) I win a $640 Step 6 Ticket or

2) I have no more Steps Tickets to play from the initial Step 4 Ticket.

I will save any Step 6 Tickets for Sundays.

On Sundays, if I have any Step 6 tickets, I will use them. If I didn't start the day with any Step 6 Tickets (or if I bust any Step 6 Tickets) I will play Step 4.

I may or may not play multiple Step 4s if I bust, depending on what else is happening with my Sunday.

So that's it. Oh and also there is the 150-Seat Tourney ($640 or Step 6 Ticket) on Sunday, June 20th. I'll probably be in this whether I have won a seat by then or not (it's just so +EV). After all, I have to defend my win in that from last year ;)

K so I'll obv track all my Steps data and post it every now and then on my blog.

Also I've recently become aware of Liv Boeree, winner of EPT San Remo and 1.25 Million Euros.









I'm already a huge fan of Brains AND Beauty but when they come in one incredible, poker-skilled package I lose my mind.

This British girl, in addition to already being a model and skilled guitarist, has a degree in Astrophysics from The University of Manchester in England. That's right, she's a scientist.

At just 25, she has a very promising life ahead of her.

Best of luck to her as she has a house built in Vegas and proceeds to crush poker here in the States. Hey, maybe while she's at it, she can figure out what all the fuss is over Dark Matter :)

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<span> 2010 Results as of April 17th: Total Profit = $23,836.89

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Last night I made my first final table on UB and shipped it! It was the 8pm $66 Deepstack 10k Guarantee.



My AKo lost to QJo on the FT bubble and I limped into the FT with 7 BBs and 9/9. I had very little expectations obv.

Once again, it just goes to show you never know in this game and you just gotta keep making good decisions.

I'm really excited about the nightly midstakes schedule on UB and I think I'll be shipping several tourneys over there with the fields being pretty small.

I'm up to just under 24K profit on the year right now.