New rules

--No chat. If I chat, I quit.
--If I steam, I quit
--Stop playing weak hands OOP for a raise.
--Stop calling three-bets light in position, hu.
--Fold one pair on the turn to a raise.
--Bet the turn with one pair more often.
--Play for value, not for image.
--Enjoy folding.
--Stop caring.

I was home sick the last couple days. Fever, cold, not feeling great. Obviously, I played 5,000 hands of poker. And blew through nearly $3,000. I'm sick to my stomach about it. Not the money really. I'm still well rolled for 1/2. More the utter lack of self control. I burst right through threshold of pain, yesterday afternoon and didn't look back. There were a lot of sick beats, but a lot of horrible plays as well.

So I took all my money offline. I'll be back playing Saturday, but I'm taking the next few days off. I'll play live on Friday, and if I behave well, I'll put the money back on Saturday (bronwyn's out of town for the weekend) and play Saturday and maybe Sunday.

If I behave badly or tilt on Friday, I'm taking two weeks off.

I behaved like a child, particularly yesterday. If you're going to play a competitive game, you need to be able to lose graciously. I have failed miserably at that, and it's unacceptable. If I keep this up, I'll quit and put the money in an Roth and maybe keep a few hundred to play in the micros.
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In other news, I decided to accept Andy's invite to run the Indy half marathon with he and Donna, Memorial Day weekend. I may give Dave a run for best jog blog on the web. With seven months to plan, I think I'm going to shoot for at least a half hour off my 2:30 last year.