Just Variance!

So I played the £100 and £75 freezeouts at the Aberdeen Masters, never really got going in the £100 game, pushed 10bb with 910 hearts, AK called, he hit a house! £75 game, was just brutal, I was the victim of set over set! (Only second time it has happened to me live, and in same casino!!) just a cooler, even knocked out Negreanu in the main event this year :P.

After a superb prior week of cashing for $1k for 2nd in the Betfair $5k GTD, £580 at tournament in Dundee, I was starting to add to the roll.

Aberdeen cost around £250 inc expenses, cash results from the week live. Up £170 on the Saturday, down £200 Sunday (dealers choice, i was letting off steam from the Aberdeen set over set!) Down £150 Monday night, walked into Ali's quads. SICK! :D

Took a big downswing online cash as well, but I withdrew a large proportion and still showing good profit.

So lessons from all this??

I'M LEARNING!

Poker is a fascinating game, I really love the game, all aspects. You have to see the bigger picture, you cannot go on one pot, or even one week, or a month!

All young players want instant results, and instant success (in everything, not just poker!) But Poker is a euphemism for life.........

And sayings such as "Good things come to those who wait" and "Patience is a virtue" etc all ring true.

I have been playing the best poker of my life recently, what used to be reckless aggressive bluffs (are I hope now educated moves!) and what used to be a fire a 3rd bullet just to win a pot, is now a check muck if i deem that to be the optimal play for the situation.

The key point I remind myself every time I play.... I am in poker for the long run, I have a thirst for it, and no amount of badbeats, downswings or donk plays is gonna keep me out of the game.

What I love about Poker is you can always start from fresh, stick $100 in an online account and the sky truly is the limit. ;)

Plans for this month:-

Played a hell of a lot over the last month, I am going to reduce the hours at cash and only play when I really feel like playing and feel like I will make good decisions and play my top game.

Play more tournaments, in the £20-£50 range online.

Only Live tournament will be Thursday night £50 freezeout at local casino, for the social aspect mainly, and nice to pick up around £800 for first now and again ;)
Good Luck at the tables

Barry