Refocus + Live game

Haven't been posting for a while. Haven't been playing much the last week. Got home after graduating and needed to clean all the crap I brought home. I ended up going through everything in my entire room. It's amazing how much stuff I have accumulated. Threw out a bunch of stuff, put stuff in storage. Took 3 days. Anyways my room looks way better, and everything is organized which will make moving out way easier (whenever that happens).

At home my internet connection sucks too much to grind cash games. One night I dabbled in some tournaments and got pwned, can't say I played very well. Also one night I played some HU 1/2. Ended up getting pwned for $400. Lost the first buyin on flush vs boat. This guy wasnt that good, I battled back to have 320 in my stack because he was fairly easy to read. We had a good action game going but ended up running TPTK into a big draw in a 3bet pot and lost.

My bankroll online is at only $3700 right now, which is very far from the 6k I want before I take weekend shots at 1/2. Good news is I just got my own internet line in my room yesterday. So now I should have a reliable connection for grinding cash games. I'm gonna hit it hard and work on my game a bit. Hopefully I can get about 3-4 hours a day in for the rest of the month.

Last night I went to Oceans and played, the 2/3 was kinda dead. Then I moved to the 5/5, which looked like some solid players with big stacks. However, I quickly realized it was a big action game and the players were pretty easy to read. I was down a bit, then got things rolling. I was about even (700), when I picked up KK on the button, guy raises to 35, one call, i raise 135, 1 caller. Flop 8xx, I start to count out chips and the guy mucks.

Next hand get AA, guy in 2nd position raises to 15 (this is guy I have played with before, he is pretty good but very over aggro and likes to play a ton of hands. I make it 75, and he calls. At this point I am led to beleive he has a hand of some sort. Flop QTx, he checks I check... I didn't like the flop I could see him having QQ or TT, I check because I know how aggro he is and I have seen him make slim value bets and slim calls when people under represent their hands. So it is a pot control move, and a deception move. Turn brick, he bets out 105, I call. At this point I could see him doing this with AQ or worse, and my flat call could represent something like JJ or even AK just being stubborn. I am pretty much set on calling the river, or value betting if he checks. But at thing point I would expect him to also think his AQ or JJ is good. River brick, he bets 240, I call and he shows TT. I think I played this decently vs. this player. Crappy flop, but oh well.

I went up and down from there, but finally got a double up right before leaving. 10 straddle and blind 20, I make it 65 with 99, 2 callers, flop J9x, we all check (I know straddle was set mining by her preflop action, and that blinds 20 will bet at alot of turns. Turn 8, guy bets out 130, I shove 450, he calls and says "you play your kings well", river K and he mucks when I show. He may have had something like a naked jack, or a draw. Ended up leaving up 300 so not bad considering the AA hand. Was crazy game... there were several 2k+ pots. I'd like to go play it again, but I don't want to play the 5/5 game too much cause I'm not really rolled for it and there is definitely a ton of variance.

That's all for now, time to grind and hope this new internet line is legit.

-Boooom