Taking shots and downswings...

I ran super hot in July and dominated making $6415 in 41 hours. I ran really good and was playing my very best. I came back from Vegas fresh and really hungry to play 6 max cash online after playing some full ring live games in Vegas...boring hell. I'm definitely an online player!

August has been a month of highs and lows. I started the month where I left off in July and absolutely crushed every game I sat in. I went $5k up very quickly. As there's not a huge amount of games running higher on pacific I decided to take a 2k euro shot at 2/4 euros on micro gaming. To cut it short I went 1k euros up and then found that I couldn't win a flip and ended up losing the 2k and that was that. This hand didn't help: http://www.pokerhand.org/?5618459. This pot was gross too: http://www.pokerhand.org/?5618456. In hindsight, I should have listened to my more experienced friends who suggested starting at 1/2 euros for a bit and then moving up later but I went for the 'big risks big gains' approach and you live and you learn. For some reason I seem to always learn things the hard way. Anyways, it was only a 5 buy in shot and sometimes you need a few shots to move up levels. Think I will approach things a bit slower next time though. I was having a few disconnection problems which never helps things. Think every poker player in the world know the pain of disconnecting, it's so tilting!

Moving on, I went back to Pacific and proceeded to go on a $4k downswing (20 buy ins at $1/$2). This did include a day where I did double my stop loss which is unacceptable, I was running bad and it was time to stop, not keep playing when you are not at your best. I took a day or so off playing and donked off some cash to the live games. I then got back online and have been back winning the last few days. I have won back $2k and I'm $3k up for August now. I'm running under EV for the month and have been struggling to win flips this month but it's all part of variance. Dealing with a bad run of cards in the correct way is so important and also underlines the huge importance of having a large bankroll if you are going to rely on poker as your main source of income.

The great thing at the moment is that I'm really motivated to play. I'm really enjoying playing online and the more I'm playing the more I want to play and win. I really want to get some money saved in the bank and then get my bankroll to grow.

I now have a few goals that I want to hit. Also I want to try and get into a regular daily pattern, in terms of sleep, eating, gym and football. Last few days I have been going to bed around 11pm and getting up at 7.30am. It's tough because you need to fit life around when the games are good but if I can get some sort of routine going then I will be happy. I have been playing football loads, I will be playing 4 times this week but I have missed the gym which is frustrating. Hopefully I can fit in the gym, football and poker into each day.

My goal is to get 100 buy ins online for $1/$2 and I have a certain figure I want in the bank. I'm half way to both so fingers crossed and keep grinding :-)