Made around $1,000 in tail end of session, game got good in the morning and I stayed a few extra hours even though it messed up my schedule. T9877 in 4! pot won, AA top set in 3! pot lost, AKJT8 AQ67 2nd nfd lost to a set of queens were the biggest highlights. Was quite card dead and was stuck a good amount towards the end of my session so I'll take any win and be happy about it today quite frankly. Market doing well too, always nice. Pretty spent now..zzz.

Around $68,124 on the challenge left to go. Slept well, music and caramel lattes now, gonna watch a mixed game recorded stream then get ready to head out.

Fighting against the forces of negative variance mentally is a challenge. Recovery from a downswing is a process. I'm finding my footing again pretty well all things considered.

Played a very long overnight session to reset my schedule, perhaps the longest all year. Started off well enough, winning a $300 waterfall at 10/10 and chipping up a little here and there, played well, got AT987ss in on 356 my nfd against action player's 477, 4 ott gave me a near lock but he boated on first river with two pair and we chopped, heartbreaking...$7,000 pot...booked the win for my confidence and left for 5/5 where my friend was playing, got KQT95ds $1,000 limp raise with dead money overlay setting up iso and AAT43ss all in pre $2,500 and lost both with plenty of equity, lost QT986ds for $1,000 in similar fashion, finally won AAJ85ds for $2,000. Was in for $7,000 but by the time the game got short-handed and was about to break was only stuck a couple grand (about what I won at 10/10). Got chinese food and played 1/2 plo where I lost with 8x in 3! pot on J88 against some action players and QQJ63 on T425 to 44, all in on the turn but he quaded on the river. At this point I was very fed up with plo and left for hold 'em in a good game where I chipped up easily and finally lost with Q5s in the whale's BB on T74 my fd, 6 ott gave me open ender and fd and overcard and we got it in for $700 against him after I c/r multiway to $1,050 against his "taking a stand"/nonbelieving A7o and we brick twice. I was so annoyed I forgot my oat milk at mgm (long story) and now I don't have enough milk for my morning lattes. I think I ended up losing just $700 or so on the day, but it was a real pain to start winning again and to lose it all back at 5/5 and not recover.

Don't worry Dumbo, the holiday weekend has only just begun -- the action players will be coming out of the woodwork today & tomorrow so you'll have ample opportunity to capitalize

Thank you. Played a morning session games were fine until whale quit and I left. +$1,200.

Ended up $3,965 after all was said and done on the day, morning and evening sessions. Saw family and took a PM siesta nap, then arrived at mgm again. 99 and 88 held all in pre at 5/T/25, AA won a medium pot at plo, but lost AA wheel wrap to top pair open ender K45r, made my straight ott but he got me on the river after calling a pot sized bet ott drawing to 18%. Also overflushed someone on the river and made a good $360 c/r him. Sometimes I have it when I c/r river haha. Some momentum coming my way, wanna keep it going. Feel like I played well and ran well, a rare combo for me lately.

Now some well-deserved rest...!

$64,859 left on the challenge. Almost out of the downswing now too. Nice feeling as always. Have not lost my aggression much either, even with all the bad run. Someone commented yesterday that I have become more aggressive after I stopped working. Maybe I have too much pent up energy I am trying to expel that I didn't previously have after a day of working lol.

Battled hard all day, ended up winning $1,200 or so, missed a couple spots I could have taken with mid set no back up but opted not to as the risk was too high and if I was beat I was drawing almost dead. Incorrectly folded an underfull against the wrong guy in one hand as well...maniacs are tough to play against, especially multiway in plo5 where they can easily have a strong hand.

It would be nice to have someone to love and be in a relationship, people who are married are lucky. As I get older I am starting to realize that more and more. At least I still have my family, parents and sister.

Happy to book another win all things considered. And now, some rest!

I am incredibly lucky. I married my best friend (at 40, so I knew who I was looking for). I'm not the type of woman who has "girl friends." I want to do everything with my husband -- he feels the same about me. That said, sometimes it sounds fun to be single w/o having to worry about someone else and their baggage. Do what you want, go where you want when you want, etc. The grass is sometimes greener

If you do find someone, make sure they are your best friend. I know so many couples who don't seem to want to be "together." For example, they go on vacation together but then split up -- one goes to play golf; the other shops, etc. Or they take separate vacations -- he with the boys; she with the girls. That does not sound like a fun relationship to me, but to each their own, I guess. As I said, I got very lucky.

$63,601 to go or so. Slept late, woke up late . . . so much for resetting my sleep schedule. Sigh.

My parents are always getting into arguments, not the best example of a happy couple. Yes, I would consider you lucky Javanewt!

My friend the other night at 5/5 plo complained the game was boring, said "we just jerk each other off playing the nuts here." I have not been playing as long as he has, I can only imagine how much harder poker becomes 10+ years in as someone playing around 6-7 years at this point. I try to find moments in the madness and appreciate the money.

Sometimes I think it's just better to stick to the 1/2/5. The good players move up; the bad players and recs/tourists stay at the lowest level, so their money is easier to get. It just takes a little longer to get as much

Currently waiting for a hold em seat after a long night of plo, ran meh and up a little on the day so far. Colluding couple sat at same 5/5 game and I said I would not play if they were both there (we switched the game to 5/5 from 1/2 and she came over to join him), prompting the usual barrage of insults and disparaging remarks from them. “Cookoo” is his new favorite, attacking my mental health as usual. He even threw in a well-timed backwards shift in his chair as I walked behind him, almost hitting me in the process. What a class act.

Anyway I outed them again to everyone and mentioned the petition 25 players signed asking mgmnt to keep them off the same table. I got an approving nod from another reg who has been around for a long time and one newer player told me she didnÂ’t respect them at all and thought I was cool and handled their bullying well. In revenge she screwed me over. I asked for a seat change as a player was about to quit and the players next to me heard me but not the dealer. Colluding wife then asked the dealer for the seat. I said I already claimed it. She called the floor who ruled you have to ask the dealer for the seat for it to count.

Toxic pro must have become friendly with them (I guess bullies like each other) as I am their common threat and he suddenly arrived this morningÂ…she dished all her gossip about the evening to him. Toxic pro later tables changed to my game along with her and at that point I decided it was time to quit as the game wasnÂ’t that good anyway and hell if I was going to lose any of my money to these two.

Going to round out another long session at two card unless plo gets good and I can get a seat in a new game without those pricks.

Some chatter in game about Colin kapernick’s knee in the nfl…integrity and principles above money….we need more people with good moral character in poker who are willing to make hard decisions and sacrifice to do the right thing and make sure Justice prevails. It’s hard because it’s so dog eat dog and there is a lot of greed…. I hope I set a good example anyway. I credit my legal background to this.

Kapernick was doing the right thing? I hope that is not what you are implying. Either way I don't think anyone needs a social justice warrior misreg.

Don't you get caught frequently trying to go north? Are you constantly table changing preying on the weakest of the weak?

Kind of the point of poker.

It is, but only Dumbo can maintain his integrity and be a pillar of morality while table changing 10 times a day to chase the fish and bend the rules when it suits him while being a rules nit to others. If you look up the dictionary definition of hypocrite you will see a photo of his avatar.

Very groggy from waking up in the middle of the night, switching sleep patterns is rough. Lattes and music now (frou frou), then hopefully a good game to jump into. Up $1,100 yesterday. $62,501 to go.

Was not feeling well when I woke up...nauseous and headache...not great to constantly be changing my schedule. Popped a couple ibuprofen, went back to bed for a few more hours and felt better when I woke up. Had a banana and some nut mix.

Some hands from the last sessions:

At 5/5, AQTT4 Q diamonds, AT3dd, lose to QJ9T3 no diamonds to runner runner straight. Also lose with nut straight ott to rivered boat.

Win AAKQ2ds three ways all in pre. correctly bluff catch Q flush on T73ccc to someone who I know uses the naked A...she announces two pair and I hold.

Open QJT98ds ssdd, flop 863hhd, someone donks, we flat, turn off suit 9, they jam we snap we hold versus 96xxx (plus hearts we assume).

2/5, open AdQs, bet and get raised small on Q52dd, flat, call and call down 7Q runout and I'm good v. K9dd.

Really not feeling well today, had to leave early to pop some pills and eat. Didn't play great either, lost around $850 at plo getting KQQ86ds in multiway on JT3 my q flush draw in a 3! pot, also lost nut wrap double bdfd in 3! pot (this was standard). All this schedule changing is really taking its toll this time.

I am confused. Is there a rule against changing tables? Is there a rule against chasing fish? How does it affect his integrity?

Colluding says something about someone's integrity -- and there are rules against it. Being rude and making derogatory slurs can say something about someone's integrity -- and many rooms have rules against that, too. Calling someone a hypocrite when they aren't being a hypocrite might say something about someone's integrity, too.

Feel better, Dumbo.

We've been sick basically since we got back from Paris last week. I had two good days, but don't feel well again today. Most of my co-workers and their significant others who were with me all got sick, too, but we were never really together, so something must be going around.

Why did you conveniently fail to address how he expects others to let him go north? That’s cut and dry hypocrisy. Leaving out parts that don’t fit your narrative says something about integrity too.

There is no rule against changing tables and chasing fish, but it’s predatory, parasitic, poor etiquette, and terrible for the game to do it excessively. It’s within his right to do it but you’d have to be delusional or a hypocrite when you do that all day yet claim to be a paragon of virtue. Imagine if everyone did the same thing? It’d be a race to the bottom.

Thanks for being a voice of reason. I gave up responding to trolls a long time ago. It’s not worth my precious time and energy. Feel Better soon.

Is there a rule against going north?

I got it. I love dealing with trolls.