Today was a good day ($2/$4 NL)...

[Talking Poker]

Here are my stats from today's session... I really didn't tighten up much - I just started tossing a lot more of the speculative hands that I was playing before. My SB requirements were the same - that number is lower because my tables weren't quite as passive as the other day, so it was less often that I wasn't facing a raise.

(And yes, yes - I know - small sample size, blah blah... but some of these numbers are still relevant - just not the ones that deal with $$)

The cards were running more as I would expect them today (average). No HUGE beats, but then again, I don't think I got all in even once, so no huge wins either.

[Ibonic]

Hi there, nice forum you have here by the way. Do you ever get tired playing three tables at once, and do you ever feel under the gun and miss a good hand on one because your concentrating on another, I personally have played two at a time and find that challenging enough, ive read where people play up to six, Im impressed. I like your strategy of looking for the small stacks, its definitely a good approach, have done it myself in the past

[Boobie Lover]

Three tables. Yawn. It's all about 6-8 tables of 6max goodness.

[Talking Poker]

This is a topic for another thread (and one that has been discussed before), but I can keep up with three 6 max tables easily. I can do 4, but then I can't do "other things" too.... and I'm a big time multi-tasker, so I usually stick to a max of 3.

[Talking Poker]

I just had another nice session tonight. Here's my screenshot for all non-tourney poker that I've played since July 1 - the day that I decided my luck was going to turn for the better. 1200 hands is still a tiny sample (for the $ part anyway), but it's getting there. This is really only about 4 sessions of play.

You'll notice all I have played is one game, and it's the game that I historically considered one of my weakest. You'll also notice that AA and AKs are LOSERS for me... so, while I admit I've been running better than average, it's not like the cards are always hitting me or anything.

I'm still playing a bit looser than optimal (if there is such a thing in NL), but I'm happy with these numbers. It's been so long since I've had a nice run, that I don't mind posting these one bit.

[left68wing]

and it's a perfect example of getting paid off by one of the people who doesn't sit with the max buy-in.

[Talking Poker]

Dropped $1000 in tonight's session. Good old variance - how I did miss you!

Things were back to "normal" - they were hitting all of their draws (chasing without odds) and I couldn't hit any of mine, even when they were literally making bets 10% the size of the pot and I was drawing to a nut flush, etc.

The bad players were out in FORCE tonight, let me tell you.

It's all good though - I knew it was coming. And I don't feel like I was playing badly... the cards were just well below average, mocking me all night long.