Day one.

Yesterday was my first day playing fulltime. I played a total of 13 tournaments between 2:30pm and 1am. Not non-stop, of course. I took breaks for dinner and time spent with my wife.

Of those 13 games, I won one and cashed in 2 more for a total of $44.48 profit on the day. Now, I know this doesn’t seem like a lot of money, but it is upward progress, and it is $44.48 more than I would have had if I had not played. Each day is a grind and I am not expecting to make hundreds of dollars a day, especially at $2 and $3 stakes. Like I said before, I am building this up slowly but surely until I have enough in my BR to comfortably move up in stakes.

I have had a few friends say to me over the past few days; “You’re good enough to play bigger games, why are you wasting your time playing for a few dollars when you could play bigger and win a lot more.” While I am flattered, and agree that I could play higher stakes and do well, I do not want to make the mistake of playing above my monetary limit and risk going broke quickly. Most of these friends do not understand that MTT’s are high variance and just because you play well does not mean you will cash every time. I realize this, and will continue grinding slowly until I feel I can play higher without risking too much of my roll at any one time. It won’t take too long, perhaps only a month or two, before I do start playing higher. But until then, I’m going to keep doing what I do well, and that is $2-$3 MTT.

BTW, I didn’t final table that $2 1r-1a last night; I just missed the money bubble. My AK shove w/ 13BB’s was cracked by pocket 9’s.

So, today is a new day, and after my daily chore routine, a good lunch and a workout, I’ll be back at it. IF you see me at the tables on Full Tilt (I’m theKAAHK for those of you who do not know) say hi. Rail support is always welcome!