What do I need to change?

Played in some tourneys today along with my regular cash set and just got killed all over.

The cash games were just people catching their flush or straight or even their 2nd pair to beat my AA, KK, QQ. Pretty standard responses that they put me on AK or some other random stupid response that just shows how bad they really are.

The tourneys were just nasty. I am still 0 and who gives a damn for MTTs for 2009. I played a few micros and a few $26 MTTs. I had a great first hour of the 32k and ended it with over 13k in chips. The 2nd hour just killed me, the key hand was my JJ against 66 of another opponent. We both turned the Flush but he rivered the higher straight flush to take all but 3k of my chips. Not much I could do there. Just another case of me running poorly.

I have reviewed my previous hands and there is nothing that sticks out to me that I can change to improve my winnings. Just me getting unlucky more than I should. I know most of the big pros and top players in the poker community would just say this is variance, but I ask you if it is supposed to last this long? I mean I have been on a major down swing since last June with maybe a 1-2 decent day, not even a good day within that span. I have been working on my game adding in different tools and what not, but when people are not folding to your raises it doesn’t matter what you do or what tools you have especially when they are catching in the frequency that they are against me. I have also been working on the mental side of things but it is hard to stay on the positive when you are getting bad beat after bad beat. I would understand more if I was getting in behind more, but I am getting in ahead more than being behind. Maybe I am just getting in ahead too much, even though when I get in behind I am not catching on the same frequency as they seem to be catching on me.

Until next time,

Merch

January 2009 Recap

January didn’t bring a good start at all for the new year. I didn’t cash a single MTT that wasn’t a SNG, and finished off the month with a nasty run on the cash tables.

When I go back and look at my stats I see that I am playing way too passive, and my hands are not holding in key areas (hard to beat calling stating donkeys).

The month also didn’t finish too well with my laptop all but dying but I was able to get a new screen, new hard drive (180GB, did have 60GB), and 2 sticks of 1GB Ram for right around $150. Gotta love Ebay.

Hopefully February brings a change and I will start turning things around and get back into the black. I don’t like seeing all that red.

Until next time,

Merch

Running Bad

Well yesterday was a pretty bad day for me on the cash tables. I had all the signs telling me to get off the tables and call it quits, yet I stuck around and wound up losing 5.5 buy-ins. Today I had the same thing and feelings and got away before having a massive blow-up like yesterday. Hopefully tomorrow I will get on and won’t have any bad vibes and will be able to gain back what I lost over the last 2 days. I know my game can accomplish it and hopefully my fate will be able to hold also.