November 30th 2011 Update

Wow, sorry for the infrequency of these posts.  Life has gotten busy- midterms, extra hours at work (+ev), etc.  My hours at the tables have been less than ideal.  It wasn't until the past few days that I really got to put in some decent volume considering the lack of free time I've had.  I had another pretty tilting session.  I was on my way back from my last spill, and I decided again to shoot for some higher games.  I ended up losing $277 I think in 23's and 34's.  My ev had me at about -$25, so variance was somewhat on my side.  Still, it was no excuse to take foolish risks while trying to rebuild.

Since that day, I've spoken to jackstack and straightened myself out a bit.  I started using my HUD.  I've used it before, but never really understood how to fully apply it.  I still don't, but I'm learning not to let all of the data overwhelm me and take my focus off the game at hand.  I've crawled back the past few days with some decent sessions only at the $11.50's.  I'm still down a healthy amount, but I seem to be on the right track.

I've been trying to immerse myself in poker as much as I can.  I put videos on my phone from husng.com so I can watch during breaks at work and/or just listen to the coaches while I'm driving.  

I have another midterm tomorrow, a big project due in almost two weeks, and a final after that.  With all this on my plate, getting some games in might be tough.  If I can squeeze some games in here and there I can.  

Some quick numbers before I go (from HEM):

Loss as of 11/20/2011-  -$581.95

Loss as of 11/30/2011-  -$406.70

It's important to note that these numbers don't include my 35% rakeback, and even more importantly, when I got my new laptop and imported all the data from my previous computer, HEM was all screwed up and had my wins/losses incorrect.  I couldn't figure out how to get it to be accurate, so I just left it.  On my carbon account, I'm -$315, so HEM is off by about $100.  

That's all for tonight.  Good luck at the tables!

One of those days

Just a couple of hands to show how my entire session went today...

***** Hand History for Game 4328895366 ***** (Merge)
Tourney Hand NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, November 09, 08:12:08 ET 2011
Table Cougar Room  Turbo Heads Up (43288170) (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: MrJorge7 ( $1825.00 USD )
Seat 2: AreDubz ( $1175.00 USD )
MrJorge7 posts small blind [$25.00 USD].
AreDubz posts big blind [$50.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to AreDubz [  Ah As ]
MrJorge7 calls [$25.00 USD]
AreDubz raises [$100.00 USD]
MrJorge7 raises [$1775.00 USD]
AreDubz calls [$1025.00 USD]
MrJorge7 shows [Kd, 3d ]
AreDubz shows [Ah, As ]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Td, 7d, 9s ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Jd ]
** Dealing River ** [ Th ]
MrJorge7 wins $650.00 USD
MrJorge7 wins $2350.00 USD from main pot

***** Hand History for Game 4328816021 ***** (Merge)
Tourney Hand NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, November 09, 07:49:37 ET 2011
Table Cougar Room  Turbo Heads Up (43287802) (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: AreDubz ( $2445.00 USD )
Seat 2: waldie191 ( $555.00 USD )
AreDubz posts small blind [$10.00 USD].
waldie191 posts big blind [$20.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to AreDubz [  Kc Ad ]
AreDubz raises [$30.00 USD]
waldie191 raises [$535.00 USD]
AreDubz calls [$515.00 USD]
AreDubz shows [Kc, Ad ]
waldie191 shows [As, 6d ]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9h, Ah, 7h ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3d ]
** Dealing River ** [ 6c ]
waldie191 wins $1110.00 USD from main pot

***** Hand History for Game 4328601735 ***** (Merge)
Tourney Hand NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, November 09, 07:11:10 ET 2011
Table Cougar Room  Turbo Heads Up (43286003) (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: resultsoriented ( $1936.00 USD )
Seat 2: AreDubz ( $1064.00 USD )
resultsoriented posts small blind [$15.00 USD].
AreDubz posts big blind [$30.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to AreDubz [  Ks Kc ]
resultsoriented raises [$55.00 USD]
AreDubz raises [$180.00 USD]
resultsoriented raises [$1866.00 USD]
AreDubz calls [$854.00 USD]
resultsoriented shows [5c, 5d ]
AreDubz shows [Ks, Kc ]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ts, Qc, 5s ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3s ]
** Dealing River ** [ 3h ]
resultsoriented wins $872.00 USD
resultsoriented wins $2128.00 USD from main pot

I don't want to go on a rant with the dozen or so other hands that are nearly identical to those.  I'll just leave it where it is.

It's just one of those days.

11/6/2011 Update

Hey guys.  I'm not too good at keeping up on blog updates, it's still not a part of my routine lol.  At the moment, I am watching the WSOP final table.  I've been sitting here for four hours watching the action (or lack thereof).  While watching, I also took the time to finish setting up my new laptop that my fiancee got me as an early Christmas gift.  She's the best.  And by set it up, I basically mean install Carbon poker and spend 5 hours cursing at Hold 'em Manager to fucking work already!  That whole process totally put me on life tilt, but now that it's finally working, I feel much better.  If it doesnt work again for any reason, it's gona really annoy me.  Anyway, now that all of that is out of the way, I can update my poker news.

Ever since that big downswing, I really haven't put in the volume that I would like to.  I've played here and there, but my work schedule has been absolutely crazy the past few weeks and I didn't really want to play tired or feel rushed to squeeze games in.  I have, however, been doing a ton of studying almost every moment I can.  I've been reading The Mental Game of Poker, practicing 3-bet shove theory, and watching HokieGreg vids and taking notes, and then studying the notes I take.  My head is much more clear now (finally) after the downswing, and I've been playing the 11's until I feel comfortable again at the 23s.  My game has still been swingy, like I'll be up 50 for the day, then even, or up 100 over 2-3 days, then down 10.  My most recent few sessions I'm up like 80 so I hope I stabilize my game.  I'm going to schedule my session with PHMERC again soon, I just have to find a time where it won't interfere with school or work.  This semester is more frustrating than I thought, but it's almost over.  

That's it for now.  Thanks for checking in!