24 April 2008

I had a $1000 day today. Unfortunately for me, the $ was flowing the wrong way.

It was without a doubt the worst and most stressful day I've ever had. I blew through 4 buyins at NL200, then continued for 3 more at NL100. I lost all my 54-46 "flips" no matter which side I was on, and I lost my 87-13 hugely dominated hands.

For the 2nd time this week I had to put a mercy killing to the day, ending up 2 hours early. I finished the day buying into about 8 x $7.50 level 1 SnGs. I got absolutely nowhere.

I spent a lot of time yesterday reflecting. I have played a lot of hands of NL50 and NL100, and I am very sad to acknowledge that the results are not pretty. I spent a while in PT looking over the showed-down hands of opponents that I respect and made some notes on differences. Then I ended up playing 1 table for 200 hands. I got AA and KK 6 or 7 times but only managed to end up +0.5 buyin. However, the more important topic is that I was able to easily keep my stats at 22-24 / 16-18, which is my ideal range. When I am running ++ tables, I tend towards the nitty 16/12 type of game.

My goal for today is to start 2 tabling, review after 200 hands to make sure I am hitting my stats, and then move to 4, review after another 200 hands and continue. I am solely concentrating on playing enough hands, the increase coming almost exclusively on the button.