2009 Here I Come!!!!!!
While the last 2 months of 2008 were basically a disaster poker-wise, I have started out on the right foot in 2009!!
On Jan. 1st I played a late night session and made a final table, nothing remarkable but i was happy overall with my play. I got 8th place in the Big Double A for a small score… Not even enough to cover my nights buyins but I felt like I was making good decisions and seeing “blue lights” again definetly was needed for my confidence.
The next session I played was a few days later on Sunday. Again I felt like I made good decisions all day and managed to cash enough to cover my buyins… Sunday is easily my most volume filled day where i generally play 20+ mtt’s. No finals, but I will take a break even Sunday.
On Monday I played a fun night schedule that included the 1k on FTP. I was able to cash in 4/8 mtt’s with a Final in the 65k $150 on FTP. I only managed 7th place but with a $280 seat to the 1k and a 14th place finish in the big event I was up around 5k for the night. Again just felt great about my desicion making and felt like I did everything I could.
Yesterday, Wed. is where things get exciting! I made it through the disgustingly talented field that is the 6max 100r 100k guarantee for 2nd place and my 2nd best score of $20,783!!!!!! Congrats to jagz7 who owned the final table and won the event for over $32,000. I think tomorrow I will plug my hand history into pokerxfactor and post the link here. All of your thoughts on my play are welcomed as I am always trying to improve.
The main thing that got me out of this slump was a continued positive outlook. There were days where “running bad” got the best of me and I probably didn’t play my A game. But for the most part, I just took more time off and knew as long as I keep watching videos, keep asking players who’s games i respect a lot for advice in situations, keep reading forums, keep my head up and believe “I will win today”… I knew that I would crawl out of it…………… Things I did not do… I didn’t bitch to friends about my misfortune, I didn’t send (not even one) negative HH to spread that poison to other players. I didn’t sulk.
I still have plenty of work to do, to be the player I want to become.
Good luck on the tables, -Jason
