Two-Tabling $2/4
I found two very juicy tables of $2/4 FRLH last night so I bellied up to both. I played about an hour total, so two table hours. Ended up down $9. I was down about $40 at one point. Just a matter of getting cold-decked and not getting anything worthwhile to play. Over the 100-110 hands I played, that's not such a big deal. I hit a few hands near the end of my playing time, and made most of it back.
I was getting a little irritated at one point at the cold deck. There was so much money going into the pots, and I was getting 63o, 92o, A3o, etc. Just nothing playable. (I was probably running under 10% vp$ip.) I am paying a lot of attention to how I feel at the tables lately, and when I realized I was getting unhappy I took a piss break, setting out a few hands mid-orbit. During this time I 'reminded' myself that I am not entitled to good cards, or even average cards. That I had set myself up in a situation where it was likely I would win, but not certain that I would win. That I had done what was necessary up to this point to make money in this situation: I was better trained in poker than my competition, I was exercising proper bankroll management, I had done well with my table selection, etc. A few deep breaths and I was back at the tables, watching J6s played from UTG scoop a 12 BB pot.
Whatever! Good for him! I hope he wins lots of money and comes back over and over, because in time, I will get lots of it from him! I took a lot of notes last night.
I hit a couple of hands and made back most of my money. I quit at the time I had pre-determined as my quitting time, based on needing to get to bed so that I could wake up early today. Not because of any play-induced factors. Overall, I am happy with my performance. I have a couple of hands I may post in the forum for comment.
I realize that my posts likely have a noobish ring to them as I work my way through this. Somebody with 250K+ hands ought to have most of this sorted out by now. I can only state that this slump has, in some ways, put me back at 'square one', and I need to work at getting my negative emotions away from the table so that I can play as effectively as possible.