Its a hard life playing poker .. i recently started a challenge to make $500 from $20 and was doing ok but decided to move up from $2.25 6 max sng's to $5 and as you can see from the chart above i started hitting swings which are too high for a $80 bankroll so im back at $2.25 untill i build up more money.
After about 160 games i have made $1 profit :) which is telling me that i need to improve my game
Its also telling me that the days of depositing more money into my poker account every few days to continue playing are coming to an end.
I think as a poker player its always best to be honest with yourself and be realistic about how good or bad you are as a player.
Not many players like to admit that they are at fault for losses by blaming it on variance or bad beats or the poker software they are using.
I feel im learning a little bit more each day about poker and will get much better when it all comes together so im satisfied with my game .
My chart above is a very small sample and could easily be much higher or even lower but i suppose at some point the bad beats or wins level out so theres no point me saying it would be great if i didn't have so many badbeats.
Theres one area of my game which is nothing to do with the cards which has made a difference to the chart above and profits and thats mindset.
I would say that ive been positive the majority of the time but theres been quite a few sessions where ive continued playing in a poor frame of mind or tilted and thats probably a key area that makes a difference to poker players long term profits.
I think to be a consistent long term player you need to realise that every time you play poker n a negative frame of mind you take away your profits as a player.
Looking back & chart above i had no control over downswings , variance , bad beats etc and the majority of decisions i made were based on what i have learned so far regardless if they were good or bad decisions
What im trying to say really without making excuses is that if over the 160 games if managed to stay more focused and in a good frame of mind the chart above would tell a different story .
Theres been a few times i played whilst drinking alcohol and recently i have played online after a late night playing live casino competitions
ie last night i bubbled in 7th place at 3am and got to sleep at about 4am but still i have played several games today and probably play about ten sng's tonight.
Today im both tilted and tired after last night but i will continue playing as part of my learning includes seeing as many hands as possible and theres a few things i want to try out.
update later if i play.
btw i have earned $1 and paid $26 rake to Fulltilt.
That pretty much sums up the business lol

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