TL;DR at the top: looking to secure an HPT Main ticket and 10k in 12days (and run deep in the main obv)

background:

-28 y/o moneymaker generation poker player.
-did 10 years in the navy, mostly with the marines, and got out to use my scholarship while i still have no wife, no kids, no debt.
-just moved to north florida from san diego about a month ago.

been playing randomly in the military/online from 2003-2012. got stationed in san diego and it was the first time there was a card room within 30 minutes to play regularly. played 2/3 for a few months and ran it up to becoming a 5/10 reg. took a couple shots at 10/20 at commerce and did awesome. bad two months/hawaii trip/bad month after trip just before i moved drained most of my roll.

started playing in a card room about 45min away and they have a nice 2/5. buy in is 500 at the start but can reload anytime up the to table leader. pretty sweet deal. lots of older country regs that are pretty tight/passive. theres a few business guys that are sLAG and a few internet kids that are pretty cool. not a bad room at all.

so anyway, the premise of the thread is a way of keeping myself in check as i prep for my first major live tournament ive been able to plan/play. here's a link: http://www.hptpoker.com/eventinfo.php?yid=2013&eid=11

its the 1500 HPT main event in daytona.

so the plan is to go up in a week, play in a $108+12+5 Single-Table Satellite to the 300 satty and get a ticket to the main. potentially buying into the 300 satty to the main and see how that goes. if i whiff both of those, ill probably head back up the thursday before day 1 and do the same deal again.

ill be heading up sunday with a buddy from my local room so i presume ill be playing cash post sattys to fill time until we are both done.

the 10k will be more of a "holding my self accountable" goal because if i dont make any sattys at all, ill probably direct buy in if i do well enough in cash games.

ill be playing most days at my local room up until sunday satty day and most days after that up until the main. just looking for a little run good love but save most of it for the main should i make it. hopefully this becomes a good sweat because that means ill be doing awesome.

thanks!

TS:

tat/dread lovers


bust


yoga pants


and finally my unrequited love;
for you 9-5ers


and for the few without net nannies

Day 1ish: currently sitting at 1/2 waiting for my 2/5 seat. Half a table of passives which im sure i will regrettably bluff because i wont believe they can check/call check/call 2pr.

C'mon 2/5!