2nd October 2009 (part two)
If anyone can tell me what the hell I am doing wrong in this game and what I have to do to have a profitable session then I am all ears, seriously.
You've probably guessed that this afternoon didn't go well. In fact I took the unusual step of cutting the session short as I was going to play on for another hour or so but not after some of the hands I have just been through. I'm not tilting as such but I needed to shut the tables down in case I did tilt off the rest of the few chips I did have left after a session that cost me $36.71.
Unbelievable is the best word to describe it really. I was being drawn out on so often despite protecting my hand to the best of my ability. I was building pots when I was ahead and having them snatched away from me either by runner runner draws or the miracle river cards. Several times I was beaten by the only hand that could have beaten me. I'd have the second nuts and be up against the stone cold nuts, regardless of how unlikely it was given the play so far in the hand. I don't fear monsters when I play but I have seen far too many recently.
The one hand that really got me this afternoon was one I will post up shortly. I am dealt QQ and flop a full house on a board of J-J-Q. I'm building a wonderful pot here as the board comes four to a flush and I am getting action. On the river betting round I am heads up facing raises and then I start to wonder what he has. I think he's overplaying Aces or something, probably including the flush Ace and before I put the final bet in I think "Unless he has quad Jacks but...nah, how unlikely is that?" Guess what he had?
How much more of this can I take? I need confidence in my game to play properly and I am trying hard to retain that but the last few days have been hard to take. Just under a month ago I sat down with a bankroll of roughly 300 big bets to try and increase that to 500. Instead I have pretty much halved it, and the trend is definitely downwards at the minute. Part of me is telling me to 'borrow' from my sportsbook account at Bet365 to boost the poker bankroll and I will make it back in time. Part of me is thinking of getting off the iPoker network and going to Full Tilt and some of me is considering jacking it all in for good.
I'll take this evening off and weigh things up...
Overall Stats
Hands: 8543
VPIP: 10.91
PFR: 5.75
AF: 1.95
BB/100: -1.52
Profit: -$13.21
Race to $200
Hands: 8020
Profit: -$152.86
BB/100: -1.91
Hands Required to Complete Challenge: N/A
If I saw those stats for one of my opponents they would be straight on my buddy list and I would be looking to join whatever tables they were sat at!
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