I would've posted more but it takes too long for them to upload. All I know is, everyone loved thing 1 and thing 2. We had random people on the street taking our picture and every gave us praise as they walked by. It was a good weekend...
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Halloween Weekend
Halloween weekend was a great time. Some of my friends came up, Lauren and I had matching costumes, and there were plenty of good pictures.
I would've posted more but it takes too long for them to upload. All I know is, everyone loved thing 1 and thing 2. We had random people on the street taking our picture and every gave us praise as they walked by. It was a good weekend...
I would've posted more but it takes too long for them to upload. All I know is, everyone loved thing 1 and thing 2. We had random people on the street taking our picture and every gave us praise as they walked by. It was a good weekend...
October Results
The first half of the month started out great with me running well and playing well (which tend to go hand in hand), and the second month was filled with a ton of variance. I probably ran about $1000 under expectation in the second half of the month and tilted some off, but that's poker. I already have a bunch of things I plan on doing differently in November, so I'm excited about that.
I'm going to make another Full Tilt screen name so I can get rake back. This would've given me around $300 extra on the month and I didn't even play that much. I also played on Pokerstars today during the day, and I was shocked with how many games there were and how bad the play was. I ran ok but I was able to get three streets of value with TPTK and I had people calling with draws on the turn with nowhere near the right odds. The games at Full Tilt during the day plain suck, as it's filled with competent regulars and very little dead money. When I was scrolling down the list of games in PS, there were a ton of games with average pot about 20-25 BBs and 35-40% of the people seeing the flop. I also think a leak of mine was 3 betting light too often at this level. I think I would rather just call with small pairs and suited connectors and check raise the right flops instead of building such a big pot pre-flop, which in turn causes me to make a larger continuation bet.
So my October Results were:
Cash: +$1947
Tourn: +$400
Total: +$2347
I obviously didn't finish at my high point but I am still somewhat pleased with this result. I've had three straight positive months, all of which increased in total, so hopefully November stays on this trend...
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Quick Note
The video blog didn't work very well because blogger makes it too small. I'm in the process of finding somewhere else to host my hand analysis videos so that I can just post a link to it. I also am in the works of creating another site that should hopefully have hosting capabilities as well, so I will keep you posted...
Thai Boxing and Monthly Blow Up
I went to Thai Boxing this morning with my brother, and it was actually pretty cool. It was mainly basic stuff but it was still a good workout, especially in the shoulders. I tried writing something after the workout and my hand was shaking because I had zero shoulder stabilization. My brother and I might also start taking Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) lessons as well. This would be a good way for me to get a couple of workouts in each week with some consistency. I don't enjoy lifting and running as a means for working out because they are so boring and monotonous. It becomes more of a chore when I work out in that style. I prefer something interactive like basketball, football, or martial arts as you are always doing something different but you are still getting a workout. The martial arts is especially interesting too because it is very practical and can help you defend yourself.
As for poker, I managed to blow up again, this time resulting in a -$1165 day. I ran really poorly in 1/2 and was down 2 buy-ins within 150 hands, and I tilted a little and moved up to 2/4. I was playing composed at 2/4 and was up around $200 there when I started taking more beats, and I was re-tilted. This lead me to playing poorly and finishing the 2/4 session down almost 2 buy-ins. I'm going to post my biggest hands for both ways but I'm not going to go in depth with them now. If you read this Bob, feel free to comment as I'm sure I played some of these poorly.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1622784 I wanted that Qd
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1622789 Bleh. Maybe should've checked river
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1622800 Nothing I can do here, just unfortunate he flopped the nuts instead of having 88,99
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1622808 retarded 3 bet against a less than half stack who opened
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1622816 I do want to describe this one a little. Pre-flop I mix up calling and 3 betting here so that's irrelevant. The flop check raise is standard but when he cold calls and this turn falls I literally beat zero hands in his range. Any lower pair is now a set or straight and any overpair playing it soft is still way ahead. The 4th diamond is the only way I can win the hand, but I don't know if I can rep anything more than a medium diamond or bluff. I figured I could fold out maybe a set or straight. His hand was definitely AdAx or AQdd/AJdd, so I lose.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1622833 I knew he was on a weaker Ace, but I really thought it was AQ/AJ. Horrible river. I didn't like a river check because only a better hand will bet, but my pot sized river bet looks more like a bluff and I felt it would get called down by AQ/AJ a lot.
Running bad and playing bad is part of poker, I just need to learn how to handle it a little better. I'm going to play some $100 max to regain some confidence and stabilize the swings a little bit. Hopefully I can go on a little heater and get my monthly profit back to around $3k...
As for poker, I managed to blow up again, this time resulting in a -$1165 day. I ran really poorly in 1/2 and was down 2 buy-ins within 150 hands, and I tilted a little and moved up to 2/4. I was playing composed at 2/4 and was up around $200 there when I started taking more beats, and I was re-tilted. This lead me to playing poorly and finishing the 2/4 session down almost 2 buy-ins. I'm going to post my biggest hands for both ways but I'm not going to go in depth with them now. If you read this Bob, feel free to comment as I'm sure I played some of these poorly.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1622784 I wanted that Qd
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1622789 Bleh. Maybe should've checked river
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1622800 Nothing I can do here, just unfortunate he flopped the nuts instead of having 88,99
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1622808 retarded 3 bet against a less than half stack who opened
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1622816 I do want to describe this one a little. Pre-flop I mix up calling and 3 betting here so that's irrelevant. The flop check raise is standard but when he cold calls and this turn falls I literally beat zero hands in his range. Any lower pair is now a set or straight and any overpair playing it soft is still way ahead. The 4th diamond is the only way I can win the hand, but I don't know if I can rep anything more than a medium diamond or bluff. I figured I could fold out maybe a set or straight. His hand was definitely AdAx or AQdd/AJdd, so I lose.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1622833 I knew he was on a weaker Ace, but I really thought it was AQ/AJ. Horrible river. I didn't like a river check because only a better hand will bet, but my pot sized river bet looks more like a bluff and I felt it would get called down by AQ/AJ a lot.
Running bad and playing bad is part of poker, I just need to learn how to handle it a little better. I'm going to play some $100 max to regain some confidence and stabilize the swings a little bit. Hopefully I can go on a little heater and get my monthly profit back to around $3k...
Monday, October 22, 2007
Video Blog
I'm not sure if I got this to work, but it should be pretty cool if I did. This feels like a better way for me to convey my thoughts on a street by street basis. I think it also puts pressure on me to say what I'm really thinking, rather than crafting a good response for as long as I need by writing.
For the three people that read this blog, let me know what you think...
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Mid month update
The month has gone pretty well so far, with me 16.5 buy-ins in cash and breaking even so far in tournaments (easy to do when you are staked most of the time). I really haven't played many hands, but I have been busy and am happy to just be playing and winning.
After I am done with classes today, I think I am going to take a 2 or 3 buy-in shot at 2/4. Hopefully I run well so I can keep the confidence going and maybe move up early. I have 27 buy-ins for 2/4 so losing two or three buy-ins won't really hurt me, but if I win a few buy-ins and think I can compete there, I will be back to my highest levels again. I will be sure to blog about so stay tuned...
Monday, October 15, 2007
Swing Swing
This was another crazy, swingy session, most likely due to my LAG image today. I don't have time to describe my thought process during the hands, so I will just post the largest ones.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1590439 Cooler
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1590445 Butchered this one. This guy was isolating the limper a lot, so I felt the need to keep him in line.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1590453
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1590457. This guy was running at 28/25 so I had no problem shoving here.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1590461
I'm going to post the mid-month update later. Oh, I also got the new iPod, so pictures of that then too...
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Decent Day
I did my usual for the Sundays, which is just playing a few tournaments. I lost both the Pokerstars and Full Tilt fairly quickly, one to a cooler, and one where I probably over played my hand. Luckily, I was staked for both tournaments so it didn't affect my bottom line. I did play some cash games later to stimulate myself and had a pretty good session. Here are my results:
I also made another $120 finishing my dad's Full Tilt tournament for him. I probably could've have taken him pretty deep but I had QQ lose to JJ all in pre-flop and was forced to use my ninja short stack skills to prolong as long as possible.
The month is about half way over, and I will be making a mid-month update post tomorrow. I recently started data mining 2/4 because there is a good chance I will be playing that next month, and I'm think about taking a 3-5 buy-in shot sometime later in the month, assuming things keep going well at 1/2. From what I've watched, the players there don't seem that much better, and a quite a few of them play 1/2 as well.
Only 4 more days until Baltimore and I can't wait!!!!
I also made another $120 finishing my dad's Full Tilt tournament for him. I probably could've have taken him pretty deep but I had QQ lose to JJ all in pre-flop and was forced to use my ninja short stack skills to prolong as long as possible.
The month is about half way over, and I will be making a mid-month update post tomorrow. I recently started data mining 2/4 because there is a good chance I will be playing that next month, and I'm think about taking a 3-5 buy-in shot sometime later in the month, assuming things keep going well at 1/2. From what I've watched, the players there don't seem that much better, and a quite a few of them play 1/2 as well.
Only 4 more days until Baltimore and I can't wait!!!!
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Crazy Day
This is exactly why I don't like playing long sessions, but I still don't like quitting when I'm stuck.
A lot of today's session was very frustrating. I tried to make way too many bluffs (main factor of swings), plus I had some real trouble making hands. It felt like at times people could see my cards. I wasn't getting any action on my big hands no matter how aggressive I was playing, but every time I was vulnerable I just got run over. This hand nearly sent me on some major tilt (http://www.pokerhand.org/?1577107). It's probably a good play by this guy not stabbing after his attempted squeeze, but it's so rare to see people not continuation bet in situations like these.
Here are some hands:
Bluff
I'm not sure how I feel about this one. The problem with blind on blind battles is that it's really hard to assign a range for your opponent. I've played with this guy before and he's not afraid to play back at me, especially in position, so I found it difficult to put him on a ten. I tried to make my hand look like a slow played big pair, because I will often do that on paired boards. I liked raising the turn because I felt he was on medium strength Jack, and my line is so strong. Plus, if he calls, I have 4-10 outs to still win the pot. I bricked of course, and here was where I might have made the biggest mistake. I decided to shove my last $112 to try and put any Jack to a really tough decision. I think this is bad because the river is so harmless, that any hand willing to call a check raise is most likely going to call now as well. It was also really poor by me to discount a Ten so heavily, as hands like T8, T9, JT, QT, KT, and AT are all calling as well as some other, lower suited tens.
Good Read
I like this hand a lot for a couple of reasons. First, I don't really like this guy because he made an "pwned" comment after a hand he won from me earlier, plus he really isn't that good but he certainly thinks he is something special. The reason I made this play is because of the size of his raise. A hand of real strength won't raise this flop because it's a very dry board and their opponent will fold a worse hand way too often. A medium strength marginally made hand has to raise more than this to protect the hand while still trying to extract value. This leaves only a bluff, so a rebluff (might actually have been best hand)is in order. I make the same move in position all the time because most people aren't willing to put in a 3 bet bluff here.
It was still nice to make a little bit of money, and this did actually put my Full Tilt account over $10k. I want to play all of this month at 1/2 and only move up to 2/4 if have > $12k by the beginning of next month.
My two weeks of hell school-wise are over, so there should be plenty of time to play poker and hopefully make lots of money. I think some of my friends are coming up this weekend (Bob, Bri, and Dino), as well as my parents, so that should be a good time. Lauren and I are going to try out a Chinese restaurant here shortly, so that will be a nice treat after a day like today...
A lot of today's session was very frustrating. I tried to make way too many bluffs (main factor of swings), plus I had some real trouble making hands. It felt like at times people could see my cards. I wasn't getting any action on my big hands no matter how aggressive I was playing, but every time I was vulnerable I just got run over. This hand nearly sent me on some major tilt (http://www.pokerhand.org/?1577107). It's probably a good play by this guy not stabbing after his attempted squeeze, but it's so rare to see people not continuation bet in situations like these.
Here are some hands:
Bluff
I'm not sure how I feel about this one. The problem with blind on blind battles is that it's really hard to assign a range for your opponent. I've played with this guy before and he's not afraid to play back at me, especially in position, so I found it difficult to put him on a ten. I tried to make my hand look like a slow played big pair, because I will often do that on paired boards. I liked raising the turn because I felt he was on medium strength Jack, and my line is so strong. Plus, if he calls, I have 4-10 outs to still win the pot. I bricked of course, and here was where I might have made the biggest mistake. I decided to shove my last $112 to try and put any Jack to a really tough decision. I think this is bad because the river is so harmless, that any hand willing to call a check raise is most likely going to call now as well. It was also really poor by me to discount a Ten so heavily, as hands like T8, T9, JT, QT, KT, and AT are all calling as well as some other, lower suited tens.
Good Read
I like this hand a lot for a couple of reasons. First, I don't really like this guy because he made an "pwned" comment after a hand he won from me earlier, plus he really isn't that good but he certainly thinks he is something special. The reason I made this play is because of the size of his raise. A hand of real strength won't raise this flop because it's a very dry board and their opponent will fold a worse hand way too often. A medium strength marginally made hand has to raise more than this to protect the hand while still trying to extract value. This leaves only a bluff, so a rebluff (might actually have been best hand)is in order. I make the same move in position all the time because most people aren't willing to put in a 3 bet bluff here.
It was still nice to make a little bit of money, and this did actually put my Full Tilt account over $10k. I want to play all of this month at 1/2 and only move up to 2/4 if have > $12k by the beginning of next month.
My two weeks of hell school-wise are over, so there should be plenty of time to play poker and hopefully make lots of money. I think some of my friends are coming up this weekend (Bob, Bri, and Dino), as well as my parents, so that should be a good time. Lauren and I are going to try out a Chinese restaurant here shortly, so that will be a nice treat after a day like today...
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
1/3 Month Update and a Rant
Things have been going pretty well lately. I am running well, meaning I am hitting some 6-10 outers, which is always nice. I still haven't had much time to play because of all these tests. I wasn't suppose to play today because I should be studying for my 8:15 pm test but I couldn't resist. It doesn't look like I will get too many hands in this month. I am basically free for the rest of the month school wise, but I have some friends coming up this weekend, so I won't play much then. Next week, Lauren and I leave for Baltimore on Thursday and probably won't get back until Sunday evening, so there is another four days of not playing. I don't any of it though because I am doing so well this month without playing. I think my theory about playing shorter sessions is correct for me, as I've only had one session over 400 hands and it was just barely above break even.
My plan is to utilize this theory as much as possible, meaning playing multiple 200-400 hand sessions per day. There is one mental problem I have with this though, and that is having the results from my previous session still on Pokertracker. I still haven't rid myself of that fear of losing money I have already made, and I still constantly "force import" during sessions for even faster updates than every minute. One of these times I am going to play with Pokertracker minimized and see if I can handle it. I also remember reading somewhere about someone doing a prop bet to not look at their Pokertracker for an entire month of play. This is something I might be interested in doing.
Ok, I am saving this last part of my blog for a rant, which I don't do too frequently. I have been following the live tournament circuit periodically because I am dying to play another big buy-in tournament and the chance to play for life changing money. Even though I don't like 9 handed play (can't 3/4 bet liberally because too many other cards in play plus you only get on stack), I feel my game has improved a lot since the WSOP. Every day I check the tournament updates, I keep seeing people like Travis Rice and Alan Sass and others who are making the final table and sometimes even winning these things. I know I am just as good as these guys, maybe not in tournaments but in general ability, and it's frustrating to see this. I'm not trying to take anything away from them and I believed it was only a matter of time before they would really break out, I just feel like I am missing opportunities because of school. These guys are traveling all over the place winning 6 figures while I'm forced to study for an Astronomy test that I'm going to finish in 20 minutes and get an A on. An argument could be that I should just play online tournaments, but they are nowhere near the same as live tournaments. These big buy-in events give you a lot of room to play deep stacked the first couple of days (even though it is a crap shoot the last couple of days). This rant probably stemmed from all the tests I have had lately, and I'm not going to drop out or anything drastic like that. I just want an opportunity to play some of these events so I can prove to myself whether or not I am capable of doing something spectacular. I will be going to some tournaments after the end of this semester, so I better take advantage of the few I get to play in...
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Keeping it going
These are the results of my three latest sessions, all of which have averaged just over 230 hands per session. I am happy with these results because school has been pretty busy lately, so it's nice to make some decent money when I actually get a chance to play. Next week should be pretty similar since I have two more tests and a quiz to deal with. I'll be sure to make a post or two...
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Playing and Running Well
I played another short session today because I have to study for another test tomorrow, but I felt like I played really well today. There are a couple of things I want to highlight from this session:
1) Playing more aggressive
As you can see, I highlighted my VPIP and my preflop raise. For $100 max, I think I averaged a 17 VPIP and 14 PFR. Now I've been running right around 20/17 the past two sessions and it really was a necessary adjustment. People are more aggressive at this level, as expected, but most aren't skilled enough to do more than 3 bet light a few times and try to pick up dead money. This makes them very exploitable to things like 4 bet bluffs (http://www.pokerhand.org/?1544652).
2) High Showdown winning %
My largest pot of the day only netted me about 40 big blinds, which isn't even half a stack. This means I had to win a lot of medium sized pots. Typically in pots of this size, the goal is to keep the pot from getting too inflated with only a marginally made hand but to still extract as much value as possible. I only went to showdown 27% of the time, but when I did show down, I won almost 90% of the time!
I also ran really well when I had a bunch of 70/30 situations against short stacks and that is always a great feeling.
I love analyzing things about my game, making changes, and seeing the changes work in a positive way. Progression is addictive in that when you get a taste of it, you just want more and more. I know I am playing well and running pretty well right now, but I'm sure there will be a time this month where things don't go perfectly. The real trial is still trying to play well when you are losing and running bad, and that's something I definitely need to work on.
I can't wait for the trip to Baltimore in a couple of weeks. I haven't really traveled in a while, and I did hit a point earlier this year where I started to get worn out from it, but I'm getting the bug again. I have so many cool trips to look forward to, like Baltimore with Lauren, and then Las Vegas, the Bahamas, and Australia for poker tournaments toward the end of the semester. I will definitely have plenty to write about the next couple of months...
1) Playing more aggressive
As you can see, I highlighted my VPIP and my preflop raise. For $100 max, I think I averaged a 17 VPIP and 14 PFR. Now I've been running right around 20/17 the past two sessions and it really was a necessary adjustment. People are more aggressive at this level, as expected, but most aren't skilled enough to do more than 3 bet light a few times and try to pick up dead money. This makes them very exploitable to things like 4 bet bluffs (http://www.pokerhand.org/?1544652).
2) High Showdown winning %
My largest pot of the day only netted me about 40 big blinds, which isn't even half a stack. This means I had to win a lot of medium sized pots. Typically in pots of this size, the goal is to keep the pot from getting too inflated with only a marginally made hand but to still extract as much value as possible. I only went to showdown 27% of the time, but when I did show down, I won almost 90% of the time!
I also ran really well when I had a bunch of 70/30 situations against short stacks and that is always a great feeling.
I love analyzing things about my game, making changes, and seeing the changes work in a positive way. Progression is addictive in that when you get a taste of it, you just want more and more. I know I am playing well and running pretty well right now, but I'm sure there will be a time this month where things don't go perfectly. The real trial is still trying to play well when you are losing and running bad, and that's something I definitely need to work on.
I can't wait for the trip to Baltimore in a couple of weeks. I haven't really traveled in a while, and I did hit a point earlier this year where I started to get worn out from it, but I'm getting the bug again. I have so many cool trips to look forward to, like Baltimore with Lauren, and then Las Vegas, the Bahamas, and Australia for poker tournaments toward the end of the semester. I will definitely have plenty to write about the next couple of months...
Monday, October 1, 2007
October is off and running
My first full day at a new level went incredibly well. Here's the PT screen shot:
I know I only played 126 hands, but I don't mind quitting this early when things go this well. I think I played really well, and I definitely played pretty LAG as the 20/18 stats show. It's weird how this feels like a new level to me because I played nothing lower than 1/2 on Pokerstars and sometimes 2/4 (although not very successfully). Once I get used to buying in with $200 at each table again and adjust to the swings, I am confident I can beat it on Full Tilt like I did on Pokerstars.
Here are the two interesting hands:
Unlucky then Lucky
Most of the time I will just continuation bet this flop because it looks suspicious not to, but I wanted to really make my hand look like a pair by check calling. I figured I could induce some bluffs from other pairs trying to represent an Ace. I basically had him narrowed down to about 70% pair, 20% AQ, AJ, AT, A9 and 10% pure bluff. The turn is the confusing part of the hand for me because I'm not sure what to do. If I check, a lot of pairs might check behind for pot control and Aces might do the same to either induce a river bluff or river call down. On the other hand, if I bet, I will freeze a lot of pairs (thus folding out hands with only 2 outs) and still get action from most Aces. I opted for the check raise because I didn't think a hand like 88 would call a river lead and it definitely wouldn't fire again on the river. He ended up hitting his 2 outer on the turn, but I managed to spike my 7 outer on the river for the resuck.
Nice Hand
This hand was kind of interesting, mainly due to the flop play. This isn't the best flop for my hand, but when I get raised, I was thinking a few things. This is a good flop to bluff raise as it misses a lot of hands and is pretty scary for over pairs. His raise was kind of weak, meaning he was either really strong or he really wasn't comfortable with his hand and didn't want to risk too much money. I also felt hands like 77 or 88 could raise here often. I decided to 3 bet for some more information. When he called, I basically narrowed his range to set, 77-TT, and 78. The turn was beautiful giving me top set and crushing every other hand but 78. I shoved for like 60% pot and he called with TT and was drawing dead.
I will definitely be playing more hands than 126 on average unless things go this well every time. I have a test tomorrow so I won't be playing anymore today, but I will definitely be playing plenty this week, so hopefully I have more good news to post...
I know I only played 126 hands, but I don't mind quitting this early when things go this well. I think I played really well, and I definitely played pretty LAG as the 20/18 stats show. It's weird how this feels like a new level to me because I played nothing lower than 1/2 on Pokerstars and sometimes 2/4 (although not very successfully). Once I get used to buying in with $200 at each table again and adjust to the swings, I am confident I can beat it on Full Tilt like I did on Pokerstars.
Here are the two interesting hands:
Unlucky then Lucky
Most of the time I will just continuation bet this flop because it looks suspicious not to, but I wanted to really make my hand look like a pair by check calling. I figured I could induce some bluffs from other pairs trying to represent an Ace. I basically had him narrowed down to about 70% pair, 20% AQ, AJ, AT, A9 and 10% pure bluff. The turn is the confusing part of the hand for me because I'm not sure what to do. If I check, a lot of pairs might check behind for pot control and Aces might do the same to either induce a river bluff or river call down. On the other hand, if I bet, I will freeze a lot of pairs (thus folding out hands with only 2 outs) and still get action from most Aces. I opted for the check raise because I didn't think a hand like 88 would call a river lead and it definitely wouldn't fire again on the river. He ended up hitting his 2 outer on the turn, but I managed to spike my 7 outer on the river for the resuck.
Nice Hand
This hand was kind of interesting, mainly due to the flop play. This isn't the best flop for my hand, but when I get raised, I was thinking a few things. This is a good flop to bluff raise as it misses a lot of hands and is pretty scary for over pairs. His raise was kind of weak, meaning he was either really strong or he really wasn't comfortable with his hand and didn't want to risk too much money. I also felt hands like 77 or 88 could raise here often. I decided to 3 bet for some more information. When he called, I basically narrowed his range to set, 77-TT, and 78. The turn was beautiful giving me top set and crushing every other hand but 78. I shoved for like 60% pot and he called with TT and was drawing dead.
I will definitely be playing more hands than 126 on average unless things go this well every time. I have a test tomorrow so I won't be playing anymore today, but I will definitely be playing plenty this week, so hopefully I have more good news to post...
September Results
The month didn't go as well as I would've liked, but I can't really complain too much about winning money. My total ended up being right around +$1,000 ($859 in cash and $145 in tournaments), but it easily could have been a lot more. I once again had one blowup day where I lost $1000 and left me in a big hole in the beginning of the month. As you can see from the PT screen shot, I did really well in the areas I usually concentrate on, like $100 6 max and 1/2 6 max, and really poor in my experimental areas, such as the heads up levels. The 2/4 heads up was just every wrong form of tilt, and without it, the month would have been decent. Hopefully I learned something from it and will prevent myself from chasing losses.
I have also decided not to set goals anymore because I start focusing more on reaching the goals, rather than how I am playing. I will still of course have general goals like "make as much money as possible" but I really want to concentrate on playing better. Actually, an idea just came to me now, and that is to set non-monetary goals/rules for the month. So here they are:
1) Use a 2.5 buy in stop loss no matter what
2) Don't chase losses
3) Get a coach
4) Only take shots when I have won at least 5 buy-ins for that level
I will be playing only 1/2 for the month of October unless something goes horribly wrong and I'm forced to move back down. I don't plan on getting the coach until the end of the month or sometime next month because I want to make sure I can handle 1/2 first. Hopefully October goes well and 30 days from now I will be posting good things...
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