23rd April

So the last few days I've had a few bad runs. My bankroll was down to $270 from $315. I played a number of super turbos, lost alot of 60/40s and even 80/20s. Oh well, this is poker, it happens. What we want to do is make sure that the decisions we make are the right ones, put our money in when we're ahead so that in the long run, we will be profitable. I have also started reading a few other books. Skimming a few chapters here and there. I'll eventually decide which one I'd like to read more thoroughly.

In the pain of the bankroll downfall, I decided to try my hand at cash games again, I made a mistake on a certain hand, when i pushed all in with bottom pair against a guy who i believed to be on tilt, as he lost $25 already. I figured he would call me with high card out of frustration. Seeing as it was a 6 handed table and everyone else folded I thought I probably had the best hand at the time. Silly move, I loosened up too much. So the next few hands came along and I wasn't getting anything playable especially against someone who would probably call with any two. He raised to a dollar every hand, so eventually I got Ace Queen and in 6 handed play this is undoubtedly a great starting hand. He routinely raise to one dollar and I re-raised all in to $10 as I figured I was ahead. He took a little time to think and I knew I was ahead, he called with 8 10 off suit and sadly for me, he hit his 10 on the turn. In retrospect, I could have played it much better, by seeing the flop and hoping to hit something and have him bluff at it before shoving all in.

I then took a nice break from poker for a while to regroup as I was clearly not playing at my optimal level. I played a few more super turbo sit n gos and climbed back up to $295. I did lose a few in a row though, but when I did get into the money, I usually placed 1st or 2nd.