Swonnnngs

Had a tough day yesterday. Started out on a heater too -- was up $75 very early on, running good, feeling good etc -- then the wheels came off. Took a crappy beat when I got my JJ in against A7o on a T52 flop, and lost, and that seemed to turn the tide against me for a while.

Struggled against a couple of opponents, wasn't getting cards either which doesn't help. The other thing that started to happen was that I was making legitimate hands, which kept ending up as second best. If I'd river 2pair, the same card would fill the other guy's straight draw. These things will happen though.

I was down nearly 4 buyins at one point, started to turn things around and almost got back to even -- right before the other shoe fell and I found myself back down more than 3 buyins. I was so dejected, but kept at it. The thing about playing two tables now is that at least it gives me the chance to put in some hand volume.

Against the last three or four opponents I finally got it together, started making some cards and stacked a couple of people. I ran it up and got ALL my losses back. Quit for the day with a grand profit of 27c.

I can take a few things from that session though.

--Breaking even by far beats losing, especially when I was down 4 buyins at two points during the day

--The fact that I got it all back shows me that I am doing a good job of game selecting when I'm getting away from the guys who are crushing me before things get too out of hand, in favor of the weaker spots who I can just run over and get me back to where I need to be.

I'll be back at it tonight and during the day tomorrow. I'm glad that the weekend is shortly here, the play I find is SO much worse from Friday morning to Sunday afternoon. Here's hoping.