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Day 19

Took the day off.

Day 20a (?)

Hours Played: 4 hours 29 minutes
Profit: -$666

CTD Hours Played: 78 hours 14 minutes
CTD Profit: $7982

Because today is Back To School Night, I thought I would put in a late AM session. Day game action wasn't so bad. I had to fire 4 bullets. The day could have been a lot worse the way it was going.

Hand 1
eff. $465

I raise J9ss over a limp from MP to $25, I get 4 calls. J95r OTF. I bet $110, 3 folds, limper shoves for $440. I tank call. He flips over 55 and holds.

Hand 2
eff. $370ish

I 3b $75 from BTN with J8cc. 2 calls. 985ss OTF. I bet $85, 1 fold, pfr calls. 8d OTT. He snap shoves $260. I call. He flips over TT. T OTR.

Hand 3
eff. $875

I open to $25 with 76hh UTG and get 5 calls. 852hh OTF. I bet $90, 2 folds, CO snap shoves for $850. I tank for 5 minutes. I call and lose to 55. (3h3s runout)

Hand 4
eff. $460

Straddle is on. CO makes it $60, I make it $145 with red AA, only CO calls. Q64sss OTF. I bet $90, CO calls. 3h OTT. I put him in for $230ish. He calls with JJ. He hits a spade OTR.

I may play again tonight. Depends on whether I can squeeze in a nap.

Great stuff. I grind $100-$300 and $300-$500 pretty regularly at hp. Swings sound about right.

Cool. New casino looks dope.

Day 20b

Hours Played: 4 hours 42 minutes
Profit: $707

CTD Hours Played: 82 hours 56 minutes
CTD Profit: $8689

I was able to take a power nap, so I was able to put in some hours. I wasn't really happy with the way I played. Probably burnt close to 1k. UGH.

Hand 1
eff. $250/$300

I raise $20 with Ah3h from UTG2, CO makes it $50, BB calls. Qh7h3d OTF. BB shoves for $300. I call. CO calls. I hit my flush and win.

Hand 2 (Please shoot me)
eff. $1400

I raise $20 with T9o from CO, get 3 calls. 985cc OTF. MP bets $45, I call, BB calls. 3h OTT. MP bets $175, I call. As OTR. MP bets $300, I call and lose.

Hand 3
eff. $300/$500

I raise $20 with 98ss from CO, BTN makes it $50, BB calls. J75ss OTF. BB shoves for $250, I call, BTN shoves for $200 more, I call. I hit my hand and win.

All in all, a disappointing session. Maybe playing 2 sessions a day is too much for me. Oh well.

Actually swung by this afternoon for the opening. Very nice. Completely different vibes.

I checked it out too. Nice and classy. Better vibes than HG imo.

Day 21

Hours Played: 6 hours 26 minutes
Profit: -$873

CTD Hours Played: 89 hours 22 minutes
CTD Profit: $7816

Another meh day. Days like these make me realize that I suck at poker. But being humbled every now and then is good in the sense that it puts you in your place and make you work on the fundamentals.

I had to fire 4 bullets again today. I think I mentioned earlier that losing 3+ buyins disturbs my mental calmness, lol, so you can say that today was a stressful day.

Hand 1
eff. $600

I raise T8dd to $25 from MP, get 4 calls including SB. Q74r OTF. It gets checked around. Q OTT. Checked to me I bet $55, only SB calls. Q OTR. I bet $170, SB calls with AK.

Hand 2
eff. $550

I 3b over $25 raise and a call with KKds to $85 from CO, UTG1 4b's to $275, only I call. Q75dd OTF. He shoves for $325, I call. His AA holds.

Hand 3
eff. $450

MP makes it $45, I 3b to $95 with KK from BTN, only MP calls. T74r OTF. He checks, I bet $95, he shoves for $355, I call. He hits another T OTR.

Hand 4
eff. $490

I overlimp BTN with 84cc after 4 limps, SB makes it $30, 4 calls in front, I call. 985r OTF gets checked around. 4d OTT. SB shoves for $460, 4 folds, I call and hold.

Hopefully, I will have the discipline to play tighter tomorrow. When things aren't going so well, it helps to go back to being a nit/TAG.

This is a weird spot. What's our read here? does he ever spaz. It might actually be a fold. We need 41% to break even and against a range of sets, FDs and 85s we are 36 - 39% depending on how many FDs we give him (A5, AT+ in hearts we are 39% but if we give him all nut FDs and all broadway FD we drop to 36%).

If he shoves 99+ we get up to 49% but how many over pairs does he have and how many does he shove? If he's shoving sets, 2p (85s), strong FDs and one over pair we break even, if he's shoving wider we show a small profit, if he ever has suicidal bluffs then it's probably a good call.

Tough spot. Maybe err against variance and fold.

I have had only played with him max 5 hours, and have concluded the following (which makes my call bad, lol):

1) he may be scared money, always buys in for min $300;
2) he overplays overpairs, he would have 3b QQ+ pre;
3) he does not play his draws aggressively; and
4) he likes to show big bluffs, saw him snap shove with two naked overs one time and naked gutshot+ 1 over one time.

I so wished that the shove was a PSB, that would have made my decision a lot simpler. I obv gave him the range u gave him, but I added some ******ed bluffs as well, hence the call. Thinking back, this deep, I should have folded and picked a better spot due to variance. However, what eventually prompted me to call was to preserve my image as a lag/maniac in this EV neutral/slightly EV- spot. I don't know how to quantify that. I don't know. Weird spot.

Day 22

Hours Played: 4 hours 56 minutes
Profit: $1095

CTD Hours Played: 94 hours 18 minutes
CTD Profit: $8911

I finally played a session that I believe was mistake-free! No loose call downs, no wtf raises, no loss of focus. I guess reprimanding myself for not playing my best game helped a bit.

Hand 1
eff. $600
I limp UTG1 with 95hh, UTG2 makes it $30, BB calls, I call. Kh7c6d OTF. UTG2 bets $60, BB folds, I call. 4h OTT. UTG2 bets $145, I shove for $510, UTG2 calls. 3d OTR. MHIG.

Hand 2
eff. $500
I raise $20 with 4s3s from UTG1, CO calls, SB makes it $65, I call, CO calls. 5sKd2h OTF. XXX. 7s OTT. SB bets $80, I raise to $200, CO folds, SB folds.

Hand 3
eff. $100
Shorty straddles from UTG, folds to me, I make it $100 with AhTh from BTN, blinds fold and shorty calls. T8794 runout. He rolls over K6o. I was torn between limping/min-raising/$40ish/$100. None of the options seemed good.

Weekend is here. Hopefully, I can string together a couple good sessions.

Did I miss some theory on live poker or something

Something tells me that you wouldnt have thought you played mistake free if you hadnt rivered the guy in the $1250 pot in HH1. Its a losing session without that river.

Limping 95s UTG+1, calling a raise, calling the flop bet OOP with a gutshot is all terrible. Check raising all in on the turn might be good depending on the opponent but he called so not so much this time.

I guess limping 95hh ties in with an overall strategy and as long as a play doesn't deviate from strategy then there's no need to consider it a mistake. Now whether the strategy itself is good or bad is open to debate but that's different to a mistake.

Um. I guess I used the term "mistake-free" too loosely, maybe. To a single raise, I wanted to see a flop vs. a straight forward player and I liked the flop because it gave me so many turns that I could put a lot of pressure on one pair type of hands that make up majority of his range. His genuine hesitation on the flop (obv. my interpretation) led me to believe that he did not like the king. OTF, I decided to check shove turns I like and if he checks the turn, bet about 1/2 pot otr. I had thought at that time that I had a ton of FE. (Which happened to be wrong as well).

Days 23-25

Hours Played: 11 hours 19 minutes
Profit: -$1439

CTD Hours Played: 105 hours 37 minutes
CTD Profit: $7472

I had to deal with a couple real life issues and was not able to update this thread. Actually, didn't want to deal with it over the weekend.

I guess it affected my play a little bit and I went in a spew mode for a session at Commerce where I lost 3.5 buyins in 3 hours. Heh.

I guess I will do a month in review type of deal in a few days, but I feel like my lack of volume at the beginning of the month is hurting a bit.

Oh well, what can you do but try to do better from here on out? Peace.

Wow if these HHs are the norm you have to be playing in some of the softest 500NL game in the country!

Enjoy - GL on the felt

Interesting limp with 95s I wouldn't think it plays well enough to limp does that strategy work well for you?

Thank you for sharing this journey! This is very inspiring to me. I'm 22 years old and it is my goal to become a 5/5 casino reg in about 1-2 years time. I will be following this thread closely. Good luck!

You are probably right. I am no poker genius by any means, and I am able to beat the game!

Thanks for following!

LOL. There are people at the tables who are looking for reasons to fold their hands postflop. I think it works out pretty well vs. them. Who knows, you might flop a straight flush! Jackpot hand, obv.

Day 26

Hours Played: 1 hour 44 minutes
Profit: $1106

CTD Hours Played: 107 hours 21 minutes
CTD Profit: $8578

I was able to squeeze in a quick session while waiting for my daughter's rehearsal to end.

Hand 1
eff. $700ish

UTG $20, HJ calls, I 3b Qs5s to $65 from BTN, they both call. Q24cc. I bet $130, they both fold.

Hand 2
eff. $625/$1100

I make it $20 from UTG1 with JJ, CO calls, BTN calls, BB calls. JT6r OTF. I bet $65, CO ($1500ish) snaps, BTN tanks and puts out $365 leaving $240ish behind, I take a minute and put $750 into the middle. CO folds. BTN calls. I hold.