Tuesday, July 16, 2013

GES, Day 13: Not Much Progress

As the title states, not much progress to be had recently.  I did play a couple single-table SNGs yesterday, winning the first and finishing 7th in the second.  Oddly, I found the second to be much more educational, as I realized a mistake as I was making it:

I had raised preflop, and didn't catch anything on the flop.  I made a c-bet and got one of the other two people to fold.  The turn was no help either, and instead of checking, I made a pot-sized bet.  My opponent snap-called, which was bad news (in hindsight).  I made the same mistake when the river bricked, and shoved all-in to try to force a fold.  It didn't work; again he snap called, and had me easily beat.

The lesson: you don't always have to defend your preflop raise.

Playing: .75 hours online
Reading: none
Watching: 15 minutes HPT coverage

I will probably play a bit more over the next couple days, but the next "test" is going to be Friday with the July SFPT tournament.  I really need to focus on playing the math and not being afraid to lose.  Also, I need to concentrate on knowing how much is in the pot and making my bets accordingly.

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