Keep HFL Free

12:55am: My confidence is definitely peaking right now, as I am now 9-1 over the last 10 matches. My time has been split this week between shopping for furniture for the new house (we move in on the 1st), heads up matches, and doing some internal coding/maintenance for HFL.

What’s more gratifying for me than the money is that in this 9-1 run I’ve defeated some quality opponents. It’s amazing how everything comes together when your game is clicking on all cylinders. Of course, I’m not going to lie: I’m running pretty good right now. It seems like every single time I raise lately, I’m connecting with the flop in some way, shape or form.

I’ve got too much experience to be naive, and I realize at some point the cards are going to turn south. What I can do, however, is be prepared for that time, and to realize that it’s prospering times like these that pay for all the times where things seem hopeless.

The main thing is not to panic when times get rough. If you go back a few posts, you will see the post from the night I lost $800+ playing 2-5 NL live. Because I didn’t panic and held my composure, I was able to prevent the loss from turning into a losing streak. While losing streaks are unavoidable in NLHE, you can cut down on the number of them by simply playing your A-game whether you’re up $500 on the week, or down $1,000. The more robotic your play, the better — that is, unless you’re playing the same opponents all the time — in which case you will be forced to mix up your play a bit more. If you play on Stars of Full Tilt, that most certainly won’t be the case, however.