1/3 Grinding and Bankroll

Ran well in the beginning of my session but lost back my profits with AA in a 3! pot on J22 to JJ at spr 3.5 at 10/25. Played a little more plo where lost dsKK to JJ for a dry side pot and smaller main pot to AA and called it a night, down a little on the day.

Ran well across the board yesterday, making over $3, 200 on the session. Got a double with AA at 10/25 facing a cold 4! which saved me because the original raiser would have flopped a set yet again cracking my AA in a 3! pot for the third time in a week. Instead I held on both runouts against KK or AK.

AQQds cracked KK at plo too. At 2/5 got AA in a 3! pot and made some against QQ and also flopped a set of deuces against QQ in a 3! pot and got the full double. Was running really hot at 2/5 but the game broke not long after I got there.

Asked what people do for fun at 10/25, someone said drugs. “We all aren’t lucky enough to be able to do those, ” I said. I looked up open mics in the area.

As I left for the night someone asked “going to have some fun?” “No, I’m going to sleep.”

My hearing was going to be an uphill battle. My client, a 30 year old young black man, had asd id and some psychiatric issues too. He was self harming and assaultive at the hospital. That was his baseline. His mom wanted him home to get care from government assistance funded in home care. The hospital was going to argue he was dangerous and needed to be involuntarily committed for safety reasons. His mom and his social worker testified and when they were done testifying, the hospital conceded the case without even calling a witness in rebuttal and he was released! His mom was thankful she would be reunited with her son and he would no longer be in uncomfortable conditions at the hospital with forced medications and restraints to control his behavior. I thought I did something special and gave him a chance to live in relative freedom with his family, just like I had the same chance years ago. This gave me a much needed boost of morale I had been lacking for weeks now. A holiday miracle! Reminds me of the compassionate release case during Covid I handled years ago, he was also released just before the holidays. Special moments in my practice that I could never get from a hand of poker.

My new BR challenge is to make $79, 000. This will take me to a very special coveted milestone in lifetime poker profits. I am hoping to do it in under eight years but we’ll see. I have until April.

Last night ran good at 10/25, flopping a set against pair plus fd and holding, but lost with QQ to KJo on KKK and called it a session after this since the main table mark quit. Plo was pretty uneventful profit wise, got AKQ99ss in pre and ran into AKK and lost. Made around $1, 000 on the session.

Feeling more groggy than usual this morning but sipping on caramel lattes to wake up in the sun shining through the windows. No hearings or interviews today so I can take it a little easier after a long successful day yesterday.

Very slow night in the poker room, hardly a gambler in sight. Not much going on with the hands I was dealt either. Just one of those uneventful sessions. Iso’d K9s otb and ran into a short stack’s AQs for a min raise and doubled him up. At least I have the weekend to look forward to. Hopefully I don’t have too many hearings on Monday. Just interviews today. Might have lost a few hundred on the session. Still a profitable month at least.

My supervisor called me to tell me he thought I was a great attorney and could handle the state hospital work too. I said I’d try. Will see how that goes. I told him I was starting to feel burned out with the unfair judges.

Ran well at plo but towards the end of the night started to get fatigued and made a couple potential errors at 5/10, 5! jamming A5s for my stack and calling a c/r jam with top two on KQ6A, probably should have found the fold versus this particular player as he usually just has JT, a $700 mistake. Ended up losing a little on the session after a good start. I guess the A5s is a decent play for my image. Hopefully I will get called a little lighter when I have it down the line. Or maybe I never have to do that and will get called by worse anyway in my games. Lol.

Someone tried to sell me weed in the pizza line at the casino…very apropos for the neighborhood!

Had very bizarre dreams last night.

There was a great article in a poker magazine about this regular player type who is way under bluffing and tries to get under their opponents skin by annoying them to get them to call them lighter…reminded me exactly of this dude at 5/T who is always hassling me. I don’t pay him off hardly at all anymore though.

Was feeling really low all day yesterday, started to perk up when I began playing eventually. I was in a mute motionless state. Did ok at plo until I lost set plus nut gutter to nfd in a large pot and lost back a lot of my profits. After that hand I got out of my stupor a little. Left for hold em at 10/25 where I lost TT to KK all in pre and also ran into a strong hand btn v sb short stacked. I got invited to 25/50/100 with squid game on and won the waterfall in the beginning of the game but lost squid twice at $900 and $800 a pop, was sadly very card dead. Didn’t really get many good hands, maybe AKo once KK once and TT once but that’s it in four hours. Didn’t play a huge pot with any of them. The rest of my hands were pretty garbage. Did go for the 72o game once but ran into AA and had to fold pre. Decided to quit and cut my losses and play a little 2/5 for a bit where I got KK versus 94ss on 247ssKsQ and got stacked. Made some back before calling it a night down a few grand.

Woke up today but just wanted to stay in bed and got a couple extra hours of sleep. Enjoying hazelnut lattes now before prepping for a hearing tomorrow.

Had a dream I slapped that reg in the face who has been hassling me the past few months and got stopped by security at the casino. Lol.

Crazy how far you come from your first couple posts. Playing 25/50/100 comfortably…

Do you ever sit back and just step back and smell the roses. Unbelievable journey.

The vast majority of my profits came the last four or so years. I’m pretty proud of my trajectory, I’m not gonna lie. Thank you for the reminder though. Sometimes my mental illness wants me to feel ways that don’t reflect reality.

Last night was a slow session, made a little. Got it in J9764ds versus 88766 as a slight favorite and lost after flopping very well. Won some at 5/T but lost most of it back at plo. Have a hearing today, will see who the judge is. If they are decent we have a good chance, if not….

Got invited to 25/50/100 again, the day before this time. Must have to do with getting it in for $5, 500 with KQs pre with squid game on. Last time we played dealer made a colossal error and announced flush on bottom board after losing player had thrown his cards towards the muck and was about to lose both halves. Instead, hearing the dealer’s comment, the player retrieved his cards and got 1/4.

My hearing went well today and I had a good judge. My client was released because the judge correctly found she was not a danger. Hooray!

We got a last minute holiday Christmas Eve and because the courts and government offices were closed the courts moved up all our hearings one day early instead of doing the rational thing and moving them back. We all had to scramble to prepare (or not) with less than half a day’s notice. It was a crazy 12 hours. I regret getting the day off given what we went through. Totally inconsiderate.

My hearing didn't go so well. My client was deemed a menace to society and must spend the holidays incarcerated.

He’s come a long way from grinding 1/3 Ill give him that but if by “playing 25/50/100 comfortably” u mean bumhunt, short stack, hit n run, and have a panic attack whenever u lose one full buy in… ok!

You forgot nutpeddle and catch punts.

Lost a lot at plo, ran AA into AA a couple times, lost set to draw, lost KK to AA (this was situational and probably unnecessary), lost top set to turned top set, ran good in waterfalls at 10/10 plo and made back $1, 000 but still posted a loss of a few grand on the day. Have a terrible headache from work yesterday, bleh.

Sipping lattes on the couch in the sun now popped a couple motrin for my head, gonna do some shopping then hit the felt.

Hey JohnnyDough, if you're going to be a douchbag troll how about you use your regular account? Nobody reported you, I just happened to read your earlier deleted post.

Christmas Eve session going well made mid set to action V two pair but the. Ran AKinto AA in AJ7 in 3! Pot at a low spr. Grinding plo
Now. Merry Christmas!

Last night this cute guy started getting a massage and took his whole shirt off! Someone said something about it and I was thinking let him keep it off! Lol. Someone else did say it wasn’t a big deal. But the floor noticed and told him to put it back on so he put it around his neck. Apparently he goes around doing this at every casino he visits he said and always is told to put on his shirt but he does it anyway. What an exhibitionist!

Merry Christmas TwoPlusTwo. Nit it up and never give up.

Family time for Christmas was really special, good food and nice gift exchange. I got everyone a comfy sweater and my sister a pair of darn tough brand socks she wanted and a donation to a local animal shelter. She’s a huge animal lover. She used to cry when my family killed the invasive caterpillars that were infesting our trees. Everyone is getting older which was a little sad though. I wish we saw more of each other but work and poker keeps me very busy. The exciting thing is my parents are getting a beach house soon so hopefully we’ll spend more time there.

Played some on Christmas day and didn’t do amazing, lost a little. Played a little 2/5 in the early afternoon and the table was playing too snug so I started raising trash to loosen them up but no one adjusted so I left for plo where not much happened.

One big pot was at plo during my evening session with AJJ87 versus a limp raise from a short stack which I iso’d and got it in against mean pro’s AAAQT as a 45 dog for a small side pot. Someone said they needed to impact my confidence a little to beat me. Someone else chimes in “you can’t, ” “he’s crazy, ” and I added “you can’t mess with crazy.” “That makes two of us, ” he replied. This was all in front of the same AAA pro who tried to embarrass me in the past about my mental illness saying did I take my meds and calling me cookoo and psychotic etc. It was nice to show him I wasn’t ashamed. Felt pretty empowering.

Won a big pot with AAA myself for a few grand as well earlier which the mean pro saw. I guess I got him to play a little crazy himself! Would have been even better if I scooped him.

Got invited to 25/50/100 but the dreadful super fast squid game was on which basically forces you to decide whether to play and win with garbage or pay a large penalty for not wining a hand if you’re card dead in 8 hands. Not my favorite. Decided after one round to leave and probably not play again if squid is running. Not gonna go busto in that game. I saw others losing a ton trying not to pay the penalty, much more than the actual penalty.

The rest of my night involved waiting for a seat at 10/10 plo and not getting one and grinding an boring ass 5/10 game and a little plo and mix but not much happened. I did misread my hand in the mix thinking I made a badugi but I actually had a pair.

Had a really awesome dream I was leaping around on a sunny tennis court with super human strength. Slept way in to catch up after crappy sleep the night before and enjoying lattes and sun now. December turning into an underwhelming poker month after a racing fast start. The games just haven’t been that profitable lately and I’m not running great.

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Last night was a nice turnaround to the last few days, ran well and made $4, 100 or so. 88 beat AKs in a flip at 5/10 with some dead money against the guy who was calling me a scam artist (I threw in a little “does he have any big chips?” for good measure even though he’s almost always short stacked), set beat a draw at plo, KK lost to a K-high rundown for a big pot but AQJ95ds scooped another big multi-way pot with two pair. AKKds luckily beat AAQJT too.

Have a hearing to prep today. Now just sipping in caramel lattes listening to chill music. (“Baby blue movie, “me and youphoria.”) Can’t believe it’s almost a new year again. What a year it’s been. I’m proud of what I accomplished this year. I stood up for the rights of my clients with mental disabilities and showed them I cared. And I even made some good money playing poker again!

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Good read on mental health and the institutions that treat it from the perspective of a poker player.