Another week comes to an end, that means 5 weeks of playing behind me so far. The results are ok, you can see in the above video(s), but I'm still making many mistakes. Usually I'm careful, so I don't make many big pot mistakes, but more medium ones. Playing many different opponents, and sometimes changing them fast as they leave, makes it hard to deal with unusual lines from them, as you don't really know what to expect, so that can throw you off.
I think one of my main areas for improvement is more aggressive value betting in certain situations; sometimes I come to the river with a strong hand which is not the nuts, and don't bet it or raise it, probably for fear of getting raised or that if I bet and lose, I will lose a bigger pot, or something like that, I don't quite know. It's irrational, perhaps on some level I remember the lost pots when I made a big river bet or raise more than I remember the pots won when I was called by worse hands. There is a bit of »feeling stupid« when you make a big bet and are called by a better hand. It's as if I don't understand in the moment that I only need to get called by worse hands 50% or more, to make it a good value bet. As if part of me wants to have it 100%.
But anyway, there is much room for improvement, which I can see already on my own; which means that in reality, there is even more room for improvement, which I can't even see yet. The »unknown unknowns«, as they say. But that will come in time, the mission for now is to cut down the number of bad moves every day, little by little, and improve consistency, focus, patience. Auto-pilot is the worst, insta clicking buttons takes all the fun out of poker, yet there come many moments what you just do it, aha dry board, CB, boom! Aha, missed turn, give up. Click, click. And ten minutes later you are into insta-clicking everything, until you find yourself in a tough spot for many BBs, then you wake up. It's sort of like driving a car, and realizing after a few minutes, that you were completely caught up in your thoughts, or something, and couldn't even remember what color car was driving in front of you, if somebody asked you...
I got some fish from the fish shop today, they are really cheap here, and fresh from the sea. 3 euros for two decent sized lampuki fish, unbelievable.
I was thinking about getting some fishing gear in the near future, but if they are so cheap, it's almost too easy to just go and buy them! A but I might start fishing anyway, just for the fun of it.
