For years I've managed to not take this game I love very seriously. I've played drunk at casinos, destroyed all table image I had by being an ass, lost all profits by playing outside my bankroll, built up great bankrolls online and playing in games I had no business playing in just to see my roll go to zero. I've done all the things a degenerate gambler would do just because I didn't care. I didn't care if I won or lost, until the next day that is.

The thing is, I am a good player. I read people and cards very well (live and online) and usually get my money in with the best hand. That is why today I mark the begininng of a new chapter in my poker game.

No longer will I play outside my bankroll. No longer will I donk away chips trying to bluff. No longer will I drink while I play. No longer will I do the things that have kept me from doing this for a living.

These are things that have kept me from being a great player. So today I will take my play seriously, truly for the first time. I am starting from scratch, literally.