Never give up!

I went to play live poker tonight for the first time in a week. I hadn't played since a week ago Friday, but not from a lack of motivation. I started back playing live a few weeks ago and have had a hard time getting things going. I feel I have been playing really well, making good decisions, and have made several good lay downs, but sometimes all that is still not enough. It seems it has been my time to be on the bad side of variance and all I can do is try to keep grinding along and hope it turns.

Unluckily for me I am not in my best financial state at the moment and I started this recent live grind with only a buy-in. I started off fair and got up to a few buy-ins but was not able to keep building. I will say I have been careful and have not had any big losers, just some nasty hands and coolers at inopportune times. Tonight I actually had a decent few hands but was not able to turn them into much. I also had KK three times and once had to fold them to AA, but made a good lay down. I had a few other spots go awry but no need to explain. I will say that tonight was a fun night for me other than losing, as I played along side a good friend on his birthday for a few hours, and talking poker and stuff with him was great. Happy Birthday Cody!

Tomorrow I will be playing a 15k freeroll at 10am. I qualified for the freeroll by getting 40 hours of live play in a month. We have two decent casino's here in Tulsa and they both offer this promotion, it's not to bad to be honest. Hopefully I can catch a small break and do some good today, I could definitely use a BR boost.

Variance101 Poker Coaching is doing pretty good, I picked up a couple new students this week and have some interest from a few others. One of my new students had two very good lessons within the last week and I expect him to be crushing the tables soon. I really enjoy coaching and am excited to see the progress of my students. I have a lot of respect for anyone that decides to get coaching, it is a big step and usually turns out to be a very lucrative decision. I don't think I have ever heard anyone say that getting coaching was a bad idea for them. I know when I got coaching I was amazed at how much I didn't know and was like a sponge for all the new information. I will say, for the most part coaching is not about anyone teaching another how to play, its more about the coach helping the student reduce mistakes and errors. Most people would be amazed at how often players pay a bad price, pick a bad spot, or not get the value they should. Poker is an amazing game and we can get back out of it, what we put into it. So the best advice I can give is, get to work and give it your all.

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