Loser

I had my first losing night since I started playing the Sklansky/Malmuth method of small stakes limit. I am still up on the week, but it was disappointing none-the-less. I will say that of the 106 hands I played, I saw 16% of the flops, and won 40% of the showdowns (according to PP weak sessions stats). As soon as my bankroll allows, I will be buying Poker Tracker for some more in-depth analysis.

As disappointing as the loss was, I was very happy with my play. I did Not tilt (much), I actually did tilt for about five minutes when my pocket queens got beat by pocket Aces, but it was short and I actually won a pot on my tilt. I am getting better at accepting my losses, that is why it is called gambling.

While I was happy with my play in general, I think I played too long. I was VERY tired but kept going anyway, trying to re-coup my losses. Instead I actually ended up compounding them more. I guess that was a tilt in itself.

Back to the books.

As per normal - IGGY has good advice today.

Shamelessly stolen from Guinness and Poker:

#1 Never, ever tap the glass.
#2 Don't make the mistake of playing directional poker - focusing your action on one guy.
#3 Lose the sunglasses - they smell like fear - save em for the WSOP
#4 Feeling ANY sense of immediacy in poker is a BAD thing. I'm talking cash games, here, obviously.

Let me say that again. Immediacy in poker = bad thing.

From my perspective, bad beats are the sign of a good game, damnit. I want players chasing. I want players calling two bets cold on the flop without proper odds. It's why I don't have to work for the Man anymore. Just accept it when they hit and move on. Don't freaking tilt, damnit.
In my first month of blogging, I posted this:
1) Other players bad play will make me far more money than my fancy or brilliant plays.
2) The guy that leads with a bet on the turn, after not betting previously, often has a big hand.
3) Folding costs me nothing pre-flop. If it's a close decision, I can't go far wrong by folding.

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