Feel bad I haven't posted anything here.
I've got a new app called Poker Journal that allows you to record sessions,and that was a big part of my motivation for keeping a blog last year. I pretty much do all of my living off my iPhone, including eating -- probably 60% of my meals come from Seamless now.
Anyway I've played 9 sessions on the year, 7 of them at Borgata and I've yet to have a losing session there. I finally stopped pussying out and played 2/5 this trip and it's gone great. Another part of the reason I haven't posted is that I've hardly had any hands that weren't totally standard, maybe the only real tough decision I've had this year was this hand:
http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerfo...g~-198587.html
I'm up $3,356 over 91 hours, playing decently and running really well. I've made about 3 largeish mistakes this year that were just silly and unnecessary but I pretty much knew they were mistakes at the time. That probably tells you how well I've been running in other hands though.
This trip has been a nice ego boost. I've run into some good players who complimented me; one guy I played with at Aria last year said he didn't want me at my table when the floor was looking for a spot to move me. Another guy who is a really solid live pro told a mutual friend that he was impressed with a couple of hands I played against him, and people moving seats a lot at my table to not have to be OOP against me.
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A couple of fun hands against a friend of mine. (He's young, Ivy league law student, plays solid but not an online player, not a theory guy)
I open KK UTG to $20 at $2/$5 (have about $1100 effective), woman calls, my friend (~$1000) repops to $80. I flat, woman ponders a bit and flats.
Flop:
I check, she checks, he bets $135, I call, she folds.
Turn:
I bet $220, he calls.
River:
I jam, he folds and says he had AK.
Maybe an hour later, seats are opening up, new players are coming, I choose to move across the table from the 1 seat (I usuallylike the 1 seat, but it was physically uncomfortable due to various factors. I gave my friend choice, I was moving to his direct left but said he could take it and have position on me instead. He took it. First hand, while I'm still moving chips around the table, he opens UTG for $20, 2 calls, woman ships about $200, I hurry across the table to get my cards. I have KK and jam, everyone else folds. My friend folded 99 and would have won, but I win instead.
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