Not My Night Blah blah…. (12/1/2010)

NOT MY MONTH for that matter. 

Just finished an online session after getting raped by bull-shit the entire night.  Played 9 pointless hours today.  Already down just over 5 buy-ins this week.  Over 4 of them were lost during the last 3 hours where I finished down -$231.

During the last 3 hours I played fine, there was absolutely nothing I could do to avoid disaster.  I can’t hold a set over set and take down a pot.  The fucker drags the $100 hitting his one outer for a four of a kind on the river.  Then another massive suck-out as two pair is turned on my TPTK, minus another $100 pot.  Then a nut flush gets rivered by the standard full-house.  Then to cap it off AA goes down in flames to KJ offsuit all in preflop.

So that’s close to $400 I can’t get a piece of.  I really should get a piece of it, but I never fucking do.  So trying to move on.  There is nothing I can do about any of those 4 big hands, it’s disgusting that nothing can go right, but what can you do?

I probably should have typed a post when I was in a clear state of mind, but I’ll try to be more logical from here on out.

Approaching 100k hands of full buy-in online

By the end of the end of tomorrow night I will have logged 100,000 hands of full buy in.  I completed the 100k hands during the begging of September to now.   It looks like I’m going to finish the stretch around break even.  I was about .5 BB/100, but down close to -$300 this week should pull that number down.  It sure is fun not being able to dodge one fucking out!

Once the 100k hands are completed I really need to do a complete database review and identify some leaks.  I may even consider paying someone to help me review my database.  I’m good with analysis, but an established pro could easily look at my database and point out good areas to start focusing on.  I need a few solid reports to focus on during the next 100k hands.  This is going to take some time, but it has to be done.

My Insistence on 20-50 BB Tables

80%+ of my tables have been 20-50 BB.  I don’t rule out 40-100 BB tables, but it just seems I happen to find more profitable 20-50 tables.  The problem is these tables have a ton of variance that go along with them.  During each session you’re going to have to flip with short-stackers a bunch.  The 40-100 tables seem much more stable, but have less action.  Going forward I’m going to stick to mostly 20-50 tables, but something to keep in mind is the variance attached.

Going Forward

I’m damn tired so that’s about it right now.  Going forward I want to stay focused and log a ton of hands during December.  Overall I need to be primarily concerned with making as many correct decisions as possible.  Live will eventually turn back to running normal.  Online I need to keep grinding hands.  I also need to do whatever it takes to analyze the last 100k hands and find some leaks.