Where, When, What and How?

So this week I'm on poker sabbatical. Revising if you like for the grind ahead. An enjoyable grind, but a grind all the same. I'm away in Stockholm from Sunday to Thursday and plan to finish reading Harrington on cash game in that time. So far i've found the first few chapters to be interesting, perhaps enlightening, but certainly not riveting. I get bored easily. I always have and always will so reading books comes in fits and starts. I don't imagine i'll learn a huge about, but more reinforce what I already know. This is something that's very much needed.

A few questions i've been pondering this week is whether or not it's worth playing on more than one site with my reasonably small bankroll. I will definitely play on The Gutshot, but was toying with the idea of playing another. Maybe Poker Trillion? They seem to have some decent offers, and qualifiers for the WSOP. A second question is what limits should I play if I deposit say $800?

I've proven on many sites that i'm a winning player at lower limits such as 25c/50c, but is this a big enough roll to play these relatively low limits? The rule i'm going to go by is the 5% rule Phil Laak wrote about and I mentioned in my first post. Given this $40 buy in that limit will be fine, but I know i'll be dying to take a step up quickly. The urge i'll have to resist for the time being.

On the odd school day i've been at home playing poker i've found that the better players scurry down the limits to find the food. The weekend has always seemed like easier money and a better time to take the odd shot at higher levels. As the pubs clear out on Friday and Saturday nights poker players prey on the drunk. These are times i've generally had my higher returns. I intend to look more into this before next week.

The last thing i'm committing to this week is to play at least two events at the European Series of Poker Festival at the Gutshot towards the end of May. At the moment i'm looking at playing the PLO £200 FO and the Main event, although i'll try and qualify for that. I'll pay for this separately as a little treat to myself. Out of the two £100+ buy in events i've played this year i've made final tables on both for a £1500 combined cash. As i've historically kept my on and offline bank rolls separate i'll use the old funds.