I got pummeled last night.
I had an incredible cold run.
I started playing a freeroll, getting sucked out with twice to kill me (they sucked into Broadway each time).
Then I played my bread and butter, 6-max $25 NL and my cold spell continued. I'd flop top two pair when they flopped a set. I flopped a flush as the BB and the limping SB flopped the nut flush. My Q/Q flopped a set and the villain turned a set of Kings. I made the nut straight several times and each time they flushed. My A/A was cracked 2/3 times I got it (once I was called by Q/4s who made trip 4's on the turn), and the third time I just took the blinds. Ditto with K/K.
I lost 7.5 buy-ins last night, losing in all six tables I played. I don't think I've ever lost on six tables in a row before, and more than doubled my record daily loss.
Looking back on my stats, yeah, I had some bad luck, but I made a lot of over-aggressive mistakes. There were hands that I could have gotten away from. Looking back, I think steam was responsible for close to half my loss.
I mean, I was all ready to go through and list a million brutal beats, but a lot of times I had "Why did I do that?" moments. I kept trying to bluff and I just couldn't drop *any* hand better than two pair.
Anyway, I'm thinking that I need to take a break from poker, and come back when I'm hungry. I've been running so good lately that a stumble like this was inevitable, and I think I need to wait until I'm ready to grind. HOWEVER, I have a 1st, 2nd, and 1st the past three weeks in the CardsChat Thursday tournament, and I'd like to try to keep my streak alive. Also, if I don't hit that, I think there's a soft game at a local bar that people are tying to get me to play in. So maybe a live game where I have reads on most people will be a welcome change?
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Monday, April 7, 2008
Updating
I'm up $250 from last post. A good chunk of that is from playing a couple $3 CardsChat games, and finishing 1st then 2nd.
I had lost a lot of confidence in my tournament game, but I found the leak in my game (I get bored, don't care, and then stick my neck out) and have been making an effort to correct it.
In my past 8 tournements/S&G's I've finished:
1/4 (two table HU S&G)
58/766
7/36
1/47
13/18
3/18
2/36
12/35
That last one was a CC special event, and I was in 4th place at the time, donking off my wad to the chip leader. It was stupid. I had A/9 with a bunch of scattered low cards on the board and we checked to the river, which was a 9. The leader bet and I shoved with top pair, top kicker. It ends up that 9 completed the villain's inside straight draw.
It was really stupid on my part. I worked my way from last place with 820 chips to 4th and blew it all by being to aggressive with a junk hand.
I know what to do, that is, I know the theory, but I have a difficult time putting it into practice. Had I taken ten seconds to think about it I'd have saved myself a lot of grief and would have had a good shot at finishing in the money.
I was able to get a 100% matching bonus on a $100 deposit. I didn't like making the deposit, as I like having my entire bankroll winnings. But as soon as I unlock the bonus I'll cash out the $100 and redeposit it.
That bonus has prompted me to start playing 4 tables. I have laptop that I put together using a hard drive from a second that I play on. It has a small screen, an 800MHz processor, and maybe 256MB so 4 tables is about all it can handle.
Also, DSL isn't available in my neck of the woods (I literally live in the woods) so if I look for tables it lags me in any game I'm playing. So the more tables I have the harder it is to add more. I usually add myself to 6 or so waiting lists, then join them as they become available.
ANYWAY... As I was saying, I've been playing four tables to get my FPP's up so I can unlock that $100. Either I'm on a hot streak, or playing 4 tables has improved my game. I'm playing fewer questionable hands because I'm not getting bored, and I'm making more per table than average.
I had lost a lot of confidence in my tournament game, but I found the leak in my game (I get bored, don't care, and then stick my neck out) and have been making an effort to correct it.
In my past 8 tournements/S&G's I've finished:
1/4 (two table HU S&G)
58/766
7/36
1/47
13/18
3/18
2/36
12/35
That last one was a CC special event, and I was in 4th place at the time, donking off my wad to the chip leader. It was stupid. I had A/9 with a bunch of scattered low cards on the board and we checked to the river, which was a 9. The leader bet and I shoved with top pair, top kicker. It ends up that 9 completed the villain's inside straight draw.
It was really stupid on my part. I worked my way from last place with 820 chips to 4th and blew it all by being to aggressive with a junk hand.
I know what to do, that is, I know the theory, but I have a difficult time putting it into practice. Had I taken ten seconds to think about it I'd have saved myself a lot of grief and would have had a good shot at finishing in the money.
I was able to get a 100% matching bonus on a $100 deposit. I didn't like making the deposit, as I like having my entire bankroll winnings. But as soon as I unlock the bonus I'll cash out the $100 and redeposit it.
That bonus has prompted me to start playing 4 tables. I have laptop that I put together using a hard drive from a second that I play on. It has a small screen, an 800MHz processor, and maybe 256MB so 4 tables is about all it can handle.
Also, DSL isn't available in my neck of the woods (I literally live in the woods) so if I look for tables it lags me in any game I'm playing. So the more tables I have the harder it is to add more. I usually add myself to 6 or so waiting lists, then join them as they become available.
ANYWAY... As I was saying, I've been playing four tables to get my FPP's up so I can unlock that $100. Either I'm on a hot streak, or playing 4 tables has improved my game. I'm playing fewer questionable hands because I'm not getting bored, and I'm making more per table than average.
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