My Friday didn’t start off too well, as I overslept. “5 more minutes” turned into several hours and I missed a few of the morning tournaments I like to play. I am a US citizen, but I am living in South America, and currently 3 hours ahead of US Eastern time. So If I get up to play at 8 or 9 in the morning, I tend to catch lots of American opponents who are either drunk or tired from being up all night, or both. The only thing better than a fish is a drunk tired fish.
I only played in 2 large tournaments and ended up coming out a loser on those, but only for a few dollars.
The rest of the afternoon I spent playing Sit N Go games, and that started off absolutely horrible. In the first few games I managed to get knocked out just before getting paid by some of the most unbelievable bits of bad luck I’ve had in weeks. I surprised myself with how well I handled it. A couple of weeks ago I would have blown my top over the bad beats I was getting for what seemed like 100 games in a row. In one game, as I was knocked out in 4th place yet again, one of my opponents actually said “That was just brutal.” It always makes me feel a little bit better when I see that I’m not the only one who thinks the poker gods just bent me over and kicked my ass.
The day turned around though, and my losing streak turned back to a winning streak. With several 1st and 2nd place finishes, I ended the day 7 buy-ins ahead, with 62% in-the-money and a 78% ROI for the day. That put me in a pretty good mood for the rest of the night.
I sort of accidentally discovered that I’m doing much better with playing multiple tables at one time. I remember a few weeks ago, loading up 4 random tables and just watching, thinking how it looked so confusing and that I’d never be able to actually play 4 games all at once. Normally I don’t chat at all during the games, except for an occasional “thanks” when someone says something nice. But yesterday, right in the middle of my winning streak, I found myself playing 4 tables at the same time, and actually carrying on a conversation with one of my opponents about Iron Maiden. I felt pretty good about that. Not that it was a smart idea to be chatting about Iron Maiden with 4 games going, but it showed me how comfortable I’m getting with multiple games. Hopefully I’ll be able to move up to 6 at a time soon.
I guess that’s about it for today. It’s Saturday now, and I’m going to try to do something other than sit here and look at cards. It’s like 100 degrees outside (Summer in the Southern hemisphere when it’s winter in the North) so I don’t know what that something is going to be yet, but hopefully I’ll find some way to stay both entertained and cool.
May the fish be with you…