~Half the year gone, Ju...

I actually forgot to do this last month, but I wanted to get a bit of a ‘big picture’ post to keep track of my yearly progress rather than a month to month thing, so here it is a month late… Save for playing a measly 11k hands in April and absolutely nothing in May, this...

June in review...

I guess when you can make more than two grand in a month and play a personal record number of hands still be dissatisfied with your results, you’re following the right path. In my last post I mentioned I was on pace for nearly 60k hands and since then unfortunately I’ve...

So much for being lazy...

It’s been a bit of a strange comeback to poker for me.  Having to go home to take care of family for one full day and two partial days per week makes me feel as though I’m being held back from putting in my full potential.  I can bring my laptop back and forth, but...

I’m back with a l...

New apartment, new computer, fresh new start, right?  Well, not quite. Deb and I moved into our new loft back on the 2nd of the month, and up until a few days ago I had no internet – that is if you don’t count my phone’s handicapped connection.  No internet means no...

March Marginality...

Had you asked me a couple weeks ago how I feel about my progress in March, I’d have said “I’m about break even, but I feel fantastic about it”.  At that point I’d put in almost 40k hands with nearly two weeks left in the month, on pace to smash my previous...

RIP StoxPoker...

“Announcement to Members” It seems as though the people behind StoxPoker have decided the recent controversy surrounding the company was enough to warrant giving the company up.  If everything goes as planned, StoxPoker.com will be merged with current business partner...

Mid-March progress...

I suppose the run-bad tends to happen during the most trying times.  For newer readers who aren’t so familiar with my current situation: I’m currently living at home with my mother, brother, grandmother and stepfather.  The reason I’m staying at home is because my Oma...

Hi Stox!...

For a long time I kept an old blog at blogger.com, mostly documenting my progress as a casual player moving from STTs to ring games, and eventually my progression as a professional poker player.  Early last December with the help of a friend I launched ChuckTs.com, a newer, prettier site...

Bittersweet February...

First thing’s first as there’s only a chance at hockey Gold every four years, and in 2006 we came up way short: WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS! Sure, we’re proud of all 14 gold medals we won (most ever for our country!), but the only one that really mattered was hockey. ...

Aggression, equity and ...

A lot of microstakes players tend to get stuck ‘at the flop’.  What I mean by that is they know how to play preflop relatively well and they know how to cbet the flop to some degree, but once they reach the turn they tend to make a lot more mistakes, and are unsure how to...