Long time coming

It's been a while since I've made a post, too long really. It's not like there hasn't been anything to write about. There's been a lot of poker, trips to Vegas and Atlantic City. I even won two bad beat jackpots. Oh, and I quit my day job.

That's right, I finally did it.Well, at least I tried to. You see, they made me an offer I couldn't refuse. I turned in my resignation and they countered by asking me to stay on part time as a consultant. So for the past few months I've been able to work from home and on the road while traveling around playing poker. It's been great. The situation has worked out as the perfect bridge from collecting a regular paycheck to the up and down swings of poker.

And since the time I quit I've already found myself riding both. I started out on a tear, walking away from almost every session with large profits. Add in the two jackpots I won and this whole 'poker for a living' thing was beginning to feel easy. That, of course, was just the right mentality to get myself started off in the wrong direction.

 I think it was from there that I let myself get too laid back. I scaled back my playing time and took a few vacations. There was even a trip to Vegas with minimal playing time, barely covering my travel costs at the tables. Meanwhile my poker elsewhere wasn't doing well. I had a series of losing sessions and found out how much of a dent I could put into a bankroll in only a month.

It's OK though. Nothing that can't be repaired. I just need to take these lessons in stride and move forward with better time and bankroll management.