Schneids
06-19-2004, 07:55 PM
Day Thirty Six (June 17, 2004) and Day Thirty Seven (June 18, 2004) -- 06.19.04, 18:20
For the sake of my poker playing, I really need the weather to stop being so nice out, seriously. I am taking this quest pretty seriously, and have often went out of my way to accommodate to -- but the past few days have just been too nice to pass up on. I know, it looks bad that I'm creating this journal finally at 6:20pm, nearly a day late, having once again skipped doing a journal the day before...
The past few days have seen me playing a lot of volleyball (around 8 hours worth), some late night tennis at lighted courts, a lot of running around doing errands/paying bills/shopping, visiting my Grandma, and plenty of other things. A couple of buddies are going to be out of town for the rest of Summer within the next week (one left yesterday, the other next weekend), so I feel like that's an acceptable reason to have went skimpy on my job. I suppose that's one of the benefits of working independently. Enough with the excuses though...
Day 36, Thursday, I got in one 45 minute session in the afternoon, and then a one hour session at night while playing in a state of mind that would have probably better called for passing out in bed. On that day, I decided to make the jump to 15/30 full tables just to see what it's like (I've played these a little in the past but never consistently) and for a change of pace, while hoping playing these will make short handed more enjoyable whenever I return to that. In the afternoon session, I was up $1571.50, and then at night when I shouldn't have been playing, I was up $454. With the help of James asking me what I put him on and what I thought he put me on in a hand when I 3-bet his turn raise with me holding AA on a KJ9x board (he had raised from the CO after two limpers and I 3-bet from the SB PF), in which he had KJ and I nailed an ace on the river, I was able to conclude "it's time for me to call it a night." So, I finished the day up $2025.50 with 1.75 hours.
Yesterday, Friday, I got in a 45 minute session of 15/30 and was up $600, then played 45 minutes in the evening and was -$40.50, then played a final session from about 11:30 to 3am and finished that one down $684.50, so the daily total had me at down $129.50 in 5 hours. Yesterday was frustrating in that I experienced a nice slew of 2, 3, and 4 out hits in $400-600 pots, where winning a couple of those changes the total complexion of how my session ends up. Oh well, it happens, and when it doesn't then there'll be more sessions like Thursday's where I was up over $2000 in less than 2 hours.
In assessing my change from 6-max back to full tables, I'm pleased with my preflop play. One of my worries was that I'd be unable to properly adjust to the extra seats and get too aggressive with hands I should be folding, but so far I think that has been going well. I've folded 88 to an UTG raise and me UTG+1, I’ve folded AJo to an UTG raise and 1 cold caller, and I haven't been opening with much junk yet. Post flop, I think I'm doing ok, but I'm still making a few mistakes here and there. In one hand I went way overboard with JTs on a jack high raggedy flop that had a diamond draw, in which I ended up raising a bet then capping when it came back to me, then continued to lead the turn and river, in which I lost to SB’s AJ. I think the cap is fine if I am intending to check the river, but there've been a few hands where overall I believe I've overplayed them. Likewise, I think there've been a few hands I've underplayed. Give me a couple more days of these games, and I believe I'll be more adapt to how these 15/30 full games typically flow.
In one hand, I felt like I was in 10/20 6-max all over again. There were 4 folds, then a limp, then a raise, one fold, and the SB called and I called from my BB with 7d7h. The flop brought Tc6d2c; check, I bet, limper called, PPR called all-in, and SB called. Turn Jh; I bet, limper called, SB folded. River Qd; I bet, limper called, and my hand was good against both the caller (As7s) and the all in (Ac9s). I had to close my eyes when making the river value bet (I feared the guy chasing a flush draw that would have paired a card to the turn or river), but at the same time it's not too hard of a bet to make since it's pretty easy to fold to a raise. At the time, it certainly felt like a tough value bet that made me a little squeamish.
Another hand that felt odd at the time: I raise KsQs in EP, 1 MP cold caller, and the BB calls. Flop Jd9s4s; BB bets, I raise, fold, BB 3-bets, I cap, BB folds. This hand is worth talking about since I think this shows one of the advantages of being someone that consistently pounds away on the flop, no matter what the cards are. At this table, earlier in the session, I had played a flopped set the exact same way, and I think that pounding away on one strong hand gives additional leeway in other hands. Not that I **always** aim to beat my opponent into submission on the flop, but in general, I do love giving flop action, especially since I feel strongly about taking control on the cheap streets to allow yourself more flexibility on the later streets (plus some opponents after seeing you give action on the flop a couple of times with what they'd regard as only ‘decent’ holdings, will then continue to give action on the turn... so your flop play doesn’t necessarily kill your action on the expensive streets). Maybe I'll discover this "strategy" is more suited for 6-max, but for now I will continue to generally exercise it in full tables.
It's time for me to end this journal so I can take a shower, since I just returned from 5 hours of volleyball this afternoon.
Total for Day 36: $2025.50
Total for Day 37: -$129.50
Goal to date after 37 days: $26,402.74/$60,000
For the sake of my poker playing, I really need the weather to stop being so nice out, seriously. I am taking this quest pretty seriously, and have often went out of my way to accommodate to -- but the past few days have just been too nice to pass up on. I know, it looks bad that I'm creating this journal finally at 6:20pm, nearly a day late, having once again skipped doing a journal the day before...
The past few days have seen me playing a lot of volleyball (around 8 hours worth), some late night tennis at lighted courts, a lot of running around doing errands/paying bills/shopping, visiting my Grandma, and plenty of other things. A couple of buddies are going to be out of town for the rest of Summer within the next week (one left yesterday, the other next weekend), so I feel like that's an acceptable reason to have went skimpy on my job. I suppose that's one of the benefits of working independently. Enough with the excuses though...
Day 36, Thursday, I got in one 45 minute session in the afternoon, and then a one hour session at night while playing in a state of mind that would have probably better called for passing out in bed. On that day, I decided to make the jump to 15/30 full tables just to see what it's like (I've played these a little in the past but never consistently) and for a change of pace, while hoping playing these will make short handed more enjoyable whenever I return to that. In the afternoon session, I was up $1571.50, and then at night when I shouldn't have been playing, I was up $454. With the help of James asking me what I put him on and what I thought he put me on in a hand when I 3-bet his turn raise with me holding AA on a KJ9x board (he had raised from the CO after two limpers and I 3-bet from the SB PF), in which he had KJ and I nailed an ace on the river, I was able to conclude "it's time for me to call it a night." So, I finished the day up $2025.50 with 1.75 hours.
Yesterday, Friday, I got in a 45 minute session of 15/30 and was up $600, then played 45 minutes in the evening and was -$40.50, then played a final session from about 11:30 to 3am and finished that one down $684.50, so the daily total had me at down $129.50 in 5 hours. Yesterday was frustrating in that I experienced a nice slew of 2, 3, and 4 out hits in $400-600 pots, where winning a couple of those changes the total complexion of how my session ends up. Oh well, it happens, and when it doesn't then there'll be more sessions like Thursday's where I was up over $2000 in less than 2 hours.
In assessing my change from 6-max back to full tables, I'm pleased with my preflop play. One of my worries was that I'd be unable to properly adjust to the extra seats and get too aggressive with hands I should be folding, but so far I think that has been going well. I've folded 88 to an UTG raise and me UTG+1, I’ve folded AJo to an UTG raise and 1 cold caller, and I haven't been opening with much junk yet. Post flop, I think I'm doing ok, but I'm still making a few mistakes here and there. In one hand I went way overboard with JTs on a jack high raggedy flop that had a diamond draw, in which I ended up raising a bet then capping when it came back to me, then continued to lead the turn and river, in which I lost to SB’s AJ. I think the cap is fine if I am intending to check the river, but there've been a few hands where overall I believe I've overplayed them. Likewise, I think there've been a few hands I've underplayed. Give me a couple more days of these games, and I believe I'll be more adapt to how these 15/30 full games typically flow.
In one hand, I felt like I was in 10/20 6-max all over again. There were 4 folds, then a limp, then a raise, one fold, and the SB called and I called from my BB with 7d7h. The flop brought Tc6d2c; check, I bet, limper called, PPR called all-in, and SB called. Turn Jh; I bet, limper called, SB folded. River Qd; I bet, limper called, and my hand was good against both the caller (As7s) and the all in (Ac9s). I had to close my eyes when making the river value bet (I feared the guy chasing a flush draw that would have paired a card to the turn or river), but at the same time it's not too hard of a bet to make since it's pretty easy to fold to a raise. At the time, it certainly felt like a tough value bet that made me a little squeamish.
Another hand that felt odd at the time: I raise KsQs in EP, 1 MP cold caller, and the BB calls. Flop Jd9s4s; BB bets, I raise, fold, BB 3-bets, I cap, BB folds. This hand is worth talking about since I think this shows one of the advantages of being someone that consistently pounds away on the flop, no matter what the cards are. At this table, earlier in the session, I had played a flopped set the exact same way, and I think that pounding away on one strong hand gives additional leeway in other hands. Not that I **always** aim to beat my opponent into submission on the flop, but in general, I do love giving flop action, especially since I feel strongly about taking control on the cheap streets to allow yourself more flexibility on the later streets (plus some opponents after seeing you give action on the flop a couple of times with what they'd regard as only ‘decent’ holdings, will then continue to give action on the turn... so your flop play doesn’t necessarily kill your action on the expensive streets). Maybe I'll discover this "strategy" is more suited for 6-max, but for now I will continue to generally exercise it in full tables.
It's time for me to end this journal so I can take a shower, since I just returned from 5 hours of volleyball this afternoon.
Total for Day 36: $2025.50
Total for Day 37: -$129.50
Goal to date after 37 days: $26,402.74/$60,000