Last night I did something that I havent done in ages, carry on playing when I had lost four buy-ins. I was playing the 25-50 and getting smacked from all angles…..I tried a bluff and I ran into a hand, I had a hand, someone had a bigger one, I held kings, a player had aces, I had the nuts on the turn, I get outdrawn twice and on one occasion a minimum stacker tries to steal my blind with 7-5 and I have pocket tens.
Flop…..A-J-9…..turn…..5……river….7……..and this was all in the same session. I was down twenty grand and on the verge of tilting and last year I would have. In fact I didnt even have enough left in my bankroll to play with so I had to wangle some money the best I could. I only played on because the game was good and I was getting my money in ahead everytime bar the hand involving kings versus aces so my Sklansky Dollars was well in the positive……like thats supposed to make me feel better!!!!!
Anyway I am pleased to report that I clawed back about $14,000 before my targets left the game. In a way I was very pleased with this session but it really put me through the ringer and I just about held on and kept my composure. I felt like a boxer who was getting battered but hung on in there.
Managed to get a decent price on Aston Villa tonight against Man City, without Bellamy and Robinho they will be even more ordinary than what they are already so I am hoping this bet comes in as I got a decent price at the start of the week.
I intend on playing some $2-$4 limit on Cake Poker tonight in preparation for the challenge. I reckon a thousand bucks (250 big bets) should suffice at this level. Not many players live beyond three standard deviations at these levels and single tabling should reduce the variance even more so. If a player is losing 250BB then the chances are that there is something wrong with their game.
The problem for me is discipline but that is fast becoming an issue with me these days……so much so that the real challenge could be not to win money but to maintain discipline…..if I can do that then winning should follow on. I also have to report that my diet and health regime ended just two days after it had begun. This is another indication that my mind isnt right. I have steeled myself for another attempt but I need something else in my life at the moment, I need a purpose as I feel like I am lacking something.
This challenge may be just what I need to spur me on and give me purpose again…..take care and see you soon.
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