a bad poker session
A Bad night at Pokerstars. I hit my stop loss of $150 in about 45 minutes two tabling 2/4. I know that 38 big blinds is probably a small stop loss, but I tend to tilt and start playing Axs, small suited connectors from early position, and crap like that, so I just stop playing ring games. Nothing I think I played horribly tonight, I just had KK vs. AA, set over set, missed my draws, got redrawn when I flopped a flush, that sort of thing. A really ugly session with pure bad luck and I can only hope it does not happen too frequently, otherwise I will say bye bye to online poker. What a nightmare, even for a short session.
The stop loss rule is new for me this week, after reading the thread in bankroll management at various online poker forums. I just got hit up a couple multi table tournaments. I cashed just in the money in a 10+1 mega at Party Poker and a 5+.5 Cannonball at Full Tilt Poker. I also cashed in the minor player freeroll at Party Poker, so all in all a good finish to a frustrating evening session. Now I need to work on getting deeper in the money.
I am watching some poker video by Daniel Negreanu right now in his training site to pick up some pointers. He is such a successful tournament player, I hope I can pick something from his brain. Only Phil Ivey has better tournament results, so there is no question that Daniel knows what he is talking about. And he is so entertaining to watch and listen to. I like his concept of small ball poker, this is a technique I am going to add to my poker strategy. This will add an element of randomness in my game and this should make me less predictable. And we all know that predictability is the worse enemy of a poker player.
Tags: 2/4, early position, getting deeper, in the money, poker strategy, predictability, ring games, small ball poker, suited connectors, two tabling
