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Finally Hit a Turn Around Point

02 July 2009
Last night I passed out for 12 hours straight, and this was the most sleep I've gotten in weeks. I decided to go for a run late last night and I think that was all I needed to actually go to bed early and sleep soundly. Although I'm fairly groggy today, I have a lot more energy and my mind is much sharper than it has been in the past.
After reviewing some things I put in another session with a new approach. I decided to play the 50bb min tables today instead of just regular tables to avoid all the short stacks. I think the short stacks have been tilting my play lately and have been making me want to play more tables since there are less complicated decisions to be made on tables with a bunch of short stacks. By the end of the day I was playing near 24/20 and was doing a pretty good job of taking advantage of situations. I was 3betting light a lot against players who were giving pots up to me, and made a few decent squeezes as well. I also think I was much more calm from getting a better nights rest, so I was able to more accurately read hands and not feel so paranoid about people always bluffing me in pots.

Slow Day But Some Progress

02 July 2009
Decided to cut back on the amount of tables I play at once for this month. Started off doing 6 and was up fairly well at one point. As the session went on I got beat on several rough hands and I think I made some pretty terrible plays as well. Pretty volatile session and I'm not please with the results. For the mistakes I made, I feel like I shouldn't have ever made them considering the fact I was on so few tables. Think I'm still low on energy in general though. Might reach a turn around point once I fall back into better sleep/exercise/eating routines again.