Crazy Cash

Cash games have been very volatile for me lately, but I've somehow managed to come back from some extreme intra day lows most of the time. Today was another day like that. I got off to the worst start ever, losing two buy-ins within 50 hands to a bad beat and a cooler. I didn't tilt really at all after those two hands but I still couldn't get anything going at $100 max. I decided to take a break after 430 hands and then came back and played 1/2 for 360 hands. I played ok, but not great, at $200 max and won almost 1.5 buy-ins to put me up $75 for the day. Here are the results and the graph:



I know I have some major leaks at the moment, as well as some emotional discipline problems, and I'm going to do some in-depth study after this post. There were some interesting hands so I'll probably post more than normal:

Annoying
This is one of those hands where I knew I wasn't going to hold. I had watched this guy suck out a few times before this so I didn't get my hopes up. Anyways, the moral of the story is push any draw and you will get there.

Cooler
It's tough to put a guy on a set of fours here but my entire river sequence is just awful here. His turn bet looked like a blocking bet with something like JT, weak King, or pair and flush draw. I tried to make a really small value bet on the river to maybe get some action from another King, but I might have been being optimistic. When he check-raises the river, I should've insta-mucked as he won't do this on a bluff because he has no fold equity. I also don't really beat anything that would check raise the river but I think I got mad at betting and made a crying call.

Leak
This hand is so unnecessary in so many ways that it hurts. This guy had 3 bet me quite a few times (which I really hate) and so I was a little frustrated with him. Looking back over this hand, it is a pretty tough spot with this rainbow board and a lack of scare cards for me. I think it's probably better to just continuation bet and shut down out of position with 77 here. This board is very floatable as it misses so many hands and I didn't really think he was that strong. I tried to play for pot control but he bet the turn, which is what he would do on a float. The turn is the most confusing part for me here, and I hate confusing decisions out of position. I put out a blocking bet on the river because I felt I was going to call a bet but I wanted to dictate the size of the bet and there was still a chance he could fold out a hand like 88 or 99. I think a better line is to turn my hand into a bluff by check raising the turn (which I would do with an overpair on this board) and then bet about 80% pot on the river.

Nicely Played AA
I think I basically called out this guy's hand to myself when he bet the turn. On the flop, his min-raise was either a set or a strong ten, and when he potted the turn, I really didn't think he had a set. I was never folding but I definitely maximized value here.

I had another fantasy draft tonight with some other newer people like Lauren and my brother. Lauren's team is actually pretty solid and I play her in week 1 and I'm really afraid I might lose. My brother and his friend have also started taking Jujitsu at a local gym that offers a lot of martial arts training. I talked with my brother and his friend Bruce about it, and we decided we might all take some private lessons in Thai Boxing. I really want to do this for so many reasons. It's a great way to get in shape, learn to kick people's asses, and an excellent way to learn discipline. I am pretty excited about it and I'm going to make sure I follow through with it...