“And I think that it’s only in the private tournaments that I can play a full game, as full as I’m capable of playing, playing with the minimum of mental adjustments downwards for the level of play. That, probably more than anything else, contributes to my success rate in these tournaments.” If this is even [...]
Here’s a question that I don’t have the answer to. Alright, first a question that I do have the answer to. Why don’t I play more tournaments? Answer: Because I don’t like to wait for them to begin, and even if it’s a Sit and Go I don’t like not having control over when it [...]
I was searching through some of my old posts, searching for cashout/deposit information because I was trying to build a spreadsheet that tracks my “net”; my online bankrolls plus my net cashout/deposits. It’s actually starting to get to the point that I can’t keep track easily any more because of redeposits (chasing redeposit bonuses) and [...]
I was looking at my HEM stats the other night, and pleased that I had something like 8 up sessions in a row. No big ups, but no down sessions either. Then I went back further searching for my big downswing. I found it, a month and a half ago. My big downswing was a [...]
I’ve taken a bit of a break from the multi-table grinding. Not playing as much, watching some poker videos, doing other things than poker. Last night while I was watching a video I decided to fire up a single $1 turbo SnG for something to do. I ended up playing 3, and doing poorly in [...]
The frustration of the grind goes on. It gets to the point of wondering whether it’s worth it to continue, as I suspect one of the reasons that I’m tense in other aspects of daily life during the past two weeks is some accumulated frustration that is spilling over. What am I hoping to get [...]
In the last while I’ve gone through a few tough sessions. The most recent ones, down 4 buyins in each session, and these followed a much earlier much lighter series of down sessions. I recall losing some confidence with the first series of down sessions, back when I had just begun my project of mulitable [...]
So I’ve been on my latest project for a few weeks, and I’m still into it. The project is to drop down a level, work on my multitabling, HUD reading, and post flop play. I’m having fun even though I’ve gone through some frustrating periods. I started with 6 tables, went up to 8, hit [...]