Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Bad Habit or Smart Decision?

Starting bankroll: $254.02

Games Played: 6

Current Bankroll: $215.02

Today's Profit/Loss: $-39.00

Current Percentages:

ROI 172.58%
ITM % 21.74%
Top 3 % 13.04%
Win % 8.70%
Win-ITM% 40.00%


Yet another terrible fucking day for the J-Dizzler.

I started my day at like 11ish (skipping classes FTW), and right off the bat, I doubled up with QQ on my first table, then busted another person to put me at 4500 by like the 5th hand. Things were looking good.

Then, obviously, I got a run of good cards (and by good cards, I mean mid pocket pairs), and I couldn't let go of them early enough and ended up bleeding a lot of chips. I played in 6 tournies today, and I'm pretty sure I busted 8th, 9th, or 10th in at least 4 of them.

Just as an example of how bad it was, I open shoved with 10 BBs UTG w/ like 35s or something like that, and the BB had like 900 more chips than me, and CALLED with 97o. Even if he knew I was shoving any two cards there, that is a piss poor call.

So, sometime around 2 PM, after I busted in my 6th tourney, I decided to take a break, which turned into a couple of hours, which turned into an early day. I just didn't have the will or mindset to go back and keep trying.

This is what I've been struggling with, though. I'm usually pretty good about not tilting money away, even when I'm still in a tournament after a bad beat, but usually I don't because I leave as soon as possible after I'm done with all current games, and I don't come back. Now, obviously, avoiding the tilt factor is huge and probably saves me a lot of buy-ins for the really bad times, but I also think there's a part of me that thinks I'm wasting a lot of value by not playing through the pain, so to speak. If this were a real job, I obviously wouldn't be able to just walk away. I might take 10 or 15 to chill out, but then I have to get right back on the horse.

Thoughts? Suggestions?

I don't think I'm going to play tomorrow. I mean, I only have my night class, but for some reason I just am never really in the mood to play on Wednesdays. If I wake up early enough, I might try to play and see if I can chase my losses.

My dad's birthday is on Saturday, so I likely will be going home sometime on Friday. Which means I probably won't play a whole lot, if at all, on Friday or Saturday. I will come home Sunday (hopefully in time for the 100k, if nothing else).

Ok, that's all I can think of for now. Later.

PS. Post some fucking comments. Lurkers FTL

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