September progress report 3 - 21st to 30th

Here are my results from September 21st thru September 30th:

SUMMARY

         FullTilt  PokerStars  Live  Total   Cum. Profit
                                                2742
09/21       0        -341       0    -341       2401
09/22       0        - 13       0    - 13       2388
09/23    -189        +  6       0    -183       2205
09/24    - 21        -  3       0    - 24       2182
09/25    - 20        +  7       0    - 13       2168
09/26    - 12        - 61       0    - 73       2095
09/27    - 18           0       0    - 18       2077
09/28       0           0       0       0       2077
09/29    +217        -  2       0    +215       2292
09/30    - 52        - 28       0    - 80       2212

So as of September 30th my total profit for the month was $2212. This is below my target of $3000 and was largely due to a large downswing from 9/16 to 9/28. For 12 days straight I made a loss.

It is hard to say why downswings occur. I am the same person playing the same way but the cards just went against me. I recorded some of my beats. It just seemed every time I got KK the other person had AA. When I had AA another person would make a straight or flush even when we both got it in pre-flop. If I had a set another person would hit their miracle river card to get a higher set.

The downswing started with my failure to make the WCOOP despite entering numerous satellites. Could this have mentally affect me. Probably. Or maybe I was affected by watching the WCOOP. Who knows.

The important thing is to get back on the up. And how better to do this than to take a trip to Las Vegas to play some poker.

Off to Vegas I go......