Decision time

[excession]

OK - so I'm having a really tough few months and have reached a decision point.
I moved house in June and the run up to it and the time after it was pretty stressful.
I didn't play much and when I did I was pretty tired and not really on my A game. I ended up breakeven over 2 months (to end July).
I haven't had a losing or even breakeven month in maybe 2 years.

At first August I loaded up Codepoker and played the $100 6 max tables. Ended up down $500 on the month.
Have played a few $15 Turbo SnG's at breakeven)
With various MTT fees costing maybe another $200 I was looking at a $700 loss.

My roll, which had touched $11k about 3 months ago during one session was down just over $10k (my all-time winnings are $4k higher due to cash-outs).

I have just bought a new PC (with nice big Dell 2001 FP screen) and fired up a new instal of PT at Stars a couple of nights ago. 200 hands, another $145 loss.

I think that in playing the $100 I have dropped down to a level where I am donking off $$ with aggro play as they fold so much less than the euro 200's I am used to.
But to be honest my play is intermittent, not that great and my confidence shot after not booking a winning month in the last 4 after say 24 successive winning ones before that, so the $100'a is where I felt comfortable playing.

I had tried the previous 3 months buying in full rather stacked rather than 60% stacked as I tended to on the e200's, but for this last Stars session I just bought in for $60 on two tables.

Poker income has never really been an issue for me as I'm a partner in a commercial law firm.

I have several options at this stage I feel:

1. Give up - admit that I haven't the time or the patience to grind out $$ any more, and cash out all but $2k of my roll to use in MTT's and SnG's for fun play in the future..
2. Re-focus. Buy in Card-Runners vids and watch em. Tighten up, stop being the overagressive fancy-playing donk and go back to beating the crap out of the $100 muppets again (for my sanity and ego's sake)
3. Decide I am playing OK but need to move up to a level where out-thinking your opponents is possible as they have minds..and get away from the $100 tables asap..

Here are all the hands that I won or lost worth more than $10 in the Stars session for illustration. I am consilience.


Losses first in decreasing value..
1.

POKERSTARS GAME #6134013293: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/09/01 - 19:11:23 (ET)
Table 'Phad II' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 2: yiamas ($57.15 in chips)
Seat 3: Cheignapy ($37.30 in chips)
Seat 4: consilience ($49.30 in chips)
Seat 5: kimmi101 ($73.60 in chips)
Seat 6: MikaelW ($74.70 in chips)
MikaelW: posts small blind $0.50
Bil_Fillmaff: is sitting out
yiamas: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to consilience
Bil_Fillmaff leaves the table
Cheignapy: raises $36.30 to $37.30 and is all-in
consilience: calls $37.30
kimmi101: folds
MikaelW: folds
yiamas: folds
*** FLOP ***
ez 2 lose joins the table at seat #1
*** TURN ***
*** RIVER ***
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Cheignapy: shows (three of a kind, Sevens)
consilience: shows [As Ac] (a pair of Aces)
Cheignapy collected $74.10 from pot

OK obviously nothing wrong with that...

2.
POKERSTARS GAME #6134471585: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/09/01 - 19:52:43 (ET)
Table 'Jugta' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: dodgecity1 ($70.85 in chips)
Seat 2: KYBIGSLICK ($44.30 in chips)
Seat 3: consilience ($118.15 in chips)
Seat 4: jason1b2001 ($61.35 in chips)
Seat 5: BOKINHA ($137.30 in chips)
Seat 6: mlevy ($104.95 in chips)
KYBIGSLICK: posts small blind $0.50
consilience: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to consilience
jason1b2001: folds
BOKINHA: folds
mlevy: raises $2 to $3
dodgecity1: folds
KYBIGSLICK: calls $2.50
consilience: calls $2
*** FLOP *** [7s] 6s]
KYBIGSLICK: checks
consilience: bets $4
mlevy: raises $5 to $9
KYBIGSLICK: folds
consilience: calls $5
*** TURN *** [
consilience: checks
mlevy: bets $11
consilience: raises $13 to $24
mlevy: calls $13
*** RIVER ***
consilience: checks
mlevy: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
consilience: shows (a pair of Nines)
mlevy: shows (a pair of Tens)
mlevy collected $72 from pot

ugly - I tried to take it off him with the turn re-raise repping the made straight and then bottled another big push bluff on the river. I put him on paint (maybe AT) because of his pre-flop raise but still should have dropped this on flop as TP doesn't get laid down in this game.
3.

POKERSTARS GAME #6134506897: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/09/01 - 19:55:57 (ET)
Table 'Phad II' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Enoksed ($62.10 in chips)
Seat 2: King Mofo ($55.40 in chips)
Seat 3: aprfctswngr ($128.90 in chips)
Seat 4: consilience ($58.80 in chips)
Seat 5: kimmi101 ($221.90 in chips)
Seat 6: MikaelW ($42.20 in chips)
Enoksed: posts small blind $0.50
King Mofo: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to consilience
aprfctswngr: folds
consilience: calls $1
kimmi101: calls $1
MikaelW: folds
Enoksed: calls $0.50
King Mofo: raises $2 to $3
consilience: calls $2
kimmi101: calls $2
Enoksed: calls $2
*** FLOP ***
Enoksed: checks
King Mofo: bets $4
consilience: calls $4
kimmi101: folds
Enoksed: calls $4
*** TURN ***
Enoksed: checks
King Mofo: bets $5
consilience: calls $5
Enoksed: calls $5
*** RIVER *** [Ac 5h Qd Js]
Enoksed: checks
King Mofo: checks
consilience: bets $20
Enoksed: calls $20
King Mofo: folds
*** SHOW DOWN ***
consilience: shows (a pair of Jacks)
Enoksed: shows (two pair, Aces and Threes)
Enoksed collected $76 from pot

I don't mind seeing a flop with JTs and position on the raiser for 2BB's (esp. as 2 other came along). I then floated his weak CB and even weaker turn bet and put in a half pot steal when the two left checked to me in on the river with a very scary board. Of course the first had hit 2 pair with the and check-called. Maybe should have tried to take it down with a serious raise earlier but I did have a genuine inside draw to the nuts as well and was worried about a slow-played monster with such weak leads.....still ugly though...

4.
POKERSTARS GAME #6133692425: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/09/01 - 18:43:00 (ET)
Table 'Jugta' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: horribilly ($36.75 in chips)
Seat 3: consilience ($58.50 in chips)
Seat 4: runebirk ($64.15 in chips)
Seat 5: BOKINHA ($106.60 in chips)
Seat 6: mlevy ($97.50 in chips)
horribilly: posts small blind $0.50
haziboj has timed out
haziboj: is sitting out
consilience: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to consilience
runebirk: calls $1
BOKINHA: calls $1
mlevy: folds
horribilly: calls $0.50
consilience: checks
*** FLOP ***
horribilly: checks
consilience: bets $3
runebirk: folds
BOKINHA: calls $3
horribilly: folds
*** TURN *** [Qd 7d Td]
consilience: bets $7
BOKINHA: calls $7
*** RIVER *** [Qd 7d Td 6s]
consilience: bets $20
BOKINHA: calls $20
*** SHOW DOWN ***
consilience: shows (high card Ace)
BOKINHA: shows (a flush, Queen high)
BOKINHA collected $62 from pot

This is the ugliest hand of the night. I put him on a FD (I had one too) but should have checked the turn to see what he did. Betting the turn and river was just overaggressive donkage into a made flush..


5.
POKERSTARS GAME #6133790834: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/09/01 - 18:51:33 (ET)
Table 'Phad II' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Bil_Fillmaff ($54.50 in chips)
Seat 2: yiamas ($44.65 in chips)
Seat 3: BAMijares ($63.75 in chips)
Seat 4: consilience ($95.65 in chips)
Seat 5: kimmi101 ($75.40 in chips)
Seat 6: MikaelW ($80.95 in chips)
yiamas: posts small blind $0.50
BAMijares: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to consilience
consilience: calls $1
kimmi101: folds
MikaelW: folds
Bil_Fillmaff: calls $1
yiamas: calls $0.50
BAMijares: checks
*** FLOP ***
yiamas: checks
BAMijares: checks
consilience: bets $3
Bil_Fillmaff: calls $3
yiamas: folds
BAMijares: folds
*** TURN ***
consilience: checks
Bil_Fillmaff: bets $6
consilience: calls $6
*** RIVER ***
consilience: checks
Bil_Fillmaff: bets $15
consilience: calls $15
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Bil_Fillmaff: shows (a flush, Jack high)
consilience: mucks hand
Bil_Fillmaff collected $49.50 from pot

More smackage on a mono diamond board. At least I did check my FD on the turn here. Then when I hit TPTK on the river with a very scary board I paid off his 2/3 pot value bet like a good un.

6.
POKERSTARS GAME #6134116643: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/09/01 - 19:20:34 (ET)
Table 'Phad II' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: ez 2 lose ($56.70 in chips)
Seat 3: aprfctswngr ($109.45 in chips)
Seat 4: consilience ($87.50 in chips)
Seat 5: kimmi101 ($184.55 in chips)
Seat 6: MikaelW ($69.45 in chips)
MikaelW: posts small blind $0.50
ez 2 lose: posts big blind $1
Deacon: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to consilience
aprfctswngr: folds
consilience: raises $2 to $3
kimmi101: folds
MikaelW: calls $2.50
ez 2 lose: folds
*** FLOP ***
MikaelW: checks
consilience: checks
*** TURN ***
MikaelW: bets $3
consilience: raises $3 to $6
MikaelW: calls $3
*** RIVER ***
MikaelW: checks
consilience: bets $15
MikaelW: calls $15
*** SHOW DOWN ***
consilience: shows (a pair of Deuces)
MikaelW: shows (two pair, Threes and Deuces)
MikaelW collected $47 from pot

This pissed me off more than any other hand - I can't for the life of my work out how he finds a call with K3 here (pre-flop or on river)...he has nothing but a pair of 3's and any other piece of the board, including the flush or str8 or an overpair beats him - I mean how?
7.
POKERSTARS GAME #6133909832: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/09/01 - 19:02:03 (ET)
Table 'Phad II' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Bil_Fillmaff ($80.05 in chips)
Seat 2: yiamas ($12.65 in chips)
Seat 4: consilience ($66.95 in chips)
Seat 5: kimmi101 ($92.75 in chips)
Seat 6: MikaelW ($82.95 in chips)
consilience: posts small blind $0.50
kimmi101: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to consilience [ Kd]
MikaelW: calls $1
Bil_Fillmaff: folds
yiamas: raises $11.65 to $12.65 and is all-in
consilience: calls $12.15
kimmi101: folds
MikaelW: folds
*** FLOP *** [7s]
*** TURN ***
*** RIVER ***
*** SHOW DOWN ***
consilience: shows (two pair, Kings and Sixes)
yiamas: shows (a full house, Eights full of Sixes)
yiamas collected $25.95 from pot

Another 80/20 goes belly up...

Finally:
8.

POKERSTARS GAME #6134440548: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/09/01 - 19:49:53 (ET)
Table 'Phad II' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Enoksed ($69.10 in chips)
Seat 2: King Mofo ($49.50 in chips)
Seat 3: aprfctswngr ($125.90 in chips)
Seat 4: consilience ($63.80 in chips)
Seat 5: kimmi101 ($241.15 in chips)
Seat 6: MikaelW ($25.10 in chips)
MikaelW: posts small blind $0.50
Enoksed: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to consilience
King Mofo: raises $1 to $2
aprfctswngr: folds
consilience: calls $2
kimmi101: folds
MikaelW: folds
Enoksed: folds
*** FLOP ***
King Mofo: checks
consilience: bets $4
King Mofo: calls $4
*** TURN *** [
King Mofo: checks
consilience: checks
*** RIVER ***
King Mofo: bets $5
consilience: calls $5
*** SHOW DOWN ***
King Mofo: shows (a pair of Aces)
consilience: mucks hand
King Mofo collected $22.40 from pot


Just a bad call on the end with 2nd pair against one of the table aggros (25% pfr).

OK slightly better reading are the wins:

1.
POKERSTARS GAME #6133832789: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/09/01 - 18:55:14 (ET)
Table 'Jugta' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: horribilly ($44.55 in chips)
Seat 2: haziboj ($225.20 in chips)
Seat 3: consilience ($71.15 in chips)
Seat 4: runebirk ($81.60 in chips)
Seat 5: BOKINHA ($105 in chips)
Seat 6: mlevy ($98.80 in chips)
BOKINHA: posts small blind $0.50
mlevy: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to consilience
horribilly: calls $1
haziboj: calls $1
consilience: raises $2 to $3
runebirk: folds
BOKINHA: calls $2.50
mlevy: folds
horribilly: calls $2
haziboj: calls $2
*** FLOP ***
BOKINHA: checks
horribilly: bets $5
haziboj: folds
consilience: raises $10 to $15
BOKINHA: folds
horribilly: calls $10
*** TURN ***
horribilly: bets $26.55 and is all-in
consilience: calls $26.55
*** RIVER ***
*** SHOW DOWN ***
horribilly: shows (a pair of Jacks)
consilience: shows (a pair of Jacks - Ace kicker)
consilience collected $93.10 from pot

Hmm TP 6 kicker and a flush draw..well worth an all-in..

2.


POKERSTARS GAME #6134413632: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/09/01 - 19:47:28 (ET)
Table 'Jugta' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: dodgecity1 ($82 in chips)
Seat 2: KYBIGSLICK ($42.55 in chips)
Seat 3: consilience ($95.85 in chips)
Seat 4: jason1b2001 ($47.75 in chips)
Seat 5: BOKINHA ($145.80 in chips)
Seat 6: mlevy ($126.95 in chips)
dodgecity1: posts small blind $0.50
KYBIGSLICK: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to consilience
consilience: calls $1
jason1b2001: folds
BOKINHA: folds
mlevy: raises $3 to $4
dodgecity1: calls $3.50
KYBIGSLICK: calls $3
consilience: calls $3
*** FLOP ***
dodgecity1: checks
KYBIGSLICK: checks
consilience: checks
mlevy: bets $7
dodgecity1: folds
KYBIGSLICK: folds
consilience: calls $7
*** TURN ***
consilience: checks
mlevy: bets $8
consilience: raises $10 to $18
mlevy: folds
consilience collected $43.80 from pot
consilience: doesn't show hand

I figured he couldn't call without an overpair or better and he actually layed it down! That said I suspect this was worse potential donkage from me than some of the big loss ones above.

3.

POKERSTARS GAME #6134402882: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/09/01 - 19:46:30 (ET)
Table 'Jugta' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: dodgecity1 ($89 in chips)
Seat 2: KYBIGSLICK ($42.55 in chips)
Seat 3: consilience ($71.55 in chips)
Seat 4: jason1b2001 ($47.75 in chips)
Seat 5: BOKINHA ($164.80 in chips)
Seat 6: mlevy ($127.45 in chips)
mlevy: posts small blind $0.50
dodgecity1: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to consilience
KYBIGSLICK: folds
consilience: raises $2 to $3
jason1b2001: folds
BOKINHA: calls $3
mlevy: folds
dodgecity1: calls $2
*** FLOP ***
dodgecity1: checks
consilience: bets $4
BOKINHA: calls $4
dodgecity1: calls $4
*** TURN ***
dodgecity1: checks
consilience: bets $12
BOKINHA: calls $12
dodgecity1: folds
*** RIVER ***
consilience: bets $15
BOKINHA: folds
consilience collected $43.30 from pot
consilience: shows (a pair of Aces)

ABC...

4.
POKERSTARS GAME #6133732707: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/09/01 - 18:46:29 (ET)
Table 'Phad II' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Bil_Fillmaff ($107.30 in chips)
Seat 2: yiamas ($35.90 in chips)
Seat 4: consilience ($69.45 in chips)
Seat 5: kimmi101 ($86.40 in chips)
Seat 6: MikaelW ($92.95 in chips)
MikaelW: posts small blind $0.50
Bil_Fillmaff: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to consilience
yiamas: folds
consilience: raises $2 to $3
kimmi101: folds
MikaelW: folds
Bil_Fillmaff: raises $4 to $7
consilience: calls $4
*** FLOP ***
Bil_Fillmaff: bets $10
consilience: calls $10
*** TURN ***
Bil_Fillmaff: checks
consilience: bets $14
Bil_Fillmaff: folds
consilience collected $32.85 from pot
consilience: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***

Floating an AK..

5
POKERSTARS GAME #6134211128: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/09/01 - 19:29:14 (ET)
Table 'Phad II' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Enoksed ($38 in chips)
Seat 2: keith crime ($101.70 in chips)
Seat 3: aprfctswngr ($78.75 in chips)
Seat 4: consilience ($56.85 in chips)
Seat 5: kimmi101 ($220.90 in chips)
Seat 6: MikaelW ($85.35 in chips)
Enoksed: posts small blind $0.50
keith crime: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to consilience
aprfctswngr: folds
consilience: calls $1
kimmi101: raises $3 to $4
MikaelW: folds
Enoksed: calls $3.50
keith crime: calls $3
consilience: calls $3
*** FLOP ***
Enoksed: checks
keith crime: checks
consilience: checks
kimmi101: checks
*** TURN ***
Enoksed: checks
keith crime: checks
consilience: checks
kimmi101: checks
*** RIVER ***
Enoksed: checks
keith crime: checks
consilience: bets $12
kimmi101: folds
Enoksed: folds
keith crime: folds
consilience collected $15.20 from pot
consilience: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***

Sheesh - I know you aren't meant to bluff into 3 others, but they showed so little interest in the pot I figured a 3/4 bet on the end in LP had to be +EV.

6.

POKERSTARS GAME #6134377408: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/09/01 - 19:44:12 (ET)
Table 'Jugta' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: dodgecity1 ($96 in chips)
Seat 2: KYBIGSLICK ($42.55 in chips)
Seat 3: consilience ($61.40 in chips)
Seat 4: jason1b2001 ($44.20 in chips)
Seat 5: BOKINHA ($169.80 in chips)
Seat 6: mlevy ($130.45 in chips)
jason1b2001: posts small blind $0.50
BOKINHA: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to consilience
mlevy: folds
dodgecity1: raises $1 to $2
KYBIGSLICK: folds
consilience: calls $2
jason1b2001: calls $1.50
BOKINHA: calls $1
*** FLOP ***
jason1b2001: checks
BOKINHA: checks
dodgecity1: bets $2
consilience: raises $3 to $5
jason1b2001: folds
BOKINHA: folds
dodgecity1: calls $3
*** TURN ***
dodgecity1: checks
consilience: checks
*** RIVER ***
dodgecity1: checks
consilience: bets $13
dodgecity1: folds
consilience collected $17.15 from pot
consilience: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $18 | Rake $0.85
Board [Tc Jc Ts 6d 2d]
Seat 1: dodgecity1 folded on the River
Seat 2: KYBIGSLICK folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: consilience (button) collected ($17.15)
Seat 4: jason1b2001 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: BOKINHA (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: mlevy folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Repping a T. You can see what I mean about the 'action junkie' comment. Maybe reading 'The Book of Bluffs' last month wasn't so smart...

7.
POKERSTARS GAME #6133769512: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/09/01 - 18:49:42 (ET)
Table 'Phad II' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Bil_Fillmaff ($89.30 in chips)
Seat 2: yiamas ($49.65 in chips)
Seat 4: consilience ($87.30 in chips)
Seat 5: kimmi101 ($80.40 in chips)
Seat 6: MikaelW ($82.45 in chips)
kimmi101: posts small blind $0.50
MikaelW: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to consilience
Bil_Fillmaff: calls $1
yiamas: folds
consilience: raises $3 to $4
kimmi101: calls $3.50
MikaelW: folds
Bil_Fillmaff: calls $3
*** FLOP ***
kimmi101: checks
Bil_Fillmaff: checks
BAMijares joins the table at seat #3
consilience: bets $8
kimmi101: folds
Bil_Fillmaff: folds
consilience collected $12.35 from pot
consilience: doesn't show hand

CB takes it down..repping AK obviously..
8.

POKERSTARS GAME #6133692435: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/09/01 - 18:43:00 (ET)
Table 'Phad II' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Bil_Fillmaff ($107.70 in chips)
Seat 2: yiamas ($46.90 in chips)
Seat 4: consilience ($58 in chips)
Seat 5: kimmi101 ($84.50 in chips)
Seat 6: MikaelW ($96.95 in chips)
kimmi101: posts small blind $0.50
MikaelW: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to consilience
Bil_Fillmaff: calls $1
yiamas: folds
consilience: raises $3 to $4
kimmi101: folds
MikaelW: calls $3
Bil_Fillmaff: calls $3
*** FLOP ***
MikaelW: checks
Bil_Fillmaff: checks
consilience: bets $7
MikaelW: folds
Bil_Fillmaff: folds
consilience collected $11.90 from pot
consilience: doesn't show hand

Good news - flopped the nuts in raised pot, bad news - no action...I don't think that's board to slowplay btw..

9.


POKERSTARS GAME #6133714163: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/09/01 - 18:44:53 (ET)
Table 'Jugta' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: horribilly ($41.75 in chips)
Seat 2: haziboj ($231.70 in chips)
Seat 3: consilience ($67 in chips)
Seat 4: runebirk ($62.15 in chips)
Seat 5: BOKINHA ($133.60 in chips)
Seat 6: mlevy ($96.50 in chips)
runebirk: posts small blind $0.50
BOKINHA: posts big blind $1
haziboj: posts small & big blinds $1.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to consilience
mlevy: calls $1
horribilly: calls $1
haziboj: checks
consilience: raises $3 to $4
runebirk: folds
BOKINHA: folds
mlevy: folds
horribilly: calls $3
haziboj: folds
*** FLOP ***
horribilly: checks
consilience: bets $9
horribilly: folds
consilience collected $11.40 from pot
consilience: doesn't show hand

CB with a small piece of the board..

10.
POKERSTARS GAME #6134434339: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/09/01 - 19:49:19 (ET)
Table 'Phad II' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Enoksed ($69.10 in chips)
Seat 2: King Mofo ($49.50 in chips)
Seat 3: aprfctswngr ($130.90 in chips)
Seat 4: consilience ($57.85 in chips)
Seat 5: kimmi101 ($241.65 in chips)
Seat 6: MikaelW ($26.10 in chips)
kimmi101: posts small blind $0.50
MikaelW: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to consilience
Enoksed: folds
King Mofo: folds
aprfctswngr: calls $1
consilience: raises $3 to $4
kimmi101: folds
MikaelW: folds
aprfctswngr: calls $3
*** FLOP ***
aprfctswngr: bets $1
consilience: raises $5 to $6
aprfctswngr: folds
consilience collected $10.95 from pot
consilience: doesn't show hand

$1 lead into me as PFR in a $10 pot? - that'll be an insta information raise...

There we go - the good bad and the ugly. Obviously with the AA and KK pre-flop all-ins getting cracked it was unlikely to be a +$ session, but if I'd been less 'Action-Andy' I get the feeling it would have been a lot better than -$145..

[black_knight6]

What do you want to get from poker? Recreation, or $$$? If it's the first, do what will be fun for you, though don't be a total donk. If it's the latter, refocus and get away from your FPS problem.

[WayToGo]

[Kuso]

my vote's for 2 and then 3.

it seems to me that you have a passion for poker. refocus yourself and start playing your a-game with the intentions of moving up once you do. i think you're not being challenged now, and i think the challenge of moving up, playing agaisnt better opponents (in some ways, at least), and playing for bigger stakes is a way you can stay motivated and interested.

taking money from stupid donks is something that is incredibly boring (albeit lucrative). it's really hard to stay focused if you just have to get a simple read and go with it. i dunno, maybe i'm projecting here since i'm going through a similar process (bored with the 100s, and 200s and not enough BR to play higher properly).

anyway, this thread might interest you:

forum/viewtopic.php?t=17510


if you just play MTTs casually, my guess is that you'll FPS/donk your way right back into frustration.

anyway, good luck.

[Danhdan]

Taking a break from the cash games isn't an option? A little hiatus with some microstakes donking and tourney playing splashed in there for kicks?

I'm just surprised anyone was folding to a CB or a steal attempt at 6-max. I haven't played at a high enough level where anyone folds yet.

[NorthView]

[rocketballs]

[Alchemist]

[AlexMR]

[Tatarana]

I'm facing a situation like this ( Well, I not as good and experienced player as you are ) .

Why only 3 options ?

1 After reading your blog I noticed that you can be described as a Bonuschaser. Maybe is better to stop chasing bonus for a while since it can help to put you on tilt. I found a good RB deal and I'm not chasing bonus anymore. It helps to adjust to my opponends.


2 Playing Omaha, is helping my HE results a lot. FPS and dumb agression pathologies cant develop properly when your opponent has 4 cards. Dont forget to buy PT Omaha. I ordered Zee's Stud for advanced players and I will start to play stud as well.

3 Coach someone

4 Play live for higher stakes. ( Its also helping me a lot, I think I have a multitable problem )

5 Do you play backgammon? If yes, partygammon is really soft. I only spent one week to improve my play. I'm now playing it before poker sessions.

6 My bankroll was to high to the limits I were playing. I had ~$9000, playing NL$50 and I think that lead me to tilt sometimes.Maybe you should cashout more if you are not prepared to move up.

7 Make some new videos !

8 mix with FR. Less var, better readings.


In Tempo :: Your cash games posts are great and you helped me a lot. Please dont leave the cash games.

[DoctorHandles]

[SNGfan]

[devil_Ax]

[adamh]

[PokerWolf]