I was very much looking forward to getting the 2013 SFPT season underway, and thus was happy when six others were available on the last Saturday of January to kick things off.
Rather than go into a blow-by-blow recap, I'll provide the facts: I finished second (to Tom), and though my initial recation was that my heads-up play was poor, in retrospect, it wasn't that bad. If I made a mistake, it was that I wasn't aggressive enough, especially in the big blind. There's a lesson there for next time.
Overall, I think I have quickly moved beyond my every-tournament goals of "just play well" and "don't make an ass of yourself". It's been so long since I've made a bad play, that I don't even remember the last one. As long as I stay focused, which I have been, I won't make bad plays.
So, I need new...let's call them "recurring goals". For SFPT purposes, that has to be "win". Plain and simple. I want to get out my mindset of worrying about the Points Championship, because if I win, that will take care of itself. As a sub-goal, I need to focus on getting my chips in when I have the advantage, and letting the math do the work. As Andrew Robl said to Doyle Brunson in a tweet the other day, "it mostly comes down to winning the flips, can't be taught".
So, as long as I can get my chips in when I am in a coin flip position at worst, I will be fine in the long run. At least, that's what I can tell myself.
Up next: TBD. Oscar and I will be working on the re-build of the table, but we should have it done for a tournament near the end of February if all goes well.
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