5:20: Everything was sunny and bright up until the point at which I was 10-5 and ready to close the day out strong. All of a sudden, my old run of cards from the last 2-3 days made a cameo appearance, and I lost 6 out of 8 coinflips when all in. Granted, one of them was my fault. The blinds were too low, and I knew my opponent was on tilt, but I made the mistake and called anyways. I was ahead, of course, when he turned over K7off, but everything went downhill from there as he hit his king.

I would then lose four straight matches, and totally wipe out what had been a great day so far. It was at this point that I hit the reset button, and went to my GF for a pep talk.

Ever see the movie Rocky (or the series, rather)? Well, whenever Rocky felt down or didn’t believe in himself, he always turned to Adrian for re-assurance. Whenever I need a vote of confidence and a new twist or silver lining in a situation, my girlfriend (Adrian 2.0) is always the one who reminds me where I’ve been, and where I’m headed.

Coincidentally, I returned to win five straight matches, before dropping the final match of the night and eventually finished 14-10 on the night. And to that I say: I’ll take it!