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My plan to move down on PP was a disaster. I think the session I just finished was the worst I've ran of all my sessions. I lost 6-7 2k+ pots at a 70%+ favorite. That sounds absurd, but I'm not exaggerating. My morale w/ poker hasn't been this low in a long time. The only thing I can do now is take an extended break. Normally after running this bad I would be playing bad and getting in as a dog. That is what's unique this time. I am playing well. I still need to clear my head though and let the cards come around for me, because this feels like a big joke that is on me. It's just time to take my own advice and take a break.
I feel like writing this blog is going to help my game. If I write I am going to do something here I will have some accountability to stick to it. There have been times where I will finish a bad session and say that I am going to take a few days off and then I end up playing the next day. I need to stay away for a few days this time...
My day at work today was much better. I mostly was doing research during the day, so it wasn't so tedious and I got to learn some stuff. I had to read up on SOX which is pretty dry, but I find it somewhat interesting at the same time. I think tomorrow they will have some reasonable stuff for me to do too, so that's good.
One thing I've noticed w/ poker lately is that I tend to be whinning a lot more than I used to. I'm not sure why. I feel like I need to vent my bad beats. I got away from that for a long time, because I think it's stupid. Although, I won't argue that it does help make me feel a bit better. The bottom line is that no one cares and there is no reason to bitch about beats to other people. I am going to get my act together and get back to a 0 whine policy. I think it's best for everyone involved. I need to realize that this is just variance and it's bound to happen. I will get out of it soon enough. I am seriously considreing playing poker out of college. If I am going to do that, I really need to repair my approach to poker. I need to treat it as a business. That means no making runs at 25/50, no tilting, no bitching...just solid play. The next year is going to be a test for me. I need to look at it as that and start treating it like that starting now.
I've had a very negative tone in my first few blogs. Don't get me wrong, I am a very happy kid. The last week has just had me really pissed off. It's just a mix of a ton of things...work, poker, sucking at golf, not being 21 (sat at buffalo wild wings and drank a sprite while watching the game while all 6 of my friends drank nice cold beers from the tap...ugh). I need to get this negativity out of my life though. It's not good for me. On a brighter note, I started working out today and that felt good. I think that will be a good way to get rid of any frustrations. I am also thinking about starting to meditate. It sounds weird, but I think it would be good. I tried it awhile back and didn't get too far, but I think I can do it now. I want to become more spiritual.
Better luck at the tables than me....
Cheers,
Andrew
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stories later,
tc
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January was a swingy month for me, I was i a bunch of very high variance pots, just trying to play aggro, but when RR Ai on the flop w oesfd, its alaways good for opp to lay it down once in a while, since they have fold equity, but thi months opponents, would not fold to my AI's and I didnt hit.
But, let hope that on February, things go my way and I hit my hands on key pots. I also need to stop spewying, Ive found myself double and triple barreling quite a bit. I also need to stop playing HU, 50NL HU has owned me this past month, im down like 17 bins, I used to kill that game. But my 6 max game is decent, I just need to tighten up on some spots,
So overall, this month I made a whooping +$371 from cash games and about $830 from some tourneys, for a total of $1,201.
Im glad I was able to stay on the green, my original goal was to try and make 4k, I think that I will keep that goal for the month of feb, but Ill be happy with anything over 3k.
Thats it for now. Good luck!
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Put in a few hours this morning & ended up +$160. I still make dumb decisions like chasing flush/straight draws & calling down with underpairs but I'm still coming out on top. I need to fix these small leaks before I make the jump to $100 NL, which is coming very soon.
Matter of fact, I 4 tabled this evening with 3 tables of 50NL & 1 table of 100NL, just to get a feel for it. I'm happy to say the 100NL session went very well, winning ~$60 in an hour. Maybe it was just the table I was at but play seemed generally tighter. Although when I first sat down there was a maniac raising almost every hand & seeing around 80% of flops. He evenyually paid me off. :)
If I wasn't so tired I'd get into some hands, but I need some sleep. Take care.
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i cant do this anymore. this is just too trying on me. i need some changes.
ezra
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I think I've made a few mistakes and i've recognized those. But i lost the biggest pot of my life tonight on a hand I thought I played correctly and I just feel sick to my stomach.
I simply don't understand whats going on. everyone else seems to be able to win just fine and i'm here just shitting off money. it is so sick. i really need a break.
i was planning to come back to atlantic city next week to play more tournaments, but im not sure if i can without going broke. like i really need to rebuild. my highish stakes days may be done for a while. jesus i feel sick.
Ezra
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I wish my hands would hold up more. I need to make better money. I guess this is because I decided to play even though I have more homework to do. I got a good pace going though and should finish everything in a timely manner. I need to go to bed though before i throw up from these sick beats.
UPDATE: Feeling the need for some vengeance, I woke up this morning, fired up 2 100nl tables and 2 200nl tables and won back $500 in 17 minutes. Talk about running hot. This makes me feel better and now I can concentrate on my work for the week. I ran so hot that I hit 2 nut flushes back to back with AKdd and AQss and a few hands later hit a set with 99 and stacked a guy with J9 on a J9x board. That was all at one table. Feels good.
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we need a small get together. lemme know.
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Dear Blog,
Today I'm plugging leaks in my game. After discussion with a good friend of mine, I have found a spew in my game in which he says he think I'm costing myself 1.5PTBB/100 hands. It's very deterring to say that I feel that I'm good but not a great player. Great players makes great lay downs more often than they make great calls and I'm sick like Ne-Yo of making stupid calls. I think I need to punish myself for each and every call I make without the right odds or look up when all I can beat is a bluff.
I did okay today though. I made a little over $500 and I'll probably play an evening session so that I can really focus and force myself to make better decisions. I really need to talk myself through hands and that usually seems to keep me making the right decision more often.
Well, off to the gym for some cardio. Hit me up if you need your clothes cleaned. I'll provide the washboard abs.
-Locks18
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Dear Blog,
I went deep last night in the FTP $16k for a 4th place finish. This was very disappointing as I was chip leader several times towards the end and entered the final table as a short stack after losing a big pot with KQ vs. FD+1 overcard. Although, it's an extra $2k, I would've been much more happy taking down the $5k top prize. After a losing day on yesterday in the sng arena, that puts me very shallow in the black for the day. I need to start keeping better track of my MTT performance and will start doing that as of today. There's no need to invest time in playing them unless I'm profitable.
I've been trying to satellite into the AAPT and EPT on Stars. So far, no good as I've gotten to Step 5 twice only to have to repeat once and move back down the 2nd time. I hate knocking on the door and never getting in. That's worst a girl getting naked and then saying her menstrual started. EWWW.
Til I bubble another win.....
-Locks
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