i have bad beat storys....

but i will spare you.

I played 7 or 8 3.40s today, and was happy with my play. There were plenty of times where i was a large favorite (over 70%) for 3k+ in chips, but managed to lose them. It was kind of sick, but these things happen. Poker can be a harsh game. If anyone were to ask me what is the most important skill for poker, i would say control over ones emotions. In my past, the beats i took in the first set of 3.40s would of sent me off into tiltsville. Now, i just take a hour or so break, get some food, and come back totally fine. Take more beats in the second set, take another break, come back and make a bit of money playing cash games. Threw it all i felt somewhat ok, and never let it effect my decision making.

So today i ran poorly, but i played well, and controlled my emotions. <---that is what matters.

So after playing sngs, i decided to run a little test. I opened up 6 tables of 1-2 cent nine handed No Limit, and just played. I have played 6 tables before, and feel that in 9 handed cash games it would work fine.

The results...Everything worked fine. I never felt overly rushed, never close to timing out, and only remember one minor mistake made. This is good news. I am aware that i make more money per hour playing sngs, but i need to be able to play other games, and at this point the only games i can afford are micro nl, and pl games because all of the fixed limit games are out of my bankroll. Its nice to change things up a bit, and i think there is some money to be made in NL cash games. Granted the level of play is much improved over a few years ago, but the games are still beatable. The key is to not over estimate your skill level. You really need to be outplaying your opponents regularly, and feel you are one of the top 2 or 3 players at the table. So what if you are only playing .25-.50, if you 6 table that, and make 5 dollars per table...30$ per hour. Not too shabby. I make 8 at my day job.

Plans for now is to 3 table sngs until i get all of the rust out of my game. Also only playing 3 tables lets me focus and make the best decisions. When you are in one of these little bumps in the road, that is what you really need to do.

Also want to keep 6 tabling the cash games. Not so much for the money, even tho i will make some, but for the experience. Once i get the bankroll up a bit, i can give the .05-.10 cent tables a shot, and hopefully make as much per hour as i do from sngs.

All in all i am just thankful to God for me playing as well as i have been. Without God, i am nothing.

God bless,
Takeover_inc

oddest negative variance

After not playing for a bit, i have come back.

There are a lot of things i am going to need some money to pay for in the near future. I need some computer stuff, birthday gifts for people, new tires for the vehicle, and other random stuff. Most of it i must buy (gifts, tires) but some of the stuff is just stuff. Either way, i decided i need to round up some money in the near future, so i might as well be rolling on tires payed for by the micro players.

So i ditched my 4.40 180 man sng dreams, and decided to just grind out my bread and butter.

Bread and butter = 3.40 turbos :-)

Things have been odd. I have played 16 sngs, and won 12 dollars. Thats a 21% ROI, not bad by any means. But i am rusty. I have not played that many sngs in a while and it shows. I have gone out in a couple with plays that were just horrible. I know i missed out on a few cashes due to some very bad play.

Also i have been having the odd variance where i am a card rack at the start of the sngs, but end up only getting 3 or bubbling. It is a bit frustrating to get a stack early, only for you to get drawn out on, or get called by a marginal hand when you are pushing. Ohhhh well, its no biggie. I am still winning, so there isn't too much to complain about. I will rack up the wins once i get all the kinks out of my game.

So thats it for now. I am going to be playing the 3.40s and try to grind up some money to spend on stuff.

God Bless,
Takeover_inc

19th PLACE!!!

ahhh the bubble boy.

I bubbled out after playing short stack ninja a long time. I played really well the whole time, and couldn't be happier with how my play has been. The bust hand was kind of a downer. I was short stacked as i said, and had no short stacks to my left, so stealing blinds was not going to happen. The blinds just went to 400-800-50 and i am in the BB with around 5k in chips, everyone folds to the sb, who is a goofy player. He limps, the pot now has 1600 in blinds, and 300 in antes. Beings i see that i can pick up almost 2k without much of a fight, i push my monies in with the 94 off, and get insta called by the sb with K7 sooted. <--yes, k7 on the bubble.

I lost, i bubbled, but i think i played great. The 4.40s are going to get killed, and its only a matter of time. I am outplaying the players left and right, but i getting unlucky in key situations. When i do win that coin flip, or trap some guy for a big pot, i am going to wreck. I thank God that he has blessed me with the ability to play so well lately.

On a somewhat negative note, i am down to ~120 dollars in my poker stars account. I have been doing fine with playing the 4.40s and micro cash games, but the lack of any type of money coming out of the 180 mans is dropping my bankroll. When i take a top 3 spot in one everything will be fine, but in the mean time i am not thrilled about waiting it out. So it looks like i am going to hit the 3.40s again. Its ether that, or step up to the .02-.05 nl tables. I am not wanting to move up in the cash games when i am short on bankroll, so sngs it is.

Until the money gets back up, i am going to register for a 180 man, then load three 3.40s. This will let me play the sngs and be done before deep in the mtt. If i begin to go deep, then i will either play one sng along with the mtt, or open up a cash table.

4.40s...its only a matter of time. 216 dollars in my pocket soooon!!!

God bless,
Takeover_inc