okkkk first poker related post in a while!

I had been running pretty decently lately and playin pretty well until a couple days ago. I'm on a 10k downswing the last two days of running into sets, bad beats, which inevitably results in some form of spew.

The key to my upswing was that for the most part I started each session up. I think the mindset that this contributes to the rest of the session can't really be under-estimated. It just emphasizes solid play from the get-go. It's really discouraging having bad things happen right at the beginning of a session.

I've been treating top pair like the nuts the last couple days. It's not the nuts, and I have to remind myself of that. An extension of treating top pair like the nuts, is never folding top pairs, which I also need to start doing.

Also stop bluffing unbluffables/stations (ie: Ravageur) cause they don't know how to fold. Ever.

This was the last hand of my first session today (down 4.3k). Mega cooler, deep at 5/10 pounds and I just insta quit all tables. At least I'm good at quitting when things start getting bad, and I think a lot of people are pretty bad at this.

£5/£10 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG (£4970.00)
UTG+1 (£997.00)
Hero (CO) (£2083.00)
BTN (£3083.25)
SB (£990.00)
BB (£1085.00)

Pre-flop: (£15, 6 players) Hero is CO
2 folds, Hero raises to £34, BTN raises to £105, 2 folds, Hero calls £71

Flop: (£225, 2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets £155, Hero calls £155

Turn: (£535, 2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets £380, Hero calls £380

River: (£1,295, 2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets £2,443.25, Hero calls £1,443

Final Pot: £5,181.25
Hero shows:
BTN shows:

BTN wins £5,178.25 ( won +£2,095 )
Hero lost -£2,083


I'm taking the rest of the day off, and given the last two days downswing and lack of playing, I'm pretty much out of contention in the rakerace my site is having. Oh well! Tomorrow will be solid play! RETURN OF THE FOLDING.