Got some back

Very slow day, had to really fight to turn a profit today, and whooo, $18 after 880 hands. My stats today were the most 'normal' (tag/lag) they have been at betfair. Im still working out the best way to beat this site, i've often been running around 18/11, these stats are not impressive, but often the games are so loose I tend to limp in position with many broadway cards and pocket pairs as I feel with 4/5 to the flop, I will get paid off post flop most of the time. Today the games were weak/lose pf, and weak/aggressive post, I tagged it up abit, and would have had a nice session if I didn't overplay AK and stack off light with TPTK vs trips on K88 flop; basically when a weak player flat calls (or check calls) flop, then min raises (check min raises) your over-pair/tptk is no good; standard beluga theorem really.

I think my hand reading has improved alot lately, ill post some examples later, but ive been more disciplined in folding overpairs (esp TT/JJ/QQ) on the flop when I know villain has KK/AA.

My nightmare session was also the most poker i've played in one sitting in a long time maybe forever. Maybe that was a factor in my losing, but I don't think it was a massive one. I played 1800 hands straight (4-6 tabling); about 5 hours. I feel I misplayed a few hands, I lost value a few times by not betting (enough) which sucked, also tilted away a BI with that QJ hand, frustrating, but its a pretty vital aspect of growing as a poker player, in the past, the times I feel I have improved the most is when I just come out of a downswing, when i'm more attentive and hungry to win, I pay more attention at the tables and am generally more critical of my game.

I think its so important to accept losses/running bad; it never gets 'better or easier; if anything, tougher opponents and more marginal spots are going to make future downswings more devastating but learning to accept them, may be THE most crucial factor in long term poker success.

I've played 15k hands at Betfair and am running a little over 4ptbb/100 hands, acceptable but definitely think I can be around 6.

Hopefully I can continue to improve and accept the losses that are inevitable and essentialy vital to my poker development.

VB