Happy Vacation to me...So much for relaxing

[hustalasta]

Just another 'Downswings Happen' post, figure its good for newer players to see what can happen any given day.

Since I'm on vacation this week I have decided to spend some quality time on my poker game. Up to this point I have played limit seriously for about the last 4 months. Logged about 10,000 hands as your typical mouse winning approx 3BB/100 with my mousey ways.

I have revisited my game and have been working on my agression from reading SSHE & this forum, the last 2500 hands have been much better (my flop agression has tripled, and pre-flop has gone from the 5% to 6.50-7%). For the first time poker tracker not only rates me as a 'money bag' (using the formula's from the poker tracker forum) but I have been consistently a 'money bag' the last 2500 hands. Its a big step for me, be proud (Sample Size Guy may not agree, but I never liked that guy much anyways).

Today I decided I would play 500 hands (I only 2 table) and found some really nice fishing spots. Average saw the flop was 44.16%, I was able to relax my starting hands slightly. Only problem was I didnt get much to work with. some stats from todays session:

Total Hands: 502
VP$IP: 14.34% (72 out of 502) Blech!
Saw flop: 20.52% (103 of 502)
Won $ when saw Flop: 16.5% (17 out of 103) + 2 hands won with no flop. Cruelty!
Went to SD%: 21.36% - normally see 27%ish
Won $ at SD%: 45.45% - normally in the 60%ish range (who put the foam fishing hook on my line?)

Suited hands
dealt: 105
saw flop: 35
flushes made: 0 (actually made 1 flush on the night with 4 of a suit on the board)
win %: 8.57%
net -29.5 BB

Pairs
dealt: 27
played: 24
99's & up win %: 72.73% (8 of 11) +39 BB (something went right!)
88's & lower win %: 7.69 (1 of 13, normal) -4.75BB , hit one set for 2.25BB average pot size tonight was 8.36BB [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

Blinds
Big Blind
Dealt: 58 hands
Played: 40
Won $ when saw flop : 10%
Net: -27.75 BB

Small Blind
Dealt: 53 hands
Played: 15
Won $ when saw flop : 6.67%
Net: -25.50 BB

Session Total
Net: -36BB (-7.17BB/100)

Not the end of the world, just a minor speed bump. Frustrating? Yes. But I'll be right back at it in the morning.