Poker Einstein.

Hey all...

I've learned something about myself in this past week...but before I can tell you what it is, I need to fill you in a little more on where this poker journey has taken me.

Since I've begun playing poker it is always in mind, not always at the front, but always in there..like a little pebble in your shoe..sometimes you feel it, and sometimes, if you shake it around just right, it's not there at all. That's how poker is...a little shake, it's gone...a little wiggle..it's there again...

Where I used to read fiction by the truckload, I now try to sneak one in between the poker gurus..When someone asked me what I was reading I'd be able to respond with pride; "Atwood" or "Findley"..now, I say "Oh, you know...a little Harrington...a little Caro..."

Sometimes, when the reading gets to me, I'll put it down and think..there has got to be a better way than just learning this stuff...then, I get myself into trouble. And google helps..

Lemme see. How can I win money playing poker...

Google search: Poker Dominance

Google Search: Make money fast...poker

Google Search: Poker Shark...fast

Google Search: Loser fool who wants to give you all of her money in an attempt to find a shortcut to the poker pinacle...

That last one sent me right back to me...go figure.

These searches did lead me places. Places that I suppose I needed to find. And spend money on. I won't bore you with all of the details, (e-mail me if you'd truly like to hear about all of the failed attempts at on-line courses, player analysis programs and others)

I've been searching and searching and searching for that golden elixer..that magic serum that would bring me to the final table in every tournament and shower me with chips in every ring game...oddly enough..and I know this will surprise you, I haven't found it.

Then...along came VPP...and Poker Einstein...well that looks interesting...it runs at the same time as I play...and a little voice tells me exactly what to do...couldn't be easier. The little voice is the funniest thing...it's almost demanding...I actually got nervous NOT doing what it said...fold...Fold...FOLD. So I did. Again and again. I did alright with it, but no better than I could have done on my own. If I had a little more patience, and took the time to set up the profile (as opposed to just using the default settings) then perhaps it would be more effective. But then, isn't it just my own poker knowledge anyway?

When Einstein failed me, I went looking again..and actually had my credit card in my hand ready to succomb yet again, but this time, I paused. Not because I didn't trust the new program, but because, for the first time, I trusted myself.

I can do this. I can learn this game. There are no shortcuts and no easy ways, only a lot of work, a lot of games and a lot of studying.

And I will succeed.

And that is what I learned this week.

Be well until we meet again.

K.

Kaycee's Poker Journey Begins..

Hello VPP world and welcome to my inaugural post. I'm no poker pro. I'm no staticision. I'm absolutely and positively a poker newbie. In fact, it wasn't until February that I even put real money into the crazy world of online poker and now, like you (and don't try to deny it), I am hooked. I try to play poker everyday. I try to read poker everyday. I try to get better everyday.

I come by my card playing honestly. My parents play cards, my grandparents played cards..etc. etc.. I grew up playing cards. I used to joke that I came out of the womb playing cards.

I truly believe that some people have card brains and some people don't. Cards make sense to me. They always have. Poker was a very simple and obvious progression.

I started on those stupid little play money tables on Party Poker.com...they drove me crazy. I knew very little back then, but I knew that I wasn't going to learn how to play poker there. After a month of bumbling around in this silliness I knew it was time to get out of there lest I never truly learn to play.

From there I put my money into Paradise Poker and enjoyed some very early successes. I was playing limit hold'em and did okay at the 1/2 tables. I really didn't have the bankroll to be playing there, but I did it anyway..I was tired of making 50 cents at a time...it just didn't seem to be a good use of my time. I have since changed my opinion when it comes to bankroll managment but I'll get into that later.

So..I've been jumping around a lot since then. I can't seem to make up my mind what I prefer...limit, no limit, tournaments or ring games. Right now I'm reading the Harrington Series and can't seem to get enough of it and the no-limit tournament scene.

Tonight..I played more poker...I'm at Poker.com right now. And I think it's one of my favourites..they seem so very friendly there. I have made some money on their freerolls and am a big fan of the Sunday $20,000 freeroll...which I think is ending at the end of this month. sigh. I played a little bit of ring...my goal right now is to free up my bonus money, and get my comp points for freerolls without really hurting my bankroll, so when I play ring, I play super super super tight. I try not to lose more than $5.0o per session on ring games..(that's no limit .10/.25) so that I can invest my bankroll in tournaments and sit n goes (they just don't rack up the player points very quickly). I played four sit n goes tonight and placed third in one and first in two. So it was a good poker night for me.

You are now more or less caught up with my poker journey...now, we can take it together. Any comments and suggestions are most welcome.

Be well until we meet again.

K.