Well today was a bit up and down ... I played about 4-5 hours of PLO ... was doing just average ... I was up 3 buyins, and then I took a 2-buyin hit on a big hand. I looked at it after, I can't blame the guy for calling my all-in ... I had the nut straight on the turn, and I was trying to shut out his flush call odds ... he called anyway. Turns out he had a low set, the low straight, and the flush draw. I'd probably have called too ... there were plenty of outs for him ... so it wasn't a bad beat ... just sucked. It was a $65 pot, which pretty much shut out my winnings for the day. So later on, I went and played some 7-stud ... made $25 in about an hour at the 0.50/1.00 table ... reasonably happy with that.

Overall finished the day up somewhere around $40 ... really wish I hadn't lost that one pot though ... it made all the difference. (I consider $100 to be what I would want to profit in a minimum day anymore ... let alone absorb a losing session.) So yah ... won a few really nice ones ... took some hits ... and that's how it ended.

Tilted a bit after that one pot ... still need to work on that I guess. Laying out some new ground rules for my poker-playing. Absolutely no poker whatsoever if there's been imbibing within the last 36 hours ... no playing when I'm exhausted ... that sort of stuff. I'm not doing myself any favours by donking off money just because I can't think straight.

Along those same lines ... I've decided that it's time to get back to the gym 3 or 4 days a week ... I've been a fitness buff most of my life ... but I've let that slide in the last 1/2 year or so. Time to get back into my excercise, dietary supplements and all that stuff. Anything that helps me think with more clarity, and less stress is going to do nothing but help the game. Picked up a multi-vitamin supplement and an extra bottle of B-complex ... grabbing some flax tomorrow as well. (These things are brain food.)

God my life is a weird double-standard sometimes. I'm a health nut who smokes, drinks, gambles and uses "herbs" from time to time. Ah well ... better than being a smoker, drinker, gambler and "herber" who fails to take care of themselves too.

I think it's feasible that I could actually make a living at this if I keep growing my game (in the future anyway) ... so it's time to take the next step and start treating it with the same ethics that I would treat any other job.

Blah blah ... rambling rambling.

Thanks for listening.

pz[/i]

Here's how you fold the winning hand on a $4.00 pot to a 20 cent bet.

> Game # 1,205,944,010 starting.
> Dealing Hole Cards
> pokerzen called for $0.20
> Pimpguts folded
> sieveshaker folded
> oshcha raised for $0.45
> Bajern6 raised for $0.60
> rasmus1986f called for $0.50
> pokerzen called for $0.50
> oshcha called for $0.25
> Dealing the Flop
> Bajern6 bet for $0.20
> rasmus1986f called for $0.20
> pokerzen called for $0.20
> oshcha called for $0.20
> Dealing the turn
> Bajern6 bet for $0.20
> rasmus1986f folded
> pokerzen folded
> oshcha called for $0.20
> Dealing the river
> Bajern6 bet for $0.20
> oshcha called for $0.20
> Bajern6 shows Two Pair, Kings over Sevens(Kh Ks 7d 7s Qh )
> oshcha mucked
> Bajern6 wins $4.15 with Two Pair, Kings over Sevens

(I was multi-tabling ... looked at it briefly and thought ... nah ... don't waste another cent on that hand.) Even worse than that I failed to remember that 3 of the fives would have given me the nut straight. Maybe I should cut back one table so that I can pay better attention ... I wonder how many of these I've donked just because I was doing too much at once.

Extend hand. Bring hand in a rapid fashion to the forehead ... try to cause a clunking sound. Explaim "D'oh" ... repeat as necessary.

Way to go man. That's like the best gift a guy could ask for on valentines day.

...sigh