Good Play + Long Session = Positive Results?

Who would of thought? This concept has continuously laughed in my face this entire month yet I know that it will catch up eventually. Today it actually worked out. I ended up putting in a solid 10 1/2 hour session and finished in the black a little over 2000.

That number is nothing compared to where my month is at but I need to start somewhere. My day actually should of finished a little over 3000 but I took an unnecessary gamble at the tail end of my session that ended up costing me. I knew it was a gamble when I made the move and 15 outs twice couldn't improve.
Still... it was unnecessary and I havn't been a successful player for 2 years because I gamble it up every time I flop a big draw.

I will detail this hand plus much more when I post tomorrow.. I apologize for the lack up updates lately. It's been a very trying month and I havn't felt the desire to blog much...

finding the positive in a big pile of negative

It's been a rough month and its definately starting to take its toll mentally.. however, if I couldn't handle it I would of quit this business a long time ago. This week is a week of changes and it couldn't be more welcomed. Brad gets into town within the hour and tomorrow we are going to start pulling some crazy live sessions. Last time Brad was here I was in a big slump and his motivation and passion for the game drove me into about a 2 month long streak where I played -alot- of poker and was loving it... I have little doubt this trip will have the same result.

If something is giving me bad results a change is good.. I plan on playing little if any online poker in the next week and am focusing on building up a solid cash bankroll again. My month so far sucks, yet is meaningless and all that matters is making good decisions now. I have yet to have a losing month since i moved out here and I don't plan on starting now. There's alot of work to do the next couple weeks...

I will update often detailing our live sessions. Tonight is softall and drinking night so nothing new until early wednesday most likely. Peace out

a big psychological win

I've been getting slaughtered at all games and all stakes the last couple days... it's actually been quite sick. Since this is not a bad beat blog I won't go into alot of detail where I will inevitably whine and complain more than any of you dare to listen to. Long story short.. My money was in as an 90% favorite or better with 2 to come and both times I lost in $3000+ pots... i think it's time to rebuild at 5/10 and forget 10/20 for awhile.

Odviously i've been a little annoyed with how this whole month has started.. Down a quick 8k with nothing real positive to show. I took a few days and came back today and was quickly down 800. I was playing well and kept playing when I got my money in good and actually held up for a big pot. I kept playing for another hour or so and called it quits after a short session. After such a rocky start I decided for my own sanity I would stop with a small winning session under my belt and come back tomorrow with a little more confidence in my game than I have been my last couple sessions.

I'll put in a few sessions during the week... but overall I plan on relaxing and putting in some mad crazy sessions when brad is here next week. It will be alot of live play and i'm looking forward to the change of pace. The Orleans Open starts on saturday and goes through the end of the month and i'll hopefully be mixing in a few of those events to get my live game back. Until next time...


Crazy stupid bad session results: -3000
Monday session results: +600

Strong finish and a rough start

I able to finish the month of June with a few solid sessions and overall I am very happy with my performance for the month. This current month.....not so much. I've taken some sick beats and i've decided that a day off in the middle of what is supposed to be my "work week" is a good idea. This will most likely result in me putting in a session on my normal thursday off but that's life.

Here are my session results since I last posted:

Saturday June 30: +1800
Sunday July 1: -1500
Monday July 2: -3000

July has not been nice to me so far. I will say sunday's session was alot me in the cash games which is where most the negative came from. My tournaments were pretty sick.. I was top 5 in chips in the bodog 100k guaranteed with about 100 people left when I got all my money in with AK vs AQ and lost. Then about 5 hands later I moved my last 16,000 in with 10d 10s against a raise to 2600 from a stack of around 19,000. I was called by 8d 9d and I was drawing dead on the turn.....nice

In the Full Tilt 500k guaranteed I decided I wanted the chip lead or to bust early. I was dead tired and needed a nap... but if I could get a big chiplead I would play it out. Within the first 5 minutes I picked up Ad Kd under the gun and limped. There was a raise to 140 and three callers when it came back around to me. I popped it up to 700 and had 1 caller from the player directly to my left who had originally limped behind me preflop.

Flop As 6d 9c

I lead out 800 and i'm instantly moved in on. I decide this is my spot and make the call. I'm most likely splitting this pot or losing to a set of aces. I decide i'm willing to take the risk especially since I already have over half my stack in this pot. I call.

I show my AK. He shows Ac 3s. Nice....

Turn 3d

River 10s

Not alot I can do here and I turn off my monitors and took a nap....one of the few things I did right on sunday.

Monday I don't know.. I'm not going to sit here and make excuses but I got my money in a large majority of the time as a clear favorite and lost (my set vs overpair, my KK vs 1010 on the 9 high flop... all losers). These days are tough and can take the wind out of the sails of even the best poker players. I've been through this kind of run before and i've always came through stronger and wiser than before. I don't see this spot being any different. I would not be sitting here talking to you right now if these spots were impossible to get through. I just need a day off to clear the head and tomorrow i'm back in the grind.

My final results for the month of June:


On a bit of a side note i'm really looking forward to when Brad comes out here towards the end of the month. Not only is this kid great at getting me off my ass and into the live poker rooms (bleh) but he always seems to be fired up to play which can be very contagious. I will start working on having a solid cash bankroll again when he gets out here and hopefully keep it this time. Not only that but he's going to try and get my golf game back on track... it's been getting a bit ridiculous.

Oh yeah... Saturday night I went and hung out with Darksy and his british friends out on the strip. I was skeptical about hanging out on the strip since it's mostly a pain in the ass but I ended up having a great time. The brits...well... they were very entertaining and I really have no clue what was said the majority of the time. I'm pretty sure they said if I decide to head to the UK one day i can stop in and have some tea and crumpets with them. I'm not exactly sure...

Until next time...