Making my Move

First, on a personal level, I had an interesting situation arise in my chosen career path as a hockey coach. It came down to a decision to pack up and close down my resume after a LONG 25 years of work. That's not a small decision. It took me a long time and a dedicated focus to reach the upper echelon of the hockey world, and upon reaching my destination, realized that something was wrong with this picture.

I could never explain how helpless I felt, and instead of feeling helpless, wanted to feel empowered. I took matters into my own hands rather than be a victim. I decided to resign my position, and trust me I have never felt a greater sense of "That was the right thing to do."

Now my focus is my family, and I'll keep that in mind next time an offer comes my way to travel the world.

More importantly I have to focus my on line efforts to turn playing poker into a part time gig. The money will continue to flow thanks to a fall back job, but considering the amount of free time I will have - I can't spend it just playing around at poker - it needs to be time well spent.

Last night I did well enough on the poker circuit finishing 23rd in a rather large MTT. You can read about the interesting hands at www.pokersift.com

Right now I have entered the 1 pm 5.50 rebuy to the 55k guarantee. I find it a relatively easy way to build a bank roll as the 15.00 I invest can turn into 55 pretty easily.

We'll see what happens but I anticipate my poker career will be taking off. I continue to watch poker x factor and learn about this game.

I've decided to focus on winning larger MTT's with buyin's of either 3$ rebuy or 5$. The time spent on these tournaments needs to be justified and I don't find a great satisfaction in playing for 2$ and lasting 5 hours to win 15$.

I understand bankroll require's me to be prudent but find I can do some work to put $100.00 in my account and win from there. The first step was capturing a $55.00 tournament entry fee, by playing in a $5.50 rebuy tournament. This to me is one of the hidden gems of Poker Stars. Every day at 1 p.m. they offer a tournament with 9 seats added to anyone who wants a crack at a $5.50 event. So far so good. The bank roll has increased due to this win....

I think you'll see my results will be taking off....

Keep tabs on me over at www.pokersift.com