I stayed up too late again frittering away good poker money. It is the same culprit over and over. Maybe I just suck. I think I am ok at the game, just bad at managing my psychology. I will add "why you lose at poker" to my current reading list. I also will make an effort to tighten up this weekend.

I did make it to the gym 3x's this week. I will go tomorrow and thus will have 4 workouts in. Pretty good, if I say so myself.

I bought Professional No Limit Hold'em last night and started to read it. My main goal is to improve my bet sizing so I can hold my own when I play. I understand limit hold'em so well because I have studied it so much. I am at a loss at no-limit, but since it is played more frequently, I would like to have a better understanding of how to play it. I still need to study limit hold'em for WSOP, but I should spend some time with this book to improve my NL game.

One mistake I made in my play last night was that I drew to an OE str8 with only 1 opponent. I was not getting correct odds, but I still made the play. I should have known better. I even used DIPO and knew that I didn't have the right odds, but I still made the call. That was just dumb. It is mistakes like this that I can not afford to make.

I played poker at my cousin's house on Saturday. I did pretty well, cashing in 2 of the three games. Competition is very poor there, so that helped my game. They do not know the importance of M. At the end of the night, there were only 4 of us left, and I explained M to them. Hopefully they do not explore it. I drank too much beer while I was there. I wasn't quite drunk, but I did have 7 beers over the 5 hours I was there.

We went to a buffet for Easter brunch. It was lousy. Maybe next year we can just eat at home. I know that isn't likely.

This week, I will try to get back into the groove of eating well and being productive.

I am in the middle of a terrible bankroll-busting down turn. It has resulted from playing distracted, above my roll, and in a pain tolerance level described by BT. This happens periodically to me and I guess it is natural. I just need to control it. So, I self-excluded myself from FT for 3 days and PS for one day. Once I start playing again on Friday, I am going to limit myself to 1 MTT tournament, maybe horse. This will give me a few days to cool off and I should be a couple of chapters through Weigh the Odds. Plus, it will give me time to work on some other areas of my life.

I have started to win again in poker. I am doing my best to keep my focus. The lack of focus is what usually costs me money. This is why I should not play distracted.

I have made my plan for WSOP. I pretty much have my trainning down on paper. Now I just need to execute. Basically it involves studying strategy books, hand histories and odds plus playing both live and tournaments. I will spend the next 2.5 months really concentrating on being a good poker player and hopefully I will cash in the WSOP.

I am also working on my personal finances. I have bought Larry Wingets new book and I am redoubling my efforts to eliminate my debts and then building financial security. It will not be easy, but it is so worth it. I want to be debt free by 12/31/2008. My hardest part will be getting control of the money my wife spends on my behalf. It seems like I am always blindsided when it comes to the bills she pays. I need to get a better handle on those. To that end, I am going to request an ongoing accounting of what she pays that I will owe for. This will allow me to plan better.

I donked off many dollars yesterday playing O8 like a moron. I knew what I was doing was wrong, but I kept doing it. I don't know why. It is just one of those weird things I guess. I really should focus on playing my A game all the time. Again though, that is one of those things; everybody plays less than his A game at times, the person that plays his A game more often wins more often. I need to just play my A game more often. This means that I cannot play distracted, like at work with the minimized game looking over my shoulder.

I am a bit under the weather today. I have a touch of the could that my daughter had and my wife has. Luckily for me, it isn't really putting me down, but it did make it easier for me to skip the gym today. If I work out tomorrow and then run or ride on Sunday, I will still have a 4 workout week. Of course this is one short of the goal, but still not bad.

Tax season is heating up. Although I have pushed some stuff out the door, I still have a queue growing. At least I have some time this weekend to get some work done. I think I know where I need to be and if I work Friday, Saturday and Sunday, I can get it all wrapped up.

I increased my pull ups this morning as planned for my quest to do 100 pull ups. I was able to do all but one set unbroken. Given that I was pretty tired this morning, I feel pretty good with my result. In the next four weeks I will certainly be able to get through all sets with some extra work. After I can get through all sets I will work on time. My goal is to beat my Murph time of 56 minutes. After I get up to 10 on my pull up ladder, I will add some running before and after to simulate Murph.

I have gained some fat around my middle. I have to lose that. I will be able to do that by watching my diet and adding some cardio.

We had a great weekend skiing. We received 12 inches of snow on Friday night so Saturday skiing was fantastic. Hanging with the cousins was great. We also ran into some old friends that we went to visit on Sunday on our way home. Their house is fantastic. The are right near the entrance to the ski resort we will have to keep in touch with them.