CARDRUNNERS

So on sunday I had a great day early in the day in cash at 10/20 and then didn't do so well in mtts. I was still very pleased with my day. Before I went to bed, I decided to play some PP 5/10nl. I got KILLED. This is the 2nd time in 3 sessions I've gotten rocked at PP 5/10. Overall, I'm on a 9 buyin downswing there. I am pretty furious about that. I just don't get PP sometimes. I go on huge rushes, but in the end I give most of it back. I think I am playing fine, so I think it's just he variance of playing with bad players. After all, I've been playing well enogh to beat 10/20 lately (im on a huge upswing there). I think sometime soon I'm really going to break through on PP and go on a huge rush. I hope that comes sooner rather than later.

I was so furious about dropping 5 5/10 buyins on Sunday that I haven't played poker since then. It wasn't the money that upset me, its the fact that I am not winning a lot on PP and I am more just treading water. I feel like I should be really really killing that game as I think it is one of the softest out there. I just haven't felt like playing poker at all since then. I am going to be in Michigan all next week and I will have dial up internet, but I don't think I will play at all that week either. It is possible I will go 2 weeks without playing. The funny thing is overall I am on one of the best upswings of my life. There is no point in forcing any sessions though.

I had a really good workout today. I am already sore as fuck. I can only assume I will be a dead man walking in the next day or two. My left arm is pathetically weak and I really need to work on that. I'm really glad to finally be challenging myself with working out though. It's something I wish I had done a long time ago. As one of my friends who works out a lot told me, "wiggins, no pain, no game, son."

I spent the earyl part of the day playing 25nl and trying to make videos. I made two of them and after each taking an hour to save I realized the files were corrupted. That tilted me like a monkey. I played a bit later and dropped a buyin really fast. I realized I was tilted like a monkey and quit. I came back about an hour later and dropped another 1k. I wasn't getting into big pots, jus tlosing every possible medium pot.

I took a shower and didn't play for awhile adn came back with the idea of playing Party. Honestly, my last month on stars and ftp have not been that great. Party and UB are where I have really been winning a lot lately. Therefore, that is where I am going to focus on playing from here on out. I am really liking party more and more. With the monster tables there are a lot more games to choose from, which really helps w/ avoiding the v good regulars. Also, since I started using scripts, it's my favorite software on the net. It's fast but not too fast and the scripts make up for the shortcomings that party has (gives me a bet 2/3 pot button and autoreload). Furthermore, I get rakeback there. Not getting rakeback on stars is kidn of a kick in the balls. Yes, the VIP thing is nice ,but they don't give enough point sfor cash games adn they give too much for sngs. Thats bullshit IMO. Anyway, I like stars a lot, but its awfully slow and I just am not running wlel there. I won ok amount last month, but have given most of it back recently.

So, after losing 3k on stars today I came back w/ +7500 on party. I made a little bit of a gain on my pace, which is good.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?448875
This hand helped.

Taylor, EmpireMaker2, and I are all playing golf tomorrow. That should be fun. I don't know how much playing I'll get in tough. I'm gonna try to get in a short session when I wake up.

Today: +4586.90
Overall: +10205.38

14544.62 BEHIND pace

I woke up today and actually felt like playing some poker. The end of the month is coming up so I need to make sure that I stick with it so that I can make sure I accomplish this goal. I basically had it in the bag if I had kept playing a lot, but I've barely been playing at all lately. Now that I'm totally settled in at school and my partying should start to decrease a bit I can get back into my normal routine.

I started off really bad today. I don't think I was playing all that great and I was running pretty bad. I was probably stuck almost 10k in the first 30 minutes. I was only planning on playing for an hour and a half so I almost just quit then. I didn't want to get stuck really bad when I knew I wouldn't want to sit here all day and grind out of it. Anyway, I decided to just keep plugging and hope to catch some cards. Luckily, I was able to do just that. I started running pretty hot and ended up winning 5k on the session.

I should note that I ended up playing more yesterday and lost about 2k back. It was all at 5/10nl. I was making a video for cardrunners and just ran awful. It's a two part series and I think it's pretty good. The first part is already posted.

Green tea does not quench thirst at all. I will have to avoid it on hungover mornings.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?473081
Here I just tried to control the pot size and make my hand deceptive. I felt like there was a good chance he'd have me in really bad shape if we played a big pot.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?473125
This hand was pretty bad.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?473166
These opponents are both crazy players. This was an easy call. I'm glad it held up.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?473221
I decided to slowplay this one and I'm sure glad I did. He tried to make a thin value bet on the river that basically got him comitted to the pot. I don't think he should bet that river.

Today: +5158.23
Overall: +74592.58

5842.58 AHEAD of pace

I've basically been killing the last few days. I've got my bankroll sitting around 45k. I even managed to take about a 6k hit towards the end of the day at ftp. I've been playing a really wide array of games. Here's a list of what I've played in the last few days...

4/8: HU, 6man
5/10: HU, 6man, PLO
10/20: HU, 6man, PLO

I've basically been bouncing around and finding the best games. It's been working out really well. I think I'll feel completely comfortable about my roll again when I have it at about 60k.

I've learned a ton from this downswing I had. It's so important to have confidence when you are playing. Even if you think you are playing ok, if you don't have confidence, you aren't playing your best. With poker, its essential to make sure you are playing your best as much as possible. During the month or so that I was struggling, I never really felt good about my game. That caused me to play poorly overall and to tilt more. I think the best thing you can do when you are running bad is to take a step back from the game. It wasn't until mentally I thought I wasn't going to play for a long time that my head really got cleared. That combined w/ my friend building my confidence by telling me I could crush the fringe site was really the key. When I got on there and ran well, my confidence came rushing back. In hindsight, I wish I had just stepped away from the game much sooner. I never shoudl have let myself get into the spot where I was on such a huge downswing. I also think that switching sites when you are running bad really helps change your view on the game. I got a fresh mindset when I got off UB.