Phase I - 2nl : Day 2 - Sunday March 8th
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Opening BR: $41 | Closing BR: $87 | Profit/Loss: +$46
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Thought for the day:
"Poker is 50% Psychological."
Track for the day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN7wHnmsHcU
2NL went well today, after the losing session yesterday I wasn't looking forward to it to be honest. My desire for grinding 2NL was at an all time low. Of course this is partly because I've been there done that and have the t-shirt having only graduated from 2nl last week, combine that with yesterday's losing session and it'd be fair to say I didn't have my usual enthusiasm for the full ring grind!
Anyway I told myself that I not only needed to get back on to the 2NL tables for the bankrolls sake but I needed to get some momentum back, I told myself that the losing session yesterday will come good if I just focus and play my game. I'm pleased to say it did, I played 2700 hands today and averaged 27.84BB/100 for a total profit of $30.20. I'm really pleased with this. I approached it as I would a job, I didn't 'really' want to play 2NL, but I knew I had to for the bankroll and to build my confidence back up at NLH. Now I have done I have my confidence back and am eager for the next session. Which is a much better feeling.
I also played some more SNGs today. Before my 2NL session I played 4 $1 + 0.20 SNGs and cashed in three, finishing 1st in two of them and 3rd in another - for a total profit of $6 which was really nice. I'm slowly getting brainwashed by JGBs voice, I've started playing a SNG video in the background and just listening to the audio as I play the SNGs, given that I've only tried to play SNGs once or twice and have never looked into any SNG specific strategy I think I'm going to have to put the SNG success down to this new brainwashing technique I've implemented.
Omaha also continued to be kind to me today, I played some just before the main 2NL session, for about two hours single tabling and ended up a little under $10 in profit which was great.
A pretty great day - and a real motivator to continue knuckling down and building the bankroll. I've managed to grind $46 of profit for my small bankroll so it shouldn't be too much longer before I'm able to re-enter 5NL which I'm looking forward to.
Todays thought of the day, that poker is 50% psychological is so true. I was thinking to myself today as my 2NL session started to wind down how there's a good analogy between the mental aspects of snooker and poker. You often hear a commentator speaking about a players 'b game'. The world class players have a great 'b game', when it's not quite going right for them, they can switch gears and grind away at the table and still win the important frames.
Yesterday after the 2NL I felt a bit flat, I mean I'd played 800 hands and lost. My Omaha carried my bankroll yesterday and although it was very welcome I couldn't help but feel dissapointed in the 2NL session, after all that's what I thought I had cracked, and that's what I've spent months learning how to beat.
But a good poker player needs a good B game. They have to stay 110% on top of themselves and their game. That's what I did today by opening up 2NL and putting yesterday's session out of my mind and it payed off, by having a good 'b game' and not letting yesterday's session get to me, I was able to enjoy a great 'a game' today. I'm going to remember this the next time I play for 2+ hours and come out of the session showing a loss. The win that will wipe that negative session out, may well be just around the corner.
Onwards and upwards
