Just to add a little context to the last post, I’m playing 10NL, and play two tables at a time. I normally play during my lunch break, then during the weekend when I’m not doing anything else.
So the last post’s chart was fairly exceptional really, while at the same time I didn’t feel it was a heater. Throughout the week I had been up and down, and the final week’s total was 10 hours of poker, winning at 25BB/100 hands, and a total of $40 (a whopping $4/hour – Not giving up my day job yet!). I felt that I was in control of my poker, and the overall win rate was due to good decisions rather than lucky breaks.
But, as the title of this post suggests, things didn’t go so well on Sunday.
The main problem lay with that I tried two new things at once. Firstly I added another table to see if I could multitable three (and then hopefully 4) tables. Secondly I watched Ed Miller’s ‘Art of Folding’ video on StoxPoker.
The multitabling didn’t work at all. I couldn’t give myself enough time to make a decision, and being rushed unfortunately I tended to rashness rather than caution.
Then while Ed’s video is excellent and I’d recommend it to anyone, he played a few hands quite aggressively and went for the all-in on OOP players who he felt was weak. So I tried it too.
Unfortunately they called me every time. A couple of times it was reasonable, ie my JJ lost to their AA, and then my AK lost to their JJ, but a couple of other times it was just plain dumb (on my part).
Ultimately I lost $40 in an hour and a half! All the way back to square one. So I turned off the computer and gave up for the day. Hopefully this week I’ll regain the more cautious (but winning) approach I had previously…
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It’s also been my experience that trying to incorporate stuff you’ve just read about isn’t that hot an idea. I think new material has to be introduced to yer game organically or else you’re kind of just copying them (unintentionally) instead of remaining your own player. Try reading one day when you’re not going to play. Give yer brain some time to absorb the material. Then come back to it weeks later, review and see if the previously new material is now 2nd nature.
GL
Thanks for all the comments – lots of them!
I couldn’t agree more. I think I’ve got to the point when I’ve had my fill of advice from the forums – I got a pretty good idea of what I should be doing, and now need to get the practice in. I’ve started four tabling so I’m playing a lot more hands now than previously, and I’ve just got to keep my concentration up to make sure I’m applying what I’ve learnt…