January 30, 2011
Seeds of doubt are starting to sprout
Yeah, sick rhymes...
Still haven't come off my downswing. AA vs KK ; AA vs 88 ; and KK vs KQ in the last ~15mins. I don't mind stuff like this because it's so obvious if I'm just running bad. Smaller, post flop stuff is where I'm starting to slowly feel insecure. Still haven't checked how many BI-s I'm down because it would do me no good anyway. It shouldn't be more than 70 and can't be less than 60. I started occasionally mixing in 12s in addition to 24s and 36s so I'm still well rolled for even 36s. It's great to play different limits at the same time. I have absolutely no trouble moving down. I also noticed that I swore a couple of times today when I lost AA vs 88 and KK vs KQ in my mind which is a sign of tilt for me. I never do anything worse than that anymore. I once punched a stone wall, not very hard though, and that was ~year ago. I have never broken anything and I've been working on keeping life and poker separate. I think that this downswing proves that I deal with my variance relatively well as it hasn't changed my regular life almost at all. I've spent a bit more time outside which is awesome.
Gotta set up a session with SiQ soon, he'll get me back on track.
Spent fri and sat in folk dancing camp. Got a bit hammered and came home to celebrate my grannys birthday. 5 hours of talking to relatives after dancing for 9hrs then drinking a bit more than I should have and then dancing again for like 3hrs is not awesome by the way if you get no sleep in between :D.

3 Comments:
dayoldhater posted on January 30, 2011 at 18:20 PM
Sounds like you have your head on straight.
Int20h posted on January 31, 2011 at 10:12 AM
Those kind of repeated beats in a short time can affect anyone. Glad to know you are handling them right. I also recognize tilt when I begin swearing a lot at players.
I've also been controlling it slowly as I used slam my mouse so hard against the table. And you are so right tychoon, if you separate poker from the rest of your life, it works wonders.
Good luck in your next sessions and keep up the great blog posts!
tychoon posted on January 31, 2011 at 16:10 PM
Thanks for the kind comments guys =)
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