Monday, November 3, 2008

Crash!!!!

Goals of the night:
1. Keep my mind on top of the swings, and playing styles, looking out for:
* How much someone bluffs
* How thin they value bet
* How thin they call down
* How they play draws and monsters
2. Give decisions time.
3. Look at 3 bets

1 was fine, 2 wasn't too bad, still not getting a feel for 3 bets.

But all that matters shit as I ran 5 BI's off tonight. I played average. I liked some things, but two things went against me. Firstly I was playing solid players all night in HU. So I was not running over players, and in fact getting run over in spots. But more than anything, just showing down the 2nd best hand. So often I had TT he had JJ, I had 2 pair, he flopped the flush, I had top pair, he had 2 pair, etc, etc. There is nothing wrong with this, except I still wasn't fully bankrolled for NL30 HU, and this has meant I'm way underolled now.

So I went back to pokerstars a bit tilted from the results. I grinded about 10 HU SNG's, and again ran horrible. Nothing would hold when I got it in good, see 88 vs 66 all in pre flop go sour on the river was just about the sealer. Fortunately I somehow didn't tilt, and won 4 $11 SNG's in a row, to be up at least on Pokerstars.

I'm going back to HU SNG's on Full Tilt. The cardrunners deal is good, my bankroll is no good for HU cash, and I'm just not seeing 6 max. It's a shame because I really want to grind HU cash, but it's time to grind a bankroll first. I'll be playing HU SNG's until I prove I'm crap or until I run up a bankroll for HU cash, or until I bust.

Meh.

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