Daily Update - Mon 7 Aug 2017
Hours Played:
4.3
Profit:
-$785
Variance:
4
Notes: I just feel pretty disappointed overall with how I played this evening. It is a very different game compared to the Treasury and I probably didn't do very well adjusting. I made a pretty speculative flop float vs what turned out to be an overpair with Q high, turned a flush draw, and rivered this guy for some money... Then I got QQ in v JJ for an almost double up, but those are the only two hands I won.
Also something that's important to remember: ALWAYS TOP UP immediately after going under start stack. I usually am very very good with this but I missed it by a hand today, lose some money, fumble for chips to top-up, but already had a hand to play... I could have made an extra $45 if I'd topped up immediately after losing money the previous hand because the very next hand I stacked a guy pair over pair.
Also it is unimaginable how much quicker hand rate is at this homegame compared to the casino. I think it would be close to 2x the casino rate... The CO shuffles a deck while the dealer deals, so as soon as the hand is over, the dealer's already dealing the next one. It's super good.
Made a silly bluff today as well which cost me a lot of money. Super annoyed with myself rn tbh.
Hand 1
Limp, villain opens to $20, hero calls 8
8
in SB, limper calls. Hero and villain about 300 effective.
Flop $60: J
J
6
Check, villain cbets $45, hero calls
Turn $150: J
J
6
2
Hero checks, villain checks
River $150: J
J
6
2
T
Hero's range is so much stronger than villains by this point in time. I can credibly rep all flushes and Jx and he basically looks like an overpair at best, probably has some airy cbets. I decide to turn my hand into a bluff - although I expect to have more than enough show down value with 88 here, by betting, we disallow him from bluffing us off the best hand on the river and we can also get him to fold some better hands like riverd Tx and maybe he even folds aces.
Hero bets $115, villain calls,
MHIG :shoc ked:
Hand 2
We're about $600 effective, villain is only other aggressive player at the table and is only one capable of 3betting as a bluff which he has done before.
One limp UTG, hero isos to $18 w 6
8
, it's borderline but I will take this pot down on this table fairly often - it's like 7-8 handed and I have position post flop, so it's fine to iso imo. Villain 3bets to $70 in SB, hero COULD just fold here and probably should tbh, but IK I'll have position against this guy post, he'll have a very decent chunk of bluffs too and maybe I can flop something good or outplay him!?!?!? Hero calls.
Flop $146: 9
9
4
Villain cbets $90 as he did previously in a 3b pot with a bluff. I obv can't call, but I figure I can get him to fold all his air like AK/AQ/etc - I think he's the type of player to waaaay over cbet here. We have more 9x than he does and can have some draws. I raise to $235 hoping he'll fold pretty frequently, he tanks for maybe 5 minutes - which is far longer than one would take if they had AA or any value hand for that matter, pretty confident he's going to fold or jam. Super tilting if he jams because it means he has to have a bluff but I can't call.
Anyway, he jams, I have to fold, and he shows 2
. Actually after reviewing that last hand, which made me pretty depressed immediately after playing it, I don't think it's really all that bad. We have reasonable reasons for doing what we did on all streets and it just didn't work out.
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Anyway, I'm taking tomorrow off. Will be back at it Wed and Thur to finish the week strong with a couple long sessions. I just want to finish the week by playing the best poker I possibly can. Then next week, we'll look to get back into a proper routine - we'll start meditating again, gymming again, and will be getting in some looong sessions I hope.
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