Daily Update - Sat 09/09
Hours Played: 4
Profit:
$650
Notes: Short session on Saturday, decided it was time to go out and party and be social. Went to a homegame for 4 hours, won some money, then uber'd to the city to participate in a Penthouse apartment party before heading out to town. Didn't know many people at the party, but in my drunken state, was able to make plenty of new friends and had an absolute ball! I put the allotted $100 "social fund" in my wallet for the night and told myself I'd only spend this... knowing full well I'd have around $2k cash with me as well that I brought from the homegame. The reason we love alcohol so much is its ability to remove inhibition, and I was certainly not going to be inhibited by a $100 social roll for the night. So I probably spent $150-200 more than I should have last night. I don't know exactly how much. It was silly **** as well... I left the club at 4am with this girl, ordered an Uber, it was going to be $12-$15. It was about 30 seconds away when I decided it would be hilarious if we took one of these instead...
So I cancel the Uber that has practically arrived ($8 to cancel) and we take one of these back to my apartment. The guy driving said it would be $50 and when we arrived I gave him $70 for his insanely skitz driving ability and for not killing us.
Yes, I did spend too much on Saturday. No, it is not the end of the world. The $100 I allotted was always a "guideline" and I'm not going to shoot myself if I live a little and splurge. I probably spent $300ish max on Sat which isn't too bad, especially since I've been known to spend north of twice that on a big night out.
Anyway, me and this girlie went for brunch on Sunday morning, and then I was going to come home and go to the gym but didn't really feel like it. So I just slept for about 17 hours straight to bring me to the present moment, Monday! I just went out for breakfast about half an hour ago as well - once again, we've already gone over our "cheat meal" allocation for the week. So I'll tighten up my spending range for the rest of the week.
Just on that though, although Saturday to just now has been "bad" in terms of spending too much and not going to the gym, and being ill-disciplined, I think it's important to just say "**** it" every once in a while and do what you want. I've chosen this lifestyle because I value being able to do that. As long as I don't slip into a spiral of degeneracy or spend more than I can afford or stop going to the gym - if any of this becomes a long term issue, that's when it needs to be resolved.
Anyway, let's take a look at some hands from Saturday's session.
Hand 1
About 6 to the flop, I'm SB with KQhh, no idea whether it was limped pot or opened, flop is 24Thhh, I check, villain bets $27, I raise to $75, he calls.
Turn: 4o
I bet, he jams, I call (prob 400ish deep to begin with?), and we lose to 42s. Pretty unlucky but the hand played itself.
Hand 2 - The power of the snap-topup
This happened the VERY NEXT HAND, I always try to stay topped up in a juicy game. The SAME villain opens EP to $20, I'm on the BTN and look down at AA. I 3bet to $60, he calls. This is a dream come true because I look so "tilty" after having just lost a big pot to him.
Flop $120: AJA
Check, check. You gotta check the quads at least once right???
Turn $120: T
Villain bets $75, I call.
River $270: 3
Villain bets $125, hero jams, villain snapcalls.
V had TT - turns out checking quads at least once IS optimal.
So bit of a rollercoaster there getting raped by 42s and losing a bunch of profit to owning the same bloke with quads the following hand to get back into profit.
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Today I'm going to head to the gym shortly, then at 6pm tonight there should be a rotation game I'm going to play in. It's two orbits of NLH (2/5) and one orbit of PLO (1/2) - it's designed for hold'em players who are new to PLO and want to learn. Needless to say, it's a bit of a goldmine. As always, when playing PLO we'll look to buyin short (prob $300ish) to reduce some of the PLO variance we might incur.
For the rest of the week, I'd like to A) get back on top of my spendings, B) get back on top of gymming, and C) continue playing great poker.