2011

By:

AJackson 

Dated:

15 Jan, 2012

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2011 was a pretty good year. Poker I'm very happy at the development in my game. I've never been more confident in my skill and expect to have some big results in 2012. I plan on playing higher with less of a focus on volume. I probably can't say this without sounding self-promoting, but my coaching program has experienced some amazingly consistent results. I've spent the year developing my custom filters and am able to breakdown almost every spot if I have a decent sample size and find the missing value and leaks. I'm only coaching 4 players at a time now, if you're interested in more information and availability let me know. Two guys are finishing up next week so spots will be open soon. My partner and I are now 7 months into backing and we are very pleased with our initial results. There's a steep learning curve to overcome and we've managed to do that so far. We've backed off taking new backees for the last 2 months just to get organized and will be looking to start adding in a couple of weeks. Personal My girlfriend and I have been together 18 months. Relationships are tough in the best of circumstances. Coming from radically different cultures adds greatly to the difficulty of maintaining a relationship. To top it off we're both very strong willed. We largely have an exceptionally good relationship and I consider myself very lucky. Because of a couple of issues my life has become extremely unbalanced. I had some blood pressure issues along with my broken leg at the end of 2010. The blood pressure issues result in massive headaches if I lift too hard. I sadly have not gotten back into working out. After 3 years of rarely missing a work out I thought I had a lifetime habit. This year I'm going to get back on track. There's really no other option, I gained significant weight and I feel like a giant slug. I've been hitting the elliptical machine I have at home most days and plan to get back to lifting next week. The last 7 months of 2011 all my time was taken up w/ work related stuff and I was working 70-80 hours most weeks. This year I've promised myself I'm going to get my life balanced again and leave time for myself and my family. In the past balance has been a huge issue for me. I tend to throw myself into projects until exhaustion or failure forces me to slow down. That's not been an issue in the last 5 years or so. Despite 2011 being a good year for me, I don't feel good about it. Part of it is my lack of balance. A lot of it is the state of the poker world. I was greatly disheartened by what felt like scandal after scandal. I've always been very proud being associated with the poker world. My personal dealings with poker players have been almost universally exceptionally positive. Without question some of the best people I've met have been through poker. Obviously those bad apples will receive lots of attention while those do act ethically receive little attention. I'm certainly not naive when it comes to human nature so it's surprising that I would expect so much from fellow poker players when so much of what we do is unregulated and many are very young. I could only imagine how bad I would have messed things up having big success at that age. Not that age is any excuse for being a scumbag. It is what it is. I just hope that 2012 is a much better year for the poker world. Can't imagine it being much worse. I feel like for me it's going to be a fantastic year and have high hopes it will be my best income year. I don't have exact numbers yet but last year should be decently close to 2008 which was my biggest year.