My plan for the rest of the month...

Going to be an incredibly busy last half of the month. Work has a two-day training seminar near the end of month that will mess up my standard east coast working hours (I live in AZ, so I'm at work by 5:30 and out at 2:30 am AZ time; for those two training days, I'll be doing the standard 8-5 which really screws up your sleep schedule).

On the 31st, my fiance and I close on are first house. We move on the 1st.

At the end of next month, we get married. Which means taking care of some minor details this month.

So as you can see, I have a lot going on, the last thing I need to do is stress myself about bad results at the tables. Therefore, I'm going back to my strict bankroll rules.

Here's what that entails:

I will no longer being playing cash games on FullTilt for a bit. I haven't been properly rolled there for a long time. As a result, when I do take the inevitable bad beats there it frustrates me two-fold as I also stress about going busto there.

Rather than play with this scared money or get frustrated when funds get low, I am instead going to do a SNG challenge for myself. Quite simply, I want to see how many $1 SNGs I can get in before the end of month and what type of ROI%/profit I can put up at that micro level. This allows me to continue to play, doesn't put my bankroll at risk, and I can get that sense of accomplishment that I seek. Good way to practice hand-reading as well.

I will continue to play 10NL on PokerStars as I am properly rolled there for that level. Plus if I do have a bad downswing, I can drop down a level as per my bankroll rules. It will not be my focus but I do plan on getting in quite a few hands.

So that is my plan. I'll continue to try to NOT post bad beats unless they are entertaining like the AA in my previous post.

So be checking back often to see how my SNG challenge is going and see if I'm learning anything.

Good luck at the virtual felt.

DubsPoke

Visions of a big score....

Under 1k left in a $10 30k guarantee. Have a slightly below avg stack, and get dealt AA.



Ow.

Thanks for the Inspiration

Some excellent posts by other bloggers last night/this morning that have provided me with some inspiration and restored some excitement about playing this game:

Change100 - The Barometer

The Vegas Year - A-10 is Whack The prevailing undertones of non-results focused play are awesome.

and the guy that laid off...can't find the link. I'll get it up soon.

another 2.5 buy-ins gone...

lost 7 pots over $1. Hands I lost with:

AQ, AT, AK, JJ, KJ, TT, and 44.

Just flopped a set on a 3bet pot and doubled up. Only my second pot won above $1 in this second session of the night.

Forgot to include in my earlier post (part of the reason for my frustration) that I had to withdraw a bunch from my accounts so only playing on a $100 BR on FT (now down to $65). The reason for withdrawal is good, help cover costs for the purchase of a home for my fiance and I. We close at the end of the month.

I'm very much looking forward to this weekend so I can really examine my hand histories and see where I'm screwing myself over. Based on the sample of hands above, I'm guessing I'm overplaying Ace-Faces a bit. Too many cbets perhaps?

It seems I'm losing a lot to the 70/30, 50/25 type of players as well. Counter-strategies?

EDIT: Sweetness. All-in for half a buy-in after the turn. Flip up my TT up against 44. River 4. Another half buy-in gone. Tell me if I misplayed this:



Update #2: and just got stacked when my TPTK (AJ) ran into a 90/45 players KK. happy happy joy joy. Guy is raising ATC for 60+ hands and the one time I give him action...

My main problem, I'm losing plenty of big hands but winning none. Even if I am ahead.

Completely dissapointed in myself...

45k hands at 10nl and I'm a slightly losing player. I'm astounded at my own incompetency.

I've always been above-average to good at most everything I've set my mind to. I've set my mind to being a profitable poker player.

yet I'm not.

Everyone says that 10NL is full of fish and is ridiculousy easy to beat.

Have they played 10NL? Do they know what they are talking about?

I have to be missing something.

I have a long weekend while fiance is out of town. Time to figure what is going wrong.