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Originally Posted by meale
Had a sneaking suspicion that was your milestone you weren't speaking of. :P GL bruz, hope you ship it. Would be a pretty nice start to things!
Would definitely be very nice! Yesterday definitely helped the cause for it. Thanks!
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Last week I played about 39.5 total hours. I'm not going to lie, I cut short a couple of sessions just to book wins to extend my winning streak. But by cutting short, I'm talking like 15 minutes, not 5 hours.
I felt like I played fine this week. I only tried to force the issue twice this week. One was on Thursday, where I tried that bluff that was called down, and then last night I 3bet bluffed on the turn into flopped quads. I don't think it was necessarily a terrible spot, but we'll see what y'all think. We're 6 handed and I open A
7
to $15 in CO. BTN, an unknown player, and BB, another unknown player, both call. My only read on BB is that he seems friendly with the 4 seat, who was also unknown but seemed very competent at the table.
Flop ($45): 8
K
K
Checks around. 3 handed at a 6 handed table, I'd check quite a lot with AK/KQ/KJ, and probably only bet worse K's, 88, pairs under the K, and some random bluffs.
Turn ($45): J
BB checks. I bet $20. Same line I'd take with stronger K's. BTN folds, BB raises to $40. Against a total, complete unknown, this is probably just a call. But given I saw his rapport with seat 4, I thought he may be competent enough to pull a move. So I 3bet, with the additional equity of the flush draw, to $85. It seems small, but if I had a K I'd make it small too. He thinks for a little bit and calls.
River ($215): 8
Well, that's a **** card. BB donk bets a stack of red. I fold rather quickly. He then flips over KK. By not 3betting, he actually got more than he should have.
I took a break at the 6 hour mark yesterday. I take small breaks at 2 hour intervals, walk around the casino, just get off of my ass. I'm -$4 for the day. I'm playing ok. Not A+, but certainly not C. Maybe a B game. I come back to the table. To my neighbors, I declare that I'm about to **** **** up.
The next hand, I double up with AA in a 3bet pot. I'd proceed to go from -$4 to +2BI in the final two hours. Makes it official. Next time you want to win, just declare to the table that you're about to **** **** up. It works.
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I also saw my future the last couple of nights. I've been saying this earlier in this thread, but the largest games locally are PLO. Eventually, that's where I will have to focus to maximize my winrate. I did play like 2 hours of PLO yesterday and made a bit. It's such a god awful boring game live though. To play optimally, you literally fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, pot-raise and fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, call in position pot pot fade the 13 outer, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold (you get the idea).
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Lifewise, everything is going well. One thing I have to get in control of is the studying aspect. Not going to lie, it's a bit difficult. I would ideally like to come home, eat dinner, and then study. But things don't usually work out that way, through no fault of my own. I do quite a bit of work in Snowie before my day begins, as well as going through and answering forum posts. Not sure how much studying that consists of. Either way, I have to do more so that I can be better than everyone in my player pool.
I've also got to get on top of the health insurance crap and what to do with my old 401k. I've been delaying it and delaying it, but I need it. I don't want to wind up penalized at the end of the year, and I also wouldn't mind free flu shots. With the 401k, I've got to do research on the difference between an IRA or just taking it as cash and attempting some other venture with the money. That's one of the few positives of my old work place. I paid nothing for health insurance, and they had an employer match to my 401k. All things considered, it only added about ~$6k/year to my comp package.
(If anyone can help me with IRA stuff, it'd be greatly appreciated!)