The Big Climb

Thought I’d leave an update on the progress of the project and how it’s been going since I started two nights ago. To start with the positive things first, I have more than fulfilled my goal volume wise, as I’ve been home both today and yesterday.

I’ve managed to get in 108 SNGs and 10 big field MTTs during the last two nights and this morning. This is good, and my new setup, cascading 10-15 tables at a time has worked excellently. No time outs and no decisions made due to lack of time or anything like that.

Result wise things have not worked out yet, well honestly they haven’t worked out at all (see the graph below). Seven total cashes, three final tables of which only one has been in a top spot (a second) is not acceptable so far, and it is hopefully not the way things are going to continue, as my ROI at the moment is at a stunning -47%:

Obviously 100 games is not a big sample size looking at such a top heavy game with much variance, but let me say that the tendency is not great, and not something I’m looking lightly at this early in the project. Thus I’ve used some hours analyzing some middle and late game situations to see if/where I could find any small/major leaks in my game. Overall I’m not too disappointed about my game as many my exit hands are as standard as standard gets, but I have found some spots where I find that I’m either being too passive not stealing blinds in late positions with legitimate hands seeing the stack sizes, or simply too loose and maybe a tan too aggressive in my push game when it is obvious that villain has the goods. I’ve also had some unlucky situations coming in with QQ being beat by AQ for the CL 22-23 handed and standard stuff like that. And, surprisingly enough, this doesn’t bother me as much as I thought it would have and like it did earlier. After I started cascading the tables it just seems much more important to go on to the next game and focus on the next decision. So in that sense you can claim the “little” downswing has also improved something — if not my game then my mental focus and attitude towards what I’m trying to become: A grinder.

Oh, and as for the MTTs I’m not too afraid either, I have begun to continuously go deeper and deeper, but lacked the last bit required to hit that glorious FT. Take yesterday night where I finished 42/2200 in a 3.3 MTT, or last week when I got 62/2200ish; those were both deep runs, and with the right cards — and play, obviously — in the final phase, that big score is not luring too far away out there I’m sure.

So despite the bad start I’m still as motivated as ever to go out there and make the grind, and play my A-game. Hopefully this turn the graph and make me a winner soon enough.

Good luck at the tables—I’m off for a session more.

Edit: Okay… I must admit I’m experiencing some tilt tendencies at last. Just had another session without any results again, and I can’t at this time stop letting it get to me. I mean WTF? How the heck is this possible? I again ran into a CL pot at 22 players left holding AK to villain’s KK. In another one I was in one of the top spots with 22k stack when my tens get cracked by KT and after that hand I push with my 4k stack and am out in 14th. Zzzzz

Edit2: Woop!! Scoop!! New update: We all know ranting ALWAYS helps, and so I decided – stubborn as I am – that I’d taht another 13 tables. Well guess that was a good Idea, as I just took down two consecutive wins in the same session!

This is how it looks now:

I’m off for bed now, with the stomach feeling on top again ;-)
Good weekend everyone