I have been away from this thread for a little bit but I'm still here! In fact, I'm still alive and some VERY good things have happened:
Two significant things have happened:
- I am profitable again!
- I binked a tourney for $5,000
After suffering a downswing that approached -$900 I managed to work my way back up. While, I haven't really increased my hours, I have had a little better (higher quality) play. A BIG part of my comeback was playing in the WSOP 1-3 cash games. My most memorable action was a 4-way all-in that I managed to scoop
So, yeah, that helped a lot to say the least!
I also - almost - managed to bink a tournament. It was a deep-stack on the Strip. It was my first time stepping up to a "big boy" tournament and I felt like I was really dialed in with my hands, picking up a couple of reads here & there and just basically hung in there. I got down to 3-hands and heads-up and I'm not proud of some plays I made. But, I still stuck around, took the second spot and made a score of $5000.
I'm REALLY surprised I made it that far. Start-to-finish it was a 12+ hour effort, so a really, really long day. That's the most hours of continuous poker than I've played . . . well, ever! As some of you have commented before in this thread (and it's true) I play relatively short sessions. So for me to still be in it going past all those hours is amazing. It's still, more-or-less, sinking in, what I did . . .
That is BY FAR my largest poker score to date and I must say that it felt pretty good. My view on the aggressive nature of poker has made a 180-degree turn from where I was before. It takes a ton of guts to play this game, moreso than I ever imagined.