Downswing and Crazy Long Session

Yesterday was NOT fun. After hitting a nice high for my bankroll, I couldn't get anything going for me. A lot of it was at Party Poker's 10/20 Longhanded games. I would buy in and just not win a pot. I realize that some of it was due to me not adjusting well to the game, but some of it was just pure Frustration. The good thing is that I didn't go on hard core tilt and once I lost my buy-in, I didn't buy in for more for that session. So the damage was minimized. I did go on tilt on a .50/1 NL game after this, though, and just went all-in everyhand. Once I lost that, I felt better. I was also hurting from playing at Full Tilt and the same thing happened, I just couldn't get anything going. I think my total losses for the day was around 1.5K. I would also like to give a shout out to my Mom who if she just read the last sentence, had a stroke. Don't worry, Ma, that's just the swings.

This morning, I logged onto Full Tilt and saw a 15/30 SH game going. I've had pretty good sucess with this game and sat down. This was all on my iBook and under the covers of my bed. After an hour, I walked away with a $800 win. I surf for a bit and then boot up my desktop. Here is where the crazy long session comes in:

I sit at the 15/30 game again. It is going fairly well, I am sticking to my game plan that works well here, but I still couldn't get anything going. I know I am playing well, but the cards aren't giving me that extra push. I hover around -$400 for most of the session. At the end, it is three handed I am -$100 and I am waiting for this short stack to bust then call it quits. Well, I go on a nice rush of cards, bust the short stack and take a bit off of the other guy and book a $230 win. Here are the stats for the session:

Hands: 283
Minutes Played: 190
BB/100: 2.83
VP$IP (percentage of times that I voluntarily put money in the pot): 37.4%

This is the 2nd longest cash game session I have played all year (the first was a 6 hour session at 5/10 where I absolutely lost my mind).

On a more personal note, I have decided to write a screenplay in my spare time so look for some sample scenes to be published here.