Session Review: Try one tonight.

[Frank Zappy]

I read on here some advise about going back over Tracker to review any session that may have been troubling or interesting, it is priceless advise!

I thought I had a God-awful session last night at PS 1/2; it felt awful, I felt violated and even imagined I walked with a slight limp when I dragged myself off to bed, and sure enough when I checked Tracker tonight to see how bad it was, there it was in Black and White...53 hands, biggest winning hand was for $1.00 overall down 20BB for the session. It didn’t just feel awful it was awful. Best starting hand AK and 0 for 2 with it, only dealt 1 PP and hallucinated I was ahead with 66.

Then, looking back over the Biggest Losses...as I let the hands replay I was embarrassed at how I tried to force marginal situations trying to regain lost ground.

I hadn’t used Tracker like this before and I think I’ve missed out. The session review helped bring perspective and distance to my play.

[OrianasDaad]

This is fabulous advice. For extra practice, get out your calculators and figure EV for each decision you could make in some of those big losses.

I'm riding a 100+ BB downswing right now, so I've been doing ALOT of reviewing.

[bravos1]

It's hard to look back at those sometimes. Another great avenue is to participate in the frequently occuring session reviews we do here. Having another objective view into a session can be very helpful and eye-opening.

[ginozola]

I reviewed a session I played yesterday and was stunned to see just how bad one of the plays was, and not only that, I tried it twice! If I hadn't sat down and reviewed with PT then I'd have been oblivious to it. At least now I've recognised it, now I need to stop doing it.

[Frank Zappy]

Is there a sign-up sheet?

[OziBattler]

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Is there a sign-up sheet?

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yup...its Housecalls or myself in the absence of Nomadtla.

basically its every 2 weeks so you just missed the most recent one....just watch the 2+2 forums with a post saying Session reviews in the title by Housecalls.

edit: if you really want to make sure you dont miss it just sent Housecalls or me a PM.

[sarsen]

Good stuff. I try to do this whether I'm up or down. Some sessions I know I'm cold decked. Lately I've been trying to just get up from the table instead of tilting and trying to push marginal edges.

[OrigamiSensei]

I just did the same thing for a bad session two or three nights ago. It's not fun but it is necessary.