Good June so Far... (6/14/2011)
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 5:37PM I'm off to a great start on the tables this month. I've played 70 hours and won over $50.00 per hour during that stretch. That makes up for the break-even disaster that was May. I've been trying to keep a clear disciplined focus during every session. I'm not doing anything differently from May, just running better.
I've only ended up playing two small tournaments and I missed the money in both. I was going to put together a grueling tournament schedule and aim to play in the $2700 championship event, but now I have sort of lost motivation to do so.
I feel tournaments are just such a waste of time for me.
Normally the buy-in and structure is not great. For example, last night I could have played in a $180 buy-in tournament. But instead I just decided to play a cash game and win $500 in 4 hours.
If I played the tournament there was a good chance I could have ended up playing 8 hours with no return on my investment. Or 8 hours and finishing just outside of the final table with a profit of what? +$300 maybe?
I was going to play a lot of these small tournaments to prepare for the championship, but not anymore. I can just be making more on average playing the cash tables. My job is to prey on the tournament players who bust and come to my cash world. Why go into their world?
Also, I decided I don't want to get backing for the big buy-in tournament. If I don't feel comfortable putting up the full buy-in on my own just screw it. And $2700 to run bad and bust out is just not something I'm interested in right now. It would be a great experience, but meh maybe next time.
That's about it right now. I'm super happy summer is here. It's great living a few blocks from the beach. I'm looking forward to visiting home a week after the open is over.
-bag
Reader Comments (2)
I agree with you Bags. Tourneys are a crap shoot. Stick with your bread and butter cash games. Glad to hear you are doing well. I knew the bad month couldn't last. Good luck and keep grinding.
Thanks for comment. Dropped a buy-in Tuesday, that was the worst session net loss wise this month so far. Going to play hard this weekend before I take a vacation.