A Night of Losing

Today I played in a $0.25 No Limit Hold'em tournament.  It started with 45 players and ended with one winning $3.52 in prize money.  I started the tourney with K 3 off-suit.  This is typical with the type of cards I am dealt lately.  This one did not last very long for me.  I had one winning hand and ended up going out after only 20 minutes.  The one hand I won was due to having pocket Kings.  So that put me out of that tournament and on to the next one.  After I played this tournament, I took a dinner break.  This was mostly due to the pizza arriving.

Once I finished eating I entered another $0.25 No Limit Hold'em tournament.  After ten hands I was done.  I didn't even finish in the top 30.  My losing streak continues even into this year.  I was really hoping that I had put this streak behind me.  I guess I have not shaken the losing streak.  I was able to win a few sit n'go tournaments that were single tables.  It looks like I am going to be doing another tournament that I found that does not cost anything to play.  This tournament provided the overall winner with a ticket to the NAPT Rookie Division Tournament.  It is sort of fun to play since you can go all in with no worry about losing any real money.  

As anyone who reads this can see,  I am not a "high roller".  I play only what I can afford, when I can afford it.  I think the most important thing to remember on these sites is not to play above your income or your skill.  It is best to play at the tables that are within the range that you are willing to lose.  I only put $10 in my account at any given time.  This helps with how fast I go through it.  It also is a nice even number to watch grow.  Right now I put $10 in about every two to three weeks.  With that in mind, I go through about $10 to $20 a month.  Given my current financial situation, that is about all I can afford to put towards any kind of entertainment.  Yes, that is right.  I said entertainment.  I view these games as nothing more than entertaining.

Well, it looks like it is time for the next tournament.  This on is my last cash game for the night.  It is a $0.02 NL Hold'em with 990 players needing to be registered before it will start.  I shall talk about this one and any other tomorrow.  This is "1&only696" saying, "Good Luck to all you players out there and may the "Card Gods" bless your hands".