One good,one bad...

Warm Down Journal for Wednesday 16/09:

After a pre session nap after work, I felt really rested and felt my focus throughout the session was very sharp.

I got off to a good start and played some really solid poker in a session just short of 6 hours.

I booked a win tad over £150. This put me into a small profit after 7 sessions, shame I couldn't hold onto it....

Warm Down Journal for Friday 18/09:

This is a session which should never have happened! I should not have gone in, and I would not have booked my biggest losing session thus far. But it happened and I just have to accept it and move on.

So what went wrong?

First of all, I was exhausted. both physically and mentally. I pushed myself to go in. I couldn't focus, and I wasn't comfortable at the table. I felt irritable, and I just couldn't settle down.

I hadn't completed neither my Warm Down Journal from my previous session, nor had I completed any of my pre session routine. Shame on me!

Anyway, straight of the bat, I got stacked after getting my money in bad, though at the time I felt it was justified and a bit of a cooler. Reality is it probably wasn't. Awful run out though, villain hit a gin card, not only nutting his hand but making my hand unfoldable (ish).

I then watched a couple of awful regs run like god for several hours building towers while defying poker fundamentals. I wasn't my usual self and felt every hand they won tilt me, obviously the hands they won against me hurt more, I just felt really tilted and had a deep feeling of what I can only describe as anxiety.

I lost nearly every pot I played, with a couple of medium to large pots with ridiculous run outs costing me chunks, ended up booking a loss of about £250. Yuck!

Its not the loss that's upset me, but the fact that I felt I played pretty poorly and I how tilted I got, I am disappointed with myself.

Well I was, I am over it now. I just completed a 2 week straight at work without a day off, and now I got a week off to grind the shit out of these games!