A few days break, nothing changes....

Well I say a break, I wouldn't call working 10 hours+ per day a break at all but its a "ceasing of poker activities". I was looking forward to today as its my day off (although i went to work for 5 hours) and play a couple of tournies, by the time the tournies came around I wasn't particularly thrilled about playing, I just feel tired and lathargic at the moment.

Alas, I played the $2 o8 MTT and the Midnight $20k on Stars, never got going in the o8 but thats not such a massive surprise, however things went interestingly well in the $20k to begin with. Although I got AK 4 times in the first 3 levels and didn't win a pot it wasn't long before I go a stack going, I fast played KK from the BB after a couple limped in, didn't bet like a maniac but managed to take a 1500 pot from A3 on a board of 3, 7,7, 8, 9 and then the very next hand got AQ in position, a guy in middle position limped so I make it 400 to go at 50/100 he calls, flop of A, 7, 8 he makes a small bet, I raise fairly big, he shoves I call, he has A9 and I'm suddenly at 7000 and looking good.

It went Pete-Tong not long after though, a persistant limper made yet another limp, I have the button and 7, 9s so I just raise it to 250 to take pot control, he calls.

Flop 3, 5, 7 . I'm liking that, I bet half the pot, he calls. 9 on the turn now removes the fear of a slow-played overpair, I bet 1100 into the 1500 or so pot, and to my surprise he shoves. Perhaps i could have contemplated what he had here instead of Snap calling as I did (this is probably my single worst attribute right now, need to slow down on deicisions) but you don't get opportunity to fold hands this big very often in such a tournament. I called he had a set of 5's and I'm left very short and bust shortyly after.

I'm not feeling good about my game at the moment at all, I have a desire to play (which I haven't had in months) but I certainly aren't getting the deck to fall for me at all at the moment, it's all very sad and very disappointing right now. I hope it turns around before I lose the enthusiasm again.

Bye for now.

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