November 15, 2011
50k challenge - Damn this game can be brutal
$100 of my profit disappeared in 3 sessions where I just ran in to top of range again and again and again. I'm now up just $16 where my peak was $140.
All-in AK vs 86s. 86s rivers a flush.
All-in QQ vs A9s. A9s rivers a flush (same villain)
All-in AA vs AK. AK gets runner runner to make a straight (same villain again)
All-in KK vs AK (AK wins)
All-in QQ vs AK (AK win)
KQ, flop KQ5, get it in vs AK, turn comes an A
Raise QQ, villain flats flop comes AQx, oh goody a set. We get it in on the turn. Villain has AA.
etc etc etc etc etc
What made it worse today is that I kept just about getting back to even, then being coolered, then grind back, get coolered, grind back, get coolered, grind back, get totally crushed. Finish 4bi down. Sigh.
4 Comments:
MayContainNuts posted on November 16, 2011 at 01:13 AM
These results-orientated blog posts are pretty much the worst thing you can do for your poker career.
Everyone on here is at it at.
Seriously, stop caring about the money and whether you're up or down. When I started the 50k challenge I just stopped looking at all at my results, everything. It is really liberating for your game.
I have filtered Poker Tracker so it only shows October, so can analyse hands I played but don't know immediate results. I have no idea how much I'm up or down (this probably violates the rules of the challenge! but who cares).
I have not looked at my cashier since November 1. Try it. It's so easier not to tilt and just focus on hand reading when you're not thinking "fuck I've only made $14 in the last 10,000 hands".
I've read your forum posts and you know what you're talking about. You're one of the best micro-playing posters. Already you have more than enough knowledge to beat higher levels.
Why are you limiting your learning potential by stressing over $100?
Why are you wasting time thinking "oh no, my beautiful graph is going to be destroyed"?
Why not just play two tables of 25nl and focus on note-taking and hand-reading? You're winrate will go.... up.
Turn off the targeter and use the force, Luke.
huntse posted on November 16, 2011 at 10:57 AM
You're completely right of course. Whew. OK, this requires a big change. I'm going to take a few days off playing and then I think I'm still going to blog but focus only on the mental/emotional side, and not look at my graph or my results and certainly not post about them.
2 tables would be a good idea also.
watch3r posted on November 16, 2011 at 13:22 PM
Huntse, if you want somewhere to compare notes with let me know. I'm working on some similar things with my own game.
huntse posted on November 18, 2011 at 09:07 AM
Right, so last night I had my first go at this and it was really enlightening. One thing I've noticed is that there is an enormous gap between what I come up with by default reaction, and what I can do when I give myself time to think. My emotional control is also way better, so even though I was very tired, I played pretty well and avoided the really catastrophic mistakes that plague my very bad sessions.
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