So my aim for this month was to get to $2200. This is no looking extremely unlikely, as I am currently on about $1650. The month started well, and after a couple of days I was about $150 up, but then It started going badly wrong. A few days later and I was $150 down for the month.
I realised that I was playing badly, and that my technique of playing very loose and passively pre-flop on iPoker was not a winning strategy. I changed it all around, and started to play really well, but the bad streak followed me...
- UTG limps and I make it $2.25 on the button with KK. The SB pushes for $6.25 and the BB calls. I make it $18.50 and the BB pushes. I call and he shows QQ. The SB shows AQ. The flop of A-9-5 meant I had lost the main pot, but the larger side-pot should be all mine... NO! A Q on the river! -$34.55
Anyway I was going to make this post into a list of badbeats, hoping it would purge my psyche and enable me to get back to winning ways, but it doesn't seem like the right thing to do. I am feeling a lot more positive now, I have dropped down to $25NL breifly just to recoup some losses, and it's going a bit better.
I also played in the blogger tournament. When I saw that we started with 10,000 chips, 1300 runners and only about 30 good prizes, I couldn't really be bothered. I dossed around a lot, made some rediculous plays and managed to get into 9th place with 300 left. At this point it was getting late, and I was still finding it very hard to play sensible and focus, and so I let a friend take over for me.
He ended up getting pretty unlucky, and busted in about 75th with KK v 88. And for that I win a duffel bag and a pack of cards! Brilliant!
Bankroll ~ $1650
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