Discipline...I have none!

So here's the deal...You should never sit at any table, no matter how fishy, with 1/4 to 1/2 of your bankroll on it. How many times do I need to have a bad night (or week, or month!), and realize that I need to work my way up? I know I have gone over this in the past, but I am now going to stick with it...no more triple draw, until I build up a bankroll proper. I am punishing myself and have cashed out all but $50 on UB. Basically, I am back to where I started in May. And, now its the end of the summer, and I didn't reach my goal (which was to work my way back to my original roll that I almost lost back in May). I was about 2/3rds of the way there too. Pretty sick huh? I am actually feeling ok about this, and even though this sounds like another one of those ridiculous rants, which it is, I am happy about the decision. Sooooo, I am now going to try and pull a "Jesus" or this:
CHRIS FERGUSON
Full Tilt Poker Podcast #2
Money Management
Chris Ferguson turned $1 into $20,000 at the online poker tables. Find out how you can too.
Lofty goals ehh?!! Basically, the object is to never sit down with more than 5% of your bankroll on the table. Whenever you have 10% or more of your bankroll sitting at the table, you wait for your big blind and get up. Sounds easy right? Well thats what i'm doing with my $50. So far, I have done well, considering the stakes, I mean playing for pennies isn't very "sexy", but winning is. The difference between Chris Ferguson's "experiment" and my own is that A) I don't have as much time on my hands to play poker all day and night to see if I can turn nothing into something. B) I will not be doing hardly any multi-tabling. Chris says he was playing 5 tables simultaneously...yeah, my screen isn't big enough for 2!

It's been a while since I have updated this here non-read blog, so i'll go ahead and talk about a few things going on since the last post.

I saw a really great show in early August. The Acoustic Planet Tour at Wolf Trap, featuring Marc Broussard, Umphrey's McGee, and headlined by Bela' Fleck and The Flecktones. I really love Wolf Trap for various reasons, but also really hate it, and you'll see why. Firstly, this venue is located in a beautiful area of Northern Virginia, tucked back in the woods. The acoustics are probably the best around, and maybe sound better than any other amphitheatre type venue on the east coast. The coolest thing about this place is that you can bring in your own alcohol and food in coolers and such. The lawn is where it's at really. Unfortunately, the security is god awful, and because the venue sells "season passes", it attracts some rather uppity old folks. So here I am having a good ole time with my buddies Brian and Mike, drinking beers and listening to some good tunes. I couldn't wait to see UM. They are by far my favorite touring band right now. The neat thing about this "Acoustic Planet Tour" is that it is non-stop music. Once Marc Broussard came on, the music kept on going until the very last notes of the encore were played by the Flecktones and the rest of the bands (A SICK version of Marvin Gaye's What's Goin On). It was about 4+ hours of non-stop tunes. So once UM came out to segue out of Marc Broussards set, we hit our "pavilion" seats. The frustrating thing was, everyone was just sitting there. Here is Umphrey's McGee, probably the finest progressive, jamming rock bands on tour right now, tearing it up, and everyone is sitting in their seats twiddling their thumbs waiting to fall asleep to Bela' Fleck. Now don't get me wrong, I absolutely love the Flecktones, and am in awe by Victor Wooten's bass solos, and the excellent interplay between the rest of the band. And, I was excited to settle down for that after this rocking set by UM...so I got up and danced my ass off! I didn't care, maybe I thought by me standing up, maybe the rest of the house would get the idea! Well, after about 30+ mins of shakin it, I get a tap on my side. I look down and this guy sitting to my right is pointing behind me, I turn around and some shmuck is telling me to sit down. So I roll my eyes and sit, and all of the sudden the whole crowd behind me starts cheering! I was a little embarrased I guess, but wtf you know? A couple seconds later I get another tap on my shoulder and this time someone is pointing me over to the left side of the venue where a bunch of "heads" are motioning me over to join them in their own booty shakin! I guess Brian and Mike were taken aback by my stylin, but they said it was quite funny.

On Monday Mo and I are heading up to Atlantic City. Believe it or not, it was Mo's idea!! Not that it wasn't on my mind, but she must be able to read it. I guess that goes with the territory of being married, or shall I say, marrying the right woman. We don't have any real plans other than taking it easy and playing a little poker. I am thinking about possibly playing the 7:15pm $50 tourney, but we'll see how things go. I definitely will be playing some low limit cash games though, if only to get the reduced "poker rate". Also, one of our favorite restaurants is at The Tropicana. It's called Red Square, and it is a MUST if you like good food and good vodka.