28 July 2010
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So going a long with my tentative plan for Supernova Elite in 2012, I really need to learn the 9 mans.228 $2 $15 11% $416 -- 9 mans so farI'm going to play 1000 16/9s which should give me a mediocre sample space to judge my play. A long with my personal studying, I've spoken with glitlr and we're going to do some hand history trading since he has an interest in the 18 mans. Given my lack of experience at the 9 mans, i'll be pretty happy if I can sustain a 8% roi right now. I know a lot of the grinders have that but I think I can achieve a lot more. If spacegravy can get a 5% at the 60s, I should be able to get a 10% at the 16s imo. Regardless, I'll probably end up running slightly over ev my first 1k games or so because the regs won't know who I am a large percent of the time...which would give me some much needed fold equity.Things are looking good for my Supernova chase. I have 55k vpp atm and might actually push for by the end of the month. I'm going to shoot for 20k vpp in August which will put me at 80k going into the school year. If it gets down to it, i'll just need to get 5k/month and sacrifice $350 to yomo for the prop bet if things get busy. I have 120k fpps

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27 July 2010
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Changing my game up a lot right now and it feels reaaaally good. For one thing, I dropped down to 18 tables instead of 22 and I feel my ability and level of focus have gone way up. I'm not going to openly mention the changes I've been making, and I'm not even sure if they are things that I was doing before and moved away from...or visa versa. Today was the first day I actively implemented them, and the session just seemed to flow a lot better. 151 $2 $16 11% $343 Sigh, it's like 6:30am in the morning right now and there are no regs on. I really want to switch my sched up for the time being and have me playing my at my peak mental focus right now. I registered than unregistered...can't really decide if to play or not. I'll actually probably cut down on the volume for the rest of the month though. I'm pretty pleased that I easily got in platinum with only playing half the month, and no weekends at that. A lot of sorting out needs to be done concerning my students, apartment, situation, and school stuff. I'll maybe be only playing 75 games a day and devoting the rest of my time to that, and maybe make some time for friends.Me and my buddy yomo20 have an accountability propbet

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20 July 2010
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Feels good to finally have a decent day. I was close to stopping about 100 games into the day because I was getting super frustrated and wanted to go running. I loaded a session and did pretty well in it, loaded another to grind with my friend/student and help him reach his volume goal this month. Ran pretty good in the 60s and finished with 150+ games and a ~1k day. Everything is 100% good to go on my new apartment and I've been stoked about getting some new furniture. I probably need to set a budget because I'm getting slightly carried looking at stuff...Not sure what the deal is the current place i'm staying at, but it's probably best that it gets fixed rather soon. Puddles are in the kitchen and my bathroom and we, plus the maintenance guy, have no idea where they are coming from. Doesn't really appear that it's coming from the pipes so maybe it's coming up from the floor? My roommate says it smells when you come into the house. I haven't really been in and out enough to notice the contrast. I'll probably be getting to some IRL stuff tomorrow so I guess i'll find out.-Benjamin

19 July 2010
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Just got in again from Jessica's this weekend and am pretty tired. 95% sure I'm getting my own place and am going to talk to the apartment people tomorrow to get a lock on it. Should know for sure what's going on around then. It'l be quite a bit of set up/work but very nice at the same time. I'll have to get a new desk, table, couch, and some other random stuff which I am very much looking forward to.Things I need to do this week....Run 4/7 daysRun 3 consecutive miles at some pointGet car checked out/oil changed etcSign up for classesViolin lesson500 sngs3 videosContinue eating healthy.Fun little thing that you can get an app for you iphone. Me and Jessica used this twice this weekend and ended up eating at a Vietnamese restaurant as well as a Columbian one. Pretty interesting food at the latter and will have pics posted if they ever decide to load up to facebookhttp://www.urbanspoon.com/spin-widgetI was able to play the drums this weekend before heading off to Houston. I got a call thursday evening from my friend asking me if I could play the drums for the orchestra camp concert that was going on at the school this weekend. This was the camp that originally exposed me to SFA and

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14 July 2010
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150 games [x]grocery shopping [x]run 1.5 miles [x]Make a grinderschool video [x]I'm doing a pretty decent job of getting up and starting my playing before noon. I have this nice iron cast tea pot where I just brew some different herbal teas and park it at my desk. Makes me run better at the tables for sure...Had a decent day yesterday. Loaded up to the 60s my last sesh and got HU in two of them finally put my month back in the normal. I need to start looking at some different options to make playing easier though. Putting in this much volume has really been causing my right wrist/arm even mid way through the day. I've increased the sensitivity on my mouse a bit and am trying to get used to that. I'll def be picking up a wrist saver type thing that I can rest my wrist on that will hopefully easy the ache. I've always disliked the the option of using a x-box controller to play, but if that is the only way I can play 40 tables w easy, I might just have to.So yesterday my friend showed me this new app for the iphone and it is absolutely amazing. What it does is takes the sounds and motion around you, then laces it with the music you are listening to. I really shouldn't try describing

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