Week #4
Bit of a meh week. I slept quite a lot and played some bad poker. I still managed to get quite a few hours in, but the quality of those hours was a lot lower than last week. A Friday night live session saved us from our first losing week, so I guess I'm still running very hot. There was one funny hand from that session:
£1/2 @ Hippodrome (8 Handed)
~£400-500 eff with everyone
(UTG) Hero opens to £5 with A
Q
(Yes, I'm that online kid that opens to 2.5x Live)
(UTG+1) calls
(HJ) raise to £20
(LJ) calls £20 and announces he hasn't looked at his cards, folds around
(UTG) Hero calls (I thought about 4betting here to isolate the "any two cards" player but 3betting ranges in these positions should be very tight, and I imagine, in practice, playing live they are even tighter)
(UTG+1) Call
(£83) Flop A
J
2
(UTG) Hero check
(UTG+1) check
(HJ) Bet £50
(LJ) calls... again reminds everyone he hasn't looked at his cards
(UTG) Hero calls (similarly, I thought about raising here to isolate the guy playing blind but villain cbet very large multiway which looks very strong)
(UTG+1) calls
Turn (£283) 2
Checks through
River (£283) J
(UTG) Hero check
(UTG+1) check
(HJ) Bet £75
(LJ) Raises All-in for ~£325
(UTG) Hero folds (I thought about re-jamming, hoping to fold HJ off AK but I think that is fairly hopeful)
(UTG+1) folds, says he had a flush
(HJ) Calls and shows Q
J
(Why the hell he is 3betting that vs UTG idk)
(LJ) Reveals his cards T
4
I was pretty tired but obviously stayed until this guy left
His leaving remarks were "Cheers guys but I'm gonna go get w*anked off by some Chinese girl now"
I have a 4-day weekend (Bank holiday + took a day off) which I intend to use to catch up on a lot of study and do some social. I will try and do an August update with some giraffes
Weekly Goals
Poker Goals
Minimum 20 Hours per week = 19.2/20
At least 5 hours of study = 0/5
At least one session live per week = Yes
Do some sort of warm-up before every session
Review all my VPIPs after each session
Track all hours spent and results
Life goals
Meditate everyday = 7/7
Write a journal entry everyday = 2/7 (I might reduce this, some days there just isn't much of interest to write about)
Sit down to read at least once per week
Cook one new meal once per week (I tried to cook an omelette and ended up with scrambled eggs
I was never taught these basic cooking skills so I have a lot of catching up to do)
Play sport at least once per week
Results
Live = +£457
Online = +$1.34