playing a game for a living = +EV

That was the most productive day I’ve had in a while by a longshot. Played poker for 9 hours, and logged 8000 hands. Watched 2 hours worth of cardrunners videos. Ran a psychology experiment for 4 hours. Went to a lab meeting. Cleaned around the house a bit. Got headphones. A great day overall.

Ended up losing around 200 at the tables. Ran a couple hundred under EV, had a few nasty coolers, coolered a few people, and made a few mistakes. Wasn’t thinking as much about every decision as I should have, so I’ll try to improve that tomorrow. Also had time to watch lost. Its amazing how long your day can be when you wake up at 6 AM when you’re used to sleeping till noon.

Heres another mistake I made, as I told myself I would put them on there, though this one hurts. His turn check min raise = uber strength. My AJ is no good here. Why do I ship?? I didn’t think long enough about his range his hands. What is he check calling flop, then check min raising that turn Almost never a bluff. Approximately all hands that beat me. sets, str8s, 2 pairs, something super strong. Terrible shove that cost me quite a few BBs. Just gotta learn from it. Keep taking time to think about hands, especially when the pots huge. At least 10 seconds if the pot is over 40bb, I think I’ll try to enforce that rule tomorrow. And at least 5 seconds for every pot. But I played this hand horribly.

Full Tilt Poker $100.00 No Limit Hold’em – 6 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

UTG: $100.00
MP: $116.15
Hero (CO): $226.85
BTN: $137.85
SB: $121.85
BB: $216.70

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is CO with J A
1 fold, MP raises to $3, Hero raises to $10, 3 folds, MP calls $7

Flop: ($21.50) J 8 9 (2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $14.00, MP calls $14

Turn: ($49.50) 5 (2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $27.00, MP raises to $54, Hero raises to $202.85, MP calls $38.15 all in

River: ($233.80) 6 (2 players – 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $233.80
MP shows Q T
Hero shows J A
MP wins $230.80
(Rake: $3.00)

Welp, I’m about to go to bed, wake up and start the grind back up 2morrow.