Online Poker Update

I haven't been writing much about my online play. Frankly...it was really sucking. I had a stretch of bad cards and turned that into a longer stretch of wretched play.

I blew the profit I'd made. Now, I didn't blow the whole bankroll, but officially, I'm playing my money again.

Lately, I've been doing a lot of soul searching and reading. I knew what the problem was. I wasn't paying attention. I was missing the fundamentals. I quit thinking thru hands and put my self at risk for marginal hands in bad spots. Things like, watching stack sizes and betting patterns. I was also just steaming. Losing breads more losing.

Lately, I've moved back to my roots. I swallowed my pride and started back at the beginning. $1.25 45 person tournaments. I used to be pretty dang good at these, and frankly, they pay almost the same as the $5.50 9 person. The biggest difference is the risk to reward. Risking a $1.25 to win $15.95 is better than $5.50 to win $17.50.

I've also started playing the $2.25 180 person tournaments, when time permits. I've only played a handful of these. They are different that what I'm used to, but I really like them. Tonight, I cashed for the first time. I probably could have got a lot deeper. I picked a stupid spot to push and lost. I finished 18th. The first to get paid. I'll keep these up for a while, the 45 and the 180 person tournaments...let's just see if I can get back the magic.