I know I haven't written for a while but the rents have been in town for the last 4 days. They drove down with the remainder of our stuff which was unreal outta them. They also helped Mel, Jim and I kinda complete the crib. Over the weekend we accomplished the following.
-Got a pool table
-Fixed and set up our ping pong table
-Got a dining room table
-Finished off our bedroom (lamps, coffee table, etc.)
-Got a dart board
-Hung some stuff on the wall in the gameroom
-Got a bookcase
-Got a another chair for the patio
You get the idea. Basically, our place finally feels like home and I'm pretty pumped about it. My rents left today and are gonna take there time going home and hopefully stop in some cool places and enjoy the trip. We had a good weekend but I'm definitely excited for them to visit when there isn't so much work to do.
This month has been good and bad for poker. The bad news is I've made virtually no money. The good news is my game is at an all time high for sure. I'm thinking about things more clearly and deeply than I ever have. I do think, to some extent, that this is hurting me at this limit...
So the reason for no money this month thus far is running bad, coolers, and leveling myself into some poor plays. (I just got done a session where I dropped over 4 buy ins ($200) with AA and KK all in preflop. That's just run bad, I'm ok with that. What I'm not ok with is coming out behind the leveling war with some of these guys. For those who don't know leveling is basically best described as analyzing how capable your opponents are of performing plays at the table and their skiil in general. The good thing is that I'm on a higher level than I've been on in my poker life but the bad part about that is I'm giving my opponents credit for the same level of thinking and it's costing me monies. I know, and have for some time, that at this particular limit, ABC is the best way to play. I'm going to continue to try to improve at that for the rest of the month. Hopefully, with a little run good I'll be moving up come October 1, but it will likely be a little longer at 50NL. Anyway, my goal is to have played 100k hands by the end of the month so I will definitely do some analysis after that and update everyone. Until then I'll probably do some writing about other things. Late
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Monday, September 3, 2012
St. pete's really nice/Random thoughts
Hey all...thought I'd write a little bit about what I've been up to the last few days as I've gotten out and explored a little bit. Mel and I spent Saturday afternoon in St. Pete and were reminded about how nice that place is. We went to the Holocaust museum (had no idea that they had one) and the Museum of Fine Arts which is more of Mel's thing but was actually pretty cool. They also have a history museum and an aquarium downtown which is kinda cool. It's funny, Boston obviously has a lot of attractions but I found myself uninterested due to the nature of my job and friends. Basically, I worked 3 feet from my house and never really got out. Here, I feel like I'm excited to explore. Combine that with the unfortunate fact that I'm not surrounded by my good friends and it has led me to be more adventurous. I guess that's one positive side affect of not knowing anyone. Anyway, St. Pete is great and if we ever decide to stay in Florida longer than the duration of Mel's schooling, it's definitely a place I would consider living.
I don't know if I've mentioned this to many people but Kurt still isn't here. He's had some things keeping him in Maine longer than expected and I'm super amped for him to finally get down here. There are some pretty cool bars around here (some have corn hole outside which is pretty sweet) and I can't wait to explore some more of them with Kurt and Jim (both eligible bachelors.) One thing I will say about the bars, even though they seem pretty nice is that there's definitely an older crowd. Friday night Mel had a couple of her friends over to stay the night so Jim and I hit the bars for a couple hours. Around here, when you see a couple girls sitting alone at the bar they're 40 year old (likely married) women. We're basically in suburbia so it makes sense that the crowd is older but for Kurt and Jimbo's sake we're gonna have to do some exploring. The bars by Mel's school will likely have younger crowds and they're not too far from here. Anyway, Kurt should be here within the next two weeks.
The last thing I wanted to touch on was poker. I've had two training sessions with Neil Gewirtz, a sponsored pro at 2+2 and Bluefire Poker. I know I touched on this a little bit in my last post but they've been very informative and I feel like I'm learning to approach the game differently. In our latest session we did some datatbase analysis and I was pleased to learn my numbers are pretty solid. Basically, all my significant stats are right on point with his, which is obviously a good sign. I think the biggest factor left is for me to continue adjusting to the games. I'm still figuring out what lines I want to take and assess likely ranges for players at these limits. So far I've lost a couple buy ins to start this month but I am very confident that I'm improving at this limit and I have high hopes for this month. As I mentioned I'm only going to talk numbers once every week or two because I don't think it's productive to harp on things that don't really matter, but let's just say I'm optimistic. I feel like I'm improving and things will only continue to get better.
That's about it...I know this was a bit of a ramble but I felt like writing something tonight. Feel free to hit me up. My phone rings so rarely around here it's getting kind of depressing. This is obviously due in large part to the fact that I no longer have clients blowing up the phone all the time but it would be nice to hear from all of you. Zuke, I appreciate the support...let me know what I need to do to keep this blog bearable. And if anyone sees Yeaton, tell him he's my only boy that hasn't hit me up. If your'e reading this, I still got love for you bro. Late.
I don't know if I've mentioned this to many people but Kurt still isn't here. He's had some things keeping him in Maine longer than expected and I'm super amped for him to finally get down here. There are some pretty cool bars around here (some have corn hole outside which is pretty sweet) and I can't wait to explore some more of them with Kurt and Jim (both eligible bachelors.) One thing I will say about the bars, even though they seem pretty nice is that there's definitely an older crowd. Friday night Mel had a couple of her friends over to stay the night so Jim and I hit the bars for a couple hours. Around here, when you see a couple girls sitting alone at the bar they're 40 year old (likely married) women. We're basically in suburbia so it makes sense that the crowd is older but for Kurt and Jimbo's sake we're gonna have to do some exploring. The bars by Mel's school will likely have younger crowds and they're not too far from here. Anyway, Kurt should be here within the next two weeks.
The last thing I wanted to touch on was poker. I've had two training sessions with Neil Gewirtz, a sponsored pro at 2+2 and Bluefire Poker. I know I touched on this a little bit in my last post but they've been very informative and I feel like I'm learning to approach the game differently. In our latest session we did some datatbase analysis and I was pleased to learn my numbers are pretty solid. Basically, all my significant stats are right on point with his, which is obviously a good sign. I think the biggest factor left is for me to continue adjusting to the games. I'm still figuring out what lines I want to take and assess likely ranges for players at these limits. So far I've lost a couple buy ins to start this month but I am very confident that I'm improving at this limit and I have high hopes for this month. As I mentioned I'm only going to talk numbers once every week or two because I don't think it's productive to harp on things that don't really matter, but let's just say I'm optimistic. I feel like I'm improving and things will only continue to get better.
That's about it...I know this was a bit of a ramble but I felt like writing something tonight. Feel free to hit me up. My phone rings so rarely around here it's getting kind of depressing. This is obviously due in large part to the fact that I no longer have clients blowing up the phone all the time but it would be nice to hear from all of you. Zuke, I appreciate the support...let me know what I need to do to keep this blog bearable. And if anyone sees Yeaton, tell him he's my only boy that hasn't hit me up. If your'e reading this, I still got love for you bro. Late.
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