I'm just bad!

Having withdrawn all but £16 of my roll from BetFair, I took to the 25c/50c tables to see if I could run it up - targetting the £30 mark. Through frustration, lack of patience and general bad play, I managed to get it up to £25 within 20 mins or so until the inevitable swing. Frustrated at one or two hands I played REAL badly, my play got even sillier and the patience went all together and took my £25 with it. I / no one should ever play when not in the mood. Unfortunately doing so has cost me a good bit of my roll over the past couple of weeks.

Since I returned from Glasgow at the weekend, where thankfully I didn't find a poker game, I decided to load my SkyPoker account with £25 and try to qualify for the SPUKT Leg 3 in Edinburgh on 31st January 2009. I played the first of my games last night (a £12 Semi) and was going great in the first hour. I made some great decisions against the right players at the right time and had one suckout - a gutshot straight (Q) hit him on the river after he bet all the way out of position with JTo on the K92 5 board with me flat-calling all the way with KJs - which knocked me from 8k to 3k.

Then, sitting 2nd in chips (12k) and with 18 left, I knew I just had to keep my head on a new table. With 5 seated and with TT in the hole, I raised pf, and faced my first re-raised of the game from the SB. I min-re-popped it up to 4k and was shoved on for his last 4k. For some dumb reason I called even tho I knew I had to be 54/46 at best and was left praying for a two outer against his KK which not surprisingly didn't arrive.

I have nothing to blame but myself and hope that I can put this behind me for the £2.65 Satellite to tonight's £12 game that kicks off in 10 mins.

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