I have not posted a blog in a while because I got very sick. I was down with the flu for several days and then had an acid reflux flare up that was very bad for over a week. And then, just when that was getting better I got food poisoning. Talk about running bad!
But I am over the flu and the food poisoning and the acid reflux is better with some medicine that I have been taking. I am about 85% to full good health. I just had no desire to do anything that was not necessary for a while so that is the reason for no blog.
I have still been playing poker. I took some time off for my sickness but I have still been playing most days. This week has been a tale of two kinds of poker. The kind of session that ends with you miserable and the kind of session that ends with you just wanting to do nothing but play poker 24/7.
On Monday I lost $250, largely because I was coolered by the dreaded set over set situation. I had 22 and the board was J 6 2 5 A. No flush possible and I bet it strong all the way only to be called down by 66. Those hands can literally make you hate the game but they are a part of business and unavoidable.
Fast forward to Tuesday night and I pick up KK and raise to $10 preflop under the gun. The flop comes K Q 8 after I was called by two people. I bet just $10 and was called by both players. The turn was a 3 and I bet $25. One player folded and another player (one who is pretty tight and knows that I am tight as well) made it $60. I knew he had to have at least two pair and this was a good spot to get it all in and I shipped it all--about $250 more than his raise. He tanked for a while but it was clear he had a big hand. After a good two minutes he called with 88. Pretty amazing that he considered folding but with no flush and no straight on board it is hard to fold that hand to anyone. Thankfully the river bricked and I won a pot of around $700. Now those are the hands that make you love the game!
Monday and Tuesday night are just two sessions that show the volatility of No Limit Poker and teach us that you need to be ready for emotional and financial variance all the time. For the two sessions I came out ahead $350 (lost $250 Monday and won $600 Tuesday) over 12 hours. So despite that emotional variance I managed to book a nice $30 an hour win over the two days.
Tonight I will be back at the poker room to see what the roller coaster has in store for me.
Disciplined Degenerate
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