Will Hill Giveth, and then...
...I get my arse handed to me. Playing Will Hill $2/4 full ring. I was also playing 2 X $1/2 tables. I had made a tidy profit the night before at Will Hill, so I figured, I should muli-table, clear out the bonus, and then move on to Hollywood. How much damage can I do, right? I started out pretty well, hitting a couple of nice draws on my $2/4 table, and building up a nice stack. Then the bottom fell out, and the cards turned against me. In addition, I made 3 poor call downs that cost me at least 6 BB.
Why I would make call downs to flop re-raises or turn check raises on Uber-tight Will Hill while holding top pair hands with no redraws is not known to me. It is a serious flaw in my game. I also think I do it most consitently when I am multi-tabling FRLH. There is something in that mixture that makes it hard for me to lay down a hand. I am not sure I need to fully inderstand WHY to make it stop, though. I am just going to stop playing more than two tables at a time.
That's not as easy a decision to make as it ought to be. I made a significant amount of money in 2005 playing 3 or 4 tables of FRLH at a time. I am making much less at poker this year. Mostly due to my decreased amount of play, but also because I had a horrible downswing earlier in the year - which I may still be in. Additionally, when I do play, I am playing fewer tables and lower stakes. It all adds up to less income from poker. This has been offset by sportsbetting, but it's still difficult acknowledge that I am not going to getback to last year's earn rates any time soon. C'est la vie!
I still have an hour left at Will Hill. Hopefully I can find a good table tonight.