All aboard

Looks like there is trouble ahead for the rats in starsville:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/28/internet-poker/pokerstars-statement-min-max-buyin-big-bet-tables-720944/

This pic made me rofl hard but there are a few rat legendary rats I will miss crushing.....



Ps I suck at adding links. If anyone can help me with this please leave a comment.

Am back

Have been away for the past week or so and the break has done me a lot of good.

Being away from the tables gave me a chance to think about the month so far and I quickly realised that for whatever reason some of the fundamentals had slipped from my game whilst shooting at 400nl. Table selection being one, lack of folding another, and there are plenty more!

In view of the above I have decided to reinvent my session scoring system in order to make sure the fundamentals dont slip away in future and will make my target for March to score each session consistently.

On a positve note I played my first session since I got back yesterday and really felt like I played my A game throughout. My poker mindset is back on track for now :)

Am Shot

Shot is over and done with already!

Haven't played or game selected great to be honest but variance has bitch slapped me again too.

Bleat bleat whatever meh......No bad beat stories on this blog kids :)

Here's my plan to refocus on what is important:

Game Time
Play current A game
No studying during session (new leak)
Use session checklist
Note and/or mark hands for review

Post Session
Review notes and/or marked hands
Review 40+ BB pots
Write up notes for future reference

See you at the 200nl tables.............

Quality vs Quantity

Jake commented on my last post that I appear to have added a couple of tables and I have actually been playing 6 tables as standard for the past few months whilst crushing 200nl.

Over the past few days I have realised that reducing the no of tables you play when moving up is probably a good idea!

Whatever level you are shooting at you are going to be coming up against players that are better than you are used to and you cannot afford to be on auto pilto and just clicking buttons.

So for the last few sessions I have dropped back down to 4 tables and it feels like I have all the time in the world to put people on a range and make my decisions. I can already feel my thought process improving and am going to stick to 4 tables at 400nl for a while. I am also going to look at incorporating a maximum number of tables into my bankroll/moving up plan so I don't make this mistake again. (Play to learn ftw :)

It is also worth noting that I have lost my first 3 sessions since reverting to 4 tables so this is not results orientated advice!

Wake Up Call

I have been playing badly, but winning, so far this month and today was the inevitable crash.

Am annoyed with myself because I recognised I was playing terrible but couldn't snap out of it or quit.

Month so far:


Nobody said it would be easy :)

Funny Vid

Browsing the CR off topic and this made me laugh. We have all been there!