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Jinxing myself with the “I am running good” post! Even though I just decided to through away like $250 at the new “Rush” tables on FTP (do NOT leave on animation, it made me want to puke lol) I have been running like god. I think I have been playing well of course but I know by now that it takes a little more than that to run this hot haha.

Been spending a ton of time with SThief who is the man. He may be my good luck charm. He is a great poker player and having someone around to talk hands with all day has been super nice – Joe has failed me here as he has been off tilting on the golf course and crushing like HO split.

I know. It’s not HO. Nobody told Joe for a while, but it was HA. Please give him epic amounts of shit for this. Even if he was folding every hand nobody having a low for like 2 orbits!??! INSANE! If Joe was coaching me and I told him that story I’d have my head hung mighty low.

I’ve played very little live cash and with the extra time added to my day (no dog walking and stuff) I’ve been stepping up my volume of online play. I really like playing a bunch more and though that’s very easy to do when you are running great I hope to keep up a decent volume through 2010. I’ve been playing every game that has been good, which seems to be a great strategy haha. Well, gambling on NLO8 cap with a bunch of aggro monkeys didn’t work out too well but hey what can you do. Turning 2 pair and getting shipped on by a gutshot in PLO will have to, as well as getting paid off by 2 pairs on a 3456K in O8. Basically, learn more games to increase your game selection. It will greatly increase your long term winrate. Take a look @ the high stakes action on FTP – all things considered this is the be all end all, yes? Probably the biggest and worst games (worst big games that is) in the world? And right now they’re 7game.

Josh has been rather taken back by the wonderous world of other games, as I think everyone who sweats me eventually becomes. Being able to bet because someone is just bad is not a luxury we’ve had for a few years now, but I think I told Josh I was betting 2 or 3 times because my opponent was “bad”.

Of course this means he will call too much and not check/raise enough but you get my point.

Anyway, on the topic of cash poker I’m going to start up some group coaching come the end of the football season. Joe and I will most likely be doing a mid-stakes HORSE group coaching session and I will be doing a HULHE on my own.

I’m pretty convinced that I a great SSHULHE coach after successfully taking someone who had never played online poker before and teaching them to beat 3/6 and 5/10 for > 4BB/100 (TRUE STORY!). I will be upping my coaching rate as well but the rates for the SSHULHE will be discounted (probably in a range similar to my rate right now for the first one if not a bit cheaper). I don’t know how much I can fit into a month but I plan on doing them monthly – this may or may not change when the whole thing is outlined.

Essentially what I’m looking to do is take 2/4 and 3/6 6max players and teach them HUHU and help them scoot through the rake trap and into 5/10. Being able to play both is great and if worst comes to worst and you can’t stomach hit and runners you’ll learn enough about board textures and bluffing that you’ll probably end up better at 6max anyway (hopefully).

I’ll make an announcement in the Coaching forum on DC when I’m all set up. Hopefully I get a few students as this is something I’ve really been looking forward to.

Wish me luck in the Bounty!