Session reports.
I had hoped to be writing a very different post than this one. Back in the days when I was obsessed with thin value betting, thinking that was the pinnacle of poker excellence, I was, naturally enough, equally in thrall with playing perfect sessions. Getting all the value. This goal is not as unreasonable as it sounds. First off, live poker sessions do not feature that many […]
There is some reasonable folk wisdom basically suggesting that as people grow older, they mellow and become gentler. Hard line conservatives often become more sympathetic to leftist solidarity arguments as they see suffering and human limitations. Aging liberals begin to see the wisdom of principles and so called Natural Law as they experience and observe the long term consequences of ressentiment and pragmatism. At work, the senior […]
“Running GREAT!” Dan kept mouthing. “GREAT!” He wouldn’t stop complaining. He wanted attention, and it was grating. After limp calling from UTG and folding to a cbet, he flashed me 106o. “Can’t hit a hand!” He rebought again for yet another forty big blinds. “Can’t even make top pair.” He sought soothing through nagging. Embarrassing, but I kept it to myself. Had to. The truth is, I […]
In order to complete my turnaround, which involved questioning almost every aspect of my game and life, I carved out three final session this past weekend. I felt responsible, even, having picked my hours and opponents carefully, just when I could be lounging around after weeks of strong play and hard work. Instead of a cumulative high, savings back in the bank, and more wise and obnoxious […]
I’ve been busy, and while still on track to get back to 85 hours this month, had missed an entire week of poker. However, last night’s performance was last week’s show all over again, with another solid win that pushed me past my monthly target, despite being in deep to start. Friday’s shitstorm at the Village looms as the potentially defining session. Lots of interesting hands and […]
Limon delivered the goods once again the other night toward the end of his poker call in show. A player expressed frustration at not being able to capitalize on a games situation very similar to my own, where a limited pool of identified types play in (mostly) easily categorized styles. After the caller floated the idea that he should move up to a new level, not because […]
I remember my very first casino experience very well. Before busting out midway through a $50 daily at TI, I had opened tens from EP and gotten raised. I was pretty lost on the whole in this environment, as everyone seemed so competent and serious. I worried about strong players taking advantage of me. However, when this fellow put the chips in, one of my blooming superpowers […]
I remember and regret my first post on Crush Live Poker. I was trying to express the desirability of having as much information as possible before making a play, and my intention did not translate well on the screen. In addition to being exposed as rather absolutist, my point wasn’t even strategically right. I accept more profoundly, now, that we make a play based on certain factors, and […]
I continue my heavy grinding hours with back to back ten hour sessions, but a different Persuadeo shows up to each one. On day one I was at nearly my best. I pulled off a pretty spectacular three barrel, featuring the ole’ pot sized bet on the river to finally get a guy to release top pair on Axxxxhhh. Sticky these guys! It was the right play […]