Hold’em time

Yesterday I performed really poorly while playing poker online. It embarrasses me, since I consider myself a reasonably good poker player. Also, I have been on a roll lately, and done really well, so I guess that that is the reason to why I got a bit too cocky. Usually I play carefully, since I am well aware of the dumb risks that you take when you think you are safe. But the last days I have been winning so much that I just figured I had improved my talent. Yesterday evening began with me going to RakebackLovers, where I first won about $50, before I lost them all after going All In. I mean – why did I go All In? I didn’t necessarily have to, I could afford to just fold. But it is so much pride to it too.

After having lost my money I decided to go to another poker room, where I did ok at first, but then played KK really badly so that I actually lost. I hate it when that happens – once things have started to go bad, it just keeps getting worse and worse. That is why I want to prevent my game from going bad in the first place!

From the KKs I just got cold cards, and I didn’t want to play the low ones so I kept folding. After about one hour I was so frustrated that I decided to play more aggressive and I started raising even when my cards wasn’t necessarily the best. That was a really bad move. Before not too long, I had about $150 less than when I first started playing. When I lost $40 more when I played a fairly good hand I decided to give up. So I hit the sack and felt bitter the whole day today.

Also, I feel like I need a rematch. But I should really find a better strategy for my game. There are several different kinds of poker schools online, but I don’t feel that I can apply those tips on my own gambling. And as long as I play with real money, I cannot really afford to experiment. Maybe the solution is to start to play with no money for a while, and just test every new strategy that I can think of…