Best Online Session in a Month (11/11/2010)

This isn't a joke.  Absolute ROLLER COASTER of a night.  The first 4 hours (discussed in my last post) represented the worst online net loss I've had in a month.  Then I come back the next 4.5 hours and log the best net profit session I've had (probably during the last year).   I just finished my last 4.5 hours from 12:50 a.m- 5:30 a.m up +$494.  So I won 10 buy-ins in 4.5 hours of play.  This completely negates the session earlier and I finished my online session this week actually up +$66 in 24 hours.  I'll take it, never been so relieved to be up just over a buy in.  Everything went wrong this week until that last session.  Also keep in mind I'm still clearing the VPPs and FPPs from playing 8-10 tables for a good amount of hands.  It was a struggle but I did my job online this week.

How to win 10 buy-ins in 4 hours:

(It's only fair)

First drag a $185 pot with AKs.  A short-stacker pushed $18 all in pre over my open and I called.  I was relieved another guy behind me also called.  With the short-stacker out of the way there I was, myself and the 61/7 toolbox left to fight it out.  This was going to end in disaster or fortune.  Board

Kc 2c 4d Ah 8c

I didn't want to push this all in pre-flop because we happened to be deep stack for this format.  I bet $20 on the flop villain calls.  I shove $50 on the turn he CALLS.  Villain shows JJ.  WOW.  I know it's normally a good play because the two outer comes against me every time, but for real?

Next, attack one of your most hated regular's blinds and stack his stupid ass.  I stole with 8Ts and turned a nut straight.  He instantly stacked off with a doomed set of nines.  His fault, he could have raised me out pre-flop but he wanted to play for the big pay-off (like I'm going to ever pay his set-mine off anyways, haha).  I know this guy was shocked, he couldn't have had the 8Ts hand in my range.  +$140 pot there.

Next hold up all in preflop AKo > A5o.  I open from MP and a psycho jams me $54 all in pre-flop.  I had to call based on the villain.  +$108

KK > JTs +$103.  All in on the flop over-pair kings holds against top pair T, jack kicker.

KK > JJ +$108.  All in preflop here against another bad player.  Kings made a come-back during this session big time.

KK > AA +$100.  This time notice we get dealt KK vs AA (like every session), but wait WE ACTUALLY HIT A KING.  No remorse because he smooth called the $12 3 bet pre with AA despite only being 50BB deep.   It's going all in anyways, feels good to suck out for once.  I certainly never get the situation where I'm dealt AA over my opponent's KK deep-stacked so again no remorse, it was nice to have some justice.

JJ > 88 +$100.  The two outs miss.

TT > KK +$100.  Set mined to hell.

66> KJs +$100.  Flopped set holds against top pair king, jack kicker?

AA > J9 +$90.  Overpair holds against top nine, jack kicker.  Go figure.

KK > JQo +$80.  Overpair holds against top pair quee, jack kicker. 

And that's really the idea.  One of those incredibly rare online session where for a few hours EVERYTHING seemed to be going right for me.  I'll enjoy it until next Monday, when it's back to being sucked out like usual.  I'm glad I finished up the online part of the week week as scheduled and kept fighting.  I really feel I'm improving weekly.  If the live tables are slow tomorrow (Thursday night) I might even put in another online session Thursday night around 2a.m- 6a.m.

The biggest question mark I had going into playing full time would be my ONLINE progress.  The last three weeks I'm doing enough to get by online, which is really exciting to me:

Week 1 (10/25- 10/27):  +$749 in 27 hours

Week 2 (11/1- 11/3):  -$50 in 25 hours

Week 3 (11/8- 11/10):  +$66 in 24 hours

SN Bonus + Tournament Freeroll Cash:  +$2,000

Even if I manage to play just break even during next week or two I'll still be up because I can begin clearing another $1,500 Supernova bonus.  My goal is always to do everything I can to profit every session, but it obviously doesn't always work out that way.  The bonuses are a great security net.

It's 6a.m my schedule is slightly off, but I feel great!

-bag

EDIT:  It's 6:30 haha.

Comments

[Lucypher]

Bags, your post is an excellent example of why fretting over short term results is sort of silly. One of the key concepts of poker that drives some of us to thoroughly learn the game and that gives us an advantage over less knowledgeable players is that playing serious poker is always about long term results. There are going to be periods of negative variance just as we will go on runs of positive variance. So long as one doesn't fall into a consistent pattern of losing or being outplayed, things will always turn around. You are a serious player, a professional even. You know there will be variance. If one keeps the long perspective in the forefront of one's mindset, the variance will cause less unnecessary stress and discomfort. Be confident in yourself. Not foolhardy, but confident. You have earned it. Stop going crazy and work on remaining calm once the decision right decision is made. Try to be less results oriented and focus on repetetively making the correct play. You are now working your way up the career ladder of poker. You must master yourself to continue moving up. Good luck, I know you can do it.

[alex]

GG and congrats:)

[baglife]

Thanks for the thoughts. Lucypher great advice as always that I need to keep in my mind during every single session.

-bag