Taking my new tricks I learned at the poker table, I played 2 tournaments tonight. One was an $8 buy in, where the winner received $350, out of about 116. The other was a $24 buy in, where the winner received $8,300.
The $8 tournament paid the top 15. I FINISHED 17TH : ( !
The $24 tournament I was KILLING IT!!!! But it paid the top 162, and I finished 282nd : ( !!!!
While it sucks to lose the money, I was doing REMARKABLY well in the early rounds. In the $24 tournament, I went up to 30,000 chips and I was in 3rd place with about 500 people left. I was MURDERED on an incredibly bad beat, and it only went downhill from there.
In the $8 tournament, I was in 2nd place with about 90 people left.
It was extremely difficult to continue to think with the RIGHT mindset as the tournament dwindled down. The thought of winning $8,000 in just a couple hours weighs HEAVILY on your mind, you get nervous, and make desperate/STUPID plays! For more experienced players, the grind is easier.
So what changed? LUCK does have a lot to do with winning, but the game also consists of a LOT of skill! How was I able to build up INSANE stacks so fast?
I'm becoming VERY acute at detecting weakness.
MY BIGGEST WEAKNESS: I HAVE TO LEARN TO LAY DOWN HANDS when it's CLEAR I'm beat!!!
POKER is incredibly simple. Hands are like stories. If a story doesn't make sense, it's not true.
So I must learn from the mistakes I made today and press on!!! : D
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