keep on keepin on

i've played a couple small sessions prob amounting to 2k hands or so and am up 2 buy-ins over that time. i had a lesson last night and felt fucking stupid when we went back and looked at some hands in poker tracker that i had played before the lesson. two hands where i couldn't believe it was me playing them when looking back and was utterly embarrassed about my play.

one thing that's been happening lately is that i've felt the need to make crazy laggy plays where it's totally unnecessary. i think i've spent too much time lately browsing hsnl threads on 2+2 where the plays are so much more advanced that it's getting me confused and blurring my thinking. i've also watched a couple high stakes vids on dc and cr and i see maniacal play and feel like a dull ol grinder since i pretty much try and stick to fundamentals.

after my coaching session i decided to just shut it down for the night and get my mind off poker for a day or two. i think i've made great strides of late just analyzing my tables and opponents on my own instead of trying to implement other people's strategies and i've gotten away from it. i think i'll take a few days off from browsing forums or watching instructional vids and instead just kinda start fresh on my thurs nite session.

another ftops series starts again today but looking over the line-up i doubt i'll get to play any. there are a couple events that i wouldn't mind playing but they are the European friendly start times that i have no shot at making. i might try and satellite into the $535 horse event because the field will be ridiculously soft and although i suck in most games i'd prob still have an edge. other than that i'll see if i can maybe get in the main event or something since the pay day is unbelievable.

ordered a couple books today as well. i enjoy reading at night so i picked up "winning in tough short handed no-limit games" by stoxtrader, "professional no-limit holdem vol 1" by the 2+2 crew and the pot limit omaha book by jeff hwang which i heard was good. i'll prob read them in that order although i do have several poker books that i've never read past the first chapter. im not really sure how much you can learn from books but since they only cost like a c-bet in the games i'm playing now it must be a +ev purchase.

tg