Since my last post,the poker gods have been a bit tough!The student masters, which I was eagerly looking forward to, was on last Sunday. Now, I work quite close to the Jackpot casino where it was held and I tried to register for the tournament after work on both Tuesday and Friday. Both times there wasn't a sinner about and I had to give up my attempts. I thought I could just arrive early on the day and register...Big Mistake. When I headed over to it on the Saturday I was told that it was completely booked out and I was put on the list as 1st alternate.As it turned out I never got to play a hand of poker that day. Alas, always next year! It's a shame, seeing as the Jackpot put on a really good show and had the place looking very well. At least the Irsh English rugby game raised my spirits!
On-line has been rough since I posted last. It might seem from my stats that I have only fallen back $12 but if you take into account that this figure includes a $10 stellar reward bonus and a $12.50 reload bonus, then you will realise that I have given up a bit of the ground that I made in the first few weeks of the month. I have to admit it, I don't like losing money! I think for you to be a good poker player you have to strike a balance between the pain of losing money and the disassociation of the chips on the table as money that could be in your pocket. In the past I have not been able to strike a balance with these two facets and because of this by the time I build a half decent bankroll I get nervous about losing it and eventually decide to cash out. One big losing day on the tables usually has me clearing out my Pokerstars account and starting off from scratch again.
But this year I promised myself not to withdraw any money from my account and the fact that I have to mention this in the blog means that this weekend I came very close to doing that. I am finding it hard to adjust to the play at the 2c/5c tables. I seem to go on tilt alot easier than I used to and this is just not a good thing. I feel I need to step back from poker for a week or two and just let myself regain focus. I think another reason for my poor play in the fact That I was very close to reaching my target of doubling my bankroll and then it started to crumble away. At one point I was $25 away from reaching my goal and at the time i still had the $22.50 of bonuses to clear. I just feel that I have taken a step backwards and need to take a step back and realise how far I have come to be within touching distance of my goal.Anyway, stats for the month so far:
March:
Bankroll = $486 (+ $89)
vpps = 364
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