Gave up Live Tournaments for Cash Games and it's Working!

I know it's been quite a while since I posted. I've spent the last month going from casino hotel comped room-to-comped room. They charge you $12.99/24 hrs to log on so I only go online at Tom's. I'm back here, now and internet access is free, again. what a life! Anyway, as you all know, I haven't been able to cash in a single live tourney, here in Vegas. So, I decided, what the heck I'll try cash games AGAIN. When I first got here, I tried $3-6 limit and left the game when I lost $50. I bought in for more, of course, but I felt money was tight, then and limited my losses. Money isn't quite so tight so I tried again at $2-4 limit. I am becomming a better player and I usually make somewhere between $50-100 each session. However being the optimist that I am (read FOOL) I tried a $3-6 limit game the other night at the Rio. I lost $100 so fast, my head spun round and round. Why did I stay past my $50 threshold? It was like watching a train wreck. I couldn't leave. I'd have the best hand all the way to the river and some meathead with 3-4o would river the hand...time and time again. I simply couldn't believe how it was happenning; EVERY hand, they'd run me down. I was shocked. Finally came to my senses and got out. I think I'll stay to $2-4 till I get better/tighter. I've been successful at 2 locals casinos (Orleans and Sam's Town and one off-strip joint (Palms). I even got quad 2s at the Palms on Monday (got $112).

We're leaving on the Card Player cruise on Saturday. Card Player will have 3 tourneys and private cash games. I'm fairly certain they WON'T have $2-4 limit...oh, what to do? I'll buy into the tourneys but I'll bring a couple novels so I have something to do after I lose my shirt(s). Ohhh, maybe they'll have strip poker. Yum!

well gl on the cruise and gl in ur effort to grind out the cash games

gl in your games, and gl on the cruise, say hi to the penguins,lol, buck

Grind it out is right! Spent 6 hrs at Suncoast and was only down about $11 till my last hand when I lost $20. left after that. At least I got free dinner.

That is wonderful to hear Jane, have a blast on the cruise too.

Way to go on the cash games :five: and have fun on the cruise! I'll bet you'll find your tournament luck changing yet....

I used to think I had poker fever before, when I only played online. Now, I'm so anxious to get to the cash games, I can't get to sleep at night. I've become one of 'them,' haven't I? Or, maybe I was always one of 'them'. Probably. Poker addicts unite!

Well done Jane, Good luck in the cash games and on the cruise.

wow, this is nuts but i went thru the same thing 4 years ago, so different can the game be when going from tournys to cash games, of course i don't play at casinos much only sometimes in a blue moon, but i do got to admit that i was a better player at 2-4 blinds then any other blinds under 10 bucks and not to mention that my game has slowly but surely got'n better and if you ever feel like you can't stop getting ran over just take a break stand up, strech out get ur mind off the game for 1 or 2 blinds and just in case that does not help i just remember what the dudes from the wsop said last year
"no limit is a art, limit is a science" gl & cheers