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Originally Posted by Unsporting
After a session I feel more at ease with myself if I've made no mistakes and ran bad, than say, made mistakes and had a smaller losing session.
Wow I guess you just have to sit back and say, ugh okay, when you run like you did.
Did you drop back to 25nl? How long did it take before you could shot take again? Did you run okay at 25nl when you dropped back? Or did that 20bi downswing put you back a month or two?
I found myself just playing C-game a lot and shorter sessions. When I dropped down to 25nl I was breaking even when I was winning 10bb+/100 prior to that. I wasn't "tilting" per se, but certainly not taking the time to think through spots. Rather than making that big call or big fold I'd just take the easy route and kept making (common) mistakes that I usually don't make. Calling off a triple barrel with AA, because, hey I have AA and not really thinking it through enough. So yeah, I dropped down, wasn't getting results, bought mental game of poker, talked to other people, posted on here a ton and took a 4-6 week break completely not playing poker and just trolling the forums more-or-less.
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Originally Posted by Lifeguard22
Nice read Brokenstars, the Mental Game stuff is definitely something i have been working on, still get pissed when i shot take and get coolered though, guess thats natural. Anway Gl with the poker and the car
Yeah, definitely annoying. I think aggressive BRM is best though and just take those 3-5 bi shots and move down as needed. It's the moving back down that really hits people hard, but you really have to stick to it.
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Originally Posted by fatNsweaty
Geezus! I wish your father all the best and for an easy recovery.
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Originally Posted by Irishdemon89
wish the best for you both bro!
Thanks Jon and Irishdemon89.
I visited my dad for about 4.5 hours in the morning. Came in shortly after 8am and he was surprised to see me (he didn't know I was coming). He seemed moderately depressed/slow. When he talked his tongue definitely seemed not to respond 100% (all the pain meds). He had an epidural.
We mostly just small talked and in around 9am physical therapy came in. I got to see his side, which was completely black and covered the entire left side of his body where his ribs are obviously. He also had a chest tube to drain the fluid out since he did puncture his lung a bit. The tube was pretty large, probably half an inch in diameter, and the fluid coming out sort of looked like a light pink fluid.
I helped the physical therapist, named Becca, who had pretty massive tits (painfully massive), get him up and onto a walker. The big tits part brings me to a short anecdotal, my brother's brother in law who I'd known for several years ended up getting pancreatitis and going to this hospital a bit over a year ago and eventually died. Well, my brother had said that all the nurses were surprisingly very attractive, and well, he was right. Lol. Anyways, we walked him around the floor twice, while the original goal was simply once. I trailed behind with his stand-thing, that had his IV and stuff in it. During the end of the 2nd round he was visibly flustered, and from my perspective I knew he was in pain (although he doesn't visibly show it much). We got him back into bed and he was shaking slightly, though still fine. He did a great job.
Later on my sister came with her daughter who is now 4 months old, Hazel, and she sat and we talked with him for a while. Then a social worker came to discuss what his plans were after leaving the hospital, if he needed anything etc. Now, some back story, my dad is a pretty severe alcoholic, consumes 6+ beers a day for the last 14 or so years and also smokes heavily, 1.5-2 packs a day as well. I had previously mentioned to him, when it was just me and him, that this could potentially be a good opportunity for him to quit smoking/drinking and/or to severely cut back. He agreed, and when speaking with the social worker we got information on AA meetings and some information regarding drugs that would help with withdrawl symptoms.
Overall, he is doing pretty well. He appears to be mildy depressed (expected) but also seems eager to change his life. He will likely be in the hospital until the end of the week and then he will move in with my sister, her boyfriend, and her 3 children. His recovery period is likely around 2 months, and then he will start looking for a position likely as a factory worker.
As for me, my prius ran fine there and back. It's about a 130mi drive. On the way there I got an average of 40.5MPG and on the way back 45.2MPG. I'm ready to grind out the next two days of work and then I will have a 3-day break. I am going to head back to my friend's place in the area Friday evening and then likely visit my dad again Saturday morning. It's my buddy's birthday on the 20th, along with two other people whom I don't think I know, and it was also my b-day feb 8th. He's going to have a keg/party and I'll be there/spending the night. Much looking forward to that!
As always, gl @ the tables everyone.