November 18, 2010
Recovery and coaching
  After October's good start, things kind of petered out, and I really found myself close to banging my head on the table trying to figure things out.  This month, I've looked at some of the things that were hurting my WR and I've gotten some coaching.  After having my database gone over, it didn't look like anything was glaringly bad, but there were definitely some small leaks and one huge one that certainly hurts.  Confidence.
  Sweating other players, I found myself making excellent reads and taking good lines (both as bluffs and for value) that I'd never have taken at the table because, frankly, I would just assume my thinking was wrong (breaking even for 50 hands still messes with me).  I was also playing a large % of my volume (at least 2/3 of it) during really crappy hours (thanks to my other gig).  Rush is a regfest between 11 and 2:30 EST, and the prime play hours (I'd say 9PM and on) I'd be too wiped from my day job to play.  Lately, I've been playing more at night (and definitely more on the weekends)  Here's my last 100k hands.Â
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3 Comments:
jubinator posted on November 18, 2010 at 05:48 AM
Solid, good to see you did not bitch about your red line at all! Many would.
Zanardi posted on November 18, 2010 at 08:35 AM
So, it's all a problem of confidence :) Keep playing!
RapidEvolution posted on November 18, 2010 at 13:28 PM
It's not all a problem of confidence, but that's something significant to be sure. Also, jub, I've been working on playing more aggressively (and trusting my reads) postflop and as a result, my redline has significantly improved in my last 25k hands.
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