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Discipline, discipline
Sep. 1st, 2010 05:08 pmIt was a tough month, but I'm posting this graph because, well, I'm quite pleased with how I kept my soul together after an extremely dispiriting couple of days around August 7th.
I'm still $500 or so off my peak for the year, and I'm still running at only about 55% to 60% of last year, despite playing many more hands. Much of my income has, as a result, been bonuses and rakeback. Despite the above graph, my profit for the month was just over $600. If we take only the "due" rakeback (that rakeback generated during the month), it would be about $450.
But, for the past five months it's really been an uphill fight, and I'm probably still a bit down in open play. But the second half of last month at least gave me back a bit of confidence. TBH, there's not much genius. Most of it is remembering to fold when you know that you are beaten, and not assuming that your opponent is "at it". This sounds easy, but the more hands you play and the more emotionally dead you become to the swings of an individual hand, the harder it gets not to become a serial caller. I had underestimated the impact of continuous six-tabling. Three hours at 350 hands an hour is a different world from 90 minutes at 200 hands an hour. And as the days go on, it becomes cumulative, wearing you down more and more through sheer repetition. You must</> win at a lower per-100 rate. The aim is to make that reduction as small as possible. And, as I have discovered, the major trap is becoming a serial caller.
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I'm still $500 or so off my peak for the year, and I'm still running at only about 55% to 60% of last year, despite playing many more hands. Much of my income has, as a result, been bonuses and rakeback. Despite the above graph, my profit for the month was just over $600. If we take only the "due" rakeback (that rakeback generated during the month), it would be about $450.
But, for the past five months it's really been an uphill fight, and I'm probably still a bit down in open play. But the second half of last month at least gave me back a bit of confidence. TBH, there's not much genius. Most of it is remembering to fold when you know that you are beaten, and not assuming that your opponent is "at it". This sounds easy, but the more hands you play and the more emotionally dead you become to the swings of an individual hand, the harder it gets not to become a serial caller. I had underestimated the impact of continuous six-tabling. Three hours at 350 hands an hour is a different world from 90 minutes at 200 hands an hour. And as the days go on, it becomes cumulative, wearing you down more and more through sheer repetition. You must</> win at a lower per-100 rate. The aim is to make that reduction as small as possible. And, as I have discovered, the major trap is becoming a serial caller.
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