Rethinking my approach.....

I've had a little more time to sit down and get those much needed hands in. Over the past month or so I've been in a rut in regards to making money though. Normally this would be a red flag and would be something I should worry about but things "in my eyes" aren't really what they seem.

My game is by no means "air tight" and I know where I need to improve. I think where my problem lies though is in my indecisiveness to stick with a certain game and grind it out. I'm constantly switching back and forth between cash and tournament play and this really makes it hard to focus on a specific game and work to become the best you can be at that game. I know I've talked in previous entries about this "indecisiveness" and I think it's reached a point where a permanent decision needs to be made. That being said I want to talk about this whole "rethinking my approach" outlook.

I've been a member of cardrunners.com for about 2 years now and throughout that time have learned a tremendous amount of information in regards to the higher level thinking that goes along with poker. I take time to think about the moves I'm going to make and analyze what I think is going on in hands in order to extract the maximum value from each and every pot I play. Here though lies what I feel to be my biggest problem. I'm a low limit player playing with low limit donks and often I 2nd and 3rd level think hands when all I really need to be doing is playing my hands for what they really are. I know I’m better than the average player and that’s not a question. I’ve been a winning player for 5+ years now and I think it's time to get back to the basics.

My new philosophy in regards to poker is going to be to the KISS method. For those that aren't familiar with this, it’s an acronym meaning Keep It Simple Stupid. I want to make it a point to focus on the lower limit short handed cash games, specifically $50NL and $100NL, and try to just grind out 5 - 10 BB/100 hands. In these sessions I’m not going to get out of hand or try to make moves on players and rather play my hands face up and grind out those dolla-dolla bills yo!

Currently my BR sits at 2K and with using proper BR management methods of having 50+ buyins to play at each level that makes me about $500 short of 100NL. So there is my first goal in this new regime!

I hate to say farewell to tournament play, especially since it's been so good to me in the past. But to me cash games are way too lucrative to pass up. I know I'll take the occasional shot at the Sunday Million and that’s fine, but for now I think I'm going to have to switch gears to try and see a steady increase in my BR.