switched to stars

finally fed up with ftp enough to leave and go to stars. early on it's been really tough getting used to and i decided to go on uber monkey play mode and donate like $850 playing 100nl. since then i started reviewing my hh's again and focusing more when i play and it feels like things are coming back.

really haven't played much though, only a couple thousand hands.

i also moved some money onto a couple of different online sports books so that i could bet some nfl and mma. i've settled on betting in units of $10 and so far am taking a very cautious approach to it. im trying not to just bet hunches, instead going with sound reasoning and only picking a few spots where i really like a side. i don't expect to be uber successful at it but it will be a fun experience and i know i'll have a better chance at making a little money doing it rather than betting long shot parlays and futures.

i've bet 2 mma fights already for ufc103, they are:

• vitor belfort over rich franklin +129
• mirko cro cop over junior dos antos +116

other than that there are no real mma bets i like this month. i may bet josh koscheck over frank trigg but i'll wait and see if the line moves at all. koscheck is a virtual guarantee to win imo.

in nfl, i went for 3/3 in my first week:

• Seattle laying 7.5 to St.Louis (they won 28-0)
• Atlanta laying 4 to Miami (they won 19-7)
• Tennessee getting 6.5 to Pittsburgh (they lost 13-10)

for nfl i will probably only be betting a few games a week for the first 4-5 weeks until i get a better sense of where everyone is at.

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