Goofy weekend poker wise - as a newbie it's so easy to get disillusioned with the game. Friday I satellited into the Doyle's Room $10K Bounty with "gold chips" I won in a freeroll the previous week, I played the tourney on Saturday, but made two horrible plays to get eliminated. With around14 BB's in cut off plus 1, I bet 3BB when it folded to me - this was the first mistake, I was holding KQ and the BB was a huge stake with 150BB's. OK - so flop hits my Q and I have top pair with two rags on board - check, check - rag on the turn, check, check, rag on the river - BB puts me all in - and here comes second and final mistake. With such a raggy board, I'm sure BB is hold two pair...........but I still called, even though I know she's only going to call with a hand that can beat me - and she shows small pocket pair for trips.........ugh!
This is where the disillusionment comes - I convince myself that I simply can't play them game and should give up, in fact, I play two MMT's on Stars and play terrible as if to prove to myself how bad I am. But, never knowing when to stop I get back into some SNG action, win three straight on Full Tilt, lose two, move to Stars and cash in four straight - two wins, two seconds.
A normal swingy weekend I guess.
8 mile run on Sunday turned into a 7.3 mile run/walk - this is week one and although I should be disappointed about failing to complete, honestly, I know that it's no big deal and that if it happens in 8 weeks time, that will be the time to beat myself up about it. So much of running is in the head - much like poker - and I've learned over the last couple of years to just not be so hard on myself - just know that the 16 week training program is the right way to get this done, and the proof will be Sept. in Appleton - not the first week in June in WB.
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