Pro day 5
I’m done.
After a marathon 10 hour session today, my total playing time for the week is up to 33 hours. That’s approximately 700 hands of poker, mileage an online pro could no doubt clock-up in a good two or three hour session multitabling.
Another small loss recorded unfortunately, which I’ll primarily put down to slightly sub-standard cards and one rather -EV move. Rather than try to summarise the whole session, will share an excerpt from my IM conversation with the Baron and Snake between about 8pm and 1am:
Luke: Wow, quiet here. Four tables of single boys and a small list, rather than the usual horde of lingerers. Guess it’ll go crazier than usual 10pm onwards when the happy couples have had their Valentine dinners and come to gamble.
Luke: Couples trickling in…
Tom: Seriously? What an excellent way to spend valentines, jesus…
Luke: Mmm, some girlies gangs here also, but mainly boys tbh
Mike: Good luck mate. Stacked anybody yet?
Luke: Nah, all quiet really. Made a few moves but ran into sets and flushes each time. May be on wrong table, just nosing around now. Waning a little tho to be fair. May be overpokered…
Mike: Then quit mate. You’ve put in the hours so far.
Luke: Will quit when feel I’m playing bad. At moment playing solid TAG fairly effortlessly. Not sure have LAG in me at moment tho.
Luke: New table just opened, I’ve switched. Going to try to turn it on for a bit and see how I go. Right in the doorway, full of Valentine romeos. Not a reg in sight. Yumyum…maybe
Luke: Right. Nicked 2nd pot with 52o double barrel. Showed to much amusement. Angry man on right now. Lol. Lots of shortstacks on table at moment. Need to maneuver carefully if playing LAG.
Tom: Come on pro, sat night, time for a big score
Luke: Indeed. Early yet, you can’t push these things. Well, maybe you can, but you’re ’special’ Tom.
Tom: Special?
Luke: Special == mentally deficient at poker table
Luke: Just doubled up someone’s top pair with 53o no draw shove on flop. Have table covered. My rep looking good, it got a big laugh.
Luke: Think it’s getting infectious. Four player all in.
Luke: It’s on. Shoved 99 pre and got 2 callers. Let’s see what happens!!! … Ace on flop … Oops. Vs QQ and KK. Lol!!!!!!!
Mike: Luke is busto..
Luke: Ha ha, yes!
Luke: So much for LAG. At least am enjoying myself for first time in a few hours tho.
Tom: Lol at busto
Luke: Haha. Anyway. I’ve bet at last 3 hands consec. Am in SLAG mode
Tom: Excellent. Far more entertaining
Luke: Am 1 for 3 tho. Reputation tatty. Come on big hands. Anyway, only down 250, small cheese at moment. Plus having fun.
Luke: Have 100 on table. Going to do something daft for laughs in a bit and then top up big.
Tom: All in blind. In squeeze situation
Luke: Went the other way and nicked it on the river with 7 high. Showed of course. Up to 150.
Luke: Vpip 92%. Back down to 100 with a silly steal. It’s a bit of a bugger paying for a SLAG rep, and then running so cold you can’t utilise it…
Luke: Just pulled off hero call with 55 on river on board of 6J888 after I bet the first two streets and he took lead on the end… Genius rep established. Was a stack call against guy I’ve been beating on. His body language when shoved the river screamed mega bluff.
Luke: Woo hoo. Put my first bad beat on someone in days (apart from Dev of course). 99 vs KK aipf, hit set. Unfort he was ultra short stack.
And so I pretty much played like an absolute loon intersperced with moments of genius for the final 4 hours through to dawn. Although you could say that my hand selection went to the dogs somewhat, a reasonble modicum of skill on my part enabled me to keep out of the way of the majority of dominating hands, and just push back on weakness where the pot was there for the taking. And it was there for the taking a lot. Playing virtually every hand from every position, I made steal attempts at somewhere in the region of 3 hands per rotation, getting away with well over half of them. Rather “two steps forward, one back” but eventually undoing the damage of shoving into two overpairs and recovering my moderate loss back to a small one.
And so for the last time will share my thoughts on session success criteria.
10 hours played. Rather than adapting to the situation, I forced my crazy game onto a group of players who weren’t really ready for it – taking at least two guys well out of their understood territory into the land of calling with queen high (sorry, this time I’ve got a pair – try again!). On the whole an enjoyable session, although the first few hours fairly quiet until I found a table I could bully. Only one big mistake, although I’ll admit I was lucky in the sense that didn’t run into too many big hands after the 99/kk/aa incident.
Can also finally say that I don’t have to look forward to playing tomorrow…
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