Tonight was fine. Started at 1/3 where I iso'd AQo CO over two limpers to $25, b/b/b AQT33 and stacked this old female reg with AJ. She's nice but sorta bad. Ended up $250 at 1/3.

2/5 I was pretty card dead the entire 3 hours I played. Raised KK and stacked a shorty on K-high flop who had KTo. That was pretty much it. Up $110 in 2/5.

Only played 4 hours tonight. Felt like keeping it a short one. My last hand UTG raised $20 and I folded AKo UTG+1. Flop AJ6r and pfr bet $40/$125 ott. I don't think I would have been good had I called. But I folded AK to a single raise so it was time to go home as planned.

Avengers was amazing, by the way.

LMAO I thought so; I coudlnt think of who else it could be, but I couldnt figure why youd call her hair lady lol.

Obviously I have no conclusive evidence that she is a loser, but of the several hours Ive put in with her my conclusion is that she is most likely a loser, break even at best.

She tops off frequently, often pulling out a wad of cash from her dusty bra and filling up her stack. So if she has a big stack she could be in for 2,3 4k so you never know.

She is absolutely reprehensible. Arrogant, rude, obnoxious. She looks like she smells like hot dog water. I cant understand why some of the regs pander to her, likely because they don't want to deal with her obnoxious snarky unfunny needles. Or they want to hit, which I wouldnt be surprised if several have. lol

This made me lol.

Woke up early (for me at least). Gonna play a mid-afternoon session today and try to get back to a normal sleep schedule. Let’s see how it goes...!

Was gonna say you should just bang her and get it over with already but after what prince posted N/M LOL

How come you don't count the high hand promo? They're certainly taking a JP drop for it, so it's coming out when you don't hit it...

It’s just not a reflection on my skills so I don’t think it helps to inflate my hourly with these promo earnings. But other people do include these in their hourly.

I track everything. Find someone who knows how to do it and have them build you a spread sheet (Excel)… You could track your hourly; without bonuses (raw), and include the hourly with bonuses, in a separate column.

I agree the bonus stuff, isn't a reflection of skill but game selection is important too. Playing while bonuses are available, playing certain times of day, certain days of the week... So on and so forth...

Bottom line, bonuses add up. I invest my bonuses it's worked well for me so far.

Keep up the good work-

Today was fine. Played 5/10 because no 2/5 table available yet and lost $440 over a couple hours. Got 3! twice by same V to my immediate left, folded KJo on BTN open and AJs EP open to him. Called a couple raises and missed with 88 and JJ, 3! fish who was very fit or fold and cbet with AJo, but he called flop this time, gave up and folded to his river bet on four flush runout. Finally got AA for the first time at 5/10 and iso'd to $85 in SB over four limpers. Everyone folded. :/ I thought my sizing was OK for being OOP and number of limpers, just sucks no one called. I guess I bet too much.

I was called for 2/5 a couple hours in and was happy to leave as I wasn't doing too hot as would be expected for a noob. The regs at 5/10 were chill though. No personality defects/insecurities like many 2/5-ers have. (It probably helps to have buckets full of money in the bank/roll!)

Ran well at 2/5. 3! LP open on BTN with QJdd, checked flop Q-8-4r, called turn bet, checked river behind, MHIG. Could have bet river for value but decided not to. Iso'd TT, four callers, bet POT this time on Tc9c4s. Not making that mistake again, especially multiway with a sopping wet flop. (Everyone folded.)

Got QQ, flatted EP open, oversetted someone else who called behind with 22 on AQ2. That was a big one. Got AA, iso'd SB $45 over a few limpers, got value from Qx on Q-high flop. Called EP open with AK, got value from KQ on K-high flop. Got 3! a few times and bled down some, but called it a night up over $800 in 2/5, so a $370 win today. One interesting hand I probably misplayed: overlimped BTN KTcc behind EP rec limper, BB reg checks. Flop AcT3dd. BB leads, rec calls, I call with middle pair top kicker and bdnfd. Turn is gin: Th. BB checks, rec bets $30, I raise $70 (hoping to keep in his Ax but probably a little small), only rec calls. River: 5d, bringing in front door flush. Rec checks, I go for value $125 against his weaker Tx and Ax, and he tank ships it for $315. I fold.

To sum up my story for those just tuning in:



A picture's worth a thousand words, right?

In bed at a reasonable hour tonight for the first time in a long time. Feels good. Yawn.

"And I'm Ironman." - Ironman (Avengers: Endgame)

Thanks. Duly noted. Back at it this afternoon.

I’m sitting here at 2/5 two hours in (I’m up) but honestly I’ve never been more bored. Made me think: do we need to lose in order to enjoy and appreciate winning? Probably applies in life in general as well.

Sometimes I think the emotional jolts I get from losing are actually more stimulating than the highs I feel when I win.

And this is coming from someone who has done plenty of losing.

Of course this thought is something I would never contemplate in the middle of a big downswing. Just food for thought.

You need to find HK or hair girl and get into some hands against them. That should make things interesting.

Tonight (or I should say today) went well.

First big confrontation I am BB with 86o and turn the nut straight on K-5-7-4ss. I c/r $150 over a $20 bet and two calls, then middle caller jams and I hold against 44. 3! AA in BB over fish's first open the entire session and one call. Only fish calls. Flop: A-T-7r. I bet tiny, he calls. Turn: 9. I bet slightly bigger, $65, he calls. I think he has top pair somehow? River: K. His only possible draw (QJ) got there, which isn't great. I bet $105. Thankfully he just calls and MHIG. My best guess is he had AQ. Any other card I think I am blasting river bigger to get a call out of top pair.

Then 3! AJs BB over pro BTN open, we check it down, I river an A and MHIG.

Then nothing for a long time. Ended up $500 over a shorter 4-hour session. Was getting tired and just wasn't feeling it anymore. Home early again - earlier than last night. Gonna watch some poker before catching some Zzz. Feeling a bit burned out for some reason. Probably the change in the sleep pattern.

By the way, anyone else see Jungleman's softcore porn poker video? What possessed him to produce it? Thank you to Dennis for sharing that little gem with me. (I really didn't need to see it, to be honest.)

My mind's eye needs bleach now. tyvm.

This afternoon I got what I asked for and lost $450. Bled down until I got AKdd in SB and MP open and call, young Asian new to table on BTN squeezes $70, I jam $300, BTN calls (quickly) and I don’t improve against his TT.... I’m not sure what he thought he was beating when he snap called me. I guess AK. Whatever. Now at free poker nursing a blue moon and waiting for the filet mignon special.

If V is a thinking player, he should know that you know that BTN squeeze is very different than if it happened in earlier position. He should also expect you to try to push fold equity with the upper part of your range. He doesn't hold an A, so he can factor in some Axs thinking you're using the blocker. I'm not sure what the raise was, however, I assume there's like $100 in the pot, he needs to call $230 more.

TT (~46%)
AK,AQ,AJs,A5s,A3s,A4s,AA,KK,QQ,JJ

TT (~41%)
AK,AQ,AJs,AA,KK,QQ,JJ

If he thinks you are punishing him with the squeeze button, he might add 99/88 at some frequency.

It's loose, but I don't hate his call.

It's borderline. The ranges I plugged in put him at just 36% against JJ+/AQs+. There was $110 in the pot (a $20 open and a call; he made it $70), plus my $300, so $410. He had to call $230 to win $640 or 35%, so it's a fold.

I would have let it go in a heartbeat since I consider my post-lop skills good enough not to have to flip here. I would wait for a better spot. But that's knowing how I play. To him, I was just some random short stack. Oh well.

2/5 tonight was one of the worst ever. Couldn't make a hand, missed with my big aces multiway a few times, JJ got c/r AI on T93K runout ott by older white EP limper and I folded. EP open and EP call, I 3! AKo in LP, opener folds, EP flatter backraises AI $300 effective, I call, I lose to QQ on Q-5-5-J-T runout.

Flat JJ in BB over EP open and two calls, fold on QT4dd with cbet and call. I would have been good against KT.

Then open jam JJ UTG in 2/5/10/20 (one time thing) for $250 and get called by same V who had QQ previously against my AK and this time he has AK. I hold.

Finally, EP limper, folded to me in BB with QQ, $25, he calls. Previously V had called a strong b/b/b line from a tight V with A4 on 4-6-Q-6-6 board against pfr's KK, so he isn't exactly Phil Laak material. I bet $30 on J-5-4r and he called. Turn: 5. I bet $50, he jammed $160, stood up as if he was going home (...), I called the extra $110 anyway, he has 44. I call it a night.

Down $860, $760 if you count the lucky table promo. I almost forgot what it feels like to run bad . . . it blows. I guess the honeymoon is over. Poker ain't all lollipops and unicorns. Or something.

At least I'm not the poor guy who lost with a boat on K-4-5-4-9 against a maniac's quad 4s at the 5/10 table tonight. Looked like a $15k pot. Can you imagine having what I assume was kings full and a complete whale/maniac who had been full of sh*t all night jams on you for $8k - and losing?! I guess that's good perspective for me. I'll be OK losing $750 tonight. It's a marathon not a sprint.

Yup, just have to constantly remind yourself of this.

GgoodluckG

So today started out very well. I got an early double with my KK v. JJ AI pre $270 and held. Not long thereafter I got it AI pre again with AA v. QQ for $510 and held. (Thanks to one of Jonathan Little's videos, I stack my green chips in stacks of 100s to look like a complete fish to people who don't know me and I think it works to be honest.)

Got a table change where I chatted up this 5/10 reg a bit. Sounds like he grinded 2/5 for a couple years before playing 5/10 full time. That's a while away. Anyway, right in the middle of our conversation he rudely interrupts it to 3! me i++++++++n [this is where my dog landed his paw on the keyboard . . . so cute] in SB over my BTN iso to $25 (JJ) to $100 and I call. Flop: A-7-4dd. He cbets $75, I call. Turn: Td. We both check. River: Ah. He checks, I decide not to go for value since he could have KK/QQ played this way as well. I am still pretty sure I am good and just go ahead and show first and he mucks. I guess he had a lower pair, broadway, or suited connector.

Then this older Chinese man comes and starts raising to $50 every hand. Eventually a Greek visiting pro 3! him to $150 and he calls. Chinese man open jams $1,500 on AJJr and gets tanked called by Greek's AQo. Chinese man has ATo and is felted. Thankfully he reloads. I get KsKd and open to $20, Chinese man calls. Flop: 2-4-5hh. I check, he checks. Turn: Js. I bet $25, he raises $125, I call. River: 2c. I check, he bets $475, I tank call. He has 55s full. You got me....

After this hand I am about even on the session and steaming a little. Seems so unfair for this maniac to just have it against ME, of all people. I DESERVE to have won that pot! He should have had KJ there or a whiffed draw. Boo! Anyway, I get back on my game and limp/call maniac's $25 iso with 88 and flop middle set on 689cc and crai over his $100 cbet. I improve to quads ott and just show.

Ended up $200 tonight when my roommate asked for some company because she's not feeling well. Home game tomorrow night.

you banging the roommate?

make the reg showdown his hand. You may be on friendly terms, but there's no reason to miss out on new info on how a regular opponent of yours is playing. I don't mind snap showing down the quads against a rando donk you'll never see again

No, we're just friends. Let's just says she's not exactly my type....

I somewhat agree. Could have waited. But then again given the runout I can still narrow his range to lower pairs, K-high broadways, and suited connectors even without seeing his cards. He was certainly 3! light, or maybe for value thinking I was iso-ing BTN wide. It just might have felt like a slow roll otherwise because I was quite sure I was good. Might have had something to do with the fact that he was willing to chat me up about his progression through the ranks and other topics like the high stakes private games that have popped up at MGMNH. Apparently there are a lot of shenanigans that go on with the list and supervisors turn a blind eye. You basically have to be a complete whale to get invited to them. A select few pros who are on good terms with the host(s) probably do too.

I doubt anyone who reads this lives in the Boston area, but just in case (or you know someone): I am looking for a cheap room to stay in the Boston area for a week or two after the Encore/Wynn's grand opening. If you have something or know someone, please PM me. Thanks!