Discipline
My break in the North East had done me good. I had been away from the tables and had time to think about things.
Dispite my poor performance i had not reloaded at Tribeca nor during the changeover for the entire 3 months i had played there so my $300 cashout represented profit from the initial £100 deposit. I had also shown i had the skill to regularly win at the MTT's, but i had exposed holes in my play.
I did not value my funds and dispite twice getting up to over $1,200 in my bankroll i had blown it twice. Money had ceased to retain it's value when my bankroll had grown significantly but my choice of games had not. I made loose calls, surfed the net and generally donked it off on the chance of becoming a qick big stack in tourneys. I was no longer prepared to grind it out for several hours. I had the bankroll to chance it! I was also playing when i was far fromin the right shape to do so.
Whilst visiting my sister i had decided on a new approach. This is it.
I would invest $100 back into my Pokerstars account and i would play low limits there in an effort to rebuild my bankroll and i would get back to the books. It was clear to me i knew how to play and had potential to be a good player but something was missing and i had gone off the path, so to speak. I would get back to the books and correct what was wrong.
I began by reading this book by TJ Cloutier and Tom McEvoy
To begin with i concentrated, never playing more than 2 tables at a time and i held my own, but i made little progress and slipped down to about $70 playing the $5 STT's
Things were not progressing well. But i was atleast back in the study and I was re-learning things i had forgotten or thought i was too good to do.
Cloutier seems like a slow cautious player and i guess you can be in the big buy in tournaments he has played in. In anycase i began incorperating certain aspects into my play. I was cautious and slow and i tried not to bet my hands until they were made. It's not my natural game. I like to look to steal pots. I do think that he make a very valid point about raising pre flop with your aces and kings so you don't get outflopped by two random pair. I also took onboard his point about playing AK.
I had been playing it a lot lately and i suspected i was overbetting it. Cloutier suggests that AK is the most overplayed hand there in in NL. In some sense he agrees with Doyle Brunson.
I remember being far more cautious about AK and had forgotten. It is a hand you generally win a small pot with or lose a big one with and it's one i had been continuation betting big time with.
Time to stop and tighten up.
Dispite my poor performance i had not reloaded at Tribeca nor during the changeover for the entire 3 months i had played there so my $300 cashout represented profit from the initial £100 deposit. I had also shown i had the skill to regularly win at the MTT's, but i had exposed holes in my play.
I did not value my funds and dispite twice getting up to over $1,200 in my bankroll i had blown it twice. Money had ceased to retain it's value when my bankroll had grown significantly but my choice of games had not. I made loose calls, surfed the net and generally donked it off on the chance of becoming a qick big stack in tourneys. I was no longer prepared to grind it out for several hours. I had the bankroll to chance it! I was also playing when i was far fromin the right shape to do so.
Whilst visiting my sister i had decided on a new approach. This is it.
I would invest $100 back into my Pokerstars account and i would play low limits there in an effort to rebuild my bankroll and i would get back to the books. It was clear to me i knew how to play and had potential to be a good player but something was missing and i had gone off the path, so to speak. I would get back to the books and correct what was wrong.
I began by reading this book by TJ Cloutier and Tom McEvoy
To begin with i concentrated, never playing more than 2 tables at a time and i held my own, but i made little progress and slipped down to about $70 playing the $5 STT's
Things were not progressing well. But i was atleast back in the study and I was re-learning things i had forgotten or thought i was too good to do.
Cloutier seems like a slow cautious player and i guess you can be in the big buy in tournaments he has played in. In anycase i began incorperating certain aspects into my play. I was cautious and slow and i tried not to bet my hands until they were made. It's not my natural game. I like to look to steal pots. I do think that he make a very valid point about raising pre flop with your aces and kings so you don't get outflopped by two random pair. I also took onboard his point about playing AK.
I had been playing it a lot lately and i suspected i was overbetting it. Cloutier suggests that AK is the most overplayed hand there in in NL. In some sense he agrees with Doyle Brunson.
I remember being far more cautious about AK and had forgotten. It is a hand you generally win a small pot with or lose a big one with and it's one i had been continuation betting big time with.
Time to stop and tighten up.
posted by Stephen Daughton at 11:45 pm
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