Tuesday, August 30, 2005
I played about 800 hands yesterday and turned a pretty small profit. However, things seem to be turning around for me these days. I'm still getting hit by quite a few runner runner hands and people hitting their 3 outters.
A couple other things I've decided to work on so I can take my game to the next level:
1.) Quit being so results oriented.
I used to have a spreadsheet that I kept track of on a daily basis. It had my balances for all my accounts and I could see the fluctuations in my bankroll. The problem is that it drove me crazy to see the total decrease for a few days. I've decided to scrap that thing.
2.) Think about the whole situation before acting.
Sounds simple enough huh? My brain goes on autopilot too easily. I get caught up and sometimes lose big hands or allow free draws and it costs me money in the long run. Now I'm going to start making myself stop for a second or 2 and evaluate the whole hand from beginning to end before making a decision. Sure, this will probably decrease the number of hands per hour I can play, but only by maybe 2 or 3.
Hopefully with the list of improvements I need to make to my game, my bankroll will swell to astronomical proportions.
Also, I've been using my buddy list to chase a couple fish around the pond. There is one guy in particular that I've sit with a few times. I've witness him drop over $1000 with some of the worst play I've ever seen. Really nice guy that always shows his cards and says "nh" every time he gets beat. I need a whole list full of guys like that.
Also, I got this email from Pokerroom.com:
LABOR DAY SPECIAL
Work your way to the top!
Score points from playing Single-Table Tournaments during September 3-5 and earn your place in a $20,000 Added SnG!
Join in as we reward hard work and skill! For each real money SnG tournament played between September 3 and 5, points will be awarded to the top finishers:
10-Handed Win: 30 Points
10-Handed Runner-up: 10 Points
5-Handed Win: 15 Points
Note: The point distribution is equivalent for all buy-ins.
At a leaderboard (will be available when the promotion is running) you will be able to follow your own score as well as the top ten scores. The leader-board will be continously updated and you must be logged in to view it.
At the end of the promotion the Top 10 players that have earned the most points during the three days will be awarded tickets to a $20,000 added Single-Table Tournament. All Top 100 finishers will receive a PokerRoom.com Beanie. Make sure that you have updated your postal address!
$20,000 Single Table Freeroll Payout Structure:
1. $5,000
2. $3,000
3. $2,300
4. $1,900
5. $1,700
6. $1,500
7. $1,300
8. $1,200
9. $1,100
10. $1,000
I think I'm gonna give this a go if at all possible. It depends on how the moving goes this weekend.
I expect to spend a good portion of this evening playing poker. I hope to get about 1000 hands in this evening. I'll probably watch the WSOP of ESPN as well.
In other news, I'm itching to play some live poker.