It's the weekend! Le weekend, as the French would say. I've got plans to go to a wonderful restaurant for dinner, and then god knows what I'm doing. The sky's the limit. I'll probably put in a million hours at the online tables this weekend; been running so well lately that I feel I should set aside a lot more time to play. So far I have not really done that. But I need to, in preparation for my next crazy initiative:

OPERATION: CONSIDER BEING A PROFESSIONAL PLAYER

OK, I'm not anywhere close to having the bankroll to do this. Not even remotely in the area. But I'm playing with great focus and adaptability lately, and I know I can succeed at higher stakes than I'm currently playing. I have in the past had good winrates up to $100 NL on Party. Once I have the cash online again to play that high, I need to think about going higher. What I would really like to do is see if I can focus and put together the bankroll to be able to play 3/6 NL. Once I get there, if I can get an acceptable BB/100 hands going, I think I could make a pretty decent living in those games. If I move up from that point, it's gravy. So I'm going to set some bankroll goals for myself first... that's step 1. In fact here it is:

Current BR: $1000
Target 1: $2000 by the end of July
Target 2: $4000 by the end of September
Target 3: $8000 by the end of November
Target 4: $12000 by Jan 1, 2007

And once I hit that mark, I'll start playing 3/6 NL.

The biggest obstacle I have is just lack of time. I really don't put in many hours lately, which means my 'roll is experiencing some seriously slow growth. I tend to make $15-40 a session recently, but my sessions might be 45 minutes to 2 hours at most, and I only get about 5 or 6 sessions in a week. Stupid job and social life! Be less time-consuming!

If I can reach my mark by Jan 1, then I'm going to spend maybe four months playing as much 3/6 as possible and see how I do. That will be the determining factor of course; the bankroll build is just laying the groundwork. So in essence I'm plotting a course over the next year or so to find out if I'm really good at poker, or if I'm just really good at talking about poker and not that great at playing it. Or it's possible that I suck at all of it. Anyway... stay tuned, true believers.