Pump Up the Volume!

2014. augusztus 19., kedd 20:19

Last week, Collin had to make a last minute trip back to Maryland to see his family, and I had to stay to watch our pets. So, I decided to grind my heart out:

That game count was composed of mostly 180-mans, and some 45-mans, 27-mans, MTTs, and one single table. The solitary SNG was one of the two weekly 15,000 FPP VIP One Tables that run on Stars. These SNGs have a $350 bounty on the Stars Pro, and $1k for first (with 4 places paid).

After scoring the knockout of the Stars Pro early when I cold 4-bet shoved close to 50 BBs with AQ>QJ, I really wanted to get the win! At the same time that tournament was short-handed, I was heads-up in the weekly €55 EPT Ladies satellite, where I took second the prior week for around €200. This week though, only 1st place had a prize, of €500. After losing a few flips, the ladies table didn’t pop back up to the top of my stack, but I did take down the VIP one table, for a total cash of $1,350 in that SNG!

Most importantly, I found that focusing on putting in my highest volume week so far for 2014 helped me to maintain playing my A+ game, even when getting up to my total peak of 55 games running at once!

Being home alone, meant that I could sing (scream?) songs without anyone hearing—well except for Wilbur, who was camped out next to me while I played.

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The song I sang more than any other:

The successful week underlined to me the importance of focusing on volume: both of my number of games and of the blasting music! It can be easy in poker to be very results-oriented, whether that is winning a tournament and thinking you’re the best ever, or having a downswing and thinking you’ve forgotten what the point of a c-bet is.

For me, focusing on volume (as well as studying) helps me to be driven by what I can control in poker. I’ve played almost 23,000 tournaments this year and am so excited to cross the 30,000 goal that I set for myself at the beginning 2014—while singing along to whatever song blasts from my speakers!

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