DANGERLION

In poker, things rarely go according to plan. It’s a great metaphor for life, especially when you’re a poker player.

I haven’t played a lot of poker since 2 Months 2 Million finished. It’s hard to pin down precisely why, so I’ll generalize and say that I’ve been busy and interested in other projects (which I will inevitably get into soon enough!). Part of me wonders if I’m not a little burdened by the tremendous expectations I feel placed upon me every time I play a serious high stakes session. The day you cease to be the person who cares most about your winrate is a strange day indeed. Anyhow, I’ve been around the block and know well enough that the only person I’m responsible to is myself, and regardless of rationale, myself told me I needed some kind of break for awhile and that same self is now telling me I’m ready to play some more. I even shaved off my CRAZY BEARD!

So I refueled my accounts and began to concoct a plan to dust off the rust. I’d play no higher than 25/50NL and 10/20PLO for all of May. I’d play a significant amount of hands, establish a solid (aka filthy sick ldo) winrate and methodically move up higher and higher throughout the summer. I’d even rewatch Aaron’s Mathematics of NL Holdem and scores of PLO vids, shoring up what’s historically been the weakest part of my NL game and mastering PLO in one fell swoop. Maybe at the end of the summer I’d buy myself one of those secret strawberry shortcake Jamba Juices and some brighly colored Prada driving shoes to celebrate all the hard work.

But alas, I had forgotten how much of a BITCH poker can be. 3 days later and of course I’m downswinging 60k and that all too familiar feeling of LOSING has entered my bloodstream again. WELCOME BACK! LIFE WASN’T BETTER WITHOUT YOU OR ANYTHING!
*Author’s note: I sound like Jonas. For those of you who don’t know Jonas, watch Mad Potters. Even if you know Jonas, watch Mad Potters.

Anyhow, as these things go, I’ve altered my plan again. New plan. I just thought of it (this is one of those blog posts that just develops as you write it. Even I don’t know what’s gonna happen next yet!). We’re going to analyze this downswing on here for a bit. Dangerlion.com has been conveniently hacked, and that suits us, because I like analyzing my downswings under the radar. We’ll start tomorrow. I’ll post some hands. Talk some strategy. Watch some videos. Let you know what I think about all of it. You let me know what you think. Once we get a handle on it, I’ll get back in the thick of it. We’ll all have a spiritual piece of the inevitable upswing. And when it comes…

Strawberry shortcake on me.