Day 7

Playing 3 hours of 1/2 limit holdem @ ukbetting.

What a rollercoaster! Quickly up 10BBs, bled away for a while, then took a few hits in a row, got down 15BBs, right in the last few orbits of the night I got up 3 or 4BBs, and in my last hand (KK) lost a decent pot. Ended up down 1BB ($2), the way things were running, I was happy with that, as Id convinced myself that this was an overdue loosing session, but tryed to keep a clear mind, not try to win back my losses, just to carry on playing solid (which in the past I had found hard to do, especially at higher levels.. can you say TILT!).

I also cleared £25 in bonus. Total earnings of $41 at the close of business.

Today shouldve been all about saving bets, many of which I did not save, but I certainly didnt lose pots by being passive! And picked up some nice pots with A high at showdown, many of which wouldve been lost passively. I'm learning though, and feel my poker is getting there, and the adjustments are being made for playing against much tighter opponents.

I play very tight, solid and agressive. But players quickly find out I dont defend my blind much at all when out of position, and it costs me. But saying that, a player who stole my blind virtually every chance they could was actually my main sourse of funds. They would often call my early position raise from the BB when it was going to be heads up, and would then try to outplay me. They were calling with VERY marginal hands (K8o I saw once). Maybe this was their style, and they seemed like they could play, but I got the better of all of these confrontations, extracting the most at every opportunity. They also spotted that I would keep firing at the pot with anything in these battles, and I had made some good (thoughtout) calls, im not just talking about blind betting, but solid play, this meant they would pay me off with lesser hands than usual.

Im all for giving action to get action, but in limit you sometimes need credit to pick up pots without the best of it. When my post flop play is better and I can get away from more hands I may loosen up. In these games advertising really goes un-noticed, but clever opponents may spot that I can easily play AQ like AA or top set and vice versa.