The McFarland Nit - Alan's Poker Diary

Hurray for the first post in my blog!

For the past year or so I've been studying poker and playing it online for real money. It has always been an interesting game to me and as many of you know I love logic problems, probability, applied math and game theory.

So last year I began what I'm calling an "experiment" of trying to build a bankroll up from a minimal deposit by consistently beating different stakes and hopefully one day have a roll large enough to play in some of the bigger tournaments or at least make some decent extra income.

I've created this blog for three main reasons:
- To keep myself motivated to play poker and continue to improve
- To keep friends and family updated on my poker progress
- To occasionaly use as a dumping ground of random junk on my mind when I'm bored

For those few of you that read this, I hope it gives you some insight into this self-imposed fun challenge of mine.

Hopefully tonight I'll have my first real update posted along with a sort of FAQ to handle the usual "OH GOD POKER IS THE DEVIL" questions.

Thanks for reading, and here goes nothing...