CARDRUNNERS

Things have been going well for me.  I finally broke the 400k mark in my challenge growing my 100k up to 425k.  I am pretty happy with this result as it’s only been 2.5 months since my challenge started.  I played quite a few hands in September, but this month has really slowed down for me.  I have been travelling alot and been very busy with other things.  Overall during this time I would rate my play the past 2.5 months to be about a B-.  I have played very poorly at times partially at PLO.  I have finally been having some good results are 50/100 PLO. Good for me is not a huge loser though so it’s all relative.  This month I am up about 10k at 50/100 PLO which is the first time all year I have not been stuck 50k in a thousand hands when I play it.  So I am happy with those results. 

I think the time I have spent on my PLO game has paid off.  I am being to see some major leaks in my game.  Spots where I really overvalue hands and things.  I would say my poor results this year have been primarily due to my weak PLO game.  It’s definitely been a rollercoaster, but it’s starting to come together.

Okay that was the good, and then yesterday I had a really nasty session on UB where I dropped 80k putting me down to 340k online.  Not to fun but I think I played well.  Also I managed to just walk from the table when the game got tough and I probably was being to not play well.  Usually when stuck I play and play and play.  This time I went for a run when the table was 5 handed with me, Ozzy87, Taylor, Prahlad, and SamH.  Being stuck 8BI I wasn't going to have any great comeback against that lineup.  I think with players that tough whomever is playing their best at the time will have the edge in the game.  If I had stayed I probably wouldn't have been played well and could have really chunked off some money.

Here are some hands from that session.  I had some really difficult decisions throughout the session.  In this first hand I am against Samh.  I hadn't played much with him and never any NLH so I didn't have a great read on his game.  Taylor gave me a quick two second rundown of his game, but I think after dicussing his game with other players I like a river or turn fold.  That said the river is such a good card for me to call on as 44/99 are so unlikely and the only other nines in his range are 89 and 9T suited.  That said I don't feel like he bluffs here often.  I guess I don't mind how I palyed it with the information I had at the time.

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Not much to say here, pretty standard I think....

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I think I over thought this one.  I had floated Taylor earlier in the session with ace high so I thought he would be more likely to fire three barrels in this spot.  Taylor is definitely capable of making moves here but I don't know if he is often enough.

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I don't think there is any other way to play this...

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I then lost a ton of other 10k pots which got me stuck big.  I think I made a few marginal calls, but I was in some really tough spots.  Some days of poker are like that.  All you can do is learn and make better decisions in the future.

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