So this month has definitely without a doubt been the most trying month I have ever experienced as a poker player. I’ve never hated poker so bad in my life and used the “why me, I always run so fucking bad” excuse more times than I can count. I also came really close to being like man wtf am I doing I should go get a real job, but we all know that ain’t gonna happen :). Like dodgy said in his comment that he left (thx by the way, lol shoutoutz) I am kinda glad this happened to me. It sounds kinda weird I know but the feeling you get of digging yourself out of a massive downswing is very reassuring and almost as rewarding as just padding your bank account with lots of $$ playing mindless poker(by almost I mean kinda btw). I can without a doubt say my game is much better now that it was just 30 days ago.
A couple things I’ve realized this month:
1. I can’t effectively play more than 4-5 tables very well. Once I get up to 8 I am just terrible. This is why I think I lost so much $$ this month at 2/4 because I was mostly 6-8 tabling there.
2. A lot of my edge at 3/6 comes from knowing my opponents very well. At 2/4 and 5/10 I think I ended up making very spewwy plays vs players I didn’t know were nits until after the hand or calldowns vs players that would never bluff there but I would know who the nits/spewy lags are alot better at 3/6.
3. Stick to what you are good at. I tried playing some FR this month and it didn’t go very well. While I think I could eventually become a good FR player, I get so bored playing 4 tables of it and when I add more I just lose. The majority of my profit has come from 3/6 6max and that’s where I’m going to be making most of my money in the near future.
4. 50k hands is not long term. I’m going to post my EV graph for the year next post and you’ll see that even over 65k hand stretches you can still run below expectation.
Below is an excerpt from Tommy Angelo’s book which is very good and I recommend to all serious poker players. I hope he doesn’t mind me posting it, I will be glad to remove it at his request.
“There is one particular anticipation mistake that takes the cake. It’s the simplet one, and the most common. In a headsup pot, when you bet or raise, your opponent can only fold, call, or raise. If he folds, your next betting decision is not until the next hand. If he calls, your next betting decision is not until the next street. If he raises — and only if he raises — you must act now. That is why, when you bet or raise, there is strategically nothing to anticipate except a raise, and therefore, if you have not anticipated a raise, you not only made a mistake, you made the only mistake possible.” (p66)
You can purchase his book at http://www.tommyangelo.com/
No vids or anything this time this post is already too long and I’ve got some friends from Ann Arbor coming in tonight to visit on their spring break so I got partying to do. Pz and good luck.
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