and I grinded on

Today I cashed in 4 out of 34 MTTs and 2 out of 7 satellites. I'll be honest the day started out a little rough as I was getting knocked out of MTT after MTT but I kept my head together and I grinded on. Around 10pm which is six hours into my session I was approaching two final tables and I got some surprise company. I had a distracted 45 min but truly kept my focus for the most part and ignored the distractions. When I was down to 6 handed in the $3r and 9 handed in the $2r, my company left, my focus increased, and I was able to win both MTTs. Truly it was needed because even with winning two MTTs I only cleared a small profit on the day.

Today was another good day. I feel as if I am playing well and applying a lot of focus. Grinding online can be a grind but I know for sure we will get back out of it what we put in. So if we are lazy and distracted our results will mirror that effort, but if we are focused and we work hard daily to improve, we can reach our goals and put up good results. I think in general there are lots of poker players that play way more than they study and they often give just enough effort to get by. If this is true at all it should be even more of a reason to step it up, because if you do you will quickly gain an edge over the field of lazies.

I finally got to chat with my buddy that got 3rd in the CardPlayer poker series main Event at Choctaw Casino in Durant, Ok this weekend for 70k. Its crazy how in poker anything but first can still be mildly disappointing. He hit his largest score ever and I can tell he still had a bitter taste in his mouth from the bust-out hand. I think he did great and he is having a good year for live MTTs. He has hit his largest score twice this year and he also was able to cash in a $1500 at WSOP. Keep up the good work, Mike.

The poker chat has been going very well. We have had guys hitting scores left and right. Also its easy to see that everyone is improving and when a hand is posted the comments get better everyday as everyone improves. I will say that I think most of the guys in the chat can still step it up a notch, and I know they aren't asking enough questions, posting enough hands, or trying to get enough advice. Its all a process though and I just try to keep on them to work harder and use the resources they have available.

LONG LIVE ONLINE POKER!

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