29 Tournaments No Wins, Reflecting On Results

So everything appeared to be going great. I was up almost $12 and this level of poker seemed easy to me. I was eager to play and excited to build my bankroll. What I didn't realize is that I was about to take a gigantic downswing, that my roll was almost unable to sustain.

Sunday/December 16th

$2.00 +$0.20 fish tank $100 added 45/174
$2.00 +$0.20 turbo - 5th place
$2.00 +$0.20 turbo - 6th place
$2.00 +$0.20 turbo - 6th place
$2.00 +$0.20 turbo - 6th place
$2.00 +$0.20 turbo - 6th place
$2.00 +$0.20 turbo - 3rd place
$2.00 +$0.20 turbo - 10th place
$2.00 +$0.20 turbo - 10th place
$2.00 +$0.20 turbo - 6th place
$2.00 +$0.20 turbo - 7th place
$2.00 +$0.20 turbo - 5th place
$2.00 +$0.20 turbo - 9th place
$2.00 +$0.20 turbo - 7th place
$2.00 +$0.20 turbo - 2nd place
$2.00 +$0.20 turbo - 6th place
$2.00 +$0.20 turbo - 2nd place
$2.00 +$0.20 turbo - 2nd place
$2.00 +$0.20 turbo - 3rd place
$2.00 +$0.20 turbo - 10th place
$2.00 +$0.20 turbo - 2nd place
$2.00 +$0.20 turbo - 3rd place
$2.00 +$0.20 turbo - 5th place
$2.00 +$0.20 turbo - 2nd place
$2.00 +$0.20 turbo - 9th place
$2.00 +$0.20 turbo - 5th place
$2.00 +$0.20 turbo - 6th place
$2.00 +$0.20 turbo - 6th place
$2.00 +$0.20 turbo - 7th place
$2.00 +$0.20 turbo - 1st place



I started the day off playing the Fish Tank $100 added tournament. Although I believe I played well, the tournament only pays to top 10 and I finished far out of the money, but I am not going to focus on that in this post. My results look bad, but in reality they are not all that horrible. I am going to break down my results based on place finished over 30 tournaments.


1st place - 1
2nd place - 5
3rd place - 3
4th place - 0
5th place - 4
6th place - 8
7th place - 3
8th place - 0
9th place - 2
10th place - 3
47th in fish tank

This tells me a lot about the way I have been approaching these events. The sit and gos pay to top 2, $14 for first and $6 for second. There is quite a difference there. My five 2nd place and three bubbles tell me that I am too focused on only making the money and not focused enough on winning the event. I feel I need to get more aggressive on the bubble and try to steal the blinds more often, but I am deterred by the nasty feeling of getting caught and ending up outside of the pay structure.

Since this bad run, I have played in 5 more events and finished up like this:

$2.00 +$0.20 turbo - 10th place
$2.00 +$0.20 turbo - 3rd place
$2.00 +$0.20 turbo - 2nd place
$2.00 +$0.20 turbo - 6th place
$2.00 +$0.20 turbo - 1st place

In the past 6 events I have finished 1st twice and 2nd once. Things could be turning around, but only time will tell. My friend Chris gave me the advice that I should focus on making the best decisions possible and not focus on the results so that is exactly what I am going to go do.

See you on the tables!

-Kyle



Games Played : 50
Average Profit : $0
Average Stage : $2
Average Return On Investment : 12%
Total Profit : $8

Current Bankroll : $8.00