Lucky Straights

Session Debrief

Just finished the day’s sessions, 12 games in total, and its been a pretty abysmal day. My highest finish was a single 2nd place cash.

I take notes on every single game I’m involved in, so I know I’ve had a real bunch of suck outs and coolers, etc, both yesterday and today, but what frustrates me the most is that I also know without any doubt I’ve played some appalling poker. Both yesterday and today I’ve called all-in’s, even on the bubble with hands I normally wouldn’t even play.

I have no idea why I’ve made such stupid calls, but I know I can get my win and cash rate back to what it was only a couple of days ago. The game plan is simple, concentration. Yesterday and today I’ve missed opportunities to pick up pots or to make timely steels that was successful only days ago, leaving me at the mercy of picking up cards. If the cards don’t come, I’m often left restricted to all-in raises or all-in calls in the later rounds, which isn’t for me.

So my strategy if I can call it that, is to simply focus on the action and the players far more then I have today and to try and pick up pots where I can if the cards don’t come early on, so that I have some maneouvering room later on. I also need to get my instincts back on track, so I can dodge and weave out of trouble before I’m dazzled by the headlights and end up all-in drawing dead.

The small amount of good news is that I now only need 12 more points to earn my bonus, which I’ll hopefully clear tomorrow.

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March 3rd, 2008 Posted by LuckyStraights | Sit N' Go's | 2 comments

Peaks and Lows

Since I’ started 3 tabling the $1 Sit ‘n Go’s, I’ve had some great success, winning 2 out of 3 or finishing 3rd, 2nd and 1st out of the session of 3 games on occasions. Yesterday and today though, haven’t been as generous, I’ve failed to cash more then I would like and on occasions only made a single 3rd place cash.

There’s been some pretty bad play on my part over these last two days, excused by the difficulty with playing 3 short handed tables at the same time, but largely I would describe my situation as peaks and lows. The first 2 or 3 days, I would win most of my races, my AQ and AK’s hit or my c-bet took the pot anyway and my instincts seemed to keep me away from genuine strength and alert me to a blatant steel. I was on a peak of my variance.

Now, I’m simply on the low, or valley. My big aces usually miss and my c-bets get called or re-raised and I’m loosing most of my races, or getting cruelly unlucky as opposed to delightfully lucky in crucial spots. I’m keen to get back on the peak, that was a fun time , but for now I’m reasonably comfortable. I seem to be loosing the minimum with each session and I’m picking up points 3 at a time, leaving me with only 6 more sessions to complete before I earn my bonus.

March 3rd, 2008 Posted by LuckyStraights | Sit N' Go's | no comments