I've been a big fan of poker radio shows The Circuit, Pokerwire Radio and now PokerRoad and I was lucky enough to get an e-mail read out on the show about forums. They're looking for fans to start up a forum so I'm trying to get one going at http://pokerroad.mybb2.com/. If you're a fan please sign up and spread the word.
Now, onto my poker.
Loss: $10-15
I've not played much at all. Two weeks ago I played a hand where I limped in with A6. Flopped the nut flush draw on a J10x board. I call flop bet and complete my flush on the turn. I check it round (three players). River is a 10. First player makes a pot bet, next player goes all in for about $8 (10NL) and I call without thinking. As soon as I call I know he has J10 and I get stacked. I was barely paying attention to the game (watching telly and chip riffling) so I knew at that point I needed a rest from it.
Took a week off and came back a couple of days ago. Not playing much though. I'm actually only playing one game at a time while watching tutorial videos because I think my game has just hit a road block and I don't think I'm learning anything. Managed to run up $15 quickly on sit and gos but lost half of it playing today with a couple of standards beats followed by very poor play. No complaints really. The damage was done a couple of weeks ago when I suffering from the second nuts syndrome in cash rooms. I also hand some spots where I had reads on players and knew exactly how to stack them but never got the cards to it. A lot of players overvaluing top pair. Problem is I haven't been able to beat top pair since May and when I do they have the boat, flush etc. Frustrating times.
Bankroll is still very healthy. I have 100+ buyins for the sit n gos I currently play at and 20+ buyins for 10NL cash rooms. I know now that I'm not going to hit my target of $1000 profit for the year but I can also be content with the fact that I'm having a winning year - even if it is for little or no money. I reckon I've probably earned enough to pay for the macbook I bought (although I paid only £300/$600 for it). I've not spent any of my own money on poker at all this year except for a £5 subscription to Poker Player magazine and some 60p requests for poker books at the library.
I could really do with going on a heater for a month or so to get my confidence back up. I'm loving observing the game (watching, reading, listening) but hate playing at the moment.
2 comments:
All I know is that your discipline for the game is insanely good, better than most.
I wonder though, are you perhaps a little TOO cautious?
A little too overrolled for some of the sitngo limits? Maybe this is just knowing yourself well, knowing that you cant do well if the money seems too important.
But i think that your discipline is strong enough that you could withstand a few "shot-taking" activities to boost your enthusiasm and perhaps your roll.
Try taking 10 bucks and climbing the ranks the way some people do, just keep doubling up and buying in for the table minimum. Eventually you can withdraw the initial 10 bucks you started with so you dont lose anything on the deal...
there's a high percentage chance of going busto (obviously you dont put much of your roll at risk)...
But i think for you, something like this might fire you up and get your juices flowing a little.
Most people should NOT use this approach, because most people struggle with tilt issues and have very little discipline.
Whereas you have almost the opposite problem, managing your risk almost to an extreme.
Anyway, just a thought...i'll continue reading regardless.
Aaron
www.gangstazen.blogspot.com
Hi Mate,
Can you drop an email regarding a biz proposal to michael.needham@icap.com.
Many Thanks
Mike
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