1st Jan --> 7th Jan
Alright, first post of the new year! Hope everyone had a solid first week of grinding and a good new years. This week was a bit slow going with a hefty 2 day hangover from a loose new years.
Poker Study
Did not meet my goal this week. Again, slow start to the week and a degen weekend away on Friday in the suburbs so was a bit slack with study. Managed to fit 2 short pio sessions in where i reviewed approx. 6 hands. Have multiple study sessions lined up this week with the group so should easily hit next weeks quota.
Meditation
In terms of my lifestyle goals I only meditated once which is a terrible effort. From the 1 session that I did it was extremely relaxing and definitely provides some form of mental clarity so I imagine i will try to fit the meditation sessions in between my poker breaks. I was recommended to start off with 10 minute sessions so I'm going to cut my original goal back to 70 mins per week.
Mobility
Chucking in an additional task each week of mobility. Squat and deadlift have been suffering in the gym because of terrible hip and ankle mobility from many years of soccer. Will be trying to hit 105 minutes a week (15 mins a day).
Weight
95.6kg --> 96.2kg. Not much to say here, close to my 500g per week goal so happy days. Fat boy incoming.
Poker Earnings
Only grind 10k hands but had some pretty decent sessions, so overall up
$4234 AUD this week. 500z flirting with me a little to keep me interested.
Week Recap
Was a bit of a recovery week, with intentional lack of volume. Will definitely be hitting this week head on planning on meeting every goal this week.
Some Hands
H1)
Firstly, I should probably PIO this spot because although the turn is v good for my range and improve alot of my bluffs, my raising range might be wide enough on this texture to warrant a larger turn size (still assume it would go small though). Nevertheless, think once we get X/R on turn we just have to puke and GII.
H2)
Villains turn sizing here is pretty interesting. I think once he doesnt raise my 1/3 on this texture he is going to be fairly capped and for him to then rep so polar on the turn was odd. Me having the 9x blocker and J10 blocker and his bet being so large I'm really happy to jam with this hand. My draws better bruh.
H3)
levels to this **** boi
Triple check the nuts here because I think pop actually checks back too much Kx (esp. AK) here and will always find a value bet on the river with a hand that is a pair with a nut blocker. So I went with the extremely polar line knowing his betting range just had so many nut blockers which would level themselves after using their small size
H4)
Reg table. BU & SB massive fish and UTG suspected reg. UTG cbetting range on this texture into 4 with 2 fish is obviously v nutted. However, I know my flop fold equity is so poor but I think I can generate alot of folds from parts of his range on turn. This is a spot where UTG might not even have 44 and cannot have 75s. We as the big blind have every set and the most 75s. This with the fact that I block the nuts, have a FD + SD, I think its a pretty easy overbet shove on turn with our equity. Surprised villain made the call.
H5)
Another spot where UTG's betting range is super strong so with bottom set its an easy flop raise. Turn im unsure. I think I prefer shoving with my range or checking. Most of my flop raises are combo draws which mostly want to shove turn. + its a spot where almost all of my flop value raises require a TONNE of protection and value on that dynamic turn. So overall I think i prefer OB jam. As played river is ****ing disgusting and I should probably make the fold as I think his check call range on turn leaves him with no sets and he probably has alot of combo draws which contain 10x D:
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Thanks for reading, gl with next weeks grind lads!