Well the degenerate in me won out last night and I managed to make it down to the cardroom at about 9:00 PM after napping and watching TV most of the day. I felt a little better and to be honest I really wanted to get out of the house for a bit.
Very early in the session I picked up 99 and called a raise to $5 in the small blind. I saw the flop four handed. The flop came A97 and I was up against A7. We got it all in on the flop and I doubled up early. My stack was up to about $400. The game then got shorthanded and I almost got up and left but stayed as the lineup was good, even 5 handed. I proceeded to not win a pot for about 45 minutes. And not winning a pot for 45 minutes 5 handed is expensive and frustrating. I gave back almost all of my profit and my stack was down to $230. I was getting upset but I didn't let it effect my play. Sure enough the odds evened out and I won some hands. I made top two pair with AQ for a good pot. I picked up JJ twice and won decent pots and just like that I was back up to a $400 stack. It could have been a real big night when I flopped trip 8's against AA but a third heart on the river slowed me down. I won the pot but it could have been huge if not slowed down by the potential flush.
So I more than doubled my buy in after 3 hours of play. The game was still decent but I was happy to get back up to a nice win after losing 45 minutes straight shorthanded. Additionally I still did not feel that great and it felt like a good time to get out.
It was a good day in baseball as well as I won 2 of my 3 games for a profit of just under a unit. I would take that all year in sports!
No action today in baseball. I am leaning towards the Seattle Whitesox game for an under bet (8). But I will probably lay off unless there is some late line movement. I am really excited to bet the NBA playoffs on Saturday!
For tonight, I will just stick to poker and try to keep the winning streak going.
Disciplined Degenerate
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