A low volume week for me but I'm pretty pleased with results. I finally dragged myself back into the Venetian after running not so stellar there last month. Got up pretty fast when a mid 30's Asian reg I know (his game) pretty well tried to run a big semi bluff on me. I opened in the hijack with 7c7d and he came overtop on button w/both of us sitting on just over $300. Sometimes I would fold here but his !3 is lighter than the average 1-2 player so I made the call (was $26 over my $9 open I think). I checked to him on a Js9s4c flop and he bet $45...I decided to float it planning on donking in most blank turns and turning my hand into a bluff...also was considering repping spades if it came but wasn't sure yet. Turn pairs the J so my plan changes to checking and re-eval...he bets out $90 which in my mind polarizes him to a J or nothing b/c the most likely hand I could have here is Jx and hes repping it +he checks behind with overpairs or 9x...so he could have a J but I think hes weighted more towards draws at this point especially with his known aggression so I call it. My decisions pretty much made on turn that I'm check-calling off most rivers so I do so when a red 3 hits...I show the 7s and he insta mucks and gets up to go, one guy asks what he had he says Qs10s...not sure if that was the case or not; poker players lie. So up about +320$ but the 2 best spots at table leave shortly after so I ask for a table change and get moved to an 'ok' table...noone was paying attention so I just came back in for $300. Played pretty ABC tight and chipped up another +$147.
Been messing around a lot online in the little local NV allowed sites for fun...as it turns out despite my advances in live game discipline my online discipline has eroded pretty badly...took a few legitimately nasty beats early on and steam tilted off the rest of my deposit in the micro stakes haha. Put in a little more and played some SnGs for fun then ran well in a little daily for like $40 bucks to pick up +$600.
As I mentioned earlier the first Food Meetup put on largely by Gobbo Jimmy) went down on Thurs at Chada Thai...I'll post my pics I took but they are really bad from the dim lighting so if you haven't already you should check out the pics Gobbo took in the food thread here:
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/10...46/index3.html The food was incredible and good conversation; take a group up poker players and then refine it further into food lovers and your gonna inevitably get a good crew...I think we had 10 people come which was good.
Didn't play today or yesterday because I got somewhat sidelined through an act of unadulterated stupidity. My gf decided it would be a good idea to put pillow down on the living room floor and try to do frontflips off of this plastic lawnchair...ended in her landing on her back/butt and shaking the floor but thats besides the point; In my overly competitive nature I decided I would step in and show her how its done. I set up on the chair, started a forward rotation and then powered down through the legs...was going to be a thing of beauty BUT...I hear this loud CRRRRACK...dont remember much after that but the front of the plastic chair had snapped off mid jump and I had come down essentially upside down onto my head I think I recall hearing some pops in my neck. This as Thursday afternoon but I wasn't about to miss the food meetup so popped some Advils, iced that @#$t and made it out still able to have a really good time. Unfortunately a persistent headache developed along with my neck getting really stiff and my thinking getting a bit cloudy. Went to a doc who said I pretty much just had a concussion and had sprained my neck...gave me some painkillers and muscle relaxers. Yesterday was pretty bad but today has been significantly better so should be back in action tomorrow. Doc said I had to stay out of the gym/intense physical activity for 5-7 days +try not to overstimulate my brain w/e that means so that sucks.
I've been doing a ton of reading lately on mtt theory/strategy and have decided I'm restructuring my time a little over the next 30 days or so. I find myself wanting to devote more time and energy to mtts obviously with no great expectations but for recreational enjoyment and motivation/experience. I'm going to be cutting down my cash hours to 20-25/wk and then playing 3-4 mtts...will probably kick off with the Aria $125 this Mon then the Orleans on Fri...will toss another 1 or 2 in there somewhere. I'm already pumped up about playing more mtts which is good since my motivation hasn't been as high as I would like on the heals of that last downswing (Sept) and I think it will ultimately bolster my cash game motivation as well.
Here's some pics from the food meet but as I said, should really check out Gobbo's thread on it he got some much better food pron it was too dam dim in there for my phone.
Ok gonna steal one pic from Gobbo's of all of us there...
The next meet is on Wed if anyone wants to check it out have a look at the thread.