Sipped a crown apple last night, was offered by a friend and a few of us enjoyed them together. Very nice taste …sipped one for a couple hours. Today going ok, lost top two to a set against fun player, lost mid set top set blocker to top set as well. But won KKT84ds 3! pot with top set, the draws missed. Was able to avoid the couple.

Feeling in a good mood, winning to start the month too despite a couple missteps.

Won an AAQ66ss at the end three ways on T8795 runout somehow, don't ask me how. Ended up winning a couple grand to start the month. Woke up late, but got sun in the morning, gonna do lattes (vanilla flavor now with oat milk), music (Dido, sand in my shoes remix), and light exercise. . . feeling a little sore . . . and then head out to grind.

Had a good chuckle with a fun player, his wife was standing behind him for a few minutes and I 5! to $685 with AKQQTds after a short stack jammed, he was in for $70 but folded, and she left. After the hand was over I won with top set, I asked if he would have won as there were baby straights possible, he said yeah. I said "your wife saved my butt, if she wasn't here you're definitely calling that $685." We laughed. He has offered me a sniff of his medicinal weed too, "is that medicinal weed to help work on your poker game?" I asked him one time. He laughed. Good times.

Had absolutely delicious home style braised tofu with veggies tonight, mushrooms bok choy carrots and snow peas, very savory and really hit the spot. Running ok, lost with a T high ds rundown to two AA but made a come back elsewhere.

There’s some discussion on really good players. I’d say they are the ones that put their opponents to the test often and know when to pull the trigger. Super aggro postflop, know preflop down pat. Can deviate from gto when warranted pre and post. Hard to read and range in a hand. Can mask the strength of their hand well and confuse their opponents. Know their equities well of course as well.

Ran mediocre, lost AKJT4ds to Q-high and dsKKT87 to QQ (both against same gambler for around $1,000 pre). Ended up winning $1,300 or so on the long session, but it felt like a letdown all things considered. At least I am winning relatively consistently again. Now for some much-deserved rest.

Early morning session started well before funnplayer quit and game broke, AAA87ds 4! pot won on Q98r flop somehow. Waiting for a hold em seat or action player will buy half my action in the mix, very juicy line up.

Thankfully the fun player quit before I could the mix play. Did make quads three times at plo today though, ended up around $1k before I left to take a nap and reset my schedule/wake up during daylight hours. On a little heater lately...!

Got tired and took a rest in the morning and then played an afternoon session, ran pretty good and made another $1,100 or so. AAKT7ds held on QQ4 as did AA932ds on 732r, KK877ds held too on 742hh, my fd, all 4! pots. Woke up early, before the sunrise, on a weird shorter but more frequent sleep schedule the past day or two, hopefully will just turn into a regular pattern soon. Might be anxious about the election, had a dream I got into a car accident and injured someone with a preexisting leg injury (incidentally, got side swiped last night..super frustrating, and driver didn't have valid license or insurance it seems!).

Ran bad in all ins with AAJ95ss and 99887ds and lost nut straight K fd redraw to straight two pair straight redraw, he got there. Decided to grind 2/5 for a little as the plo got bad.

Ran better but then Ran top boat into quads and lost AT875ds to AA. Lost nut straight nut flush draw on turn to set plus bdnfd as well. Currently stuck $900 while sweating the election results on my phone (mgm not allowed to show election coverage on tvs).

Trump FTW

Woke up early, not a ton of sleep two nights in a row but I’m feeling ok anyway. Still trying to rework my inner clock. Got to the poker room and at least a gambler is playing, already lost a three way all in with AAQT2ss. Used my rowing machine had my lattes and now just waiting for the sunrise to take a walk and get some rays and focus on my health.

Edit: won another AA942, pretty crappy but called closing the action and flopped top set and held.

Game was no good after gambler quit so I left to try to get some more sleep, eventually got some. Enjoying another latte before heading out and hopefully finding a better game.

Last night lost AKQ98ds 3! pot 754dd my nfd flop, gambler had Q7dd and went runner runner QQ to scoop. Don't mind him winning, he called a c/r with the nfd no pair on A55 against me earlier drawing dead.

TheFranz, you should be ashamed of yourself. I hope you face at least some sort of ban. Personally, I think it should be permanent.

That Q7 is pretty sick, but I know it happens all the time. Glad you didn't mind I might have. LOL.

Ran meh at 5/5, AA top set lost to flopped flush and KK top set lost to rivered flush. Then 4! jammed AKJ85ds as a bluff (or value?) against some potentially wide ranges and got it in against AKK and 9-high and somehow didn’t win any of the pot running it twice. Back at 1/2 now.

Got a late bday gift from a fun player, a new chip bag! he noticed mine was falling apart.very kind of him..

Woke up with the sun out, coaching session got postponed so I exercised a bit and hit the tables. Already lost KKQJTds on K85 to Q7655 and JJT55 on 985 to nfd and a straight.

Sorta running like ass today. L/rr AAQ98 gii spr 1 952 lost to Q9753. Top two nut open ender lost to mid pair backdoor wrap. At least I sold another book and the market is still going up. Hopefully the fed rate cut will be well received too.

Got a taste of rungood but sadly it hasn’t lasted this month so far.

Made a loose exploitative call with the nut flush on a paired board against a clueless aggro fish and he actually had a boat this time. Then lost nfd overpair gutter to worse pair worse draw and three pair plus open ender to a straight. Running bad and playing questionably. Not feeling great either ..a little under the weather.would be stuck today regardless but not quite as much if I made a couple disciplined folds.

You sound like a fascist.

Sorry about the run bad, Dumbo. You are allowed to take a day off and regroup! Hope you are feeling better, too.

Thanks. I am hanging in there. Gonna focus on the good things in life like vanilla lattes music and rowing and hand histories with friends and support from you all.

In a real bummer lost dsAA to two garbage hands that were blocking each other all in pre for $800 last night. Definitely felt robbed that one. It’s been an amazing poker year anyway, need to remind myself I’ve been blessed. Got extra sleep last night and woke up late to recover from this cold too. Taking care of myself.

Ran well today so far, top sets held to draws. Played mix very briefly until the game got terrible and left for plo again. The table chatter got political and the $100 double straddle was on and I didn’t feel like playing in those conditions. Back at 1/2 plo.

Kept running well, JJ held against AA nfd plus gutter on J73hh, AAKQJ beat 77665 and AJJ54ds beat K-high both all in pre against a gamboly player who I was happy to give action to. Sold two more books too. Not a bad day all things considered. Now if only I could fall asleep…!

Do you ever have any run-ins with that tiny HS player that does those weird dips on the stage rail? Really bad for his shoulders long term and creeps out everyone nearby, total lose, lose. The big PLO players in San Diego do push up contests that are well received by everyone in the room and could be a good alternative.

Got great rest and woke up late, but I needed it. Enjoying vanilla lattes and Froufrou music, gonna row and then hit the tables.

There's nothing wrong with getting a little exercise in between hands...lol, leave the guy alone.