Another Good Week in the Books

I’m very happy with the amount of time I spent playing poker this week. If I can keep up this pace I will be a very rich man pretty soon. I’ve found that I have eliminated most of the execution errors from my game. If I make a mistake it’s because I read someone’s hand wrong. When my instincts tell me to do something I have learned to just do it. Sure I will be wrong sometimes but that is a necessary part of the learning process. Trusting your instincts and being wrong is much better than failing to follow through with your gut. If you’re not executing you will never be able to improve your hand reading skills past the very basic level. You need to be wrong sometimes so you can figure out what isn’t working in your decision making process. Learning to execute is not easy, but it is a necessary step if you want to really become an excellent poker player.

I’ve worked very hard on that aspect of my game the last few weeks and I think it’s really starting to pay off. I surprise myself how often I’m right, and when I’m going with my instincts it’s easy to make the small adjustments now that I can see what I’m doing wrong. The Bodog tables have been like a roller coaster ride for that past few days. Just like the real thing, I love the ride. I’ve also figured out a good strategy to crush the full tilt tables that I throw in. In the 7050 hands I’ve played since the last post I’ve made $1857. I am really motivated to play a ton of poker. Focusing on improving my game makes it feel like less of a grind and really puts me in the mood to play a ton of poker. I’ve earned about $700 in rakeback half way through the month and I would like to make a push for $2500 for the entire month. If I keep up this pace there is no reason why I shouldn’t be able to do that.

Bankroll: $14570
Hands played this week: 11642
Bonus cleared this week: 0
Hands played this month: 21773
Bonus/rakeback this month: $720