I'm back

Back in October I think I had $50.
I earned more, then I had a period of a couple weeks where I just wasn't motivated and would pretty much stay even at the $.01/$.02 tables.

I decided to hit the $.05/$.10 tables and wow, that really motivated me to improve my game.

In November I decided that when I had a bankroll of $3 I'd try the $.10/$.25 tables, but I hat too early so I made it $350. Well, I hit that in December just before a long trip to CA, so I decided to wait until New Years Day.

Again, moving up was a good thing. The 11 days after New Years I averaged $20 per day in earnings. I had been averaging about $3.

On December 12 however, had an extremely bad run. I'd raise with J/J, hit a J on the flop, get someone all-in on the turn, and he'd river his flush.

I lost a ton. In one game I was down $175 at one point, though fate managed to stop kicking me in the junk long enough for me to cut it down to $120.

I lost a bit in another game as well, though not nearly as traumatizing as that one.

The next several days I had trouble regaining my composure. I played too aggressive and even though I seemed to always get my money in good I'd get burned.

I also had a few lucky moments. For example, I remember a small stack being over aggressive, and losing 3/4 of his stack. The very next hand he shoved on the button. I had 7/7 in the SB so I called.
He had A/A.
The board came up 2/3/4/5/6. He was playing the board and I beat him! How sick is that? I'm not sure, but I think I owe that guy the privilege of punching me in the face once.

It took awhile for me to correct my game but now I have the dedication and patience that I was lacking. I've also been winning the "one of you was destined to go broke" pots, coming out with the best full house a couple times.

During my cold streak I experimented with Heads Up tournaments. I played 3 $2 games and totally dominated them, winning all three. I also tried a $6 game and won that as well.

The other day I tried another $2 Heads Up tournament. I pretty much dominated that as well. Then my 4/4 made a set on the 8 high flop. The other guy raise, I re-raised, he-re-raised, and I shoved. The showed J/J.
The turn was a useless K.
The river was a J. Doh! J/J always hurts me in one way or another.

About J/J...
J/J has always been my bane. Sure I win a lot with it, but when I lose I lose big, and almost always to a suck out. I mean, if I misplayed the hand that's one thing, but losing to flush and straight draws over and over again is sickening.
Looking at my stats a couple days ago, A/A, K/K, and Q/Q have all had over a $110 profit. J/J was in the hole over $7. Heck, even 9/9 had a $75 profit.
Well, yesterday my J/J made a full house against someone who had a set of Aces, which put J/J into the green, so it's now showing a $17 profit. Sweet!

I've been doing well for the past week. No losing days. At the $.05/$.10 limits I had a streak of showing a profit in 32 ring games in a row. Right now I've won 8 out of my last ten sessions, one session finishing dead even and having a small loss in the other. But the earnings have been nice.

PokerTime...
I had won a few dollars on PokerTime via there freerolls, and managed to turn that into $17 or so playing at the tables. Well, that went away when I had another bad beat with J/J.
Yeah, I know that's bad bankroll management but it's not like that was real money or anything. I figured I'd either get something significant quick or be done with it. Now, with no bankroll there anymore I can be rid of the site. I dislike the software.
Of course, they have a juicy freeroll this Sunday so I might play that. But unless I win something I might just delete the software from my computer.