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Yesterday I might have played the worst poker in my life. I dont know whats wrong with me. A few days ago I played really great and was almost in the zone. Then I got tilted from irl stuff and since then I cant get my game together.
As a desperation messure I saw a fish at NL400 and started playing at the table. Guess I shouldnt have done that. In like 50 hands I bumped into 4 sets/full houses when I had strong holdings so I kinda ended in the red yesterday 
This failure got me started thinking what I wanted to do this summer and what I wanted with my pokerplay. I think I need to be brutally honoust with myself and not try to live up to my own expectations or w/e by making excuses etc.
The sad truth is that I havnt had a big winning month since november last year and I havnt been playing really good poker (except for a few sessions here and there) since then either. I kinda know in my heart I dont belong at NL400 right now (I felt it soo obvious yesterday) and if I dont play my A or B game I dont have a very solid winrate at NL200 either. The regulars has improved a lot and I have gotten rusty. Bad combo.
I had a goal of making 10BI at NL200 and as a treat I would go to Vegas. This hasnt had the impact is should have. I was up that at one point but then I got coolered a few times and then I started to give away money. The result became that I began feeling a bit stressed in my game - trying to win it back instead of just playing solid poker and rake in the money. As a result I started to play worse and here I am.
I have now decided that Vegas is a bad choice, even if I manage to win my 10BI. That amount wasnt about the money but an amount as a proof that my game was working and I was ready to go across the world to play cashgame and just have fun. Right now I dont feel like that at all. My game isnt working and I dont want to go there and just loose a bunch of money. I kinda feel the trip would be a failure and if nothing drasticly change that I will stay home.
This summer will instead be about taking back my game, improve it and giving myself the possibility to get higher. If I dont get better and drasticly improve my game I will quit poker in like 6 months from now. To go +-0 or as a slight winner at small/midstakes is not my dream and to waist time at something I dont want to do is just stupid. I still love the game but then I also want to pawn those sorry asses of regs and not just win over the fish. If I cant reach this I will just go on with my life and make a carrer in another area.
Since this is pretty much my last attempt at getting better and be a pokerplayer I think I will do pretty much everything to give myself this possibility. Even if its a big discussion if its +EV or not I think I will buy CTS book "Let there be range" for 1k$. I also might buy his omaha book and start playing omaha but I dont know if thats such a good idea. Better start getting good at holdem first!
I also will take up watching CR videos and analyse a lot more hands then I am doing now from my PT3 DB.
To everyone in Vegas: I wish you best luck! Hopefully I join you next year!
Now its time for me to begin my last attempt at poker! Wish me luck! 
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rednalluk Sweden. Jun 11 2009 11:37. Posts 626 | | |
It sure sounds like things didnt go out the way they were supposed to. Welcome aboard on my boat
I think that working on your omaha game will be a bad thing, even though it's good. If you only have 6months to evolve into a midstakesplayer, it is in my humble opinion a waste of time grinding out at PLO50. Just focus, and you'll get there. I'll be on MSN if you need more quality advice on life.
May you always suck out on the river ... |
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Gumster Sweden. Jun 11 2009 12:45. Posts 2291 | | |
you should get a coach for that 1k instead of CTS book |
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SakiSaki  Sweden. Jun 11 2009 13:33. Posts 9685 | | |
| | On June 11 2009 11:45 Gumster wrote:
you should get a coach for that 1k instead of CTS book |
100% agree with this.
I also think taking up omaha is the right way to go, its definitely the game of the future |
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have you read it? nothing to have? |
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shaw67193 United States. Jun 11 2009 17:07. Posts 465 | | |
i couldve written the first the paragraphs myself, essentially. things are starting to look up for me, moved down a few limits, rewatching dc vids, familiar feelings of playing a more consistent A game are coming back.
gl to you, sir! |
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rednalluk Sweden. Jun 13 2009 10:03. Posts 626 | | |
Saki, would you still take up omaha if you're just going to grind for another 6 months and then quit if you didnt get the results you wanted? Seems to me like it's a bad idea and i'd like your reasoning for why that is not the case. Mostly because i'm in the same boat as remember. |
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GL. Feel the same since I not beat nl20...lol. |
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