Downswings and lifestyle changes

By discomonkey


comments Thursday 13 Aug 2009 14:30

Well, in terms of poker I'm at a very low point right now, strugggling to cash in MTTs and just getting coolered for fun in HU cash games, just ask Doctor Fun....

In a particularly sick hand which happened today, I held Ad Td vs J9o all in on the turn [Ax Tx 8d 7d] for over $1K. Must be nice, sir...

Anyway, other than watching Kingand77 go super deep in three tournies and then get screwed in all three (/ul bro) I managed to cash in a tourney!! A pretty annoying min-cash but hey, it's a cash so I ain't complaining!

Lessons in lifestyle

But this monkey is not without a plan. I'm currently staying at home with my parents and there is a swimming pool nearby so I plan to get myself mentally sharp by swimming regularly and eating right. I was listening to one of the big time pros the other day (I forget who), making a big noise about getting the little things correct. For example, eating right, sleeping plenty, exercising regularly, getting to tournaments on time, not being stressed about other things. I hasten to add that I do very few of these things correctly, especially since Vegas where very little exercise was done throughout the six weeks.

Also, I haven't had a proper break from poker for a while and I think I may be a little burnt out. So a friend and I have decided to go away to Malia, Crete for a week of everything APART from poker, trying to refresh ourselves, come back and hit it hard. I guess I just have to survive till then!

I was watching kingkai84 last night, deep for the third time in as many weeks in another site's version of the PKR Masters - 14th, 4th & 2nd in consecutive weeks, all in 1,000-runner fields! That's just too sick. Macau watch out, he's in killer mode!

I also watched as DoctorFun (also known as Jack "it's standard I go deep" Powell) bubbling a GUKPT £500 side event final table. /shame

Unfortunatley this is turning into a blog about other peoples results instead of my own because, well I'm struggling to get any lmao! Grrrr, I'll be back!!!

/bringiton

Karl 'discomonkey' Fenton plays as a Team PKR Pro at PKR.com. Catch him at the tables or chat with him in the PKR Forums!


Comments

alright discomonkey how do i get into that shark scope?

Comment by dafydd1980 - 16/08/09 (Report)

Take a break and come back in shark form.

And, don t worry too much about 1 day or even 4 months of bad beats, only the long run counts.

And i wish i was as good on track as you are!!!! -)

Comment by Blacksad13 - 16/08/09 (Report)

gl mate, you are a great player. We all know it. Focus on your best game and you will come to the top soon.

A badswing is sick, but it permit to learn a better bankroll management and optimize a good run.

Check my sharkscope mate, 700 without a result on PKR, really sick badswing: 4 months actually Sad . You can easily see it on the graph.

Take care mate.

Comment by ShakeRaise - 15/08/09 (Report)

hopefully it will turn around soon m8. GLGLGL=)

Comment by kingkai84 - 14/08/09 (Report)

Nice read m8!

Have a nice week off, and im sure u come back dangerous as ever!!...lol

Comment by Kusken777 - 13/08/09 (Report)

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