I dont maintain I elevate it just go harder...: it's ferocious when you broke and focused

Nah, I'm not broke but I maintained a "broke" mindset this month to help grinding. I zoned out all the temptations, kept up with gym 3 times a week. I basically focused on one thing, POKER. Profit-wise this is my biggest month of the year and yes it feels awesome to end on high note.

I played about 1200 games, met my volume target. Went through some really sick swings, broke even for about two weeks straight, overall ROI dropped from 10% to 7% at one point. I filtered out turbos, and my ROI for reg speeds is actually 11%. I ran terrible in $100s-$160s in a relatively small sample shown below:

Getting down my 3-4 tabling skillz, my game's improving I feel. Played a lot of regs this month, including a set of games against Robert which were certainly interesting...I'm sure we both learnt a lot from those. Feels like I've gained a deeper understanding of HUSNG VARIANCE this month, yes I am still bitching a lot and yes these swings are still painful as ever but I've learnt that there's definitely no way to escape, cheat it. In the past I wasn't sure if i was just unlucky because I played fewer games, but now the numbers are all working out when I'm grinding 1000 games/month. Masochistically, I might be even enjoying this process because everytime after one of these swings I feel I become emotionally stronger.

2011 will be a big year, I don't want to set a profit goal but definitely want to start making $10k/month soon, and definitely want to start playing $200-$300 when I get rolled for those. I've controlled my spending somewhat because it's simply easier to not spend that much when I'm not working...I don't feel the need to spoil myself buying stuff, getting massages all the time...

#14 on HUSNG HIGHEST LIMIT LEADERBOARD, #1 CANADIAN PLAYER LOL.....BOOOOOM

Current Heads Up SNG Leaderboard (Highest Limit) Dec 01 2010 ET -- Dec 31 2010 ET < Previous Next >
Rank	Player ID		Chips	Prize

1	mersenneary	United States	419.0	20 x fav buyin
2	kkenkk	Brazil	373.5	16 x fav buyin
3	tasasas	Russia	320.5	14 x fav buyin
4	Provokation	Germany	310.5	12 x fav buyin
5	Kierkegaard1	United Kingdom	310.0	11 x fav buyin
6	DoubleKpl	Poland	301.0	10 x fav buyin
7	SzNuR	Russia	299.5	9 x fav buyin
8	notgoingnewhere	United Kingdom	296.0	8 x fav buyin
9	Brav3H3art	United Kingdom	287.0	7 x fav buyin
10	tressizback	United States	272.0	6 x fav buyin
11	The Sweeper	United States	261.5	5 x fav buyin
12	Sargon38	United States	257.5	5 x fav buyin
13	goinfishn08	United States	253.5	5 x fav buyin
14	john521	Canada	246.5	5 x fav buyin