Sunday, July 12, 2009

It just ain't working

One week in, and I'm doubting myself. Today, I decided that maybe my rule for not playing H/U SNGs simultaneously with my full table SNGs was a bad idea. The premise being that the H/U games tend to draw my focus, which is good during the initial stages of the full table SNGs where one of my flaws is to play too many hands early.

So today I played 3 H/U SNGs, during 5 full table tourneys. I went 2/0 in the $33+1.5, but 0/1 in the $55+2.5, while going 0/1/0/3 in the 4 tourneys that were running against them (the 5th one is running as I write this). It worked out better than my play for the past week, in that I felt like I got deeper, although, as you can see, not really changing my results. Though I will say this, today, I got rivered bad on the bubble of 2 of the tourneys, and the river saved my opponent twice in the H/U SNG that I lost. I got knocked out in 4th and 5th when as my usually bubble aggressive self pushed and pushed. I had two players on the ropes, only to see them not only survive on the river, but scoop me, and crippling me in the process.

I have to take that as a sign that I'm about to break though this slump and get back to something more like my previous play.

I also played a little 25PLO8 while the kids slept at naptime for an ok win.

The final tourney of the day just finished, and this last hand summed up my day, with all the money going in on the turn:
http://twodimes.net/h/?z=6516783
I flop top-two, with nut low draw. Bet 60% of the pot on the flop. 2 Callers, I move in on the turn, with the gut chasing nut flush with A6 (weak) low. :(

Total for the day:
$35+3.00: 0/1/0/4
$33+1.50: 2/0
$55+2.50: 0/1
Cash: $20.47

Total for the week:
$35+3.00: 1/1/2/11 ($192)
$33+1.50: 2/0 $63
$55+2.50: 0/1 ($57.50)
Cash: $16.91
Total: ($169.59)

If I were to count a first place as 5pts, second as 3pts and third as 2pts, then for 15 tourneys, I was expecting to have 30pts by now. Instead, I have 12pts. I need to bring that average up to a respectable amount!!!

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