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So Ive been really shitty about updating. My own fault completely. There has actually been alot going on that I probably should be blogging about but I havent had the energy, nor the time frankly, to sit down and actually put it all down. To start, I am not working at my former job any more. It was an unfortunate situation where it was nobody's fault, other then the circumstances of the situation. It has been an interesting transition since then. The days immedietly following it, I lounged around the house, and basically made myself as unproductive as possible. It was a really odd change of pace for me, as I am usually really accustomed to being on the go. Suddenly downshifting into a life where I didnt really have a whole lot going on was quite the change.

I found a sales gig with a new company within the same field so that is good. I mostly do outside work, driving to places and selling new customers on our product line. Its definitly very different then the management side of things which I was used to, however, I am embracing the challange and have found myself to be pretty decent at the work. I did the same gig for my old company a few years ago, so it is a bit like riding a bike.

Anyways, onto the poker. I have been playing quite a bit more as of late obviously. Since this sales gig isnt exactly paying the bills yet, I have been grinding it out at the low to midstakes games around town. I forced myself to play a much more basic and straightforward game, trying to eliminate as much variance from my style as possible. Generally things have been working out pretty well. I found that you dont really need to get too fancy with these guys. It is a bit of an ego shot to step into the smaller games but as long as dollars are being made, at the end of the day that is what is important.

Today things started off really well when I got JJ to hold against 88 within my first few hands. A short time later I picked up another $100 when I check raised the chip leader on an A82 board. Things were rolling pretty good, but things started to run cold. I picked up AK and AQ a few times and bricked all times. QQ vs AQ and AQ makes a flush. AA vs Q4 in a hand where I slow played and he had the deck break for him. I still booked a small winner but it could have been ALOT more. Sigh...

So that in a nut shell is my life right now. I promise to update more frequently!