Hey guys, I'm sorry I've been quite for a long time but I've had a lot going on recently that has kept me pretty busy from blogging so I'll fill you in. First I better review how poker has been for me this year. I am making a big push in 2012 to make 50nl by the end of the year, not just being rolled for it but being a competent winning player at that level and being ready to make a run for Supernova in 2013. I'll be honest and say I haven't had a great start to the year and am running pretty badly which I'm sure is affecting my play. I'm not saying if I was running good I'd be crushing but it has affected my confidence a lot and I'm sure that has a subconscious effect on my play. I've also been breaking my rules on game selection and been playing far too many mtts, including the MicroMillions. These are not my main game and although I'd love to play them once I reach 50nl and am happily making profit, for now I think I should really be focusing on cash games and using my poker time for that, this unfortunately includes my homegames that I've been playing. These tournaments are small buyin but they do have a negative effect on my play as when I run bad in mtts, I feel it affects my cash play. I've decided to take a couple of days off from playing altogether and have withdrawn a little bit of money from my account and have bought some video games to keep me occupied and am combining that with some studying to get my drive to play back.
Year to date cash:
Year to date mtts:
I've started a 6max skype group with players from 2p2 and am now more driven than ever to achieve my year end goal, I feel 2013 is going to be a good year so I want to be prepared for it. With all these cut backs I've been making I've given myself a new reward, I'm going to save my fpps that I earn from grinding and use them to take shots at the Sunday Million whenever I have enough, around 13k. I should be able to play ever 2 or 3 months by my calculations so that should give me my tournament hit in one big go!
One thing happening away form the tables right now is a bit of a health worry, I won't go into details as it could well end up as nothing but I'm being referred around circuits of specialists who are trying to figure out what is wrong with me and what they can do about it. I'll update on this when I know more as I don't want to go into it without knowing much myself but if I'm honest, I'm so -ev in poker right now I'm sure I'm going to be +ev life. I might even use my one time....
All the best on the tables
Jake
Q1 has always been rubbish for me. My theory is that some of the fish make a new year resolution to stop losing money and sit out, this lowers everybody's expectation and causes weak-willed people like me to lose confidence.
ReplyDeleteSo now I drop right down until the clocks change at end of March ... as a recreational player I just need to protect the bankroll!
Works foe me.
Haha, I had never thought of that, I really wouldn't be surprised if that was true and the degen players will be back at some point!
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