Up $1,000 or so, half from 1/3 and other from PLO. Ran well in 1/3 in brief session, then a little stagnant at PLO until very end of session with KQJ97 on 689QK runout...perfect. Scooped both runouts versus shorty. Big work deadline coming up, will feel much better once submitted.

Lost top set versus broadway wrap AQT on KJ4, AI otf, then got one-outted by bottom set, again with top set (AI ott, same V rivered quads), c'est la vie. -$1,800. At least I filed my compassionate release motion today for my client. Hopefully he'll be home with his family by the end of next month and I'll have one less thing to worry about.

Another consideration for the day job is what it's doing for your resume. You're not only helping society, but also helping both your actual and perceived experience in your profession. I don't think you're likely to want a job in big law, but this could lead to a full-time gig with a non-profit, for example, that would be less stressful and more remunerative while still scratching your itch to do good for society.

“Well said!” “Here, here!”

Up $900, most PLO, a little 1/3 while waiting for omaha. It's so ironic, I am now the action player at 1/3 since I am overrolled and stuff. Not spewing, just playing a normal non-nit range of hands. Funny how times have changed over the course of my poker journey.... Buying in for $1,000 now at five-card omaha. Who would have thought this was where I'd eventually be back when I was waiting for AA/KK to get it in for just $100 or less.

Got this hand in against a shorty who had 7744 . . . I was a 60% favorite with just my overs. I would have had 45% against AA. Lol.

ProPokerTools 5-Card Omaha Hi Simulation

600,000 trials (Randomized)

Hand	Pot equity	Wins	Ties
AA	54.68%	325,424	5,264
KsQcT9s7c	45.32%	269,312	5,264

Something else I've noticed is that bad hold 'em players play two cards like they're playing omaha (only betting very strong hands), whereas bad omaha players do the opposite (overvaluing weak hands).

Down $900 today, meh. Lost first AI with nut straight plus nfd against OESD (lol).

Then lost an AI pre flip against AA. Fun fact:

ProPokerTools 5-Card Omaha Hi Simulation

850,668 trials (Exhaustive)

Hand	Pot equity	Wins	Ties
AhAd5d3h2s	54.28%	461,721	0
4h5s6h7s8c	45.72%	388,947	0

Oh you have ds AA? Well I have 8-high no pair and a dominated suit. Lol.

Down $700 in the big PLO game, missed all my wraps/wrap+nfds. Up elsewhere (finally flopped a set at 2/5), so ended up down just a little on the day. (Lol @ "ended up down.")

ProPokerTools 5-Card Omaha Hi Simulation

600,000 trials (Randomized)

board: QJ4

Hand	Pot equity	Wins	Ties
QQ	57.37%	338,561	11,302
AcKdJcTs5c	42.63%	250,137	11,302

OTT:

ProPokerTools 5-Card Omaha Hi Simulation

600,000 trials (Randomized)

board: QJ46

Hand	Pot equity	Wins	Ties
QQ	58.90%	350,932	4,954
AcKdJcTd5c	41.10%	244,114	4,954

I've gotta be honest: I am a little bummed out about how poorly I tend to run in big games. It's really preventing me from continuing to move up faster. Sigh.

Oh, remember to vote.

Got a little OOL yesterday, calling raise with non-nut FD and "backdoor wrap," but failed to take into account cold caller who easily could have had my fd dominated, which is what happened when I turned the second nut flush and he jammed for $550. I eventually made the laydown against his K-high fd otf (turn Ah) but regretted calling flop. I had 21% to see both cards - wow, that backdoor wrap is powerful! (46J with 789TQ.) Then 3! 56789ds OTB and GII against mediocre flatted AA in multiway AI pre and flopped 448 but didn't improve on JJ runout.

Left after scooping a big AI pre, realizing I was not playing my best, and made some at 2/5, GII three ways with TT on 789r, scoop with 6 ott against a flatted pre QQ and I think either 66 or 96. Then went back to 5-card and got into an awful shouting match with a player who basically angled his way into seeing my action otb. I wasn't sure if he checked and confirmed it with the dealer, who said he had, so I checked. Then as the dealer puts out the turn the dude in CO says he didn't check and bets.... We get into it a little over whether it was a check or not and I tell him to just shut up. Eventually he started calling me all sorts of imaginative names and I told him he was one of the worst players I'd even played against (true). Then the floor told us both to cut it out or else. I was already in a bad mood because the games were surprisingly bad for Halloween and this didn't help. Ended down a couple hundo on the session.

I am super overwhelmed with way too much going on in life and the world right now. Might go back to MGM for a little change of scenery.

So continued not playing my best, calling a psb with a wrap ott with a fd out there (questionable), calling a tight player with A3567 on 6689 (he started betting ott), folded on 4 river of course. Then was just absolutely card dead for a couple hours in a lame main game and called it. Actually was pretty card dead all night. Down $750 omaha, up $150 2/5, for a $600 loss.

Another loss at 5-card ($500), AKK95ss ran into a flatted AA and a 3! squeeze and three ways it's probably more -EV to fold $75 dead money (EV -75) than to call an additional $225 three ways (EV way more than -75). Middle set JJ into top set AA was another $150, I c/r and he jammed, I folded. Then ran flopped nut flush into flopped straight flush but my spidey senses were on when both players calls my cbet, thankfully turn immediately paired the board and I was saved. Lost another $100 at 2/5 over several hours of mostly card-deadedness. That's pretty much it.

Played some plo5, ended down a hundo or so after some big swings, then played omaha/stud8 for a change (didn't entirely know what I was doing, but felt like something different) and actually made it back lol.

Funny to think that the outcome of this election looks like it hinges in large part on Las Vegas voters.

Up $1,200 between 2/5 and plo, beat this whale who always had it against me in the past - finally - with TT on T33 versus his 3! w/QT UTG versus UTG1, c/r flop, jammed turn, he snapped. Then held with 97 on 68Tdd with fd blockers at plo, up another $650 there. Then date night and now an early night's rest.

Up $2,300, a new all-time high, most from 5/10 with JJ v. ? bluff AI pre 4-handed and AA v. ?? SB v. BB.

They elected an old white racist. What a victory.

Losing a lot at plo5 last couple sessions. Broadway wrap plus nfd plus bdfd loses to bare top set, then tonight after building up a lot lose with top set to wrap plus fd, I flatted flop raise very deep knowing what he had then crai on equity shifting / blank turn, he called and still got there. :/ Sucked to lose to this particular player because he made fun of me for trying to find a bf at poker (seemed a little homophobic to me) and clearly has had it out for me ever since I wrote about his significant other (he read the blog). Now licking wounds at 1/3.

FAKE NEWS!

Lost very little yesterday, yay! Down about $200 playing 1/3 and a little 2/5 and 5-5 plo. Caught up with friend and chatted with this reg, good times! Needed a day not losing heaps.

How high was your bankroll mgmt ? Seems like you have been on a serious downswing

Only asking since I have recently started playing 5 card and the swings suck!


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trump looks like will run a second term in office. then his daughter will run and do two terms. then kayne west another two terms. seems to be some voter fraud. dont really care personally either way.

My roll is still in really good shape, believe it or not. Your post actually forced me to look at my results (...!). I'd been putting that off because I knew I wouldn't like what I saw. So....

Turns out I had moderate poker losses in August and September ($2.5k or so) and a decent winning month in October ($4.6k - bigger than I thought), and of course that big win in July ($9k). This month has started off poorly too (-$1k).

It's all a wash because I also had to pay my taxes which was something ridiculous relative to my income, but made a good amount from law work. (Thank you, day jobs.) And my meds cost $1,000 a month, which I split with the rents, so that eats away too. Factor in about $500/month other expenses, you do the math. I tend to be quite frugal which helps.

All this is to say, I am doing fine, if not better, than I was before my "downswing" started (if you can call it that, it's turning out to be more like a BE stretch tbh). I'm definitely not going busto anytime soon, if ever. I really don't think it's possible for me to go busto given how I play and my good bankroll management.

Thanks for the question!

Lost $20 yesterday, lost $700 the day before (mostly because ds AA didn't hold).

Great job. Keep it up


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Ran like god at plo, up $4,700. New record by far.
Sweet!

I know that feeling. Once during a downswing I didn't enter my results into my spreadsheet for like 7 sessions, because I wouldn't be able to avoid seeing the cumulative loss, even though I knew what each one was. I wrote them down on a slip of paper and didn't enter them in until I also had a winning session to go with them.

Some hands from last night's amazing session:

3!/GII with JT987ds (ooooh yeeeah) against relatively ss solid player who most likely had AA, flop TT9, hold.

3!/GII with AhAdQsTs3d against KK and ??, scoop against other deepstack with KK who called my massive 4! pre. (He had previously folded to my big 4! the JT987 hand.)

Call open with QQ988ds and GII on 852ss and immediately boat ott.

Flop top set a few times and hold, or AA+nfd+sd and get there. That's pretty much it. Missed a bet once with nut straight ott, probably would have been up $5,000 if I had followed through, but bdfd was not mine and V was a good player who called a psb otf, he could have been freerolling in hearts.

Funny because I would have won with a few of the hands I folded pre too (bad AA/KK would've flopped top set or quads!). Crazy game. What a milestone. I can't complain anymore about not running it up like I see so many fish constantly do. I finally did it, and playing tight!