Every Session is a BATTLE (10/27/2016)
Thursday, October 27, 2016 at 8:09PM Playing tonight with a massive atmospheric head-ache. Will update when I can on the sub-reddit here:
Journal.
When I have a session scheduled I like to show up regardless of how I feel. It's easy to forget how tough it is to play full time when you have to show up and you aren't really feeling great. It's not like an office job where you can take a 'sick day' or kind of drift off 4 hours and pretend you're working.
Rather every session is an absolute battle whether you like it or not.
In the past I used to hate my life in such scenarios; but now I try to embrace them.
When you aren't feeling well or are even insanely tired (just as bad for your win-rate); you can sometimes use it as an opportunity. In the deprived state your consious mind can't really be trusted; so you really have to fall back primarily on what is in your subconsious mind.
If you've played over 10,000 hours and over 6 years full time you should absolutely be able to fall back on your subconsious mind for profit.
And either way this is a pefect time to analyze what exactly is in my subconsious mind. When I'm at my best I can use sessions like this to 'map out' what is in my subconsious (especially with a journal). You will often find things that 'are not there' that SHOULD BE THERE. Meaning you need to focus on this leaks more. For example if I'm not taking extremely light 3-bet spots based on fold equity that are great plays when I'm tired; that means it's not 'automatic for me' and represents a pretty huge leak. There are many examples like this.
It's also a great time to not play 4 tables at once; and maybe go with 2 until you are feeling close to A-game; if that happens.
