I haven't won in so long it's painful. However, for the first time in the last few days I feel like I'm getting my old instincts back, ie not overanalysing things etc. I feel like I've got the form back where my 'default' for a session is to win... by that I mean all the small pots go to me and it's only the big coolers that can swing the session either way.
Points of note:
RE
Don't reward the nit
3betting control/ snapping points concentration
dan
Hands: 347
Winnings: $217
I could've run a little better in this sesh, my EV winnings were way higher than my actual. I felt on form, albeit playing like an absolute pyschopath. Some hands I'm probably not happy with, but on the whole nobody can accuse me of sitting and waiting for hands in this session.
| UTG | Average Joe9 | $1,035.50 | |
| UTG+1 | RandomFish666 | $910 | |
| CO | Hero | $1,436.95 | |
| BTN | alexg113 | $1,424.15 | |
| SB | SilentAssassin3 | $2,597.40 | |
| BB | globaldominate | $433.10 | |
Month stands at 18k hands played, net losses of $4221. I believe that I'm coming out of it, but it's time to re-assess where I've been in terms of adjusting my play.
My usual cycle when on a DS is to tighten up thinking that I need to abuse my image etc.... I think now that this is false. Sitting waiting for sets is no way to win at poker, unrelenting aggression and having your medium strength hands paid off is. Thus, I've played 3 sessions now back to my original style..... the first two went well, the 3rd gave me a stark reminder of something.....
That something, namely, is concentration. I simply can't be 3betting 18%, playing a 38/32 style on autopilot. Every decision has to be correct, there simply isn't room for silly mistakes either PF or postflop.
So, here I am back where I started. Multiple small sessions per day, grading myself initially just on concentration but also on more technical aspects when my recent leaks become apparent. Gameplan is to 3bet mercilessly, take regs out of the comfort zone, take control of the table, and be ready for snappage. Above all, concentration....
30-45 minute session + review coming up....
dan
It's adjustment time.... my image is just so bad at the minute I'm getting snapped with anything, floated with anything, etc. Time for a rapid shift of gear from 5 down to 1.... concentratin is fine, I just need to make these techical changes. Also I've let RE creep in calling 66 to a CR on 478ss etc.
30-45 minute session coming up, I plan to have good hands when the money goes in.
dan
Hands: 1865
Losses: $5566
I finished the day on an epic trainwreck of a session. After 800 hands at 2-4 I was $4k (four thousand US dollars at 2-4) below EV, I literally never ran so bad in all my life. After that, I didn't handle it at all well and clearly should have quit.
I don't see what else there is to do but try again today. 4 sessions at least today, concentration in each of them, starting with this short (30 - 45 mins) session coming up now....
dan
Hands: 309
Winnings: $1349
Timing: 7
Slight Tightening Up PF: 9
Avoiding RE: 8
Put regs in difficult spots OOP: 9
Concentration: 9
Concentration not quite 9, but good enough. All hands were kind of standard coolerish ones, nothing too interesting reciprocally either way. About to play my 4th session of the day, really important to keep up this concentration and momentum....
Dan
Hands: 364
Winnings: $593
Timing: 7
Slight Tightening Up PF: 9
Avoiding RE: 8
Put regs in difficult spots OOP: 9
Concentration: 5
Did OK, but one hand in particular was so awful.... lost $650 in it. Just a momentary loss of concentration that I'm furious about. Session 8 my concentration score is going to be 10, anything else is a bonus...
dan
