Murphy's Law

"Whatever can go wrong will go wrong".... this is what has been happening to me the last 2 weeks at the tables. Running very very cold since my 6k cash in the Full Tilt tourney. It feels like if there's a possibility for me to lose a hand, the poker gods are making me lose it. I could write 3 paragraphs of bad beats I've taken lately but I would make too many people sick. Aside from the cards not cooperating I don't feel I'm playing my best poker right now anyways. Not sure if its because of the beats I'm taking or my head just isn't in it. Making some very amateur mistakes in crucial points of tournaments I simply should never make.

The last couple weeks I've also felt like shit.. not sick or anything, just very sluggish. I'm on a terrible sleeping schedule right now that I can't shake. I know this is all because I haven't eaten healthy like I do lately do to playing in live card rooms where the food selections aren't always the best. I woke up today and got back on schedule, went grocery shopping to replenish my fridge of vegetables and plenty of fluids. Made my way to the gym today and felt good. I'm a very firm believer that healthy living will have a positive effect on your poker game without a doubt. Healthy living results in high mental and physical energy which is obviously needed to play poker for 12 hour sessions.

I did just rant about how bad the cards have been running, but I was able to pull off a 2nd place finish in the Ultimate Bet (UB) 100+9 tourney tonight. It wasn't a huge tourney, only about 110 players. But it felt good to get a solid cash under my belt. A good win can help your confidence that seems to dwindle during a losing streak. I had my boy Serge sweating me in the ladder stages of the tourney (sweating=watching). I played a pretty solid tourney, got very lucky with JJ outdrawing QQ but also took some beats of my own to even it out. I made it heads-up against a pretty solid player. I won the very first hand making a huge check raise allin on the flop making him fold and made him steam a bit. Then the very next hand he raises on the puck, I call on the Big Blind (BB) with K,J.. flop is K,9,2. I feel this is a perfect spot to make the exact same move on the guy hoping he's still steaming and calls me with a shitty hand. Well I did check-raise all-in again and unfortunately he calls with pocket deuces giving him a set. I'm not too disappointed because even if I do play the hand slower a 10 comes on the turn locking me into the hand with top pair and a gut shot straight draw... so I lose that hand either way.

Its about 5am now.. gonna try and hit the sack.. Get to the gym early tomorrow, then possibly play a couple tourney's tomorrow night if I feel up to it.