My first session of February picked up right where January left off - with a loss of over two buy-ins, except this time I was victmized by a pretty tough run of cards - including QQ losing to a set of jacks on the river, aces getting cracked by kings after the money went in preflop, a set of jacks losing to a royal flush on the river, and two instances of pushing with the nut flush draw on the flop against sets, neither of which got there.
I fared a bit better last night in a fairly uneventful session. Given the discovery I wrote about the other day, I intend to pay much closer attention to my performance in instances where I am not all-in before the river. I posed the question on stoxpoker.com, and the response that came back was that the result is probably a function of style - meaning that I'm likely a tighter player (true) who makes most of his money off of maniacs who get it all-in light.
I guess that's served me well thus far - but my sense is that in order to move up to higher limits, I'm going to need to refine my game so that my performance in more marginal post-flop situations improves dramatically. In examining some of my losses in these instances, it's become clear to me that I often spew a ton of money trying to run multi-street bluffs at inappropriate times. The fact that I'm continually able to win a few huge pots on a fairly consistent basis has somewhat disguised this leak, as I've remained profitable overall - but looking at this in a vacuum will result in my now addressing this deficiency directly.
In that regard, while Wednesday's win was fairly modest, I was satisfied with the fact that the vast bulk of it came from non all-in situations. I'll be looking to improve upon that trend prospectively...
Current Bankroll: $14,216.44
Tuesday: 3290 hands; down $225.00; EV: $266.13
Wednesday: 1939 hands; up $26.85; EV: $25.46
Month To Date: down $198; -3.79 bb/100
Year to Date: up $1,530; 3.69 bb/100
