Day #6: Thanks Sweetheart I am back in the saddle.

So far this in this week's live tournament orgy;

I have played in 7 events,
busted near the bubble in 5,
and ran KK into monsters in 2.
When I walked out of the room yesterday I wanted to smack somebody.

I was really getting down on myself and my abilities until a certain somebody stuffed some food down my throat, made me sleep, then dragged me back out to the poker room for a little cash game ego boost. Until I got back in there with regular players, playing in regular/recognizable styles that I could exploit my poker ego was seriously bruised. It only took about 3 hours of 1/2 NL to get my tourney stakes back plus a few bucks. This is why the Professionals play cash games since the Tournament Trail is so freaking gruesomely infuriatingly painful and gut wrenching.

She also pointed out a few things that I had forgotten in my cloud of "Life Tilt" and poker self pity.
#1- The players that crippled me in the tournaments were not regulars probably just gamblers getting lucky. Hell, in the two early bustouts it was KK vs A2 with a donkey who saw his ACE!!! to the river and my KKK flopped set ran into an old dude's AAA flopped set. No way you don't go broke there. (What are the odds of KKK vs AAA sets, not trips, on the flop?).
#2- I made the right plays with the right odds and my 17 outers just flat missed when it came time for a bubble out or run deep decision.
#3- I was playing tired and frustrated. It showed according to her. So I loosened up forgot the by ins and played poker.
#4- I was the only player she recognized every day running deep. She was wrong here but of the over 1000 registered players in my events this week I saw only two make deeper runs on more than one event. Makes me wish they offered a Player Points award because I would definitiely be there.
#5- In 5 seperate events I finished well within the top 15% of entrants. At Pokerstars, or anywhere else, that is clearly a cash. Harrah's, in an effort to please the regular grinders, only pays out 10% of the field. Hell in more than one event I was down to shorthanded play with two tables left when the suckouts happened.
#6- I won 1 satellite outright for $650 and chopped two more for $325 each in 6 attempts. If I sucked at poker then how did I do that.
#7- And most important of all she said in essence to quit whining, play your "A" game and if you lose you already won cause I will be here.

Thanks A, when I ship a live one you get to go shopping.

PS; my girlfriend knows very little about poker tournament strategy beyond hand rankings but she does know a whole heck of a lot about people.

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