All Things Poker

This session was a continuation of session 2. I was so gun shy from my last mistakes that I was unwilling to bet for value or to make a real stand of any kind. Additionally my mindset was not focused on the current session, it was mired in the idea that I had to get back to “even”. Add to these issues that I recognised what was going on and that I was playing poorly and poorly focused. Yet I still continued to play. So the night could be summarized as follows: bad quitting decision, bad mindset to play poker, gun shy, timid, mouse-like, squeak squeak. I wish someone would have given me my slice of cheese and told me to go home.

There were no major pots to mention, no spectacular plays or horrendous blunders, just general, low-level suck. Additionally, my level of play was hampered by a key factor, something I knew I would have to get lucky to overcome: I was playing outside my bankroll. I had $800 in my bankroll when I sat down, and I had another buy-in in my pocket, so I was keenly aware that half of my bankroll was sitting with me at the casino. If there is something that will make you pucker up faster than a prostate check, its playing outside your bankroll. I had heard it preached all the time from every poker site to every poker book: bankroll management. I was always able to ignore that though because I had always played micro-stakes, so what did I care for bankroll management? However, going into this project I knew I was woefully underpowered in that department and that I was going to have to shine to get my bankroll to a respectable level (which is why I am trying to get to 4k before pulling out any money for bills). So the combination of the previous session’s blunders mixed with poor bankroll management allowed me to continue my level of suck.

If there was any advantage to being a mouse that evening it was that I didn’t get a lot of my money in the middle and therefor didn’t lose that much. In fact I essentially broke even (or beat the rake if you want to think positively) and was down $15 for a seven and a half hour evening.

Stats:
P/L: ($15)
Hourly Rate: ($2)

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