D-Day, 30 September

It is amazing how well poker players can read the play. While I would not consider myself a "poker player" just yet, I think I can read the play better than most.

And herein lies my blog entry for today.

Yesterday I start a poker blog, and in it I mention that it is fast approaching decision time in life, and here I am today, being told that as of the end of this month, I will no longer have a job.

Wow, sometimes it is scary how my predictions turn out... however, sometimes I ponder that it may be better to walk around in ignorant bliss. At least it will give my ever-overworking brain a rest!!

I guess this is a skill that I can turn to my own advantage at the poker tables on a more regular basis sometime soon.

When the end of the month arrives and I am shown the door, I am resolved to the fact that there is no way that I will have landed a job, so the decision is kind of being made for me to try out my hand at the poker tables.

For others, this would be seen as an act of desperation. An attempt to make ends meet through the high-risk pursuit of gambling.

However, I don't see myself as one of these people.

I am financially comfortable (for the moment), have a very good sense of myself and what I can and cannot do, and as such see this as a great opportunity to find out if I have what it takes.

My plan at this stage is to casually play a few tournaments through October and November at Crown Casino and perhaps have a go at some cash games on the weekends when I have the time.

I will also see if I can work up my online bankroll, which currently stands at a "massive" $220. Hahaha, I laugh at myself and my online poker approach. It is not a model of success!!

For one, I do not think I am that good at it. I usually only play in $3 MTT's and am usually very drunk. I reckon I have maybe dropped $300-400 over the past 4 years of playing online, with my biggest collect being $260 or so in a Poker Stars MTT.

However, I deposited $40 about two weeks ago and thought I would adopt some of Chris Ferguson's rules in online bankroll management. Remarkably, it has been working and now with a balance of $220 I will be able to step it up a level. Anyway, more on my online exploits later.

It is at the real life tables where I feel I am at my best. The skills I have acquired in the business world are very adaptable to the poker tables (and vice-versa), and this is where I think I will try to forge a nice little bankroll to have a tilt at playing in some of the larger tournaments during the Aussie Millions.

Anyway, enough musings on my miserable business life for today. I have a home game tonight with about 15 or so of my closest friends... hopefully I can take some of their hard earned to add to my bankroll!!