Oops!!

Well, I guess I jinxed myself with my last entry. The first losing day came, and it wasn't pretty. There will be days when poker makes you feel helpless, and this was definitely one of them. It culminated when on one table I had AA twice in three hands. On both occasions they got beat by the same opponents J8o. Normally I would find that hilarious, but for whatever reason it really got to me today. After that I played another 50 hands, and did not play them particularly well. Thankfully I was able to recognize the tilt and bail on the session before I lost any more money.

No matter what anyone tells you it is impossible to completely eliminate tilt from your game. We are all human, and tilt is based on many factors we can't easily control. You should absolutely work on reducing your tilt to a bare minimum, but it is equally important to be able to recognize when you are there and stop playing immediately. If you only go on tilt once in a blue moon, but spew your entire bankroll any effort you put into reducing tilt is a waste of time.

That being said it really wasn't that bad of a day. In the 947 hands I played I lost $158 while clearing $15 in bonus money. Since I wasn't happy with how I played some hands in the last session I'm going to skip my afternoon session and replace it with poker reading/videos. Doing this helps by just getting your brain to analytically think about poker. Even if you don't learn anything new you're giving your brain a poker workout. I'm still doing my night sessions, so hopefully I will be able to play the excellent poker I have been so for this project.

Bankroll: $2179
Hands played this week: 4390
Bonus cleared this week: $69
Hands played this month: 7819
Bonus/rakeback this month: $122/$1300