November Update / Focus / Professionalism

I am officially out of my downswing, in terms of bets.  Still a little ways to go $-wise, but I have full confidence that I will get there very soon.  I have been running really well, granted, but I also feel like I’ve been playing great and making a lot of...

Information War

I am making progress out of my downswing in terms of bets, but only 1/3 of the way out in terms of money, as much of the recover has been at lower stakes. Building upon on my previous post about information bias (a.k.a information binge), I have not been using a HUD...

Killer Instinct

During my few years as a poker pro, I have become fascinated with how the human brain works.  Specifically, I have enjoyed learning about the subconscious and conscious mind and how we go about making decisions. It turns out that there are many biases hard-wired into...

Poker – A hard way to make an easy living

This popular saying amongst poker pros has never rang truer for me than during the past month.  I am currently fighting to dig out of my worst downswing ever, about 670 big bets(BB)*.  For reference, over the last three years and 800,000 hands I have had six 300BB...

Welcome to my new blog

Hello and welcome to my new blog!  A majority of this blog will be focused on the random ups and downs of my career as a professional poker player. I plan to include at least a little bit of poker strategery here and there, as well as any other random stuff that is...