7/23/2014
POKER
3 sessions today. First two went poorly, third one went well. I feel that I played well in every session. I am mainly concentrating on controlling tilt. I had another session today where I was 1k below ev and I kept getting pissed off. My girl came up with a great idea that I have heard referenced before in the forums (maybe it was King Niche lol). Since I can't seem to keep from doing SOMEthing physical after I lose a couple big pots in a row - whether it be throwing something or punching something - she said, "Why don't you just do 30 pushups?"
I feel so juvenile and ******ed having to even discuss this as an adult, but hey here we are, so I am implementing that tomorrow. I actually can see it working very well. Its not like when I tilt I go storming around the house. Usually I am playing so many tables I need to get back on, so I just do one thing - throw something, etc (Its never been anything valuable - I do seem to have SOME self control). Then I am back to feeling ok (obv not completely even keeled, but I feel better). This will hopefully help me, and if I time out of a few tables, so be it.
I ended up on more tables tonight than I planned to be on tonight due to quality of games and didn't end up marking as many hands as I would have liked, but I want to start posting hands. Feedback, as always, is appreciated.
Hand #1:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?6685367
I have always played fairly loose for the number of tables I play (up until recently 33/26/9% 3bet), but after some coaching/leak identification, have been playing at a steady 26/22/4agg/9%3bet. I know that one of my weaknesses is that I call down too often. This hand is an example. Villian is 74/6/2.6/5.4 over 150 hands, I did see him 3bet AJ once and had a note that he checked behind bottom pair on the turn after calling a flop, and bet 1/2 pot on river with 3 overcards on the board. I'm not going to go over my thought process because I feel that its pretty self explanatory. I guess I wonder how bad it is. I'm obviously not beating much, I just think I justify calls like this too often. I feel like its much better if the BD flush doesn't get there because the flush makes him less likely to bet his bluffs.
Hand #2:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?6685370
Villain's a good reg and doesn't get out of line much against me. I am struggling as of late with blind vs blind play versus regs, and I justify trying to win pots when I shouldn't. I think he actually has a lot of aces here and a 3barrel is bad.
Hand #3:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?6685373
Its always tough for me, when I'm having a rough stretch, to go over hands and see it from a neutral perspective. Right now I'm looking at that hand and thinking, "Typical example of another bad call", but maybe its not terrible. Villain is 44/13/1.1agg over 600. I don't think those types are ever betting worse here.
*I'm a little tired from playing a lot of hands today, so those hands are not too involved, but I do like going over hands/thought process and will try to make them more interesting in the future. I just wanted to get some up.
WELLNESS
WORKOUT: SHOULDERS
3x10 Arnold Press
4x12 Dumbbell Raise (side)
3x10 Dumbbell Raise (front)
3x12 Shrug
3x10 Rear Delt Machine
3xfail Rear Delt Raise
I went for a long walk and meditated for 10 minutes today as well.
Last edited by clydetheglide; 07-24-2014 at 12:37 AM.