So I was very excited about poker again and full of expectations, I decided to push it a little and play a lot more hands than normal. I usually play 500-1000 hands but I was feeling confident so on Wednesday I played about 3400 hands. Well, it was a disaster, I was down 4 buy ins. The next day and every day since I’ve just been playing my normal casual amount and everything has been great – in fact it feels like I can’t lose (Today I played 90 hands and am up 2.5 buy ins). I’m also going to go over those 3400 hands and figure out how much of that is bad play vs bad luck. I know I made a bad call early and it put me on tilt. That affected every hand I played after that. I took some bad beats – got more frustrated but kept going. I’m usually good with bad beats but when I make a mistake it affects me.
Thankfully, I’m still on track and the bankroll has bounced back. It just makes you realize that poker WILL kick your ass, if you are not on top of things.
I still feel like I’m being lazy by not putting in a lot of hands. Then part of me thinks, why bother when playing fewer hands is so profitable for me. I might have to start adding volume gradually to maintain my winrate, and learn to quit when things aren’t going well so it doesn’t snowball into a disaster. Arhhh, its never easy, is it?
