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know people say maximize your time in good games but I also have my health to worry about and I can't seem to shake this respiratory cold. It's stubbornly persistent.[/QUOTE]

More than likely you have covid-19.

When people ask if I make money at this game I just laugh heartily and say “I wish bro!”

Ur too nice

I think people who play enough learn who the winners are over time. It’s useless to lie IMO.

Laughing and saying "I wish" isn't an outright lie. You say something like that for the players at the table who don't play a lot. You have to learn how to play for fun, that way you can answer honestly that you play for fun not for money. Even if you do happen to incidentally turn a profit in the long run playing poker.

Not possible because the drama queens on the news keep telling me 99,832% of people infected die within 5 seconds after instantly infecting 5 trillion people.

I think this is somewhat fair enough, but at the same time I think it's perfectly fine to lie to a question in a situation where you shouldn't be asked it.

GcluelessingeneralnoobG

I win but I don’t LOL crush but yeah you’d probably work out I’m winning just by the fact that I play tight and never tilt. I’m not saying it to trick the regs, any of them who actually cares knows what Im about, it’s more for the less frequent players.

It’s also part of a general image I try to give off, which is the non problem player. I’m one of those guys you don’t want at the table, not because I’m a killer but I don’t create action and I’m hard to get money out of. So I try to ensure I’m not a miserable headphone grinder along with it. I’m a happy guy who will chat along and crack jokes.

I've been working on this image problem too. Last night at 5-5 PLO I decided to wait for the button to pass and this reg immediately gave me a hard time about it. So, when it was my (mandatory $15-$20) straddle, I asked the table:

"Do you guys care if I straddle for $10? Kidding." They got a crack out of that.

Sometimes it's funny to use your tight image in a disarming way so, like you said, people don't mind playing with you.

Checked some stats for last 5 weeks and I'm running well at just under 7bb/hr. over 315 hours and a whopping 11bb/hr. in omaha. The 2/5 games have been absolute garbage lately, and I imagine my results in hold 'em reflect that. Lots of people in town for the bbj which is up to $125,000.

Still haven't checked January numbers or overall stats since my downswing. Waiting for some more rungood before swallowing that bitter pill.

My session length also seems to dictate my winrate. It goes up the shorter my session and down the longer I play (3.5 bb/hr. for longest sessions, 5.8 for medium sessions, and 6.8 for shorter sessions). Thankfully I try not to play too many bender-like sessions.

But one thing's for sure: Coming out of a downswing has improved my game a lot. I forced myself to plug leaks, just like I did in November 2018 after my poor showing in Vegas (among other things). Omaha results probably reflect this. Playing tighter than ever in that game. Just like I tightened up in hold 'em after my last downswing.

Now if only I can shake this annoying virus.

Took a night off to fully recover per doctor's orders. My lungs didn't sound normal so he suggested I rest up. I think I've slept about 22 hours over the past 36 hours. Feeling much better. Driving to and playing poker is not ideal for healing. All that stress....

Might sound arrogant, but I'm thinking about offering coaching to anyone interested (in my room or elsewhere).... Playing poker is getting a little mundane and I want something different to keep it interesting. I had a little taste of unofficial (and unpaid) coaching with my buddy who has since moved to Vegas and he told me he got a lot out of our discussions. I've given loads of free advice to my friends too. And I've always really enjoyed teaching.

Just a thought for anyone so inclined who is newer to the game and seriously wants to do this full time, or who has been playing for a while but hasn't attained the results they've wanted.

Consider writing a live poker ebook instead imo. You've got a little bit of a following here, and writing a book could really help you hone in on strategies. It wouldn't have to be much content too. I'm pretty sure Rob Farha wrote an ebook on just four common mistakes people make

Who’s Rob Farha and is he related to Sammy Farha?

Shorter session today, some 1/3 while waiting for PLO (JJ flopped top boat on J66 and coolered 6x), then sat in a bad 5-card game yet somehow managed to eke out a little profit with top set/bdnfd, flush got there otr against flopped straight. Not a bad day given that I am still recovering.

PG&C OG. Yep, his sn pays homage to Sammy.

https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/1...as-now-998922/

Convo between dealer friend of mine and me at Omaha table yesterday:

*Someone at the table next to us coughs in our general direction.*

Me: "Gotten sick yet?"

Dealer friend: "Yeah, got a cold. It's annoying."

Me: "I had one too, worst I've had since the flu in college. This one lasted two weeks."

Dealer friend: "There's a lot of talk about coronavirus. My friend says it's all fake."

Me: "Fake...?"

*Someone at our table coughs uncontrollably into his elbow.*

The lights in the poker room suddenly flicker on and off.

I shout, "IT'S CORONA...!"

Also, good idea about the eBook. I started writing it this morning. I'm pretty sure I have plenty of material/advice for hold 'em. I may write a follow up for Omaha once I have more experience under my belt with that variant.

It'll be focused on simple strategies for maximizing winnings.

Lol.

Rough 5/10 session yesterday to start off the day. Open AQo and finally flop a pair on A-5-7r and standard downbet, bad rec calls, HU, turn 6. X/$50/c. River: T. X/$125 (just over 1/2 pot), call, 98o takes it down. Never folding against this V who bet $125 otr earlier with KJo on QT74J against a pro's x/c AQ. He had it this time. Of course now I regret checking turn, a b/f would have been better given his exact hand. Lost a bunch of smaller pots with mediocre hands like 88, 44, AJs too. No premiums. -$580. So far I haven't experienced the heater at 5/10 I have at 2/5. Low volume I guess.

Lost a little at 2/5 and 1/2 5-card too. Stayed later than usual being stuck from 5/10.

At some point I sat down with FloobyBadoop, a new player, and went over some hands. Offered coaching but not sure it's what he needs right now since he's so new. I suggested bar poker, and sounds like he'll try that out to learn some fundamentals without breaking the bank.

Played 5/10 again, this time the line up included an online crusher to my immediate left, and he made my life difficult. Eventually I seat changed to his left but the game broke shortly thereafter. He 3! me three times and I mostly folded except for TT UTG v. UTG1 (5-handed) when we saw this flop $800 effective:

AAA.

X/$75/c.

Turn: 7. X/$125/f. The pot would have been $650 after calling turn, which would set up an easy 3/4 pot river jam for him that would be very hard to call. So I just let it go ott.

Actually eked out a small profit that session somehow even with the stone cold nuts sitting to my left so I guess I had a big enough edge over other players/ran well in other spots.

Made a good pot in 5-card later with AAKQTddd on QT2cc in a four way all in otf and I boated otr after flush got there ott. Made back most of what I lost the other night.

Feels good to be playing more 5/10 lately. I am achieving one of my goals for the year anyway. Still not large enough volume to draw any conclusions about whether or not I'm winning in that game. Over 100 hours or so I have lost around $1,500, so my current winrate is about -1bb/hr. And this includes quite a bit of runbad for such a small sample (a couple sets cracked, and one set over quads). So all things considered I am happy with the results.

Hysteria over coronavirus is heating up. Even younger people otherwise in good health are coming down with it and are in critical condition I'm hearing now too. If you don't have to be in crowded places, don't be. Be safe. I may start playing online on ppoker and acr using my friend's account. Fewer people are playing at MGM now anyway, plus it's sounding like a serious health risk at this point.

No bad beat jackpot??

Not at 5/10 and above.

Poor showing last night, 5-5 PLO card dead, missed once with AA, 5/10 card dead, bled down for a couple hours before moving to 1-2 PLO5 which broke, then 2/5 where I ran AK into AA 4-handed SB v. BB and lost my stack. (Is this a punt? Two limps, SB $40, I $160, folds to SB who jams $350 eff. I snap of course. I think he was a 1/3 player taking a shot maybe?)

On the bright side, I found out my appeal of a $200 traffic ticket ($400 with late appeal fee) was recently granted. I was doing 51 in a 40 m.p.h. "work zone" on a highway where the speed limit is normally 50 m.p.h. and where there is no "work" currently being done. I argued that the speed camera took the photo after the "end work zone" sign so I technically wasn't speeding in the work zone. It worked! Greedy bastards won't get my money.

And today I found out a lawsuit is being filed over this exact speed camera corridor:

https://www.npr.org/local/305/2020/0...constitutional.

The "book" is coming along well. About 17 pages in. Have covered the biggest money-makers IME with real-life examples, many of which weren't covered itt. Sections include short-stacking, table selection, l/rr, playing AA-KK, and sets. Anyone have suggestions for additional sections, lemme know.

edit: nvm just saw your edit

Is it going to only cover strategy from a short stacking angle? I think that'd be a good way to do it. Stick to the short stacking theme, then you can eventually write another one about transitioning to full stacked and maybe even another for deep stacks.