I am not going to take summer classes. I am doing lousy in school anyways because of poker, so i figure that i probably need to pick one or the other. It obviously made sense to choose poker.

I figure that even though i still have to work 32 hours a week that i can get 30 hours a week in playing poker. I have little trouble sitting on my ass all day and keeping a clear head. I don't even have to withdraw any money from my poker account since i will still be working anyways to cover rent, food, etc.

I figure i will need ~14k to have a sufficient roll for 400NL, and need 2-3months to become a solid winner at that limit. So, i need to get there by September. That means that in the next (April, May, June, July, August... 5!) 5 months i have to make 5k to clear 100NL then 9k at 200NL.

I have a slightly larger than 3k roll on Full Tilt right now, and cleared all my other accounts(Pokerstars, Absolute) to either pay tuition or rent. That leaves me ~$600 more to plug into my Full Tilt account, so overall i need to make 10.5k in the next 9 months playing poker to reach my goal for 400NL. My confidence is quite high right now, since i just increased my roll by 1k on Full Tilt in the last 4k hands (long session last night).

I don't know quite how 200NL will go, so i will post some numbers when i get there. Until i get there i will post hands from 100NL.

I want to play poker full time at least for a couple of years. As of right now, i do plan on also going to school part time while i play poker full time to get a 4 year degree. But, for a while at least i would like to put some serious time into improving my game and achieving a level of proficiency that would allow me to make it a comfortable living.

I originally had some numbers projecting weekly incomes for playing poker. I took them down because i kind of realized that sometimes variance doesn't settle itself out in a week. Or in a month, or longer (read Irisheyes blog last night - 041307).

I am willing to put in the time and energy into becoming a very profitable poker player. I hope i can maintain the discipline and the focus.

Once i play 15k hands of 400NL, i will consider the operation a success!