So tl;dr uni exams didn't go well, I'm sure over the next week or two I'll write up some long winded and somewhat cryptic post explaining my thoughts about the future etc etc.
Poker though is going very well, I've put in loads of volume and played pretty solid. There have been some great 2/5 games as of late which I'm happy to say I've ran very well in. Getting to 100z online and definitely helped my live game a lot, I feel more comfortable vs a lot of regs and feel more confident in my ability to print in games above 1/2. Granted the 2/5s I've been in have generally occured when 5/T has ran which ofc makes them v good as you won't have to battle many (if any) solid regs but I feel the point still stands.
Something else I'd look to put out there is the willingness to battle a bit in the short handed games. The amount of extra ev I've gained by sitting in a game which is about to die and trying to keep it from dying by just not racking up and instead saying "let's keep going for 20 minutes and see if anyone comes in" is loads. Fwiw in the line ups I've been in short handed I don't think I'm losing by any stretch and short handed live is a nice way to mix up the usual 8/9max situations one faces.
2/5 4 handed with myself, a semi-fish and two reg friends.
I open CO to 15 with AQ
, reg friend 3 bets BTN to 50, folds to me and 2keff I make it 200, he peels.
(407) J83
I bet 125 he calls
(657) A
I check he checks
(657) 2x
I decide to check and he bets 400, AP we have quite a clear call but I did actually tank a bit, was having sad thoughts about just getting shown AK and JJ every time but this time our friend had T9
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Another hand vs another reg friend at 1/2
MP Limper we iso BTN with 75
to 10 and our friend 3 bets to 40 in the SB 700eff, limper folds we peel.
(84) 873
He bets 55 we call
(194) 4
He bets 110 and we jam for 600, he tank folds JJ no diamond.
Ofc a lot of reads and explo stuff going on which I don't really want to go into for obvious reasons. Still thought it's fun to share some live hhs.
I plan to play cash pretty consistently for the near future. I'm going to Nottingham in late Septemeber for this Party Poker Millions and will just fire the 1k and play cash, should be a nice group of us staying together so hopefully have a good time, maybe I'll do a TR of the trip if anyone is interested in that kinda thing.