Sigh, online poker is so rigged
Hands played this month: 14,878
Profit: -$43.17
Hours: 40.17
Lots of hours for no reward is the story of the above. Played crap and ran worse.
For the last 2.6K hands, have switched to 4tables of 6max. I now have "come to own" 20GB of Deuces Cracked videos and started off with a series called "Baby Steps". Its a really good videos for beginners and takes you through how to beat the 6max micro stakes so decided to move from full ring to six max for the time being. I am enjoying it a lot more and feel like it is much more beatable than full ring as the fish are that much more exploitable.
The biggest thing I have taken out of the last few weeks is having a good HUD set up is so crucial. I couldn"t imagine playing online cash (especially multi tabling) without my HUD setup. I know I can beat these stakes but I need to be patient. Expecting instant results would be stupid and I believe that I can become a good profitable micro stakes cash player.
At the moment I do feel a little disillusioned with online poker, been playing so much this month... not sure how to go forward with it. I will definitely finish off my challenge and get to the 20K hands without two many issues. Hopefully can claw some $ back but look destined to finish down for the month (not including the sign up bonus"s). Irritatingly it doesnt look like I will make Silverstar, number of hands required was a bit out. Going forwards, may set a new goal for next month but will have a think about that a bit more this week.
Thoughts are already turning to APAT worlds although its still a couple of months away. Hotel booked for the full Friday-Monday so gonna make the most of it but unsure what I am playing. Would like to play the main and 3 sides but finances mean that looks unlikely with buyins going to be needed soon. Looking forward to being around the tournament buzz anyway, whatever I play.
I have been on a presentation course this week, good to get out of the office. Gave a stonking presentation on the mentality of poker and one on the APAT tour. Easy to talk passionately about poker...less so when talking about boring work related stuff. Still good confidence builder.
