Friday, May 16, 2008

Some days are diamonds, some days are stone

Slow month so far, I’ve played in only 3 live tournaments so far, and haven’t cashed in any. Ugh, I love to cash! But, I don’t feel too bad, I’m pretty happy with the way I played and don’t feel I’ve lost due to a stupid move I made. Most of the time I’ve managed to get my money in ahead and just got unlucky. Looking back, knowing what the cards were (mine, my opponents and the flop), I wouldn’t have played it any other way, and I guess that’s the important part.

Online, however, was another story this week. I play very low stakes on Pokerstars, nothing higher than a $5 buy-in. Since Sunday I’ve played about 8 (I think) of the $4.40 180 person SnG’s on Stars, and I’ve managed to make the final table on 4 of them! I got two 4th places, a 5th and a 6th! The only bad thing is that they normally last until way past my bedtime. Since I start working at 7pm in the morning, you can imagine that I wasn’t exactly a ray of sunshine at the office this week. Oh yeah and don’t forget my new commitment to running, my initial visits to the gym were quite tiresome! Thank goodness it’s Friday today!

Apart from the $4 tourneys, I’ve cashed in some others – even won a Stud Draw game, hehe - and manage to get my online bankroll up from $87 to just under $400 now. Finally according to Sharkscope - I’m not in the red anymore and haven’t been on ‘SuperTilt’ for a while now!!

Since I stopped trying so hard, I’m doing much better – I’m probably not a poster child for theoretical poker, but hey, whatever works. And this works for me. I know I still have a lot to learn, but show me a poker player who doesn’t....

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