Quickly dusted off $2.5k at 10/10, KQJT7ds lost all in pre and KQJT8ss lost in a l/rr pot spr mini...got it in with just a bakdoor wrap on 932r.

Left for greener pastures and spun it up at 1/2 plo fast, then my buddy said 10/25 was good and I hopped in there, got a triple with AA v. QJ v. KK and got a bluff through against this fear money player, shipped J6ss on 983Qss ott and he folded, said he didn't like the Q. Game broke and mix line up was no good so I played more plo instead and made another$1,200 before quitting up a good amount 13 hours in. Zzz..

Had a pretty good session, slow start and early morning game was no good at plo so I left for 2/5 where I finally flopped a set (!) only for the front-door flush to come in on the river and for my opponent to jam all in...ayeee! What made it a little more tilting was that I had a spade in my hand but I didn't think he'd do this with AA/KK/QQs. Left for 5/T where I flopped a set and got paid, made about $1,000 from the dude to my right wearing a gold rolex, a fraction of what that beauty cost him. Mix ran and I played to help the game started but I wasn't running well so I quit and left for plo again which by now had gotten better, lost a dsAA all in pre multiway, but then made a good comeback and actually won on the plo session too.

Been talking to some folks overseas about plo5 coaching as well, pretty stoked.

Are you getting the coaching or giving it?

Giving. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a while and I’m glad I finally have someone(s) who are interested.

My friends suggested I not give away the strat for various reasons but I want to give it a try anyway.

I don’t think I’ll get coaching for plo, I’ve learned enough as it is through self-study.

Yesterday's binge of a session was absolutely horrid, I was never winning the whole time. At my worst I was stuck over $4k due primarily to runbad in 2/5...AQ lost to mid set in 3! pot on Q63hh, JJ ran into AA btn v. sb in straddled pot 80bb eff., KQs lost to 54s in 3! pot, bottom two lost to rivered straight (I assume) at 10/25/50, but made a great rebound at plo making over $2k at the end for a modest loss on the day. Slept all day into the early morning hours. Applied for a mental health law job but haven't heard anything. Coaching continues.

Was losing most of the day until the very end, won some pots at plo (AA held and AKJT8ds held) and ended up several hundred on the day. Ran QQ into KK at 5/T and lost a few hundo there, lost wrap+fd to set as well at plo. Student is already seeing positive results after a few days, awesome to hear! Wrapped up the night with some food with the poker boys and headed home after another long azz 13-hour session.

Having another rough go at it today, lost top top to bottom set on flush draw bricking runout at 5/T, at 25/25 lost bottom set open ender in bomb pot when flop checked through and action drunk player bet turn, lost mid set to rivered gutter to same action v, lost A63 to 66 on 633AK in limped pot as well against action v (I was in bb). Got a double with AA at least. All these players have it and I am paying them off. Maybe IÂ’ve become the action!

Now at smaller plo game to grind it up again for a bit before calling it a night.

Seems like lately all the whales had a New YearÂ’s resolution to quit poker because the games have dried up a little lately. Gonna tough it out and keep playing my best. Honestly feeling a little off my A game lately as well, lots of sets getting cracked and losing the bigger pots as a favorite. All things considered, it could be worse.

Just post new years lul

Yeah you're probably right, although last year this time I don't recall similar, I really ran pretty well too.

I was starting to eye the big mix last night I was getting a little over losing at plo and hold 'em, but I stayed strong.

Lately I have been paying off with 2nd best more often that I should...the money does not mean what is used to to me and big bets for others seem like meh small bets to me, esp. at 5/T and 1/2 plo5. I've been playing bigger hold 'em games to leverage my bankroll in those games more.

Bottom set is normally a trivial fold for me but last night I think I was a little tilted by my smaller plo session and losing in hold 'em too, some dude who beat me in a few pots at plo said he "owned me" and I was pretty upset that he said something so unsportsmanlike. I told him since he was such a big guy he could come find me at 25/50 at md live and we'll play there.

On a funnier note, this drunk Indian player lost a pot and blurted out "don't do that to daddy." And we repeated "don't do that to daddy" the rest of the session every time we lost. Lol.

Just when I thought it was going to be a horrible month: 25/50 plo two hours in, in for $1,500:

Record session, game turned into 50/50/100. Yippie!

Good Job Very Inspiring!

It's on now monikrazy...https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/2...ching-1827348/.

Heads up challenge officially offered.

Get that bully back once and for good!

Thanks!

Some bigger pots were AhAT84hds 976hh versus 99 in 3! pot, gii flop held both runouts. Didn't realize I flopped the straight at first, thought it was a split pot when I made my flush on the bottom runout. Oops!

KKQQ3ds in 4! pot $1,700 pre, Q53 my flush draw flop, donk at spr 1.25, fold.

AK653 A24hh flop x through, turn 9, donk, I raise $3,000, folds around.

Open / jam KQT93ds otb versus 3! squeeze, win both boards top two and straight against bad AA.

Took friends out for breakfast afterwards and including this guy I had some bad blood with previously who had been playing. Good times.

Played night session, very good game, was up $5k at peak but lost some with AA nfd in 3! pot to top set and QQJT9 v. AAT98 in 4! pot on J83r.

Biggest win of night was T9875ds on K76 my suits versus KK77 and 66 for the massive side pot. Very good month, let's keep it going...!

No heads up match but we'll sort it out other ways.

Snowed in, just dking around on here arguing with trolls about what qualifies someone to teach poker...good galfond jungle heads up compilation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls1L3Mz0D7I.

My first paying student is already doing incredibly well! Hooray!

Running well today, a little tired earlier than normal, probably because I was exhausted arguing with Monikrazy all day in the Omaha forum and had to shovel snow.

Might just call it an early night. The galfond jungle compilation is pretty good and entertaining and instructive as well. I was blasting every blocker I could today at the tables, that’s for sure!

Sometimes you’re so tired you start suggesting to the whale sitting to your right that he call it a night, so you can go home….

Monikrazy guy seems sick in the head, very odd duck. You seem to still play a lot of nl, do you like 2/5nl or 1/2/5card more? I’ve thought about picking up 5card at mgmnh but have only ever won in 4card live in super soft west coast lineups, buying in short and playing super tight pre.

Definitely like 1/2 plo5 more, no comparison. More action on average, if you’re able to handle the swings, and much bigger skill gaps.

You can win using the same strategy you employed out west in these games as well.

Best 1/2 plo session ever! Got high fives from Vs too, people here are starting to like me, it's pretty neat. Helps to not be grumpy working two+ jobs.

One legendary V 3! GII everything against me and I held with most of them, won some big side pots with shorty jamming and me "isolating" for a side pot with the legend too.

Looking like it will be another best month if things keep going well. I've definitely grown even more as a player, no question.

A good session, no records broken but I didn't have it in me to play my usual 8-10 hours, just 5 last night. My lady friend visited again, we got dinner on me to celebrate my rungood. We got to talking about meeting people and she asked if any guy had ever approached me in the poker room and I said no. It's a tough place for gays to meet. But you never know...there's definitely one dude I've been swiping left on tinder who plays hold 'em but he slow rolled me the first time we played together ("said "good call" and had the obvious winner) so I'll pass. He's out of shape too and sorta a nit. Next!

Another good session last night, 25/25/25/25 plo5 (yes, 4 blinds), lost set over set at 5/5 as a shorty first, lost AA v. AA v. non-AA, made it all at the smaller plo game until I was summoned to the big one and literally first hand I am dealt AAJT8 and get it in against a loose player for my first buy in and hold. Won flush over flush later on as well, and nut straight nut flush draw straight redraw versus?? in a bomb pot for a tidy profit on the evening. Looking more and more like another very big month.

We all joked and bad mouthed one another, someone asked if I was buying new sweaters with my profits lately as I was wearing one, I said this one was a hand me down from my dad, "vintage," I said. Then someone said don't use that word just say it's old...I said ok, it's a historic sweater. As I left the same guy hollered "please give that sweater back to your dad!"

Yet another solid day, ran a little bad at the smaller plo game against a legend, losing wrap+fd against his straight in a $3.5k pot, but more than made up for it at 25/25 where I won AA in 4! pot and QQJ97 to KT998 on T84r...V said he didn't see how much I was playing and misclick raised after I jammed on him and since we are on better terms now than we used to be I agreed to just play for his $1,200 raise amount (I scooped). Also lost K-high ds rundown in 4! pot to bad AA, flop A55...lol. All in all a good session though, and officially my best month ever (so far)! I got a little ool at the smaller plo game with the legend, 4! AQ765ds against his presumably looser than most 3! and got punished for it this time but otherwise played fine.

In the beginning of the session people were getting stacked so fast and the fill wasn't arriving quickly enough and due to a new rule that does not permit using lamers in lieu of chips, some of us were finding creative ways to reload. Quite the annoying rule, have to keep more chips on me from now on it seems.

Have made up with the pro I had bad blood with for a while there, his friend talked to him for me. Hopefully the truce lasts this time! I was at my wit's end. A general trend lately, smoothing things over with some old foes. Feels good!