Uh Oh

Hey

Sinking feeling has cometh. Lost $550 in the last two days since my big win, and that is largely down to not finishing a final table properly, being poised for first but getting third instead, missing out in the valuable leaps in prize money. Mor discipline needed but it will happen as i see myself maturing every time i play. With the Sunday 35K tonight for example i felt i played flawlessly except for one hand. I was getting value from good hands, and making sure i didn't have to showdon my bad ones. I was in the comfort zone and when i am feeling like that i need to get unlucky to not make a final table, and that is when it hit me.....

Game #7258205193: Sunday £35K (ID9103183) £110+£10 - Hold'em NL (150/300) - 2009/02/15 - 23:16:21 (CET)
Table "9103183 - 2" Seat 10 is the button.
Seat 1: Asamoah (3585 in chips)
Seat 2: Gaughan (10628 in chips)
Seat 3: Denn11052 (3826 in chips)
Seat 4: oligarch (16009 in chips)
Seat 5: Fish00001 (13016 in chips)
Seat 6: The_b_fox (13556 in chips)
Seat 7: Blunder2 (7330 in chips)
Seat 8: Jayjay72 (7616 in chips)
Seat 9: bevkim (5540 in chips)
Seat 10: Sore_pipe (2135 in chips)
Asamoah: posts small blind 150
Gaughan: posts big blind 300
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Gaughan [Ks Kd]
Denn11052: folds
oligarch: folds
Fish00001: raises to 750
The_b_fox: folds
Blunder2: folds
Jayjay72: folds
bevkim: folds
Sore_pipe: folds
Asamoah: raises to 1200
Gaughan: raises to 10628 and is all-in
Fish00001: folds
Asamoah: is all-in 2385
Returned uncalled bets 7,043 to Gaughan
----- FLOP ----- [Ah 6s Jd]
----- TURN ----- [Ah 6s Jd][5c]
----- RIVER ----- [Ah 6s Jd 5c][Qh]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Gaughan: shows [Ks Kd] (A Pair of Kings, Ace high)
Asamoah: shows [Jh Js] (Three of a kind, Jacks, Ace high)
Asamoah collected 7920 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot 7920 Main pot 7920 Rake 0
Board [Ah 6s Jd 5c Qh]
Seat 1: Asamoah (small blind) showed [Jh Js] and won (7920) with Three of a kind, Jacks, Ace high
Seat 2: Gaughan (big blind) showed [Ks Kd] and lost with A Pair of Kings, Ace high
Seat 3: Denn11052 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: oligarch folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Fish00001 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: The_b_fox folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Blunder2 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Jayjay72 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: bevkim folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 10: Sore_pipe (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)



Game #7258343393: Sunday £35K (ID9103183) £110+£10 - Hold'em NL (150/300) - 2009/02/15 - 23:27:41 (CET)
Table "9103183 - 2" Seat 5 is the button.
Seat 1: Asamoah (9370 in chips)
Seat 2: Gaughan (7943 in chips)
Seat 3: Denn11052 (5026 in chips)
Seat 4: oligarch (14509 in chips)
Seat 5: Fish00001 (11366 in chips)
Seat 6: The_b_fox (12856 in chips)
Seat 7: Blunder2 (6880 in chips)
Seat 8: Jayjay72 (7616 in chips)
Seat 9: bevkim (5090 in chips)
Seat 10: Sore_pipe (2585 in chips)
The_b_fox: posts small blind 150
Blunder2: posts big blind 300
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Gaughan [Jh Th]
Jayjay72: folds
bevkim: folds
Sore_pipe: folds
Asamoah: folds
Gaughan: raises to 900
Denn11052: folds
oligarch: folds
Fish00001: folds
The_b_fox: calls 750
Blunder2: folds
----- FLOP ----- [Jd Ts 8d]
The_b_fox: checks
Gaughan: bets 1800
The_b_fox: raises to 11956 and is all-in
Gaughan: is all-in 5243
Returned uncalled bets 4,913 to The_b_fox
----- TURN ----- [Jd Ts 8d][4c]
----- RIVER ----- [Jd Ts 8d 4c][9s]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
The_b_fox: shows [Qh Qd] (A Straight, Queen high)
Gaughan: shows [Jh Th] (Two Pairs, Jacks and Tens, Nine high)
The_b_fox collected 16186 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot 16186 Main pot 16186 Rake 0
Board [Jd Ts 8d 4c 9s]
Seat 1: Asamoah folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Gaughan showed [Jh Th] and lost with Two Pairs, Jacks and Tens, Nine high
Seat 3: Denn11052 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: oligarch folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Fish00001 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: The_b_fox (small blind) showed [Qh Qd] and won (16186) with A Straight, Queen high
Seat 7: Blunder2 (big blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Jayjay72 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: bevkim folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 10: Sore_pipe folded before Flop (didn't bet)

What can i do? Tis variance hurting me. If i won both pots i would have been chip leader and cruising with a big stack and playing powerfully to boot. But if these beats didn't happen the same people would win a tournament day after day and no fish would ever play, so where is the profitability or fun in that, plus variety is the spice of life right? lol

Tomorrow onwards i am setting a routine which will probably be broken quicker than i have spent towards demising it and that is to play only three crypto tournies a night amounting to £100, the £55, £33 and the $25 Late action $1.8K GTD but i will be playing the super series when they are on as well. Otherwise its pure cash games and trying to make a huge amount in rakeback and in normal profits. Going to be intriguing to find a new playing field when crypto closes. I quite like the homely feel in this network that you always see the familiar faces playing the tournies on here and the amounts playing each aren't too many which lowers variance, and makes you feel you have accomplished more as making a final table is a lot easier. I may try and find a network with tournies whereby only 400 max can enter as it may be easier for me to win. A site that isn't as big as pokerstars but isn't too small either will be ideal with fishy cash games to couple the fishy tourney ones, but i guess what is fishy at the end of the day? I guess defining a fish is someone who you can read so well that you make a profit on him more often than not? Or is it someone who has no winning strategy and you win just as much from them. Either way if you have an edge you should play, and i am looking to do this in the tourney fields and the cash games.

Another point is that i have managed to work out how to set up two monitors from my laptop to play on more poker tables, so i have the capability to play on 21 tables if i please. But i am debating whether or not this is realistic. 12 tables is very comfortable for me and i can get a hefty rake amount from it but i will be pushing to play on more tables, and hopefully with time 21 tables will become second nature, and if it does, i could be a MMM (Money-Making-Machine). I need to be to stay on with the lofty £52K for the year i am proposing. Would love to smash that but if i do meet it i can't complain because i would be earning double what most people earn without having to pay tax. So bring on the next few weeks and ultimately the year, and lets be having som rele good results and some proper professional guile to couple this.

Peace.