Facing Facts

I'm failing big time at the stt's and I think I have to face facts that I'm just not so good at them. I'm not quitting again, more putting them on a back burner and taking a break from them and going to play some mtt's for a while, it's the only game I've ever had any success at so it makes sense. That said, I need a win quite soon. I've lost a lot of cash towards the end of '08 so it would be nice to top up again. I've had some small success recently; finalled in a small Laddies comp and 2nd in the $6 limit comp on Party last night. None of it's big bucks, but it all helps me tick over. I'm also going to try and not play above $10 comps till I get a bit back. I struggle to play less than $5, but I'll hit the 180 man $4 comps on Stars for a bit as my Stars roll is virtually non existant too.

Must watch some more CR vids too. I watched two last night whilst playing and think I took some of it in, but if I continue to watch them, then hopefully it will sink in slowly before it's too late. I may even watch the ones I've seen already again as they had some good points, especially the Adanthar leak analysis one, some great stuff in there, I really need to absorb some of that.

Looking foward to 2009, hopefully going to make some moolah and get some more wins under my belt :0)

Be lucky people, here's to a good New Year.

Quick Update

I've been bashing out the stt's for a bit and managed to get myself back in profit before going on a massive cooler session where I only managed 4 cashes (3 x 3rd and 1 x 2nd) in 22 games. So far I've played 184 games and have an ROI of -8.4%, I'm $85.00 down on my starting out point but I'm determined that I can get through this and I'm not going to quit just yet. The nice thing about starting low is that my $5 buy in isn't breaking the bank and even if I lose the money I put in Tilt to play stt's with it's not the end of the world. Besides, I'm quite enjoying them, even if I am losing at the moment. One good session will see it ok though.

Stars Blogger Tournament came and went. I managed the top 45 in one to get a Step 2 ticket and also would have qualified for the final again if you could, but with no prize. The final was non eventful, I made a fairly good start and was in ok shape until I ran my QQ into AA for a lovely pot and busted out in 165th. Good tournament and I'm looking forward to next years already and hey, I got a free Step 2 ticket for it.

Due to mainly playing stt's recently, I haven' t that much to report on the tourney front, except to say that I won a small tournament yesterday on Tilt for $388. Only 180 runners in a $8 affair, but so good to win one again, I'd completely forgotten what it felt like! It made my day, and also made a Sunday +EV.

I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker!

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Registration code: 194095

Following the words of D:Ream, things did only get better. I'm still a low stakes grinder, but I had a few bits of advise from a decent stt player and watched some more CR vids and my stt results have improved and until the small session this morning, was back in profit! I'm 112 stt's in and $24 down now. Just had AK v AK lose when he hit 4 for the flush, oh well, sadly just one cash in that set of 6 for a third spot. My ROI is only -3% but I'm pretty confident that I can turn that around and get a decent on these, hopefully grinding up to around $600-750 before hitting the $10 games. Also came 5th in a 180man $12 sng on Stars the other day which was good for $129 and certainly helps the Stars roll. I'd quite like to play these regulary but I think you need to run good in these and I certainly did until the final table, if you get the cards, you tend to get paid off, but the structure is too quick for me and if I'm not blessed it the hole card department, I struggle.

More than likely going to play stts instead of mtt's tonight, hopefully avoiding another Sunday of Doom.

Onwards and upwards.