My Bumpy Start Back Up The Mountain

So, I made the decision not to play any live poker this weekend. Partially because my girlfriend had just come back from a week in Europe and partially because I wanted to concentrate on my online game.

So, with my new deposit in hand I went to it. I stayed true to my new policy of "no cash games" online & played STT's & HU tourny's. I don't have my stats with me as I'm on my laptop but here's a rough estimate of the weekend.

Friday I did pretty good. I placed 1st & 2nd in the STT's & didn't money in 2others. I played a bunch of HU tourny's & won more then I lost. I ended the day by increasing my bankroll by just over 50%.

Ok, I want to take a moment here to explain something. I've stopped thinking about my online bankroll in terms of money. Let me explain...

Ever since I got drunk & stupid awhile back & threw away my online roll at the $2/$4 game I was pretty depressed. I'd start re-building & look at it in terms of money & think about what I'd blown & how little my new roll was in comparison. Well, no more!!

I've now started looking at it in terms of percentages. If I only have a roll of $10 and sit down at the $0.2/$0.4 tables & end up up $5 then I've just increased my roll by 50% and that ain't so bad. I find that looking at it this way has helped me come to terms with the fact that I got drunk & pissed away my entire roll. Live & learn I guess but this is my way of coping with it! :)

So, back to the weekend. So, Friday ended pretty well. Up about 50%. Saturday however was a different story.

I once again only played STT's & HU tourny's but I just couldn't get anything going. I'd flop top 2 & end up getting called down & end up getting rivered. Or I'd flop 2pair & someone would flop & bigger 2pair. Just shit like that all day. I ended up losing my profit from Friday and I'm now sitting down 15% from my original roll. I didn't cash ONCE on Saturday.

I've been taking time after each game & reviewing my hand histories and I can already see the benefits in doing this. I'm going to continue reviewing my hands from now on & eventually get PokerTracker up & running. Hopefully next weekend.

So, there you have it. I'm now getting ready to sit down for another day at the online tables. I think that while playing the STT's I may also try & sat. my way into the Sunday Million... We'll see how that goes!

Cheers