Looking Forward to 2011

I figured I would try to start blogging again here in the new year. Poker has been good to me the past few months and I'm looking to gear up for a busy year of playing/studying. First off, DTB has been a great help to my game and the people here are very knowledgeable and friendly. I can't say enough about the excellent content of the site as well as quality feedback from the members.

I have ordered Dusty's new book and that will be a source of study here in the first months of the new year. I ordered the hard copy as I just prefer that over reading it on the computer or printing it out, so I should have that here in the next couple of weeks. I intend to keep studying the videos, posting hands on the forums, and simply becoming more part of the DTB community as it helps me become an all around better player.

I have never been a very good multi-tabler mostly because I honestly just haven't put the time into it, but the past few months I've been playing four tables and have been very pleased with my decisions and results. In the new year I am planning on working my way up to six tables as I get more comfortable with it.

I'll be starting the year out playing my usual 25NL and plan to stay there for the first few months of the year, however I hope to be moving up by the springtime as I should have the bankroll for it after I put in a few months of hands. I know I've been reading how tough the cash games are at 1000NL and above, however at the small limits there are still lots of very bad players. I just hope that sometime in the next couple of years we do get poker legislation to go through so we can have an influx of new players online which will be another poker boom and a great thing for all of us who stuck with it during these UIGEA times.

I'm hoping to find a person or two to work with on a regular basis from DTB to do weekly/biweekly study sessions with. I think it will help my game. One thing I don't have is any friends that are serious about poker. I have several who play it casually but would never think about grinding every week, watching videos, or studying the game. So I would really like to get a friend or two that is just as serious about the game as I am.

Also in the new year I want to play several live sessions every month. I live ten minutes from a very nice casino with a nice poker room, so I want to work on my live play this year. The players at the live 1-2NL games are awful and there is a good bit of money to be won there, so I'm looking forward to that as well.

So I wish everyone a great 2011 and I hope that my blogging about my poker adventures will serve as a means of poker therapy for myself and slight entertainment for others. Best of luck and good health in the new year.