A few thoughts

It's 1.40am, i can't sleep and i'm not in the mood to play any poker. I thought it was time for a blog entry.

This month has been up and down so far but i've only played about 8K hands, time will tell if it's a good one or not. I'm going home this weekend so planning on playing a lot this week and hope to reach my rather modest aim as far as how much $ i want to make before i head to Vegas. I want to take about $7K over with me but the money i leave behind is more important than the money i take; (not sure if that made any sense). Anyway if the worst case scenario occurs and i fail to cash in a single wsop event i want to make sure that i come back to a healthy role and not have to worry about grinding to hard or even think about going broke and getting one of those job things i'm always hearing about.

I've mentioned a lot in previous posts about how important i think maintaining a balance in your life is. A lot of poker players simply get addicted and lose focus on other aspects of there life, becoming increasingly consumed by greed and the desire for wealth. I want to become a successful poker player, i want to be respected and i want to make a lot of money from the game but those aims should never be achieved at the expense of my friends and family; nor should they come about through me changing as a person. I'm proud of who i am and think for the time being i have a really good balance in my life. One guy who seems to sum up these thoughts is a player called Hoss_TBF; he plays the very highest limits but at the same time seems a really down to earth guy who has a lot of good things going in his life outside a very successful poker career:

http://hoss-tbf.livejournal.com/

His blog is a really good read and is one that i've been following for a while now, would give away my right arm if i could get where he is within the next 3 years.

Think i might be ready for bed now, will blog before i go to Vegas at some point.