1 HR session

[Silverthunder]

Originally Posted by nawhead

Silverthunder, I'll play! You're so right!

I'm being a sissy. It's like trying to build muscles.

I was very scrawny as a kid. I still am... but whatever.

But there was a time when I had this job, and I had to be strong. OK why am I being so mysterious? I was in the military. Branch not important, I don't want to talk about it, I'm not a lifer.

Anyway, so I had this job. I had to run all the time, I had to lift very heavy objects all the time. I was a scrawny little kid, OMG I was crapping my pants all the time. I used to get super tired doing 20 sit-ups. They made us do 200 sit-ups! WTF!

But then I realized I wasn't made of glass. I lifted those heavy objects, and my body didn't break. I got stronger. I did those sit-ups, and my stomach didn't break. I ran those miles, and my lungs didn't catch on fire.

So maybe my mind won't explode if I keep playing longer. If I focus myself. If I dedicate myself. Stop being a sissy.

My mind's not going to break. I can do this!

Oh and Chinz, I did use to do the timer thing too!

You can always take short breaks, too, by sitting out for 5 minutes in a session. 5 minutes is nice if you are at some good tables because it will hold your spot.

But, yea, one step at a time. You were not doing hard physical work on day 1, it was probably more of a gradual process. Same thing with sessions. Maybe just start by trying to go a little bit past an hour when you are at a good table, or when you are feeling like you can do it one day.

[nawhead]

I've moved up to doing 90 minute sessions all weekend! Yes! Just a little bit of spew at end... so I'll work on that for now.

[nawhead]

FAIL... fucking FAIL.

This is me at 170 minutes... after 2 breaks cause "I feel like I'm falling off my game"...


I'M A DONKEY #1
Full Tilt Poker $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 302066
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BB: $10.05
UTG: $14.89
MP: $10.31
Hero (CO): $6.38
BTN: $6.53
SB: $12.40

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is CO with 7 :club: 8 :club:
UTG calls $0.10, 1 fold, Hero raises to $0.45, 3 folds, UTG calls $0.35

Flop: ($1.05) 9 :diamond: 6 :heart: J :spade: (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $0.70, UTG raises to $14.44 all in, Hero calls $5.23 all in

Turn: ($12.91) K :club: (2 players - 2 are all in)

River: ($12.91) 4 :spade: (2 players - 2 are all in)


I'M A DONKEY #2
Full Tilt Poker $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players - View hand 302068
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CO: $10.00
BTN: $6.56
SB: $10.00
BB: $11.79
Hero (UTG): $6.42

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is UTG with A :heart: Q :heart:
Hero raises to $0.35, 3 folds, BB calls $0.25

Flop: ($0.75) 3 :diamond: K :heart: 6 :heart: (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.70, BB raises to $1.40, Hero raises to $6.07 all in, BB calls $4.67

Turn: ($12.89) 4 :spade: (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($12.89) K :diamond: (2 players - 1 is all in)


I'M A DONKEY #3
Full Tilt Poker $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 302070
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UTG: $10.00
MP: $7.03
CO: $10.00
BTN: $5.50
SB: $10.00
Hero (BB): $4.85

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is BB with A :club: Q :club:
3 folds, BTN calls $0.10, 1 fold, Hero raises to $0.40, BTN calls $0.30

Flop: ($0.85) 4 :diamond: 5 :club: K :club: (2 players)
Hero bets $0.70, BTN calls $0.70

Turn: ($2.25) 7 :diamond: (2 players)
Hero bets $1.60, BTN raises to $3.80, Hero calls $2.15 all in

River: ($9.75) 8 :spade: (2 players - 1 is all in)


I'M A DONKEY #4
Full Tilt Poker $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 302073
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BB: $22.18
UTG: $4.90
Hero (MP): $16.08
CO: $13.40
BTN: $10.03
SB: $6.81

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is MP with K :club: A :heart:
1 fold, Hero raises to $0.35, 3 folds, BB raises to $1.10, Hero calls $0.75

Flop: ($2.25) J :heart: 3 :diamond: T :heart: (2 players)
BB bets $1.20, Hero calls $1.20

Turn: ($4.65) J :club: (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

River: ($4.65) 4 :heart: (2 players)
BB bets $2.30, Hero calls $2.30


I'M A DONKEY #5
Full Tilt Poker $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 302075
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UTG: $10.20
MP: $10.72
CO: $10.46
Hero (BTN): $4.47
SB: $8.24
BB: $12.31

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is BTN with A :heart: Q :club:
1 fold, MP calls $0.10, 1 fold, Hero raises to $0.40, 2 folds, MP calls $0.30

Flop: ($0.95) 4 :diamond: 7 :diamond: 6 :club: (2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $0.60, MP raises to $1.20, Hero calls $0.60

Turn: ($3.35) 5 :club: (2 players)
MP bets $3.35, Hero calls $2.87 all in

River: ($9.09) 5 :diamond: (2 players - 1 is all in)



I spew for no reason after an hour. 2+ hours, my brain just stops working. I have zero impulse control. It just completely short circuits. Screw playing with the fish. LOL. I AM THE FISH. This has happened so many times that I can't even get mad anymore. I don't understand it.

[Silverthunder]

some of those flush draw hands were not that spew.

OOP with a flush draw, you might want to consider checking the flop. Or, you can bet the flop, check the turn. Against a lot of bad players, semibluffing is not good, especially multiple barrels.

At least you have a lot of successful sessions past the hour mark.

[nawhead]

Originally Posted by Silverthunder

some of those flush draw hands were not that spew.

OOP with a flush draw, you might want to consider checking the flop. Or, you can bet the flop, check the turn. Against a lot of bad players, semibluffing is not good, especially multiple barrels.

At least you have a lot of successful sessions past the hour mark.

I'd rather just look for the occasional folds. I don't need many folds, I'm just looking for 1/3. And there are those times draw vs draw. It's almost like a protection bet against worse draws that might just hit some random offsuit pair and win on river.

Hand 2, the 3betting with the draw was bad because I didn't expect a fold. I never have fold equity vs a minraise to a kinda big cbet. I shouldn't even count my A as an out cause villain's aren't usually doing this with one pair.

Hand 3, where I bet/call turn with the draw is bad also. I'm only getting 3 to 1 (need 4 to 1 for breakeven call), again on average I'm probably up against 2 pair or TPTK type hands so the A sucks as an out. There's no profit here. This hand I need to just c/f or as sucky as it sounds, bet/fold... but I'm halfstacked, it's -EV, but not by too much.

[zomfgwtfbbq]

Why are you calling with bluff catchers essentially?????

Hand 2 : WTF??????

[Richy47]

Hand 2 is the best played hand imo.

[nawhead]

Originally Posted by zomfgwtfbbq

Why are you calling with bluff catchers essentially?????

Hand 2 : WTF??????

Because I'm trying to catch a bluff?

I didn't post these hands for analysis. This is me playing bad, very, very bad. Mainly due to a long session where my brain's spent and decided to turn off for the night... but maybe my lizard brain is still on. Lizards suck at poker obviously.