Routine

Despite my spotty blogging the actual playing is going well. Now that I am playing every day it is becoming routine. This is good. Routine helps to prevent tilt. Your aces just got cracked? Meh, just part of the routine. You won 3 buyins? Don't quit your day job yet. Its just part of the routine.

I'm trying to be indifferent to short term results but its hard. I find myself mentally figuring out how far up or down I am in a session and it sometimes affects my play. If I am up I tighten up too much to protect the win.

Today I had AJ suited on the button. UTG raised and CO called. UTG is a decent (for 4NL) reg and plays a reasonable range. I should of course call multi way with a suited ace on the button. I folded because I knew I was up on the session and was afraid of taking a beat. Of course the flop came AxJ rainbow to rub salt in my wounds.

If I'm in a situation where I'm scared to play correctly than I need to quit. It will cost me less money that way. I have been insta-quitting a table as soon as I double up. I know that's frowned upon but I figure there is always a fish waiting to take my seat so it might be better for the rest of the table anyways. It seems to help my tilt prevention by not playing with deep stacks. In the long run I want to get better at playing deep but right now I just want to get out of 4NL.

My play has really stabilized since my epic downswing. I am playing a slightly tighter range but my post flop play has really improved. I just need to keep on trucking.