March 25th Update

A few days after my last post I got 2nd in the 30c for $2,100.

It's been pretty rough since then.

Last night I finally made my first FT in over 140 tourneys. I got 7th in the donkfest 10r and also got 3rd in a non-guarantee $10 tourney.

This game is a tough grind with long stretches of tremendous frustration. I feel like I've come a long way since last year in terms of consistently playing and not getting too down when I hit a downswing. My capacity to "play through it" is substantially better and my results reflect that.

I've played 256 MTTs so far in March with a week remaining. I'd like to have in 350 by months-end but if not oh well.

About a week ago I started playing some tourneys on Stars. Currently I'm running the two $33 freezeouts at 11pm and 2am server time. They are a nice compliment to my late night full tilt schedule and sure are better than grinding all the non-guarantee $10s on full tilt.

My goal is to build a roll on Stars and eventually be playing the Nightly Hundred Grand and Nightly Seventy Grand in addition to my current full tilt schedule. This will help me accomplish my goal of 100K profit this year.

Oh The Irony

I put off making the dreaded 'downswing' post until yesterday because I was waiting until I hit something to update my blog.

Obviously I hit something the next day ha...

I chopped the 20r heads up for 2.9k then went on to ICM chop the 20K for 3.4K.

Earlier in the night I also got 2nd in a non-guarantee $10 tourney for $360 and 4th in a non-guarantee $5c for like $260.

I feel like it's important and very interesting to note that I was down to less than HALF AN ANTE in the $5c with 22 players left.

My A10o lost to A8o aipf when the board came xxxx8. I was left with 126 chips with blinds at 600/1200 and antes at 300. Somehow I won my next several all-in hands in a row before picking up AA and doubling to like three blinds lol. I then got my chips in w/56ss in a multi-way pot and snapped off QQ to have something like 12 blinds. The entire experience was unreal and I went on to finish 4th.

It just goes to show that you really truly never know.

So tonight's four FTs for 7kish in cashes obv erases my ridiculous downswing and puts me back on the right track.

So...

I've been playing my ass off for the last couple weeks. I'm on such a ridiculous run. I've never bubbled more FTs or finished 9th or 8th in my life. I can't even remember what a top three score feels like. 

Currently I'm sitting on a fun little 5K downswing. 

I've been putting off blogging until I could hit something decent but this just isn't getting any better. Key coin flips are going all wrong. I can't stop running AQ into AK. And every time I have a hand like 1010 on the FT bubble or at the FT someone wakes up with QQ or better. I feel like I'm losing my mind. 

But I'm obv a huge advocate of BR management so the only thing devastated is my mindset. I've been able to keep getting in there and playing though so it's only a matter of time until something gives.