New month, new challenges
May has finished and I have completed my first month of playing with discipline. I'm happy with my progress and the last two days were particulaly challenging, I ran horrible and suffered bad beat after bad beat, but I was getting it in ahead and I was able to take the set-backs.
According to poker tracker, during May I played 135 tournaments for a profit of $192.99 with an ROI of 24%. If I had soley played the $6.50 90 mans the stats would have been better, but I played some mtts to break it up a little and have the chance of a bigger pay-off.
So what now?
Well due to my lack of discipline and poor play in the past I am still down overall by some $300, so the aim has to be to get in overall profit! So this month my aim is to reduce this to atleast $200. I think it's a reachable target, I acknowledge that I ran good for most of May and June might not have such fortune, plus the World Cup may put a dent in playing time.
If I can reach my target for June I will be well on my way to becoming a winning player and proving to myself that I can control my emotions when at the table.
A question to you guys.
We all know it feels good to win a big pot or pull off an outrageous bluff (not reccomended online) but what are the little moments at the table that keep you going and make you glad you play to have an edge. For me it comes when I've had a cold run of cards and I'm getting the itch to play and along comes a marginal hand or a really tough spot. You know deep down that the right thing to do is to lay it down as a better spot will come along but its so tempting because you've been sitting 20-30 minutes with no action. You do the right thing and lay the hand down, next cards are dealt and you get a great hand and your in good position. It's these little winks from the poker gods that remind you of why you make the tough lay-downs and you can take the feeling with you to help with the next tough spot.
Bring on June (Come on England!)
The moments that make me glad to have an edge happen pretty regularly, but i remember when I was an MTT player grinding 180mans on stars the times that i used to love was shipping wide from late position and getting away with it relentlessly. Even better were the times i'd push it in with like K3s and get snapped off, only to see that i was ahead of their QJo XD. You see so many mistakes in these when blinds and antes get serious that even when some donkey makes the horrific call with QT and busts you you can be grateful for it because these are the same guys doubling you up at crucial moments.
I had a moment similar to yours in the SCOOP event i ran deep in. About 4-5 hours in and ive gone at least 40 minutes without playing a hand. I got Ad Jd on the SB and perked up at seeing something pretty, but then a ~nit raised UTG. There may or may not have been a caller by the time it got to me but I forced myself to fold it. The flop came Jxx (either vs the BB or someone who called before me) and my momentary "fuck sake" was eradicated when utg flipped QQ and held vs the caller's KJo =]