I haven't really played much in the past couple of days. The little bit I did play, I was too impatient and a little to loose/aggro. I was up, then down, and ended up a small amount in the negative direction. I played a couple of hands really poorly. One of which I went against a read I had on the villain and the note I had written on him. I ended up losing a buyin on a dumb call when I made a defensive bet on the river with trip aces with a jack, when he shoved I decided to pay him off. From my notes and my read, I knew he had AJ beat and probably had either a flopped set for a boat on the river or the more likely hand, AK. GG me...way to trust your reads. So I haven't put in much volume the past two days. I'll get it going soon though, so stay tuned.
On other fronts, I started orientation for the new job. I'm starting with Macy's West as a divisional associate. When I got hired, it was under the assumption that I would eventually enter the management training program. So that will be exciting, especially since the future wife wanted me to get a "real" job and more regular income and hours. I love her and if she wants me to do it, I pretty much have to. The wedding plans are coming together. We just sent out the invitations and are almost done with the registry and most of the major tasks have been taken care of. Reserved the reception hall and church, hired the DJ and caterer, hired the photographer and cake designer, and hired the wedding day coordinator.
Some of the minor details have been taken care of, like choosing the cake design and flavors, wine and beer list, music selection for the ceremony, guest list and groomsmen/bridesmaids. There are some things that really need to get taken care of in the next few days though. First, I need to pick the suits and ties for the groomsmen, especially since she has already got the bridesmaids dresses picked out and delivered. We still have to pick out the flowers and decorations for the reception and ceremony. I still need to find some bartenders to do the reception and find people to do some of the different things for the ceremony (i.e. ushers, guest book attendant, etc.)
So all is going well on that front. I just finished reading Power Hold'em Strategy by Daniel Negreanu. It is a great book, probably one of the best books written on the subject of poker in a long time. There are some chapters that can be skipped or aren't that great, but for the most part, it is a great read. If you really think about the small ball section and try to approach the game the way he prescribes, you'll be surprised. I've been a big advocate of small ball for a long time, and have strayed from time to time, but really see the benefits from playing in that style. I started reading Professional Hold'em by Ed Miller. It's not a strategy book, per se. The book mainly focuses on decision making, odds considerations and some of the metagame processes to think about. It is a good book so far.
I have read a ton of poker books, and have continued to try to only add tools to my arsenal that I think are beneficial for MY GAME. I don't try to play like Goldseraph, Damnringer, Splitsuit, Negreanu, Chris Hinchcliffe, or any other player. I try to play position, sometimes I play out of position as if I have a monster, but for the most part try to play most of my hands in position. I think my reads are really great, I just need to trust my reads more often and not convince myself that they are always bluffing. Here's a great example from last night. I raised a few hands in position and the player on my left kept calling every raise. I started with AQ, he called, I bricked the flop and cbet. He called, I checked another brick on the turn, he fired, I folded. This happened again a couple of orbits later. Everytime I raised the same amount and cbet about the same amount. Everytime he would float the flop and fire the turn. I noticed a pattern and his data was horrific. He was running 56/12/5 over 326 hands. So the very next hand I pick up AA. I raise the exact same amount, and he must have thought that he could just keep doing what he was to me. It sucked because he had position on me, so I had to do what they always tell you to do with a Loose passive player pre and loose aggressive post. I cbet the flop again, it was 995 with two hearts, again, the exact same amount I had been. I don't like to vary my bets much to give away free information. Sure enough, he calls. I check the turn, just like I had been doing. He fires, like he was, it was almost robotic. I check raised more than the pot to make it look like a frustration play or bluff. He bit, but just called. A blank came on the turn, he only hand about 7 blinds left, so I pushed him in and he called off with J4 of hearts for just a pair of jacks....what a bad player. I made notes on him and can't wait to get him again on a table.
So all is going well right now. I'm getting plans together to build a poker room/poker office/game room. I am going to put a flat screen in there hooked up to my computer and different game consoles. It will also be used as the poker timer and info center when we get our home game together again. So I'm getting those plans together. So time to call it a night. Gonna hit the tables tomorrow, not sure for how long though.
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