November 26, 2009 • 1:22 pm
I’ve had a really rough run lately.
I don’t think I’ve been playing badly. But, I’ve been forgetting to get up when I should.
On the one hand, when the deck goes cold and I lose my buy-in, I should get up and go… but instead, I’ve been rebuyong and trying to win my way back. Or, on the other hand, I’ve been trying to win too much when things go well, instead of adopting a double-up-and-go approach.
The result is sessions like last night, when I lost $200 then, with my third buy-in, won my way back to about $325. I should have left at that point but I stayed instead, staying much too late and losing every chip before getting up. Ugh.
As I write this, I’m waiting for a seat whichi plan to use for only 60-90 minutes. I will try to double up then get out with it. we will see.
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After two consecutive losses, I headed back to the Hard Rock last night for a nice solid session. It was a Saturday night, which meant that the place was packed. It took almost twenty minutes to get into the garage, park and make my way through the crowd to the Poker Room and, once I got there, I saw an enormous waiting list (> 20 names) to play my game, 1/2 NL. Since I wanted to get to a table as soon as possible, I asked to be placed on the wait list for 1/2 as well as 2/5 and for a $60 Turbo SNG.
They called me almost immediately for 2/5 and, with a little nervousness, I made my way to the table. The 2/5 game has the same %100 max buy-in as every other one, but, generally, players come there with much more cash and gamble, so I was really going to have to play tight and careful, picking my spots before entering pots. But, when I got to the table, I was surprised to see that it was a 1/2 table after all and the brush had sent me there by mistake. Ah well. 
The game went right almost from the start. I won the first two hands I was dealt with legitimate hands and stole the third pot with a continuation bet. I built a $300 stack almost immedately and never really looked back. The deck went cold for almost an hour but I hung in there and, when the cards started to come again, I was ready. I played until the table broke and left with $435 profit which more than makes up for the last couple of sessions and leaves me with a nice healthy bankroll to start the year.
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