Staying the course

One of the hardest things to do in poker is to stick with a plan when things aren't going well. Of course, things not going well could be a sign that it's not a good plan :-) However, that's not a given. I stopped playing sit and go no limit hold'em since it was a bad plan to be playing them, even though I like playing them a lot. I saw that PokerStars was likely to keep increasing their entry fees, beyond even the gouging territory where they'd gotten to. Last night, I proved myself correct by falling off the wagon, and playing two SNG NLHEs at the end of a long (and frustrating) losing session. The last time I'd played a $50,000 BI+EF sit and go, the entry fee had been a whopping 12%. Now, it's at an unconscionable 15%. Who knows what they'll charge next; I hope I never find out :-)

The plan I'm finding it hard to stick to right now is playing higher buy-in MTTs. In the last two sessions, I've lost close to half a million play dollars with this plan. I guess I need to tweak it a bit. My amended plan is to play the $20,000 BI+EF MTTs, but not the $50,000 ones. We'll see how I do.

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE    43500  6500       9    28     141   36    30    46000
SNG   8-Game  17000  3000       6    28       6    2     6        0
MTT   NLHE    45000  5000       6    14      89   21    56        0
SNG   8-Game  17000  3000       6    34       6    2     5        0
MTT   NLHE    17500  2500       6     8     404   96   261        0
MTT   8-Game  45000  5000       6    28      64   22    23        0
MTT   NLHE    18000  2000       9    41     513  135   133    29000
MTT   NLHE    18000  2000       9    11     338   81   213        0
SNG   NLHE    42500  7500       6    46       6    2     3        0
SNG   NLHE    42500  7500       6    25       6    2     5        0

delta: $-275,000
MTT NLHE balance: $698,468
balance: $10,323,295