ROLLER COASTER ALL OVER AGAIN

I've experienced a short period of ups and downs recently. Well, it seems that it is somehow coming back. In these spots, we need to try to figure out what might be happening. I think, in my case, it might have something to do with the following aspects:

1) Playing when you're in the wrong mindset: this is terrible as you tend to put all your frustrations and bad feelings at the table. Besides, you might just be tired and lose focus in crucial hands. I need to practice more range readings. I did a terrible mistake here, making an thin value shove in the river when I shoud not. No worse would call me in that spot. Unfortunatley, in this hand I also missed a note highlighting that the guy had slowplayed before (checked behind a turn to get value on the river). If I had put him into a range, I would not lose that last bet...


2) Perhaps I should stop watching poker videos: I think people who make videos at NL 10 are indirectly making me to play more aggressive than I should. The funny thing is that...I know what works for me and it is ABC poker. Anyways, caugth myself doing something that I did not do in the past 2 months: shoving AK PF over a small 4-bet. The guy had QQ and he made quads. Anyways, this is not the point. The point is...if I had called his raise or his 4-bet, I would not lose my whole stack. Its fit or fold and I'll hit an A or K around 30% of the time.

3) Overmonitorizing your losses: if you're inhappy with your losses in a given session, just quit. It will affect the way you play (perhaps the thin value bet I made has something to do with it). You tend to try to get your money back and this is not how things work.

I'll make a break this weekend. Perhaps it would be nice to have some 1-table sessions to practice hand reading and be more patient about the game. No fancy plays and over-aggression. ABC would do just fine.