Disappointing Weekend so Far (9/26/2010)
Sunday, September 26, 2010 at 4:50AM I decided to stay in this entire weekend and grind online. The next two weekends I’m going to be in AC playing live and moving so I felt it was important to put in decent volume. As of this point it’s been very frustrating. I’ll give a quick summary and discuss:
9/24/2010: (9:00 p.m – 12:00 a.m), 3 hours, net loss: -$2
9/24/2010: (1:00 a.m- 4:15 a.m), 3.5 hours, net loss: -$169
9/25/2010: (3:30 p.m- 6:30 p.m), 3 hours, net profit: +$27
9/25/2010: (7:40 p.m- 10:50 p.m), 3 hours, net profit: +$14
9/25/2010: (11:45 p.m- 3:45 a.m), 4 hours, net loss: -$55
Summary:
Hours: 16.5
Hands: 7,925
EV: -$361
Net Loss: -$185
End Roll: $3791
Thoughts:
So much for breaking 4k! For the most part I did play well. There were some ridiculous coolers and 2-3 outer suck-outs running rampant during these 16.5 hours. Every time I chipped my way back up I would be punished by a mind-fuck of a suck-out or cooler. However, I think it’s important that I did beat the EV. 4 out of the 5 sessions I steadily beat the EV. The exception was the miserable late Friday night session where I was down -$169. I only happened to be down -$145 EV there, so not good. I reviewed that session and I slipped into a mode where I played too tight which made things worse. Also, the tables were for some reason absolutely atrocious during that session. This is exactly the time where you should be even more aggressive, expand your range, and pick up dead money. I probably would have been better off not finishing it. Also after being awake the entire day I was very tired during the 1:00 a.m- 4:15 a.m stretch.
Sometimes all you can do is make the correct decisions, beat the EV steadily, and keep fighting. I’m not going to go into posting individual hands, but let’s just say I didn’t even close to run normal here. I’m neglecting to post, it’s not funny it’s just sick. The EV does not tell the story of some of the shit that went down.
About to get some sleep. I plan to continue to work hard on the tables tomorrow. I want to play around 6-9 hours. Not great results so far this weekend, but the -$185 isn’t the end of the world. Looking to spin up some buy-ins tomorrow. I find one of the softest days online is Sunday. I feel tomorrow is either going to be a great day, or a day of lost potential and shattered dreams. Will do a quick log on Sunday’s sessions even if they continue to go like shit. Won 2 out of the last 4 (even know the losses have out-weighed the wins this weekend) so still going with 8 tables at the moment.
Clearing the stupid bonus has also been in the back of my mind (though never during the actual sessions). I’m just under half-way to clear the $1500. There really is no rush since I have until 12/16/2010 to put in the other half of the volume. But I really want to get it out of the way sooner rather than later. I don’t to force myself to put hands in online if I’m not feeling it, but tomorrow will be an important day volume wise.
-bag
Reader Comments (2)
at least you sound much happier now (:
have fun in AC..don't drink too much? äähh..do it. :o)
Thanks Alexandra, yeah I feel like I'm at least working towards a solid chance of happiness now. I've only drank once on the tables during my live trips to AC these last two much which is quite a feat for me. I plan to keep any drinking separate from poker. It's not that i think it will affect my play at all. I just don't want to get in the habit of drinking while playing. I'm going to be playing a lot so I guess health reasons.