Another successful night in poker. First off, I arrived home from work at 5p.m. and I planned on playin 0 tourneys. I was so dizzy and nauseaus all day yesterday, I could not wait to go home and rest. Then I got home, I had a meeting with my new real estate agent (she seems very nice), and decided that I did in fact, want to play. Maybe I am allergic to work. Haha. In any case, I played a $3 rebuy on stars. I came in 182/2600 for a whooppping $32, but that's ok. And then I final tabled the 8 p.m. which was really nice. I came in 8/297, for $750 cash. I wanted to cash big, but I lost two races at the final table and that was the end of me.
I don't know if my game is that much better or if I am on a good run, or it is a combination of both, but I have made four final tables and six cashes in the last 3 days. I have definitely moved up a level in terms of quality of play, and I am thinking much deeper about hands than I did before.
It is a strange process really. You play your best possible in your current state. And while objectively, you know that there is always room for improvement, and to grow and to get better at poker, because you don't know yet how that will be accomplished, it is difficult to imagine what more you can do to get to the next level of play. And then you see a player execute a hand a certain way, you read an article, you observe a friend playinig, and then something clicks, and boom! you've just moved up a level as u incorporate whatever it is you observed into your game to make you more successful.
For example, one thing I have been struggling with lately, is raising in position without a hand against a player who I know is going to push if I raise, inevitably forcing me to only raise when I have a hand that I am willing to commit myself to. Unless it is not inevitable. I believe the solution is to raise enough to show that I am committed, and steal their thunder- take away the play before they can make it. Of course, there will be exceptions to this. If one of the blinds has so many times more chips than me and I know they are wild &/or aggressive, I need to choose my spots more carefully. However, if the big stack is very tight, then I can make a standard raise, knowing they will want to protect their stack and most likely fold. As I test all of my new strategies and plays, I anticipate busting out of many tournaments on the bubble, or early, but I think it is worth it. In the long run, my experimentation will help me tighten/strengthen my game and become a more profitable player.
I am committed to becoming the player it is impossible to play against. I think that I can do this, I just need to work very hard at it. I promised myself that I would re-read every poker book I own this summer, religiously read Cardplayer, and everything I can find on poker. IThis will be a relatively easy task for me. When I was younger, notwithstanding the fact that I am about to sound like a total nerd-o, I wanted to be a Professional Reader. And then I found out there is no such thing. I love to read, it is one of my passions. So, I will do this and I predict that my game will continue to grow and improve.
Ok, I have to return to the grind (the work kind, not the poker kind). More later!
Good luck and peace,
Lucky C.
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