Well folks, it’s been a rough ride so far. I’m down almost $40,000 for the WSOP at this point, but I’m not down about it. When I put the $25K HORSE and the $10K HORSE on my schedule, I was keenly aware that if I failed to cash in one of those two events early in the series, I would be starting the summer in a big hole. Despite my sour look, this table went fairly well for me because I stayed focused even though things were looking rough. (Image: ESPN) While I’m not happy about my results so far, I’m very careful with my bankroll and never put myself in a position where having a rough series will leave me in a tough position financially. Poker isn’t allowed to ruin my week or month because of short-term variance. And I can’t let it bother me or a short, bad run can turn into a long-term tilt problem and ruin my series.
Every tournament is a potential summer saver and one good run can change everything. I won’t let myself miss that opportunity because I’m tilted and playing badly. Playing a big Sunday schedule helped me
I first learned this skillset when I spent some time playing a big Sunday tournament schedule online. If you’re playing six tables, what do you think your first four results are going to be? Those first four results, and sometimes your first 10 results, are going to be bust-outs. But when you bust four of the six tables, think about what’s left.
If you let those first four bust-outs bother you, the two tournaments that are left — the ones where you’ve run good enough to go a little deeper and, potentially, have real money on the line — are the ones that will be affected by your tilt, your anger, your disappointment, or whatever else you let creep in after those initial bad results.
So now you’ve let a bad run that’s already passed — events that you can’t play anymore and that have no further effect on your bottom line — mess up the […]
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