Need a game plan!!!!!!

As I was leaving my office on Friday, I told a few of my co-workers that I was going to turn $7.50 into an entry into the NAPT Main Event in April. It was a bit bold, but one of those "you can't lose" statements. So what if I had been wrong. Well, what do you know......I wasn't!!!!! I started at a $7.50 PokerStars Step 1 sit 'n go and after top 2 finishes in Steps 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, I'm in. The final of those 6 came a few hours ago and my hands are still shaking. Victory earned me the $5k buy-in, hotel for the week and $1,006 (not sure why the $6) in spending money. Now what?

I need a plan. I pulled out my two volume Harrington on Hold 'em books. Seems like a decent starting place. It seems like the best players have a diet and exercise plan. I'm open to suggestions. Tonight, I'm going to just put my head on the pillow and think pleasant thoughts. But tomorrow, I get serious!!!!!!!!

What poker career?????

I love playing poker but I just can't seem to find my direction. Where should I turn? I listen to one podcast and feel like I've figured it out and then I listen to the next one and change my mind. I love tourneys but can't seem to balance the time they take with a full-time job. Should I play cash games?

Great conversation with my friend Carlo today. He plays a weekly game with 20 odd guys. Low stakes. They put $50 in the pot each week. $25 goes to the weekly game and $25 goes to a pool that the ultimate winner must play in a live tourney. Any winnings from that live tourney get split 50/50 with the player getting 50% and the "equity" stakeholders splitting the other 50%. What sounded especially appealling was the fact that they not only play weekly, but they also discuss a lot of poker. Not much booze, no drugs, just poker and poker talk. I guess I'm a bit of a geek, but that sounds PERFECT to me.

Beware my friends, I may try to recruit you.....especially if you have a big basement!!!!!!