Totally figured out the 110 turbo

I've been crushing the 110 turbo lately, so i guess the 1 week break I had was a good idea.
It's really hard to imagne how I possible could downswing more than 1K in this game if I keep playing like genius, because the edge is so huge, especially when I'm 1-tabling, its almost like a chess game then. They need a lot of luck to beat me because the edge vs most of the players is pretty nice.

I've got this level totally figured out now and I believe I've got my tilt problem fixed. Some people never learn and do the same mistakes for ever. Smart people might do the mistakes 1 time, maybe 10 times, or maybe even 100 times, but they will learn in the end.

It's very tough to fix mental problems like tilt. So what is the best way to deal with it when youre having a bad run and youre feeling frustrated and angry? Is it a good idea to simply say to your self: ok im angry and frustrated now, but I'm gonna keep on playing my A-game and hopfully win back the money?
Well it's a lot better than going on a monstertilt where you don't care at all and are shoving superlight and bluffing big etc. But Trust me, even though you are motivated to play your A-game it is stell a terrible way to deal with it, because it's very difficult to play your A-game when you're feeling bad. Poker is such a mental game, if you are feeling bad, especially angry and frustrated, its more difficult to think rational. Moreover your feel about what your opponents are holding is slightly worse. Is he bluffing or not? Simply said, if your feelings are hurt your feel is hurt as well, because we are humans, not machines. And the final point is that when you keep on playing when youre angry and frustrated youre one step closer to the mostertilt even though you saying you gonna play your A-game.

The best way to deal with frustration and anger is to take a break, and dont come back before you are feeling a lot better.

Here I got a A-game hand played against against a self clamed cash game big ringer that got really mad when I pawed him. He challanged me to play a 500 after, which I obviously declined.

PokerStars Game #25055335359: Tournament #141612249, $110+$5 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level III (25/50) - 2009/02/17 16:19:51 ET
Table '141612249 1' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: donkno2 (1585 in chips)
Seat 2: thomasny (1415 in chips)
donkno2: posts small blind 25
thomasny: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to thomasny [Qs 9c]
donkno2 said, "i knew u got a"
donkno2: calls 25
thomasny: checks
*** FLOP *** [9d 5h 6s]
thomasny: bets 100
donkno2: calls 100
*** TURN *** [9d 5h 6s] [4h]
thomasny: bets 150
donkno2: calls 150
*** RIVER *** [9d 5h 6s 4h] [2d]
thomasny: checks
donkno2: bets 555
thomasny said, "snap call baby"
donkno2 said, "?"
donkno2 said, "whats snap"
thomasny said, "i checked to let you bluff"
donkno2 said, ":)"
donkno2 said, "im excited"
thomasny: calls 555
*** SHOW DOWN ***
donkno2: shows [7h 6d] (a pair of Sixes)
thomasny: shows [Qs 9c] (a pair of Nines)
thomasny collected 1710 from pot


I was about 60% sure he was bluffing here, based on how he had played the previous hands, so it was a easy call, but I got lot of pleasure from it, because I played the hand like a genius. Against most opponents I would just valuebet 200 on river here and maybe fold to a re-raise. But against this guy I decided to check.
I did not check because I was affraid or wanted pot controll, in fact I checked to get more money in the pot, its such a superplayer move. Because I was pretty sure my hand was good, because based on my reads I was pretty sure he would re-raise me on turn if he made his had there, or had slowplayed a big hand on the flop, so I was pretty sure my hand was good on the turn. The river might look scarry because of the 4-to a str8 on the board but I loved it, because I'm pretty sure he dosnt got a 3 in his hand because he would probably not call my flop lead in that case, he is not floating wide and he's not a fish. The only hand that make sense the way he played it is 34, which he obviously probably does not have. So I was pretty sure my hand was good, now I wanted to get paid max on river. If I make a standard 200 value bet I think he would probably fold and if he re-raise me huge there I'm not that sure about my hand anymore and would consider folding, because I was not sure about he was capable to pull off a big move or not if I showed streangth on river. However if I checked I was pretty sure he was capable to pull off a big bluff and based on how he had played the previous hands I was excpecting it.
I mean, we got to give him credit for that he knew second pair was no good. Because he seemd to have decent showdown value there when I checked.

I'll probably just play the 110 the next months now, I can make plenty there. I'll try the 220 again when I've becomed a whole lot richer.

February profit +3.3K

GL Thomas.