So this is thursday!

[hector62]

As i sat down at the pc to start pokering i was feling good. i was on a week long winning streak, had made £800 and was ready to add to my bankroll. I had a full cup of nescafe and was going to bring my "A game" to the table. But then a sense of dread came over me as i remembered what day it was- it was Thursday!

What difference does the day of the week make i hear you ask. Most people would say that the day makes no difference, but what do they know. I already knew what would be happening today. But this thursday was going to be different. This thursday would not be like the other thursdays.Why would it be different? Because this thursday i knew it was "thursday"

My plan for the day was to play very tight. No bluffing to be done. Play the cards i got dealt. Maximise the profits from the sets i got dealt.Astound the opposition when i reveal a straight that i got on the flop and to play my AA perfectly.

What a day i had. It all fell into place like "oceans 11". I maximised my sets and my flopped straights and flushes, actually i didn' get dealt any of them all day. But i did play my AA's perfectly.The first time i got it everyone folded to my pre flop raise. Oh but the 2nd time it was a thing of beauty. It was in a heads up situation at the end of the tournament. I had 70% of the chips and on a Q high flop i got him to go all in with Q 4. My plan had worked. I would even have won that tournament if another Q hadn't come on the turn.
 
In all i played 13 $50  sit and  go tournaments and made the money in 8 of them. Over the last week my heads up winning record was close to 75%. But not today. As it was thursday my winning % was 0. 2nd place in all 8 of them. Still that did give me a profit of £3 which is always nice.

Then the poker god of doom went for a tea break and at 5.30pm i finally won my first SNG of the day and i was able to stop playing and bank an £80 profit on the day. It had been such a long hard day but to me it had felt like i had got a bracelet from the WSOP because today had been thursday.

If the graph below has come out you will be able to see why i was so aware of it being thursday. I do not know why it is so as i only found the graph a couple of weeks ago after a really bad thursday. Last week and even today i got a huge number of bad beats and long periods of being card dead. What will happen next thursday? You will have to wait and see.

p.s if the graph isn't here then i will be working on getting it in and any advice would be appreciated.

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[Claw75]

a good read - I would stay in bed Thursdays if I were you!

glad you managed to get your graph up too!

[jizzemm]

What a great post and an enjoyable read.

As an extra to that, what software did u use to get ur graph..

[jakally]

My Thursday is Sunday if that makes sense.

For a long time I thought this was just variance, but I finally worked out that there were some physical factors which were different on a Sunday and affecting my profitability.

- as I am off work, I play longer sessions on a Sunday, often too long.

- on a Sunday more of my playing time was when the kids were about, hence more distractions and less concentration.

- if I've got a lot on at work, that can be on my mind Sunday evening, and means that I am not concentrating like I should.

- the in laws usually come round on a Sunday!!

Sunday's still my worse day, but at least I now know who to blame!!

[Robert HM]

Good post, enjoyed the read, ty

[hector62]

I didn't use software i just looked up my stats on sharkscope. It is free to do 5 searches a day.For the site i use it only covers SNG's but it varies for other sites. It is quite adictive to  keep looking though.

[Longy]

Interesting read, they reckon thursdays are the toughest day to play online. With alot more regulars playing compared to fish.

[boldie]

I noticed the same sort of thing after 2pm on a weekday.roughly untill 6-7 PM..

[tikay]

Geldof had the same problem, but Monday's were his bad day.

[tikay]

Can anyone recall who had Friday on their mind?

Monday morning feels so bad,

Ev'rybody seems to nag me

Coming tuesday I feel better,

Even my old man looks good,

Wednesday just don't go,

Thursday goes too slow,

I've got Friday on my mind

[hugob055]

well written....very enjoyable

[KingPoker]

Geldof had the same problem, but Monday's were his bad day.

Tell me why?

[tikay]

Geldof had the same problem, but Monday's were his bad day.

Tell me why?

It's all to do with the silicon chip inside her head apparently.

[tikay]

By the way Hector, great Post.