Session one was a short-handed game of .25/.50 limit on PokerStars. And it went badly. I broke one of my rules, I was tired and not all there mentally. Sure I was watching the game, I picked a table that I thought would be alright, but after about 3 rounds my VP$IP was 10%, thats right in 18 hands I played 2 and both those were when I was in the small blind with no raise.

So when I got J10s on the button I thought that it was a sweet hand. So I called….then the BB raised and me, well I closed out the betting. Then the flop, J-10-x rainbow. Not bad, I figured I could play it cool and just called the BB. Then the card of death Q…..

BB checked-raised and I called and then on the river there was a blank, and he check raised again.. I called and he flipped AK….DAMN!

That simply put me on tilt, I was down to 25% of my buy-in and after 20odd hands called it quits.

I think that if I was sharper I probably would have folded on the turn, and saved myself 3BB.

Now I just hope that this is not me going on tilt full time, and the next time I sit down to play I will be sure to be relaxed

The more that I do reading other blogs and working on the design of some of my other sites I am starting to realize that this site is really lame. I really have to do something about the look of this place.

Most of my readers are via RSS, so I am sure that YOU don’t even know what the place looks like. But I think that if I want to build my readership I need to look much “cooler”.

Now I am not sure what to do about this.

There are a number of cool free ones out there, but they all have those stupid “sponsored” links at the bottom of them and make the entire site look un-professional. Some that would be great for a personal site, but not a site like this where I am trying to help people out by learning about my problems with making money online by not doing what I do….

Anyway, I am thinking about starting a contest on Namepros or another site like that where they can make me up a 2.0 type theme. Or maybe I will get a buddy to do it for me. What ever I decide it is going to happen in the very start of the New Year.

Well I have decided that it is a waste of time to start up an entirely new site just to post about my poker playing. I figure that if I do it for more than a year I may change my mind, but for now I will just be posting it here

So here is the plan, I am going to be trying to play a bit every week and I will make a summary post about what is happening after every session. Basically I will post right away so the feeling about the particular session will be fresh. Then if I have the time I will be posting a weekly round-up. Talk about where my bank-roll is, if it is going up or down, and what I am feeling about my play.

The thing about poker is that you have to be in the right frame of mind to play right. You don’t want to have other things on your mind that will distract you from your play. So during those times I will be probably reading about the game and reporting back on what I learn.

The game that I am planning on starting with is low limit at poker stars. I figure something in the range of .25/.50 This is a good range for me to play at because it is not so high that I am going to lose a lot, but it is high enough so that my gains can been seen. Also I am going to try to stay away from the SNGs, I am not a very good tourney player so the cash games suit me better. Besides I like to be able to get up and leave at any point in time.

I had vBlogetin installed on one of my forums for a long time. I bought a license when it first came out and then got very disenfranchised with it since there seemed to be 0 development for the longest time.

Then the guys/gals at vBulletin came out with their own, official product. And then started to get really freaked….

Anyway it seems that the team at vBlogetin smartened up and have started development and they are finially in RC1.

So anyway, I am in the process of redeveloping the site and going to re-install the product. Maybe I can get some new members since they will have their own blog.

I know I just said that I was going to stop developing new stuff, but I consider this maintenance. I make some nice money from the site as it is right now, but I think that it would be great if I could create a community that people would simply want to visit. I am working on some apps that can be used on Facebook, and then I hope to get as many people as I can to use it. Maybe I can get some indirect traffic from it.

It is looking like the stretches of free time I have are going to be getting shorter and shorter till mid-winter. So I am thinking that I am going to be spending my little amount of time that I have. Developing new web-properties take a lot of time, so I am going to be simply maintaining and then spending my little time doing one of the activities in title.

So which one am I going to do?

Well I think that it is going to come down to what one will be the better investment. There are a lot of fish out there even now, so poker would be a great time investment and has a lot of potential.

That said I have money that I am investing in RRSP from my day job and have been thinking about transferring them to stocks and doing more of the management myself. This would take a minimum of 5 hours a week to do it right.

So which one is the better to do? I already play poker for fun and have some books that I have read and could read them again, and “study” them to gain a better insight into the game. With online poker you can play at any time and it really doesn’t matter if I miss some time.

So I think that poker it is. I am going to invest a $100 buyin on pokerstars and go from there. I will post my stats as I go along.