First Day

First day and I already broke my rules.  I fired up 4 tables of 6-max.  My thoughts were to play tight and even sit out on the other tables if I had a tough decision to make.  This did work for the most part and I did sit out to make a tough read for a big pot, but I think I am still missing stuff.

I ran up my tables 2 buy ins and was holding strong for over an hour.  Then my little upswing went to my head and I took the worst of a small flip and lost.  Then I defended my small blind and flopped top pair.  Bet strong on the flop and turn and he called.  Thinking I could play like all the videos I have been watching lately, I went all in for 3x pot on the river and lost.  Shortly after that, I ran AK into a set on a K high board and lost again.  Went from up 2 buy ins to down 1.75 buy ins.

Took a short break to regroup and get my head on straight.  I have a tendency to get over confident and high on my success.  I  start to gambool and that rarely works out well.  To help manage this, I limited my playing time to 2 hours.  Apparently this was to long so I went down to 1.5 for the next session. 

This time I only opened 3 tables and talked out loud through my hands as I played them.  Trying the see, speak, and hear learning strategy to get it through my thick head.  This may be my first hurdle to over come.  As I talk, I am calling out what I think my opponent has, like you should to get reads and play the hand well.  I am not able to keep this up.  I stop fully thinking through the hand and only think maybe 60 to 70% of the way.  This mental block is causing me to check down turn and especially river cards, giving my opponent a chance to win.  I am leaving a lot of money on the table with these missed bets or paying off when they are clear folds. 

Even with the above mental issues, I managed to battle back and book a solid $5.89 win for the night.  Yay!!  My first problem defined and a plan to fix it in place.  Easier said then done but I will keep trying.