Played long, "deep-stacked" omaha session, basically broke even. Never +/- more than $100. No deep GII spots unfortunately. Hugely card dead. I might have played a couple hands per dealer on average. Stacked the table maniac a couple times with AA (l/rr pre and jammed flop first time, and boat over boat second time).
One cool hand: flat A
A
K
J
5
in MP over EP raise, flop A
Q
9
, checks to me, $80 into $100 (a little discount - could have bet less even - given the strength of my hand and few opposing continues for larger sizing), only table maniac calls. Turn: 9
. X/x. As soon as I check turn, V blind jams river and I beat him into the pot. He seems defeated and I show, he mucks Q9 face up.
Left for 5/10 as the table vibe at my PLO game was very mediocre compared to the must move where everyone was laughing and having fun. Our table vibe was quite depressing. Plus I was getting bored being so card dead.
5/10 actually went well, ended up $650 there in a few hours. Bought in short, then added on when I realized the table was quite soft. 88 held five ways in straddled pot, I opened $75 UTG1, four callers, flop 974, turn 9h bringing bdfd, I $80 into $400 because lol I don't know bet sizing, everyone calls, river Qd, everyone checks and MHIG. Had some good banter with some other MGM regs, too. Always nice to see familiar faces. I'm glad they are well.
Around 3:00 a.m. I called it a night. Not repeating my mistake from the other night when I played until 7:30 and messed up my sleep terribly. That was awful. Got a good 9 hours, even though slightly behind schedule today. No biggie.
This period had given me time to reflect more. I like to think the ups and downs of my mental illness prepare me rather well for the swings of poker. (Though the latter pale in comparison to the former.) Everything that has transpired over the past few months, including my setback, have given me a renewed appreciation for the joy of living a happy and healthy life surrounded by family and friends. A little downswing in poker (or even a big one, I suspect) won't impact me as it might have earlier this year. Still, let's run good!
Last edited by DumbosTrunk; 06-27-2020 at 01:35 PM.