1/3 Grinding and Bankroll

Took a sick day at work today, was not feeling up to working, thankfully someone was able to cover for me though. It’s the first time all year I’ve called out sick when I was supposed to cover so it can’t be that bad.

Still have not checked my results for the year or months want to keep it a secret for now. I know I’m winning just not how much.

yesterday was a very uneventful day just lost a little no real big spots. Did scoop a big o pot with A8843ds with a set and nfd and second nld ott capped. Lost with a 7/T in badeucy.

Tried to post twice but it keeps refreshing I start over.

Cliffs: one year anniversary at work, been a roller coaster of emotions, poker is meh, played mixed tourney ran cold, at least I get thanked for my work (never been thanked for playing poker!).

Ran well at 20/40 mix making lots of big hands 6/7 in badeucy 4/6 in Badacey aces full in stud 8, etc. Made around $1, 800 there in addition to some elsewhere.

Glad it’s the weekend. Have a little work to wrap up, interviewing a client who was sleeping yesterday. Hopefully the mix ran overnight again and I can jump back in later.

Fired two bullets in the big o tourney and busted with A226 on 874 heads up he had a straight with a low draw and I was surprisingly way behind. This is where my inexperience with big o came into play. Didn’t run great in cash either looking like a bad month unless things turn around drastically soon.

I need to get back to basics and just play more abc. Things have not been working out not playing my usual style and as they say, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it.

Won $700 last night, a nice pick up after a few bad sessions and tourney busts. KQ976ds won versus a t-high trash hand on K75hh my fd versus his wrap worse fd.

Got to bed early enough to wake up early, I woke up to pee then decided to stay awake even thigh I could have slept another hour or two. My mind wandered to this motion for compassionate release during Covid I filed to get my client out of prison who was at risk of issues from the virus as an obese man. The prosecutor argued that if released he shouldn’t be living with his mom because she testified on his behalf at his trial. “A mother’s love for her son will only inure to his benefit, ” I wrote. Got him out! I was so amped remembering this case that I could not get back to sleep. I owe my Mom a lot in life so it was nice to get to make that argument and win on it.

I have a busy couple weeks coming up at work, I have a state hospital hearing and prep for Wednesday docket the same day, then next week I’m covering a very busy docket for a colleague where ill face off against a doctor who actually testified that he could do Superman push ups (does them every day in fact) which is how he knew my client was crazy because you’d have to be crazy to do Superman push ups with an injury. Got that client out too!

I’m happy I became a lawyer. done some good stuff.

Ran fine at plo ran bad at mix lost with a J dugi and trips in dramadugi and a 7 in 2-7 triple draw. Lost AQo to 55 on A52hh at a low medium spr at 5/10 but doubled up with AKo to KQs and then did a plo flip with the last remaining player at the must move table and won that so ended up winning a little.

My state hospital hearing is over which I’m happy about putting it behind me, I’m hopeful for a good outcome.

Been a few days since I posted an update because there's not much to report. Poker remains slow this month and I'm ready for March and spring weather to finally arrive. My ex is visitng today after a couple weeks of not meeting up due to weather and illness so I'm looking my forward to that as well. I ordered a bunch of new espresso flavors too. Took my car to the shop to fix a misfiring cylinder and I'm covering for a colleague's busy docket early next week. The following week I have jury trial training so I'm not working.

It's 60 degrees and sunny today which is marvelous. I see temps forecast in the 70s next week as well. Finally no more bitter cold. This is really good for my mood too. Everything becomes easier when the weather is nice.

Last night was par for the course in February, got set over set at 5/10 and chopped TT v 99 all in pre. Ran a little better at plo at least but still made for a losing day. Had a fun afternoon with my ex; it was really nice outside and I got a lot of sun.

I was going some searching about retirement and full time poker versus law and poker and I could retire if I wanted to but I don’t think I’m ready to just play poker again. Plus job plus poker seems most EV because of benefits and less pressure.

Started March rough but recovered. Overpair nfd lost to pair plus wrap, AA top set lost to inside wrap, then gambled with KQT99 multi-way all in and lost that too. Did some work and came back for a session in the evening and ran much better, winning with a set in a 4! pot with JJTTds. Ended up making several hundo on the day. Had a work scare when I could not log in to read client records but thankfully it resolved.

Got through the long docket yesterday and had a really lovely client interview where my client felt uncomfortable talking to me so she asked me if I could show her something blue which is her favorite color. Lo and behold when preparing for the job I looked up favorite colors of mentally disabled people and it’s blue (and some green), and had a blue painting of dolphins on my wall for this very reason. So for this interview I pulled the painting off the wall and showed it to my client. She asked me to pull it over my face and we had our whole interview with her looking at the dolphins and it ended up going very well.

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I had another client tell me he really appreciated me and he could smell bs and he could tell I truly cared. That was one of my first interviews and it really gave me motivation to power through the rest of them.

At the tables I lost KK to TT on T22 in 3! pot spr 1 where I flatted a squeeze pre for deception and it bit my butt for not jamming pre.

After wrapping up my colleague’s massive docket I took it easy the rest of the day. Lost with AKQQTds in a 4! pot to AA and a big bluff didn’t get through, although he tanked quite a while. He was also very obnoxious about winning. Earlier he bought in over table max and had his big chips concealed behind his small chips and I made a betting mistake because of that and I made a comment about keeping big chips in front. When he called my bluff he said that’s what I get for running my mouth and now he was going for all my chips. Class act! (Also drunk.)

Later after a quick boring 5/T session I was at a table with a 100% VPIP / raise player opening all types of trash and even limp raising with it. I got in there a couple times with decent but not great hands because he was so wide, iso’ing dsQQ66 and QQJT with danglers and was of course ahead preflop but couldn’t hold. Adp lost with AK996ds to someone else’s QQ in similar fashion.

My hearing out of county went well even though it was a pita to drive there and back. It’s an uphill battle but I gave it a good shot. The client gave me a thumbs up at the end of the hearing and the judge commented the arguments were excellent. This was my last remaining state hospital case on my plate so I’m relieved.

We are in the process of trying to have my stepson involuntarily committed. I hope he doesn't get a good lawyer. He is scary and desperately needs help. I wish there were other options :( It's breaking my husband's heart.

I come across a lot of family members who are afraid because their loved ones are acting strange and they want them to be normal again. Hopefully if he goes to the hospital he then takes some meds to help revieve his symptoms. Usually my clients who do that are discharged and not committed and go on with their lives.

My parents were probably terrified when I had my episode. I wasn’t violent but I thought people were on the roof trying to kill me and I was walking around with an aluminum bat. My dad even got a hammer ready just in case I tried to hurt them with it (I had no such plan, I was just defending myself from the intruders).

They brought me to a shrink who said go to the hospital. I ended up being brought by ambulance because I had a delusion I was poisoned by food my mom gave me and tried to flee the ER. I signed myself into the hospital rather than possibly being committed and took the meds and got better in a few days and went back home where I saw an outpatient treatment team. I was personally freaked out by what happened and wanted the help so it was a faster recovery process. I hope the same for him. He doesn’t have to be committed to get help if he agrees to it. There are consequences to having an involuntary admission on your record and impacts on other civil liberties.

Thanks for that. Unfortunately, he will not agree to getting help, and he has threatened us as part of his delusions. It's all very sad.

Ran well at 5/10, doubling AA v KK and making a good call with a flush against a c/r bluff with top pair (?), played some plo and mix to round out the night but nothing much happened there.

At my annual review I found out my boss is giving me the community hospital assignment I asked for which will make my life much more predictable at work and reflects that they value me and want to make me happy.

Another state hospital client I represented is getting out I found out yesterday and the judge agreed with us on most fronts and my difficult client was finally very appreciative of my work.

It’s a beautiful day finally and spring is in the air. I have the job assignment I want and I reached milestones in my state hospital work. I’m running a little better too. Everything is looking up! Hooray!

I had a good session in the afternoon but things went south in the evening session. Plo was a really fun table with some out of town gentlemen one of whom called me headphones guy because I had my headphones on. I realized what kind of table it was so I took them off. He playfully kept telling me to slow down and not raise so often. It was a good time. We took turns giving him an extra $1 every time he busted so he’d have the minimum to remain playing of $5 and could buy in for whatever he wanted because he didn’t have the table minimum. I didn’t run great but it was refreshingly enjoyable for a plo game.

After another lackluster plo session, played 5/T stand up game and got bailed out with QQ with three players left standing and one of them raised utg to $450, I shipped QQ in co for $2.1k and he tanked called with 55 and we scoop running it once. He quit and game didn’t last long after that. Did all right on the day booking around a $1, 500 win.

Jury trial training all week, thankfully got to bed relatively early for a decent night’s sleep.

Went to md live after training to avoid rush hour and made a little in just a mediocre game (everyone had been raving about the plo games there lately). AQ865ds won a multi-way all in. Top set was greeted with a dreaded flush on the turn and I had to c/f likely being blocked by the other flop caller. Rush hour passed and the games wasn’t good so I headed to mgm for a little where I mainly folded for an hour and addressed something very unusual at the same time….

Was almost the victim of a sophisticated spear phishing attack last night by email. Very creepy. Glad I caught it. I checked the website of the agency it was being sent from and there is a scam going on and they ask for Google meet to get your personal info (agency never does Google meet). They also asked me to click confirm the appointment and that took me to a log in page on my gmail account. Thankfully I did not input my credentials. I reported it to the agency.

Training has been exhausting and a lot of it is what we covered in the fall. I’m looking forward to the weekend and getting back to a routine with normal work. Poker has been slow but earning a little here and there in the little time I have to play.

Made a little at md live after training, lost KK to AKTT at the end though. Got to bed early as I was totally exhausted.

Won at live again after training, lots of repeat from the fall training unfortunately. Poker went ok, ran well until I thought I chopped a pot but it was only the side pot and I had scooped the main pot. I didn’t realize but someone said something a couple hands later that the dealer incorrectly chopped the pot and the floor did not reverse it. I asked the other player if he wanted to give me back half of what I was owed and he rudely responded hell no and I quit after telling him he was immoral for not speaking up earlier. I figured in retrospect he realized he lost the main pot because he looked upset when I tabled my hand. The. Just didn’t say anything as he was u justly enriched. It was only a $200 mistake but still.