Okay well basically I've come to the conclusion that I have some major leaks in my game. That's going to be pretty obvious since I’ve only been playing seriously for a 2-3 weeks now. Nevertheless, I dislike failure so have decided to step away from the tables for a while and focus on some more literature so that I can come back stronger.

After this morning’s bad string of SnG's - enough was enough - it was the final straw...

I got in my car and drove all around town trying to find the Harrington books; no alas. Oh well, I managed to make a nice day of it by catching up with a friend. He seemed to think it was funny as he joked about my apparent new "gambling problem" - Hehe. I always thought I was invincible and only told him about my winnings. However, this is a turning point and I know something is terribly wrong even though there have been some big wins.

I decided to just order the books through Amazon. The delivery time to Australia is going to kill me :[

Shipping estimate for these items: August 7, 2006
Delivery estimate: August 23, 2006 - September 5, 2006 1 "Harrington on Hold 'em Expert Strategy for No Limit Tournaments, Vol. 1: Strategic Play"
Dan Harrington; Paperback; $17.97

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1 "Harrington on Hold 'em Expert Strategy for No Limit Tournaments, Vol. 2: Endgame"
Dan Harrington; Paperback; $18.87

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1 "Harrington on Hold 'em: Expert Strategies for No Limit Tournaments, Vol. III--The Workbook (Harrington on Hold'em)"
Dan Harrington; Paperback; $17.97

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I’ve decided upon my return I’ll take more a tournament style SnG approach to build my bankroll as opposed to cash games. Is there a ball park figure, or general rule of thumb that I can use to calculate what bankroll I should have to play a particular buy in tournament for the long run? For example, if I wanted to play the PokerStars $3.40 SnG’s what sort of BR should I be looking at to hike it out long term – say, 10 or 20x the buy in, resulting in ~ $50? Any help on this would be appreciated.

So anyways, that was my lame day.

Take care everyone and I wish you well at the tables. Also a big thank you to the THP’ers who have rated these books so highly – I’m sure I won’t be disappointed.

Warren.