This is why I'll never be great at gto. i'm not good at forcing indifference.

Op, sorry for the derail.

Hey

Long time lurker here and appreciate the strat discussion although I focus on 5card, the 4c talk still translates and I find super useful.

Regarding your health, I would be very careful about dedicating time and money towards a chiropractor. A good few of them are quacks and the science itself is extremely shaky at best. It is shown to have some short term relief for certain spinal conditions but this is mostly attributed to placebo effect.

Bang for your buck wise getting a physio therapist who has actually studied at university is going to be insanely more plus EV than a chiropractor for long term (and short term) benefit.

Anyway, this science is quite easily found online so feel free to research yourself.

GL with the health and with the poker!

Sure bro, I love the game and talking about it. Not too worried about giving too much away this game is hard enough as it is. Definetly getting a PT i stopped with the chiropractor talked to a couple of my grad friends who are doctors and apparently they can really **** up the arteries in your neck. Glad to see you comment welcome!


This hand may seem face up but imo its super interesting and im very happy with how i played it I think i disguised my range really really well with a hand that doesnt really merit that much from betting (all hands with equity are calling off) but with a lot of playability on future streets. Sure on some turns im going to have to fold but were also drawing dead vs NFD and we have no pair so we really want to see a turn. However, given the spr its tough, i know deeper for sure its a check.

Turn is also interesting, close decision between jam and call. Again, i just like the fact that I can have a strong flush on a flush complete when my range really doesnt have any flushes, and as showed i got paid because of it. Checked the hand later on, same config but 2 spr its a check ip. not sure about turn but also his size doesnt exist so hard to run it. Def a lot of non believers in the BOL pool so need to play a bit more balanced than Bovada where i can get away with more. apparently the 3rd guy in the hand had a set lol i guess he was trying to induce me to jam on turn with aces

Np bro not worth the energy w them, just focus on whats important! Def is annoying but given them attention is exactly what they want.

I really hate the block bet/call by the bb on the river. It just seems like his opponents are going to have way more value than bluffs there. He really has to hope that first co doesn't have a flush and then you decide to turn your AA into a naked a bluff.

11/24-Dec 1st




Fine week results wise, didnt put in as much volume as I would've liked too barely played tbh it felt like compared to my usual hours. Def some motivation issues + have been going out a lot with some new friends in chicago and the nights have been long, so the next day after drinking im usually dead and dont wanna play. hoping to get back onto a better routine this week. overall happy with my play and a great month overall.

Health goal for this month is to start my gym routine again. Haven't been in a gym in almost 6 months now and it's starting to show ( i was going twice a day for 3 months straight prior to this). Also want to start waking up at normal human hours. I've been a night owl for the past two months, staying up until 4-5 am just doing absolutely nothing. It's been hard to sleep with my neck, but its been getting better and i need to establish good sleep hygiene again.

So gym + sleep are my most important goals this month non-poker related. Poker-wise, i definetly want to continue putting in a good amount of volume and not get complacent now that i have a comfy cushion of money where i dont have to worry about bills or rent anymore. Also definetly want to shot take some higher games whether its on coin or acr, and to start studying mtt preflop hands

the fact that solver bet folds 2% of hands here. q998 pot folding is so surprising to me id prob just pure x fold this but the ev difference is .4 that seems significant, i guess blocking traps + unblocking straight draws it just goes with it

Getting your health in order will be hugely +EV for poker. Poor health is just another stressor / distraction that impedes optimal performance. Glad to see you’re getting on top of it!

downswing szn unfortunately havent won all week getting crushed

Graph? Hh? gl

basically lost every hand this week pretty brutal and has been frustrating def let a little tilt get to me. also just annoying cuz i dont know if im playing worse bc of my neck, not able to put in as much volume bc of it and constantly thinking about it/getting distracted bc of it. PT starts in 8 days so atleast i have that going but def considering taking a little break. Regardless, obviously this was bound to happen with my run so definetly expected. I think i could be handling it better but some things are out of my control which make it a little more annoying than if it were just a normal downswing

Just try to lose the minimum. Choose lower variance lines when you’re tempted to blast off unnecessarily. It’ll turn around. I went through a rough patch recently and came out of it fine.

Do what I do. Tell players they are clueless. Explain to them how bad they playing. Show them the odds and encourage them to fold.

Fair play to you for your transparency , rough week , hope the PT goes well.
Enjoyable thread

Fish have to win sometime, always feels amazing when you’re able to get it all back, plus some. Stay focused and disciplined, look forward to seeing the come back!

I’m gonna give a more detailed response as to what I think happened later on, but yeah, I was definitely taking a lot of high various spots that I didn’t need to take. I’ve taken the past couple days off, which has honestly cleared my mind a bit and been nice. I leave to India on December 18 and I’m going until January 6 and while I’m there I’m probably not gonna be playing a lot. We’ll see I’m gonna bring my Mac with me and occasionally play some ignition but gonna be exploring a lot with my friends and probably drinking more than I need to. I don’t really feel like I deserve a vacation since I already took a month off, but I plan the trip so long ago and i I already know it’s gonna be hard to play there when I’m there (going w a group of 6 guys)