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ynot United States. Aug 08 2012 21:12. Posts 209

So, I haven't written a blog in awhile but I have been fairly active at my local casinos. For a little while playing 1/2, 1/3 I felt on top of the world wrecking every table i played at have consistent days of 600$ profits. Some days good, some bad. Overall I felt great. My problems began when my regular 5-6 hour days turned into a 12-14 hour days and i would always feel tired and lazy toward the end of my sessions. For some reason I just bean playing every day trying to win back any loses from the last day and usually playing pretty well in the early hours only the make mistake after mistake and miss reading my opponents constantly. So yeah, pretty much the worst 2 months after being up around 4.5k. I would get mad at the way the cards fell without realizing that the problem was post flop and i was aggressive against a tight player. It was just a snowball of bad poker by me. I consider myself a good player when I am thinking clearly and understand my limits but i got greedy and tried to exceed what i was capable of.

From my loses I took the last 1k or so and spent it on things i needed before i would take a small break. I decided to take a break when my girlfriend moved in with me and i took a little vacation. I decided that I would switch from cash games to tournament play. Prior to playing cash games as my primary focus, I played the local casino tournaments and although i wasn't too good at the time, after winning a few for around 1k each, I was hooked.

Lately I have been playing in a lot of tournaments and doing exceptionally well. Like cash games, I want to build up a little larger of a bankroll before enrolling myself in tournaments that are above 300$. The unfortunate thing where I am is that the tournaments are usually 25 min blinds, 5k ish stacks, and start at either 10/20 or 25/50. I wish they were a little more deep with longer blind levels but that 150-200$, I probably won't get my wish. The 5 tournaments I played in I have made the money in 4 of them, usually chopping the winnings with the remaining 3 or 4 at the table depending on the take. So, as things are looking up i am sad at my previous performances lead me back to tournaments. Not because of my choice to play.

On any note, things have been going well and as time allows (girl friend) I will continue to compete. I played in a wsop satellite a little ways back without being rolled for the type of re-buy that it was so I hope to build my stack to be able to compete on that level again. I am not a good player but i think I know a lot more than the competition that I am up against which bodes well for me.

I have learned that my weakest point in any tournament is usually when I have about 20 bb's and blinds are 200/400 with 50 ante. I just can't seem to get a good fix on stealing correctly and picking my spots. right around this time is when the tight players begin a steal attempt or two and i find myself being the victim of their first "steal" attempt and forced to fold due to having the only information on them as a Tight player. Obviously they may not be bluffing but they will show their cards trying to tilt me or feel like a bad ass, I can't tell.

So, I will try to start submitting spots that I wasn't sure about keep you guys updated on my tournament play. I have a few casinos to choose from with all sorts of different ranges for tournaments so once i build my stack up higher I will join the larger tournaments with prizes for first coming around 10k.

I hope you all are doing well!!!

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RoyCe 4otZ United States. Aug 09 2012 03:59. Posts 147

I think you're making a mistake. You should stick to a game and learn it. You're giving up way too easy. Try and work on what you said concering your leaks on the cash games.

Tournaments are not nearly as profitable as cash games plus there's always the advantage to get up and leave when ever you feel like it etc... Keep up the cash game, find a balance between confidence and arrogence.

I've been there so I know what your going thru, but you're only taking the easy way out by switching. Give yourself a goal and a time limit to meet that goal and if after for whatever reason you still want to switch then so be it. Good luck in your quest.

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