Been a while since I made a blog post other than that hand which I found amusing. Unfortunately, I have been in Michigan as there was a death in my wife’s family. I am not going to go into the details of it, but my wife is very upset, she was very close to the loved one. Between that and having a son, I have got in very limited hands over the last week or so. I will get that video review back to you tomorrow though Josh!
Overall this month when I have played, I felt I played pretty well. Today, I played two sessions. While I did get annoyed a few times late in the second session, I am pretty pleased with my play overall and my ability to play without emotion. I made some huge folds in the second session, which were crucial in limiting the damages. The first sessions started out with me dropping 2.5 BIs in like 50 hands. I was able to shrug that off fairly easily and just keep playing my game and I had some good success in getting a lot of it back. I have been careful ever since a friend pointed out that I am probably chasing losses at times to watch for that and if I feel even slightly like that might be the case, I just quit. That wasn’t the case today, I just genuinely wanted to keep playing.
Session 1:
Session 2:
Both Sessions:
As stated, I made some good folds, this hand was near the end of session 2. It was at this point, that I just decided to go do something else, as it was feeling more like a grind than just enjoying some fun poker. I won’t let myself get into the frame of mind where I just grind hands. If I am not having fun and enjoying myself, I am not playing! I mixed in a fair amount of 200nl today, about half of my tables were 200nl. I could have easily had all 4 tables at 200nl, but just felt like playing a mixture and probably will for a bit longer. The tables were very juicy. I even got on the waiting list for my first ever 400nl 6max table, because it was beyond juicy (4 of the 6 players were huge passive fish with about 60 BBs each, yuuuuum). However, my son woke up and if you are a parent you know what I mean when I say he was having “awareness” time. That means it is time for daddy to go play! SO instead of playing, I ended session 1 and opted instead to go read a couple books to Jacob and just mess around with some animals and whatnot. Much more fun than poker obv! 
I managed to get in a 30-minute ride on my bike today. I am bound and determined to get back in shape. My son needs me to be around. I am going to make sure that if I go prematurely, it is not self-inflicted. I can’t control freak events, but I can control being overweight. So I will do what I can to be around for a while for him. I kept making excuses for not getting on the bike, because my truck was totaled. Well, the thing is, I can go around my neighborhood or get a bike rack for the car. Sure, bike racks are a pain in the ass, but not as much as health issues! I prefer the greenways to the neughborhood, because my neighborhood has some seriously steep hills. C’est la via though, I gotta do it!
Fantasy baseball update. My two teams are a combined 19-5 and I am #1 in the power rankings in both leagues. Go me.
Well, that is all for now. I notice my updates getting more sporadic. I notice the same thing for my friends’ blogs. It kinda makes me sad, because I love to write and I love to read updates from my friends with both poker and more importantly, life. However, I understand what is happening, since it is happening to me too. The blog updates become more sparse when more time is spent studying the game and more time is spent doing things more important than a blog post. Until next time, all my readers run hot at the tables and also more importantly at life!
great post — sounds like being a dad is very +EV!