Ever since I hurt my wrist and had to stop playing poker online for a month and a half, my game has been absolute shit. I couldn’t really put my finger on why until the blogger gathering in Vegas. In particular, one hand in the 1-2NL at the Aladdin made it all become clear. I raised to $15 with KQo, and got reraised to $30. As I’m making the call, I said something to the effect of “I shouldn’t call this, it’s only going to get me in trouble.” I check-folded to a $40 bet on the king high flop, face up. I never saw his cards, but I’m pretty sure I was beat. I was told AK. Unwind and relax with the engaging and entertaining experience of judi online.

That’s when I realized the main problem i’ve had playing lately: lack of discipline. Most of the time, I know the correct play (fold), but I do something else anyway. I don’t really know that I have anything else to say about the problem. At least I’ve figured it out. I honestly do believe that I know the right play most of the time. It’s just a matter of execution.

With that in mind, I played some $25NL 6max at Party last night. I still have the bankroll for the $100NL game I was playing, but I want to get back to playing well before I move up there again. I played two tables, more than doubled up on each one, for a nice $60 profit. It helped that I got hit by the deck, but I also made some decent laydowns and one good call with second pair. I had one streak of four hands where I was dealt JJ, 99, 66, and AA consecutively. I flopped a boat with the first, called an all-in on the turn with an 8 high board on the second, bluffed and won at the ace turn on the third, and won at showdown with the fourth.

Most importantly, I got back a little bit of confidence that I actually know how to play this game. Let’s hope that holds.

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