March kicks off......right where February ended.

I have played two sessions since March started. Both at MGM, both 8 hours each. I guess if it was in sports terms I would be 1 and 1. I had a $475 win for my 8 hours on March 1, to then have a $600 loss for my 8 hours on March 2nd.

Mike, Todd and I were talking the other day, and they brought up a couple things that have got me thinking. My swings the last two months have been pretty extreme. I attribute this to players just losing their minds against me. For some reason people think I am bluffing a lot at pots. So when i do bluff I almost always get caught, and when I make a monster I almost always get paid off. After our conversation I realized these two main points, and so I will work on them to make my play in March better.

1) Table talk - Fuck it, it is a strength of mine, I am going to talk to players, work on putting them on tilt, make them play back at me. I can do this while I am not in a hand. I think if I use it here, rather then use it when I am drawing this will improve my chances of getting paid off. In these type of games I think I will bluff less, and I will draw less often. And when i have made hands, I will make my opponents feel like making the 'HERO' call is always the right play.

2) Be a bit ore aggressive post flop - I mean by this, when I have made hands that can lose to draws, bet them, and not miss a bet, especially in those situations where I may be able to get my opponent to lay down a drawing hand when my hand is venerable.

I think if I work on these two elements of my game, my action will continue, my hands will p-lay better in the long run, and hopefully my results will be better. We will see. In the mean time, I am suppose to watch some video's of TONY G on Highywatime Mike's blog, Todd and Mike say I should work on adapting his table presence to my game more.

On a side note a big THANKS, goes to Splitime Todd, wh made the final table at the Monte Carlo free roll and in turn made a nice little win in our three way action for the three of us. It was right in the nick of time. Hopefully someday, I will be doing the same thing in return for him.



El Diablo - Leaning towards the Gamblin Duke today