Both of those hands aren't nitty, they're, like, super standard.

OLT itt.

AA hand should have been a call due to bet sizing and stations in the hand who are super wide. (But i didnt include that read earlier)
False. OLT would have opened to 100, cant risk seeing a flop. Either that or limp reraise all in. But me, I like to get tarpy tarp

Meh the AA hand isn't a disaster either way. You're going to end up folding to so many turn bets (mostly correctly) and won't be able to extract much value anyways, being OOP (and how often are you ahead on this flop and get a "pure" runout like 87632 or 87633 that you can get value on river?). This type of board is classic slightly ahead/way behind, and you have two opponents that could have better made hands (or 10+ out pair+draw hands) than you. The fish I play in 2/5 & 5/5 would have bombed the types of hands you have destroyed on this flop (TT, JJ, K8s) so the small bet has me shaking even more than a big bet.

The flush fold is obviously much easier though.

That's about the same mentality i had during the hand except my game plays tighter so TT/JJ would have played the same.

Kay the turn and river was actually pretty interesting if I stayed in the hand.

Turn: Ao. Another bet and call.
River: 9o. Check check. F1 mucked to F3's 77s.

Time to talk about my obsession with food (again).

So one other thing that i love as much as sushi is mushrooms.

I picked up these guys from the grocery store the other day:



Clockwise from the top are: lobster, bluefoot, black trumpet, shimeji, and fresh shtake (lolfilter). The first 3 were $30/pound but I just had to try them lol because Im such a food fish.

I decided to use them all in a risotto.



With parmigiano reggiano and some goat cheese (and obv wine/shallots/etc). The blend of mushrooms were actually pretty good together and not overwhelming/confusing because the shtake (lolfilter) and shimeji are mild enough to be in there just for the texture and body of the dish. But I'll humbly await for Don's (and other foodies reading this) comments.

Aaand this is two of my favorite things rolled all into one:

TJ, you're confusing us.

Geez no love for this?
And i thought i post in a guys' forum

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Some of us are not sushi fans, hard as it is to believe for a real fan of it.

The problem is that the EV of a line is very dependent on your table image. If you're losing, your villains are not going to respect you and they're going to look you up lighter, which increases the EV of your value bets and decreases the EV of your bluffs.

In general, the most +EV game is tailored, as specifically as possible, to each individual situation. Not every villain will have the same tendencies against you, and a given villain will not have the same tendencies for every hand. You have to consider everything, which means that if you are playing for max EV, you will play individual hands in individual spots differently from each other depending on what the overall individual situation is.

So you absolutely should deviate from a line you'd take while running good when you're running bad, and it will net you money, rather than cost you money, if you are adjusting correctly.

Agree with this.

Also, it's shiitake. However, you reminded me of this:

+1

Bingo.

Since you enjoy mushrooms, you should try chicken mushrooms. This type of mushroom is delicious.

I am doing that (paying attention to my image) regardless of whether im running good or bad.

But im not NOT going to squeeze with my preflop 3bet squeezing range just because ive been missing the flop. Or call with pocket pairs when the odds are right just because Ive been missing. And just because im running good, im not going to be playing more hands or try to bluff more either. That is what i meant.

Most players dont even pay attention anyways. I can be opening like 22% in a session and ill still get a ton of FE.

Yeah i had that in mind too lol. I knew i was spelling it wrong!

I looked it up - I think they are called hen of the wood around these parts, unless they are different

This whole run bad downswing thing keeps on making me feel like quitting after a session but next day i feel ready to play again (and pretty sure it's not due to the "chasing loss" mentality). But it's been like that for the last bunch of sessions where i start off good then just implode (in terms of how i run) so Im wondering if i should just talk myself out of playing for now.

I really just want to put in the hours and keep playing through it but at this rate of dropping 4BIs/session im actually a little afraid of going busto.

In terms of dropping down, not to sound egotistic but i think 2/5 is the lowest id go because 1/2 might be even softer but at some point the utility from the 1/2 hourly ev is not worth it for the life outside work im giving up. Also think a lot of people that play 2/5+ on a normal basis prob find it hard to play 1/2 again - so they can prob relate to this.

I am wondering if i should take a break (like a week) but a big part of me just hates giving up.

Taking a break isn't giving up snowball

Well i would be giving up trying to hit my hours so it's like giving up one of my goals

Its always ok to lose (even concede!) a battle as long as you win the war

As I've learned from chess, retreating can be a powerful attacking move in the guise of a bigger picture. Sometimes the position simply warrants retreating as well.

You're not retreating to give up but instead retreating to *regroup* and come back even stronger.

Man I love 1/2. I know your coach will mock this but yea, it's still my favorite stake.

Anything where you can be a complete goof and make $25/hr is nothing to "be above", imo

It's also a cool feeling being a known 5/10 grinder and playing 1/2. I love the looks I get from 5/10 regs when they see me there and point out there's seats available on a 2/5.

I asked my coach about 1/2

And he says to me

Well at least you'll take longer to go busto

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