Poker History - monthly update

What would Lance Armstrong do?

eriksmith — Thu, 03 May 2012 09:34:00 +0000

April was a very tough month for me poker wise. No matter what I did I kept losing and the losing streak lasted 22 days. I was down almost $7000 at some stage which is 35 buyins meanwhile my Expected Value (EV) graph mathematically showed a tiny profit. I asked myself: “What would Lance do?” The answer is: “He would keep fighting the variance and climb the mountains regardless of the conditions!”

WORK TASKS IN APRIL

Educating myself

eriksmith — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 09:47:32 +0000

March has been a very interesting month for me. Not only did I spend the majority of my time in Australia it was also the month where I made the biggest progress in my mental game. In this blog I will sum up my progress as a No Limit Hold’em poker pro till date and show you how I try and educate myself.

WORK TASKS

All I Do is Win

eriksmith — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:59:26 +0000

About a 1,5 years ago I was hanging out at the W hotel in Hollywood with Keith Gipson, Lacey Jones, Dan Fleyshman & Victoria Moore to name a few. We were all going to the ‘Kandyland’ party at the Playboy Mansion. We were discussing online poker at the hotel while the girls were getting dressed or undressed I am tempted to say...