After the epic failing of last week, I decided to take a couple of nights this week and seriously sit down and play some poker. On Wednesday and Thursday night, I fired up 9-12 tables and tried to get some quality sessions in to bring back my confidence. Both nights did not go as planned in that I did not play good poker at all and had really swongy sessions. Luckily, both sessions ended in the black but only because I was able to come up with a big hand just as I decided to shut it down for the night. I really hope I can pick up my game soon, Id like to get back to beating 100NL comfortably again since I know I can do it if I have my head on straight and I dont spew. Here are a couple of things I noticed about my play during the sessions:
1. When it comes to cash games, I can handle 9 tables, but 12 may be a few too many. Since I have a mac, and dont know of any scripts that auto hit time for me, there are times when 12 tables gets a little too much for me. When playing 12 tables, I cant really take an extended look at a hand for too long until 2-4 other tables need attention. I'm sure practice and familiarity will help me increase the number of tables, but at this point, I dont think I'm ready.
2. As good as I think I am, I am still constantly making TERRIBLE plays. Even though I ended with a net profit in my sessions, I lost probably over 300 dollars in potential profit by making some terrible plays. I really need to watch myself more carefully because I am making plays that even below average players dont make. For example, I'll 4bet QQ, get called and cant get away when a K flops, when I know he has me beat. Its hands like these, the ones where I say in my head that Im beat, but still click the call/bet button anyway that just kill me.
3. I am a bad table selector. When I have the PokerTableRatings buddy list running and I can find donks at a bunch of tables, my sessions are much more profitable when no one on the list is online. When I dont have a mark (a donk from my buddy list), I tend to not stand up from a table until it breaks, no matter how tough it turns out to be. Although I do some rudimentary table selection (looking at avg. pot and players in the pot) I really should do more to table select better.
I'm sure there are more things to cover, but its Sunday aka poker day so Ima be firing up some tourneys and some cash to hopefully make up all the money I lost last weekend.
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