Weekend Ending 05/02/17 - 11 hours 35 minutes $1288 - Variance 2
Another crappy start to the month this weekend. Yesterday after getting up at 3am for work, working for 8 hours, then heading to the casino to play for 7.5 hours, I was absolutely toasted by the end of the night. It was seriously dangerous driving home that tired. Because of this, I've decided I'll no longer be playing Fridays - it's just too brutal after working a labouring job all day - and I didn't even get a workout in because of DOMS.
So executive decision is that I will only be playing Saturdays from here on in. This blows because it means I'll be getting pretty ****ty volume in and there's no way I'll be getting my 16 hours weekly in. I'm okay with this since my priority right now is saving cash (i.e. working) and health - spontaneously decided to start bulking again. While prima facie this doesn't seem like a time-consuming task, it completely consumes your life - you're spending all day Sunday cooking, and eating all day every day. And sleep is vital so grinding long hours on Friday is simply not going to work with this in mind.
Friday I lost about $600. Never been so card dead in my entire life. Made one "hand" the whole night which was top pair okay kicker, and lost about $200 to a better kicker. A bunch of folding.
Also quick question, opening A9s from UTG on a 10 handed table is out of the question right, even when you're card dead as ****? I made a heap of silly loose opens and cold calls, **** like CCing KJs in UTG+1 vs a $25 UTG open simply because discipline was lacking.
Tonight I lost a $1,500 pot with KK vs AA, AK8ss flop. We were both about 700-800 deep. Unavoidable cooler I know but so brutal because these sorts of hands cripple your winrate for a long long time.
Anyway, I'm happy putting in a single session each week but with more of a focus on improving and learning as much as possible from each session. Watching my PLO videos will also be important now as I'm playing less.
For my 14 sessions this year, variance out of 10 is sitting at 4.14/10 which means I'm only sorta running bad so definitely still work to be done. Ofc, regarding results, if I'd been dealt AA in that hand tonight and him KK, as well as a few weeks ago where I was 80% favourite on the turn AI for $1,900 - had I held, in just these two hands, things would be very different. Ofc lolsample and etc. Sall G, just a little frustrating.
So unfortunately with only one session per week now, things will be quite slow for this thread. Hopefully I can save that $500 a week and get my liferoll up to $25k soon enough so I can begin a new thread whence I'm playing full time.
One hand, vs guy who stacked me tonight:
Villain opens UTG (8 handed) to $20, MP calls $20, Hero in CO calls $20 with AJo, SB calls $20.
Flop $80: K
J
8
Check, Check, Muck, Check
Turn: $80: K
J
8
2
Check, Check, Hero bets $45ish, Fold, Villain calls.
River: $170: K
J
8
2
Brick
Check, Hero bets $115, V calls and mucks.
I think here tbh we literally always have the best hand and should overbet. Villain is the type of guy to bluff catch and I suspect he may have had a worse jack or even something like TT. So in future I think we should bet pot or even sth like $200 here.
Until then, see you next weekend.
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