Biggest downswing ever!

since my stars 1/4 3rd place its been severely downhill......im been getting completely assraped, going on a -16k downswing......luckily my stake destroyed this month to basically cancel out the downswing so that helps but its been brutal.....I havent mined it too much though as I figured something like this was coming my way especially after crushing August...hopefully I can stop the beating soon enough - I recently played a 1k 6 max event at the Borgata the other week and ended up jamming the turn with an open ender into aces and not getting there......maybe the whole hand was spewish but I'll recap for those who care

75/150 13K effective - Ive been opening alot of pots, Ive been 3 bet a couple times and folded to all.......villan in question has 3 bet once before with a very large sizing and then showed Aces - at the same time though he is greeted by a couple other players and I hear him talking about 100rs online so I assume he has a clue what hes doing. on to the hand......I open in CO with A9 to 400 at 75/150, button folds, Villan in SB raises to 1k - it folds back to me and decide to make it 2250 to go......with a little thinking he makes the call...flop comes J87 - he checks, I cbet, he thinks for a little and calls....the turn comes a 5 - at this point I have a little over a PSB left and he checks to me so I jam - he calls, and obv has aces....now the flop/turn plays are very standard its just should I 4 bet this spot or wait for more history - his sizing looked pretty standard for a 3b bluff range to be possible - maybe I should of waited for more information though.......had he made it say 1400 I wouldnt even of thought about going the 4b route......it would of been wierd if I didnt have the open ender on the turn - not sure if Id give up at that point or what

Anyways I hate playing live and feel my live game is way behind my online game - I feel less comfortable live and it takes more time to come up with a conclusion then it does online. its something Id like to work on but my online hourly rate is way higher so Im going to stick with that. Tomorrow starts the final week of September to come out on top - Im still up over 30k for the month with the staking so its still a great month, but Id like to show some profit playing this week. gl me

3rd in 1/4 Mil Stars

Last week was a bit interesting - I had just came off the UBOC chop and was feeling great about a massive August - nearly broke my single month profit that I did in February......Wednesday was the 1st of the month and I was motivated to crush September - I started off with taking 3rd in the 50r(I believe) for about 8k......then I won the 30r cake for a massive 1600 dollars to continue to crushing - its always funny how Ill play a cake 30r or AP 50 fo where first is 1400 then ill be playing the stars 320 where first is 50k - slightly different payouts....anyways things were going good that day and I was finishing up my session with the 1/4 Mil stars, 80 sniper, and the 75k on tilt.......there were about 200 left in the Stars 1/4 mil and I had roughly 12-15 bb - I thought about how cashing would be cool considering my big day, but regardless if I did or didnt I had a good day.....anyways I had doubled up a couple times in standard spots and made it to the money......from there I just contiuned to chip up - the structure is so slow and has alot of sattiers who prob play 40-50 buy ins and satty into this, so deep with 50 or so left the play is pretty tight overall.....I was able to chip up alot without people fighting back - I had a couple lucky spots along the way as well - I remember someone opened I 3 bet 46s he called......the flop came like A49, he checked I bet he called...the turn came he checked, I decided to fire another bullet for alot of my stack and he folded.

The big turning point came where I got in AK vs KK for 60 bbs.....it was unavoidable imo and obv the KK guy was calling me a fish - short stack with 20 bbs opened and he 3 bet a standard size - I hadnt been at the table long enough to know how he had been playing but regardless Im never folding - granted his 3b is straight for value, but he should be 3b pretty wide there, 66+,AJ+ generally speaking.....anyways we got it in, I binked an ace on the turn, and boom I was CL with 12 to go.....at the final table things went well - won a flip, lost a flip, chipped up slightly and had gotten 3 handed - we talked a chop where I was offered 35k but I declined - 35k was 2nd place money and the shorty was short and I felt I had 2nd locked up alot and wanted my shot at winning a monster rahter than chopping.....long story short I bricked a fl draw and a flip and 3rd place 26k I received.

Since then Ive had very little motivation to play......Ive hit some great scores, made alot of money this year, and am not too motivated to keep grinding....furthermore Ive been golfing a ton and been enjoying that. Im sure my poker interest will reappear eventually, but its tough to be motivated currently....next week I head to AC for a 1k 6 max and a bunch of golfing most likely...it should be a fun time and is coming at a great time for a little break....hopefully I go deep in the 1k and come back rejuvenated......Ive been down 7k since my 3rd place hit so Im not thinking the 1k is gonna go too good :(