1/3 off to rough start when I squeeze AA in BB over UTG opener and four callers to $90. I get two people to call. Flop: 3-5-6ss. I cbet $110, one caller with $25 behind which he open jams on turn (a 5). I call and the river brings a 4, giving his 77 a straight. (This dude was a complete fish; he later cracked another player's AA with K5o, rivering a straight once again.)

I later iso QJdd on BTN over several limpers to $25, SB calls. Flop: Q-6-2cc. I cbet $25, SB CRAI $175, I snap fold. He later claimed he had a set of 6s.

Play 1/3 NLHE-1/2 four-card PLO mixed game that opened up. Missed about every flop in PLO. Ran QQ into KK in single-raised pot and lost about $100 on a low board in NLHE. Raised AQ in EP, three callers, cbet $30 on Q-5-6r, BTN calls. Turn: J. I check/call $55. River: 2. I check/fold to $135. I later ask what V had and he claimed a set of 5s. Figures. He's a tight player. Lost with AA in 3! pot in PLO to JJ65 (he flopped 2p on 456 flop), but didn't pay him off.

Ended down $650, seemed to be running into big hands a lot (if Vs were to be believed), missed flops. Poker can be so brutal! Need the run good to make up for the occasional run bad. At least I am coming off of a major upswing, plus my game couldn't be more solid than it's ever been.

Home game tomorrow night (err...tonight - it's after 5am lol).

I did my work out today (err...yesterday) too.

Home game went well last night. Made $210. Lost $50 in tournament, made $260 in cash game (0.25/0.5). Got AA twice, GII pre against QQ and AK and held. Raised 87, two callers, bet gutshot on 3-4-5, 6 ott gives me the nuts, Q on river, both other Vs had 7s. I only stacked one of them, however (the other one had the discipline to fold).

Started paying online on my friend Dennis' ACR account too (0.1/0.25). Hope this will give me more experience faster and improve my game. One immediate difference is I am 3! more often against LP opens.

Another home game tonight, probably MGM after.

Another home game with friends (and a couple noobs who were probably invited because they are good for the game). Up $250. Home game results somewhat made up for a bad Thursday. Looks like it'll end up around a $4k March, best month ever.

MGM tomorrow/today.

Missed my workout. :/ Back at it tomorrow.

Played 0.25/0.5 on ACR for a couple hours, made $90. Not bad! Now off to meet friend Becca for drinks. Don't know if I'll have it in me to play at MGM later. Depends on how much I drink lol.

Workout done today.

First table, raised KK, one caller. Flop T-high. I cbet, he called. Turn: A. I bet, he jammed $85, I folded.

A drunk got thrown to the ground and choked/tasered by police right next to our table by the bar. Sad and disturbed to witness that (I actually walked away before the tasering began, but I could hear it). What ever happened to calling the poor guy a cab? Worst part aside from the brutality of it all was the bystanders, some of whom filmed the incident and mockingly shouted "stop resiting!" (he wasn't resisting). Made me wanna run up there, smash their phones, and kick them in the nuts. Barbarians.

MGM served the guy enough to get him totally smashed, then he gets this treatment? Something just doesn't seem right here.

Second table was a God-sent table. Maniac raising every hand to $50-$75 (sometimes $100) pre. Finally woke up with AKdd, l/rr, he jammed, I called for $300, I hold against his Q7hh.

This was a 1/3 table, by the way.

Hours later, after folding hands as good as AJdd and 88 to his ridiculous raises with many players left to act behind me, I finally get AA in BB. Tighter player raises UTG, maniac calls BTN, I 3!, UTG jams $140, maniac re-jams $400 effective, I call and hold against QJo and maniac's ATcc.

Couple hands later, maniac opens $25, I 3! KK $200, he calls. Flop: 2-2-6ss. I have no spade. I bet $350, he folds, claims he had QQ...sure ya did.

Then call maniac's raise with JJ, flop 9-high, he checks, I bet, he calls. Turn changes nothing, he checks, I bet again, he calls. River: Q. He leads $500 into $300. I fold. :/

Left before rush hour hit, even though maniac was deep with over $2,300 after another huge all in confrontation against two pros (one with AK and one with AQdd) when maniac actually had KK and held. Rofl.

Still, ended up $700 in 5 hours. Good start to April. Happy April Fool's Day!

Love your 3 bet size with KK, pretty good adjustments against maniac

I wish I could get into games like this during the day.. Play at MGM seems more lose at night.

Tonight at 1/3 went fine. Buying in $300 now.

Raise JJ, five callers. Flop A-high checks through. Turn J, unknown donks now, I raise to $60, he calls. River: blank, he checks, I bet $80, he calls, MHIG.

Fold forever until I get AA in BB in straddled pot, four callers behind me and I make it $56, get two callers. Flop: JJ9ss. I check/call $75 from BTN. Turn: 5d. We both check. River: Qc. I check/call $80 and MHIG against BTN's 78ss. Imagine how this hand would have played out had I cbet and gotten raised....

That's pretty much it. Ended up $370 in 6 hours. Saw friends from free poker, grabbed a beer to celebrate one's birthday. He told me at the end of the night (granted, this is several rum and cokes in) that he was proud of me, presumably for pursuing poker as I have. Nice to hear the positive feedback. Heck, I'm proud of myself for how far I've come over the past year.

Got home at a more reasonable 4:00 a.m. tonight compared to last night. Trying to slowly get back to a better schedule.... The home games this past weekend threw me off.

Missed workout today. Back at it tomorrow, I swear! Can already start to see results.

Edit: watching high stakes poker episode where Freddie Deeb is half-jokingly accused of going south. Reminded me of a 2/5 session a week or two ago when the dealer asked if I brought all my chips from the other table (I had table transferred and just topped off to the min). I was quite offended, as Deeb was, at the accusation. Not cool, dude.

You seem to be getting AA a lot lately.. Man, getting AA feels sooo awesome.

Yeah it's a special feeling to look down at two aces at the start of a hand. I feel mixture of excitement and dread because AA often wins big pots but it can also lose big ones. Like most players, I've experienced both sides of the coin many times over.

Tonight was ok. Up $100 in 4 hours. Made one mistake due to inattention. I limp AQo, active straddle raises $25, apparently inactive V to my right tried to l/rr AI but string raised so he called. I did not see this and raised to $125, then realized my mistake. Straddler folded, other l/rr called for less and I lose to KK.

Later get QQ and 3!, stack V with TT on low board. That’s about it.

Did one set of each today.

One more hand from last night's session that I overlooked. Limp behind in EP with AJo, we are six ways to J-8-3r flop. I bet $10 (about pot), two callers including BB (a well known fish who is the type to berate other players even though he is much worse). Turn: 2, about as blank as it can get, or so it seemed. Now fish leads $25. In the past I have understood this donk ott to mean turned two pair, but I have seen this player do the same thing with his draws (plus, I want to stack him so badly). I raise, third V folds, BB jams $115, now I know I am behind but I call. I lose to 82.

Luckily I get all my money back and then some from same V in the TT v. QQ hand where I 3! from straddle, he called, I bet small on 886 board, he called, then in CRAI ott when he bet putting him on something like JJ. He SNAP called for $150 more. Lol fish.

#nohandreadingability.

Went to MD Live this afternoon on way back from doctor’s appointment. Started at 1/3 while waiting for 2/5. Went well, flopped set of TT, raised pfr’s Cbet, he folded. Then same V raised $15, I called BTN AKo, raise him on A-6-3ss flop, bet turn, check 4 river and he turns over 64dd for rivered two pair. Ended down $17.

Shortly theafter, called for 2/5. Get AA in SB over two limpers, make it $35, BB and BTN call. I hold on K9Q27 runout against JJ. Then raise TT and get value from something on 568 flop, hold on QJ runout.

Ended up $130 between the two sessions. Now free poker then early night in bed.

Made an appointment to get LASIK eye surgery as I had planned several months ago. Consultation tomorrow. No workout today.

LASIK is the best investment you will ever make.

If tomorrow I needed it done again for some reason I would easily pay 10x what I paid for it and still feel like it would be worth it.

I disagree. I almost did it but changed my mind when got new info. There are risks. Eye defect can go back too. It is surgery = invasion. Anytime surgery can be avoided, it should be.

Alternative:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bates_method

Kato: How bad was your vision? I had contacts of -.75 and -1.5 with astygmatism in one eye (nearsighted in both).

Tsao: Funny you mention that method. My vision was noticeably worse when I was very stressed out to due to work and school. It improved drastically over the last few years.

I was -5.25, but with contacts it was corrected to 20/20.

is sumory tits about the oculists being money oriented instead of curing the patient?

the test showing results in numbers (as in -6, -5 etc) are simply put dumb.
the number is more often than not a result of patients stress(varoius types of it) level. one day it will be -6, the other -5. the lone fact of participating ni a test leads to higher stress = worse eyesight.

another reason of worsen eyesight is body organ stress. often is not eyes themselves, for example an overburdened liver is a cause of big body stress, resulting in worsening eyesight (confirmed in practice).

repairing eyesight is a slow process. muscles around them, which most ppl dont even know existed need to be invigorated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn2It11zkls

there's more to it, whore discipline named eyesight joga.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXGWbsgpfxE (sry for russian)

^ just exampls of excercises done on a daily basis can improve eyesight + lower the tension of muscles on face, which is there a good feeling at all?

i call on this method, dont see u why would fold?

Went to LASIK consult today. Will cost around $3,500 total, I currently have 20/40 vision with astigmatism (still legally able to drive without glasses). Not sure if it's worth it for 20/20 or better given some of the risks associated with the procedure. I'd do PRK instead of LASIK because the damage to the cornea is not permanent with PRK; the membrane grows back. With LASIK, the incision never heals and the flap can become dislodged. Given that I have done (and will again do) tae kwon do, this is an important distinction. Only downsides to PRK are that the recovery time and results occur over a week or two, not immediately. And there is additional discomfort. But these things don't bother me that much.

I asked the optometrist if he thought the benefits outweighed the risks for someone like me and he took a while before saying it was about even but only because there was some benefit. I wasn't completely sold. Still, I would like 20/20 or better so I can see things at a distance (trees, birds, cars, faces) better.

Scheduled surgery for next week but still not 100% committed.

my advice: read the Bates book first, then decide on surgery. it's short. altough boring, it's eye opening. always better to have a 2nd opinion. medicine is complex, almost art not science, we never know 100%, but educated guess is better than blind. forgot to mention money.

Having good vision reduces eye strain for me. Straining eyes causes headaches for me.

Did you get it done? What was your vision before?

Ended up $295 tonight in four hours at 1/3. Got AA twice in a row held both times, didn’t go crazy post-flop so took down medium sized pots. Maybe I need to be more aggressive with my OPs? Then flopped set of 6s in BB and got value from top pair over three streets.

L/rr AQo over BB raise to $10 (he had $115 behind), no one else was strong so I committed to his stack. He called off with AJdd and I held. That’s pretty much all.

wat?

LASIK does not stop you from martial arts, and the flap does heal, though there is some danger fro the first couple of weeks. My wife had LASIK and returned to martial arts within a couple of months. OTOH, another friend tried to do slow-work to show someone a move within a few days of his surgery before the flap had healed and took a minor shot that was enough to to almost lose sight in that eye, so you definitely want to give it time.

All that said, your vision isn't nearly bad enough that it's a slam dunk. My wife was 20/200 in one eye and legally blind in the other uncorrected. She went to 20/20 in both eyes for years, and just now getting to the point where she prefers to use reading glasses after 15+ years later. That was very definitely worth the money.

Home game tonight instead of MGM. Ran well and played pretty well throughout. Got tired later on and made a questionable call with AA when V b/b/jammed 120bb on river when I 3! pre and he called BTN on 9-8-5-2-3ddd (backdoor diamonds), I check/called the whole way, he had 56dd. Still, ended up $155 and as always a pleasure to host/see friends. Probably back at casino tomorrow. It's almost 6 a.m.! I don't know when I'll wake up. These home games....