Someone remind me to stick to No Limit
because I always seem to piss away half of my monthly profit/compound my losses playing PLOlmahahaha, Omaha 8/b (hi/lo) and Limit hold’em. Oh yea and tournaments, i blow at those things.
this is going to probably seem pretty scattered because i’m playing 5 tables right now and writing in between hands, which isn’t very often.
i’ve almost totally recouped my losses from the -$1500 PartyPoker stole from me. (i think i’ll be ahead after this session)
game aproach thoughts – I’m going to be a lot more aggressive with my bankroll than I’ve ever previously been. I mean i’ve always taken “shots” at higher limits before, but honestly that was just me chasing losses and my way to defend/justify what I did. But now that poker is not my only cashflow source a larger downswing will not hurt me as much as before. Also I feel that one of my strengths I’ve developed recently is being able to quit when i’m losing which is a big leak for some players and will keep me from denting my bankroll too much in any one session. I think that if you’re playing 2-3 buy-ins behind you’re at a pretty large psychological disadvangtage and it’s better to just start fresh when the next day/in a few hours when you don’t have the mindset of trying to get even. Too many decisions become based upon how much you’re down, (ex. “If I call this and win I’ll only be down $xxxx)
(i just rivered a 5 outer for a $400 pot, i play good).
So starting yesterday i’ve been playing 2/4 on a short roll and although I was +$700 playing Hold’em, I only booked a profit of $150 because before starting my hold’em session I obviously pissed away $550 playing Omahahaha. (hence telling me not to play those games anymore).
I’m getting used to my work hours now and not coming home and crashing anymore. Next entry will have some hand histories and more about how the actual games are going.
Good luck to me and my more reckless approach.
Expect a post soon after detailing how I went bust haha.
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