shot taking: serious business

really screwed the proverbial pooch last night.

long story short, i took some shots last night and they did not work out.

first, on bodog, i got tied up in some absurdly healthy pots but just couldnt survive fifth street. gg, bankroll. down to 90$ now on bodog, will spend it on MTTs and either busto or not. que sera sera.

and then, for good measure, i lost a third of my roll on prima. 2 buyins at .50/1 plo, 2 buyins at .25/.50.

typical hand; LAG raises i call, flop a house on a 733 board, 2 spades. i check to LAG, LAG bets with AAxx obv. i call, representing a flush draw. the problem with coming over the top on this flop is that hes not going to give me credit for the 3, hes going to look me up assuming im on the flush draw, and if im lucky he has AsXsAxXx. so the money is going into the pot here, its just a question of when.

and then of course i see the worst possible card on 4th st. A friggin ace, obv. cant fold here, pot committed, plus he is so aggro he could literally go to war with AK and a spade redraw here. yeah anyway aces full is good, gg.

i managed to recover a little coming in 2nd at a 50$ 6max turbo sng bringing me back up to 400$ and putting me -270 for the night on prima alone.

thats a sailors life i suppose.

ive taken 300$ of that and set it aside in their sportsbook, where it can be cashed out if the remaining 100$ goes away. one of my worst habits when im running bad and stupid is to refuse to cash out; i just end up tilting it off into the ether trying to chase losses. and as much as id love to take that 300$ to 5/10 plo and roll the dice, its not worth it. that 300$ can go much better places, including reno for my birthday later this month.

so yeah, rough night, -450 (made another 20$ in a limit sng on stars), but you know, taking shots is how i rolled up 200$ to 6500$ on my last run. investment is inherently risky.

and with the 100$ i have sitting in my poker roll on prima, i can probably rebuild at microstakes.

however, what i need to do for the immediate future is avoid cash games, period. i need to concentrate on MTTs. id rather lose 20$ after 3 hours with nothing to show for it than go broke after 3 hours. thats the magic of mtt's.

im also going to look to tune my sng skills.

anyway. as i mentioned, im thinking of doing reno on the 28th. i have 500$ cashed out, another 300$ that may well join it (500$ profit on a 300$ investment is fine with me), plus i should be able to toss another 1200$ at that number from my next paycheck.

thats 500$ for flight/cabs/food/room, and 1500$ for the 10/20 LHE game at the peppermill for a couple of days.

sounds like a good time to me.