The first 3 days of June were good ones for me. I was playing well, getting good cards and having them hold. I was between around 8-11 BB/100 for about 3000 hands. I was very pleased with me play, and I had every reason to be.
But for the past two days, I have become the fish of every table I sit at. I make good observations of players, and then don't go along with them. For example, against a player who was 54/4 over about 100 hands, I raised pf with AK and he called (standard). Flop: 2 / 3 / 4 rainbow. I check, because he'll probably call even if he's just got the overcards, and then I'm inflating a pot in which I have no hand. He checks back. Turn: 5. Good card, I figure he doesn't have a 6. I make a large bet, and he calls. River: 3 I bet a dollar and he tanks and makes it $3. I think he MUST have me beaten. Do I call? Sure I do! 22 for a full house...
I also have what Mike Caro calls Fancy Play Syndrome. If I just play ABC poker I will annhiliate this level, but no, I have to get fancy.
Preflop raise from fairly tight player, and I call SB with KTs (probably fold, but I'll call every now and then). Flop: T / 6 / 4. I check, he c-bets and I call. Turn: J. And then I make a play which I never make: I led the Turn. He made a large raise into a 2 flush draw board and I decided that this meant that he had a flush draw and wanted to take the pot there. All in, says I. Call says he: 66 to have me drawing dead. I was SO pissed with myself.
So, right now my stats look like this:
4245 hands
$12.52
2.52 BB/100
And I am furious. I've played like a fucking idiot and given around 4 buy-ins away over the last 3 sessions making stupid plays which wouldn't be made be beginners, let alone somebody who's played cash for over a year. So, I'm going down to the library and getting a book to read to take my mind off poker for the afternoon. I'll have another go later.
I'm also going to have to make some sort of sign to remind me not to make stupid plays with second pair when all the signs tell me to fold. It's just not going in.