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Sawcruhteez's Poker Blog

March 29, 2009

So my spring break went really well all except for the poker that I had planned. I didn't get the chance to play as much as I wanted, which is OK because I was having a really good time during my spring break. Unfortunately when I did play I ran like an asshole. Nothing seemed to go right and I dropped close to 700 dollars which was not the results I was looking for.

What sucks the most is I took that whole time off playing internet poker in hopes that I could make enough money playing live to pay for my trip and cover some expenses. Well that didn't work out well I was forced to make a big cashout of 1,500 dollars from my bankroll of 4,000. This left me bankrolled for 50NL with enough to take shots at 100 only if the games were really good. This was a bummer because of how close I was to making the full time jump to 100NL.

Then today on Sunday afternoon I saw some great games going at 100NL and couldn't resist. Some more bad lucky coupled with some ugly play left me down a quick 4BI's. Now this is extremely frustrating, and really puts a dent in my roll. My roll is now 1/2 of what it was a week ago and I haven't hardly played any poker so this really kind of sucks.

But I knew that this could easily happen when playing underrolled and I accepted these consequences because I knew that I would have the discipline to drop back down and grind it out. It's just extremely frustrating because it seems like each of the last 4 months I have had basically the same goal, and have repeatedly failed to acheive it.

My goal has been to beat 100NL and make it my full time game, and I really thought I was going to do it this month when I had my roll up to 4K only 1.5 weeks into the month. However, yet again it did not work out and it shouldn't be a problem dropping back down once again, and starting all over again.

So my goal for the rest of this month is too grind back the four BI's that I just lost at 100NL and have 50BI's for 50NL. I have to be completely rolled for one limit before I start taking my shots at the next, so once I grind back my losses I can start looking to take shots in really good games again.

And my goal for the month of April will yet again to be rolled for 100NL and comfortably beating it. So in April I was to profit a minimum of $2,500 and then in May I want to double that to $5,000 by playing 100NL. This would leave me taking shots at 200NL by this summer, which has been my goal for quite some time now.

I am taking shots in a different manner than I ever have before. I will sit in the game if I think it is a very +EV spot and I know there is no chance of busting my roll. I think this is the best way too take shots, but there will be plenty of times where I lose close to half of my roll to do so. This is completely OK as long as I played well and it was a very +EV spot, and there was not chance to go busto, and I have no problem dropping back down and grinding it out. This is I have to do right in order my maximize my chance to move up stakes. Remember you keep score in poker by who is making the most money, so to be the best I must put myself in the most profitable situations possible.

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Apr 1, 09 15:14:25

That's discipline right there. I'm on a sick downswing too and I dropped down to \$50 nlhe FR to regain confidence.

I'm also in a process of reviewing my hands. My do I suck. I spew alot preflop when on tilt. I need to fold more preflop so that I don't get into alot of marginal spots.

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