[Dave Mac]

Hey, well this is going to be the log for days 3,4 and half of today day 5. i was going to wait till tonight and get the whole day in a log, but i don't want to wait till tonight get tierd and then end up not making an entry for like 4 or 5 days, so here goes.

well i have been runnning really bad. friday night i once again didn't get to start playing until late, didn't start till almost 1:30, so that was not that good to start, but i was feeling pretty good so it was not that big of a deal. however, right away i dropped 110 BBs, which sucked, i was also playing 5-6 tables at the time. as i was playing i was also talking to a friend and we discusses the approaite number of games to play, what is the best where the trade off starts and where you start to really sacrifice BBs, and the more we talked the more i realized that esp. for me it is really better to play 4 and no more, at least for 6 max. i just don't play as well with more than 4 and the extra hands are really not worth it at all. and since we had the convo and i have thought about it i have decided not to play more than 4 prolly ever again (at least for 6 max). and so i have been playing 4 since and it feels much better and i think i have been playing better. i just think for a lot of people they may push too hard to get in as many tables as possible to get hands in, say the 18 table whatever, and it may not be the best idea, i now know 4 is good for me...that is not to say there are not people that can play 6,8,10 or some other huge number, but i was just happy to think about it and realize where i stand, which i think is a great long term revaltion.


so, after the convo about 1/2 way through the night i dropped down to 4 tableas and managed to grind back only losing like 250 for the night.

Then sat i was determinted to get the hands in and start ealier, not go out drink come back at 2 and start. so i started in the afternoon, and played about 550 hands. however, i was pretty tierd and i think my play was only like 80% of what it shoudl have been and i dropped about 100BBs yet again. so i am not sure if i think i was playing just so so b/c i lost of b/c i was playing so so. so i took a nap, got up later and put in two more sessions of 500 hands and about 1400 hands, respectivily. however, i contiunted to run horribly and was stuck as much as 160 BBs, endeding the night down about 100 BBs.

today i started to make a comeback, only to lose anouther abotu 75 BBs over 600 hands.

there are two things i took away from this downswing so far. first, and prolly most importantly, a downswing is a great oppertunity, the best oppertunity in poker. everyone plays well when they are winning, but to be good, or great, to take that next step you have tp play well while you are losing. i have never played as well as i would like while i was losing, so 1) i am going to work on that and 2)from now on i am going to look at a downswing as an oppertunity, i am going to, well try to at least, welcome and look forward to a downswing b/c that is where i can seperate myself from the pack, that is where i can really imporve my game and my play. if you put in the hands the money will come, so who cares if you lose today or tommrow, you should simply try to improve your play and play well and the rest will follow. so i am really trying to imbrace this downswing and play as well as i possibly can, because this is my best oppertunity to be a better player. second, these guys have no chance at all, this is not a bad beat hand it is an example, i had some one call two bets cold on the turn with a gutshot, and someone call 4 2 bets cold twice on the flop with an underpair, i mean that is not that crazy but this [censored] happenes everyhand, i mean they just have no chance. so all of that is making the downswing easier to deal with, i see how totally horrible they play, so i am not at all worried.

some other thoughs and hands:
as i think about my play i think i really need to find more folds, i think i call in may spots where i really shouldn't and i really really need to work on that.

ex. 1
I have QxTs in the BB, a tagish player raises from a steal spot,
i c/c the flop and the turn and on the river the board ends up something like 8sJs4s6x2s, or something of that sort, i donk and he raises, i know i am beat and i call, i think i need to fold there. well hmm when it happened i thought wow this is a fold for sure god you suck, now reviewing it i am not sure i likea fold as i think, what do you all think?

anouther hand
I have QsTs in the co, UTG, and UTG+1 limp, i raise folded to the BB who calls as does UTG and UTG+1.

flop is AcJhQh
check, check, check, i bet, the BB and UTG call, UTG+1 folds.

turn is a 3d
check, check, i bet, BB folds, UTG calls.

river is the 8h
check, value bet?

some other general thoughts, i think on of my leaks is that is get a little laggy, at times and i am really trying to work on that. like i will raise 9Ts UTG+1 to mix it up a little, and then the next time i get it i will raise again, with out even thinging, so i am working on that.

i guess that is about it, on yeah also, i guess it is good to run bad now rather than later when i am more burned out, but [censored] over 120k hands i could easly run bad for 1/4 or more of the hands so i just gotta play as well as i can in each sitaion and not worry about it.

results so far

Day 3: 1497 hands for -296
Day 4: 2419 hands for -2255
1/2 of Day 5: 690 hands for -about 1600

total results:
8,337 hands for -2709, fun stuff

dave