http://www.pokerfox.net/mscell A Balancing Act of Poker and Parenting Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:53:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Now the blog can be found at mscell.wordpress.com I will be making all future posts over there...... - Mark http://www.pokerfox.net/mscell/?p=56 It was one year ago that I woke from my bed as a man without a real job. I was not exactly sure where my journey would take me when I left the corporate world behind but I knew the timing was right. I had spent enough time feeling underutilized ... http://www.pokerfox.net/mscell/?p=55 ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH! I hate when I second guess myself into making a bad play. I have been playing this game long enough that I really need to trust my instincts every single time I play. I mean I trust my instincts most of the time I play but I swear ... http://www.pokerfox.net/mscell/?p=53 Wow. This is pretty big news as far I'm concerned. This week Pokerxfactor (a site that I have been a member at since May 2006) announced that it had acquired Pokerfox (the first online training site I ever joined and the place where I have been teaching tournament poker ... http://www.pokerfox.net/mscell/?p=52 I don't normally post a lot of HH's but I have decided that I am going to try and do more regular hand analysis starting this month. I will be copying any noteworthy hands to a file for later discussion during my playing sessions. I managed to play 6 ... http://www.pokerfox.net/mscell/?p=51 So with the first 3 months of 2008 in the books, it is time for me to review my progress so far this year. Let's take a look at some overall numbers first: MTTs Played 498 Cashes ... http://www.pokerfox.net/mscell/?p=50 Not much to say relating to poker today but I wanted to get an update on the blog so here are just some random things passing through my mind on this Firday afternoon: - I had a very nice Easter with my family. Holidays are not always the best and ... http://www.pokerfox.net/mscell/?p=49 I knew I wasn’t playing as poorly as my results indicated in February. Tournament poker has quite a bit of luck involved and one break can completely change your month from bad to good or vice versa. So far in March, we are on the good side of variance and ... http://www.pokerfox.net/mscell/?p=47 If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you ... http://www.pokerfox.net/mscell/?p=46 I managed one cash during FTOPS finishing 250th out of 6000 in Event#8 (NLHE 6-Max.) Not the stellar performance I was hoping for but considering I didn't play nearly as many events as I had hoped to.....it will have to do. February overall has been a tough month ... http://www.pokerfox.net/mscell/?p=45