Apparently Liverpool run worse.

Arg, I've never felt so gutted and sick to the stomach by a draw. That game and the result pretty much sums up the way my day has gone - play well and get shafted.

Anyway I'm getting tired so I'm going to crank out the hands from today pretty fast...

I just played 4 tables of 6max for about an hour and played pretty well in my opinion.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2506511
Standard.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2506518
Thinking about it I think I made a mistake here and should have called. Villain is a TAG regular but I'm sure the river bet is a bluff since its pretty obvious that my hand isn't that strong so I think he would have a) checkraised less if he was going for a c/r for value but b) I think he leads the river a lot anyway. So this was a missed opportunity I think.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2506548
This might not look that impressive but my opponent is actually a nit with 15/9 or something similar, but of course even once you think it through he is definitely (semi-)bluffing.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2506555
Pretty sure opp has AQ here a lot of the time.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2506560
This hand is a bit strange - my opponents range is so polarized and basically has the flush or 65 (which seems a very unlikely turn call given the 2 fd's on the board) or else he is bluffing the other missed draws or just floated randomly on the turn with the intention of betting any scare card. At the end of the day though I think I'm perhaps overthinking this hand, a 200nl player flat called a drawy turn then donks out pot on the river when one of the draws hit - he probably has it.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2506594
Opponent was very loose and we were 4 handed since one guy was sitting out so this hand is completely standard.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2506601
Same guy a few hands later, meh.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2506608
I flat called here since the blinds were very aggressive and I was hoping one of them would shove since my call looks like a draw. Got the money in anyways.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2506619
Gotta love the limp reraise. I had been punishing this guy for a while so I was expecting a limp reraise soon enough. The flop sucks for him and obviously he needs to c/f but I guess my image or his hand blinded him.

Seat 2: Shads ( $198.00 )
Seat 3: murrillo ( $128.80 )
Seat 5: TRadje ( $443.40 )
Seat 6: george60 ( $207.05 )
Shads posts the small blind [$1.00]
.TRadje posts the big blind [$2.00]
.** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Shads [ 7c 8s ]
george60 folds
Shads raises [$6.00]
TRadje raises [$19.00]
Shads raises [$53.00]
TRadje folds

Pokerhand didn't take this one and a session isnt complete without a 4bet bluff. Opp is a decent reg who is obviously capable of 3betting light in a blind battle so I like a 4bet here with a hand that has no calling value in a 3bet pot OOP.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2506646
Opp was a compete maniac, previously he cold called a 4bet with 76o and hit trips on the flop against AA lol. I went with my read and Im pretty sure I have him beat here on average.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2506668
Misclicked call PF but what can you do? Was spot on with my read but in all fairness this call down is pretty standard against a decent opponent.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2506681
GoGo fold QQ/KK please.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2506689
Standard.

So not much luck but I'm happy. I still can't get over the liverpool game though... :(

I run like a disabled tortoise

Just a mere $700 below EV today. The good thing is that I think I actually played very well and I remained completely objective throughout. I'm just going to make some food before the Liverpool v Chelsea match and I'll try and post some hands after the game.

Getting back into the Groove

I think I'm playing reasonably now, the HUD has definitely helped although holdem manger crashes every time I try to use the HUD on a HU table - but in fairness its where I need it the least. Either way HEM has definitely paid for itself - I'm up about 7 buyins over the last few sessions, and although apparently I'm running below expectation I'm pretty sure that I am running well.

I love playing when I'm running well. Even though there is no relation to past luck and future luck I think its just the added confidence from having winning sessions. I had another decent session today and played well HU and even though I kinda neglected the 6max tables a bit. I'm too tired to post hands now but I should have some up tomorrow or some time soon.

Good luck at the tables guys.

Holdem Manager is my hero...

So far things have gone well today; I did about 2hours revision and I downloaded holdem manger on Boomer's recommendation... and after about 4 hours I actually got it to be fully functional (there was a strange conflict between OpenSSL and PostgreSQL which caused me a lot of problems). Anyway having a HUD again is absolutely amazing - its like you have been walking around with sunglasses on the whole time and suddenly someone removes them. Its just so nice to be able to see just basic things at a glance plus some people I thought were standard tags actually turned out to be nits. At the moment I'm up just under 4 buyins which is pretty good although I have been running well - hit set vs AA etc.

I'll update more later on I think as I plan on playing more later on. So all thats left is to say TY BOOMER!

Good luck at the tables guys.