Something Like Poker

The trials an tribulations of an aspiring poker professional.

This week proved to be pretty bad. In fact, my typical 3-day trip was only one day long. I don’t feel like getting into it (I’m sure I’ll update in the next progress post), but I ended up dropping $800, bringing my roll down a little more than 10% of where it stood before.

In short, things just weren’t going my way at the 1/2 table. I mostly played well, but I lost coinflips when I needed to win them most, and I lost to 2- and 3-outers in several all-ins against the same moronic player who kept getting exceptionally lucky. (Quick example: I’m showing aggression pre-flop and every street post-flop on a ragged board, and he calls me down all the way with A8 to spike an 8 on the river in a $400+ pot.)

I ended up coming home simply because there is a chance I wasn’t playing well, which it would be harder for me to see at the table in the heat of the moment. Looking back, I don’t think I played poorly for the most part as I stated, but I still think it was best to leave at that point. In any case, I’m hoping I can make up for it during my next visit.