Just played another short session. Yeah I'm definitely playing like **** today. I don't know if my brains not firing as well because of the fast, but I'm done playing until I break it. Got my money in so bad on this hand:



Luckily I 1 outered for a $950 pot to break even for the day. The run good continues..

Wait what!?!?! Turn raise is actually a great move and definitely the optimal play to with 2 blockers to the nut str8 and only a K high fd that cannot call. you're a terrible poster

OP, am happy to see you upswing but am concerned about your tilting tendencies... What do you have as tools/methods to prevent an imminent monkey-tilt from happening the next time you run bad? Any meditation, breathing exercises, healthy habits, or some plain exercise?

Hello Quaddeuce good luck ! Very nice reading enjoying your story !!!


What ''during fasts'' means ?

you actually going to raise there? i wouldn't call either.

not eating any food. playing on a empty stomach.

I'm betting instead of check-raising if i'm going to put chips into the pot and I'm folding to any aggression against a unknown villain.

Dude, you looked thin and in shape from the picture you posted.
I don't know why you think you have to do any fasting.
Cleaning out your system once in a while is a good idea I guess but no need to do it any extended periods. One day a week maybe?
Stay healthy.

Thanks Dubnjoy. Yeah I've been doing a lot of work on my mental game. I still have a long way to go but so far ive noticed a lot of progress. My current regimen includes daily meditation, cold showers, journaling, and some type of physical exercise. I also try to go to the gym and lift weights and sauna a few times a week. My brother was just telling me about breathing exercises the other day actually but I have no idea what that is. Going to look into it!
I'm doing a 48 hour water fast. Meaning nothing but water for 48 hours.

Yeah Calling would be the worst of the three options...


It's mostly just as a test of self discipline for me. With a little bit of health reasons mixed in. There's a lot of research out there that shows a lot of great health benefits to fasting. I don't think we humans were meant to have access to food 24/7. A little fast now and then is good.

Taking today off and working on my pre flop ranges in PLO. The turn raise with the 55KQ hand didn't bother me. It was more of a question of if I should have even been in that hand in the first place. I like to peel a lot of hands from the B but that may be a bit too loose. What's the best resource for studying plo? I think I am just going to buy the plo course on upswing unless anyone has a better recommendation?

The run good on PPP is officially over. I've lost every significant pot over the last 2 days on there. Some of the beats I've taken have been pretty gnarly. But, that's ok, it happens. I've been happy with my play for the most part and my mental game has been much better. Every time I have felt myself start to tilt I have quit playing for a few hours.. Also, I found a whale who was absolutely punting off BI's at 2/5 PLO on merge and that one hour session made up for all the losses the last two days on PPP and then some. So that helps.

I purchased the PLO matrix on upswing and have been studying with that. I'm realizing I play way too loose pre. If there's a spot that I think might be close it's always a fold.

I'm a donkey. Went on mega tilt and started open shoving every hand. Third hand I did it I shove 200bb with A5o get called by A9s and lose $400. Tilted off ~$800 total yesterday. So stupid. I can't afford to be punting off $800. Snap quit after that hand. On the bright side, in the past this would be the spot where I would go degen, but now it has somehow lost it's appeal. I just have no desire to play blackjack or any table games. Baby steps I guess?

Back on track. Just finished a 2 hour session online +1200. Very disappointed in myself last night but we're going to use that as motivation to never let that happen again. Going to get ready soon for a live session. Hopefully the game is good tonight and we can finish the month off strong. A 15k month is in reach with 2 days left to go.

lol why the heck are you shoving with A5o 200BB deep in a cash game?

i can understand if it was 20BB deep in a mtt but in a cash game why? even then in a mtt A5o is probably a fold in earlier positions.

I'm a donkey. Went on mega tilt and started open shoving every hand.
Monkey tilt lol

I turned a $400 bankroll into a $20k bankroll in 2 months.

AMA

Edit: JK I'm not that cocky. BR is over 20k now though. I know that's a paltry sum of money to most people on here, but it feels like a herculean accomplishment to me rn. I'm so happy! Next goal 50K.

I often play fasted (although not necessarily long into a fast, just more of a skip breakfast type of thing) and find it is overall pretty good for focus and decision making.

Hand from last night that I'm wondering about:

Does anybody ever find a fold here? 4 handed 1/2. No reads yet but villain is one tabling and his bet sizing makes me think he's a rec. B opens. We 3b A6s from sb. B calls.
Flop: AJ6r

We cb half pot. B raises 3x.

I feel like these spots are almost never bluffs. But we are pretty high up in our range and block so much value.... still I expect to see AJ and sets a ton.

In game I decided he could be doing this with some weirdly played AK and AQ for value so I jammed. Don't think it's ever a bluff with like KQ, QT though.

This is insane . You do not need eat perfect if you exercise regular.

This is major sucess for you. Mistakes will happen it is part of the game, if when you do mistakes you stop, you are in the right track ! Tilting only $800 in a very bad day it should count it is a win in my book !!!

Thank you man I appreciate it

Results for June: +$14,044.80

Decided to play a tournament today and min cashed. 1 for 1 in tournaments in 2019! Yeah! Lol. Won $400 in PLO. Taking the rest of the day and tomorrow off. First full month of playing poker full time has been a rousing success!

Urubu your name looks familiar. Do you play PLO on ACR?

No. Last years only playing at PS .

Prob not a great idea to be playing 2/5plo with a 20k life roll tbh, especially when prone to tilting off rolls.

Definitely not. I pick my spots very carefully though. I pick my spots well and I'm not afraid to move back down when my shot taking goes poorly. That's the only reason I've been able to run it up so fast, in the first place. If I used to perfect BRM I would still be grinding 50NL on an 8k roll.