What a Rollercoaster

Today I played the worst poker I have ever played. I thought starting to blog about playing the game was meant to help! so, yeah... I had a bit of a nightmare but ended up in profit despite going on a mega tilt - getting frustrated and playing too aggressively / stupidly. I will write the results below. I will be writing up a description about all the different types of games and tournaments I take part in as the rules and prize structure does vary greatly. It is kind of late now though and to be honest my brain is tired after all the university work today. Perhaps being mentally tired had that negative affect on my game, what do you think?  oh, nearly forgot.. all the monetary figures are in American dollars as that is the currency Pokerstars predominantly uses. I'm actually British.

Pokerstars Fifty50 STT (Single table tournaments)

Cost to Enter (Buyin)          Return (money won)

$1.50                                   $0.00
$1.50                                   $2.54
$1.50                                   $0.00
$3.50                                   $0.00
$7.00                                   $0.00
$7.00                                   $9.63


Total spent: $24.00

Return:       $12.17

Profit/Loss: - $11.83

This loss may appear relatively small, but my bankroll is so small that this is a considerable percentage loss. I went bonkers and decided to play 10NL cash poker where you buyin to the table and it costs you $10 which is way above my bankroll. I was so frustrated about losing so much playing the tournaments that I wasn't thinking rationally. Luckily I came away from the 10NL table with a good and quick profit. Although it was purely from luck and fluke, I could have just as easily lost it all.

Buyin: $10.00      13 hands of poker later     Return: $18.16     Profit: $8.16

As soon as I won that money I left the table and vowed not to be so stupid again. I must learn not to tilt. I started having a look around some sections of the Pokerstars website that I hadn't looked at before and discovered I had loads of free tickets for various tournaments to use. I decided to play two spin and go games with a couple of the tickets.

I WON both of the three way games and saw $12 extra appear in my account :)

Todays Results;

Fifty50 Games = -$11.83
10NL Cash = $8.16
Spin n Go = $12.00

Today's total = $8.33 Profit!

Bankroll: $59.62