Bad luck continues in the garden ...
One of my plant lamps broke down! But the good news are: I could save and repot all the plants in the "wintergarden"/living room. Had to repot a little chili plant, which was not "happy" about that.
I hope that little Trinidad Scorpion makes it.
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Same here, Nazgos! I sometimes cannot believe, with what the heck they call and even call all-ins in SnGs! The "highlight" I saw yesterday was calling an all-in with Q5o in an SnG near bubble (I was not involved in that hand). This is why I play a tighter range than "usual" at those limits. I try to adjust my range to those gamblers as precisely as I can (still working on it). Back in 2017-2019, when I grinded the SnGs, I had a couple of interesting discussions about how to adjust your ranges. I had ICMizer back then and even could calculate the ranges against those recreational gamblers.
Well, let´s just let them gamble. We know what will happen in the long run, don´t we? ♠_smile: And this is why I´m not worried. But WE must adjust by tightening up our play and very often just play simple TAG-ABC-poker at the early stages.
What really sucks is when you know you have to wait patiently for a solid hand, because your pre-flop raises get called anyway (often by at least 2 villains) and then those solid hands just don´t come. Or you completely miss the flop! That´s what happened to me yesterday. That´s a pain in the bum bum. In CG I don´t mind. I just fold and when I have enough, I just leave the tables.
In tourneys it´s a bit a pain in the bum bum because of the increasing blind levels. ♠_biggrin:♠_ugly:
"Good play, bad luck"
This was Harriers feedback to my todays session. I asked Harrier to watch me playing and to give me an honest feedback, so that I can see my mistakes and correct them. Well, today there were not many mistakes to make. Of course, I don´t know the ranges ITM really well yet, but got some basics already. Loosing with solid hands like KK, QQ, JJ, TT, AK, AQ and AJ is not a "crime", running definitely under EV: So: ..... let´s be patient and wait for better luck. ♠_wink:
It should be mentioned that I was busy cooking for the first half hour or so of our rail. 
Also, I'm no expert on Hold'em SNGs by any stretch. For the most part, your play seemed solid, though, and when you made mistakes, you usually quickly identified them afterwards yourself.
Luck was not on your side for the most part for sure. Some ridiculous backdoor suckouts and hardly any coinflips won - we all know this kind of situation, and frankly, you were handling it a lot better than I typically would have.
If you keep this kind of play up, you should definitely be successful at these stakes, and I expect you would do all right and the next few limits too.
Originally posted by Harrier88
It should be mentioned that I was busy cooking for the first half hour or so of our rail.Luck was not on your side for the most part for sure. Some ridiculous backdoor suckouts and hardly any coinflips won - we all know this kind of situation, and frankly, you were handling it a lot better than I typically would have.
If you keep this kind of play up, you should definitely be successful at these stakes, and I expect you would do all right and the next few limits too.
Thank you very much, Harrier! I really appreciate your feedback and of course the "sweat-session"!
I didn´t want to complain too much in my blog, but some hands were really crazy suck-outs (runner runner flush), most 70:30 situations lost (AJ < AT or KK < A9s for example) and most flips lost. As mentioned: I´ve been there already years ago but this time it didn´t bother me so much, because as long as I get it in good, there´s nothing to worry about it. What also helps a LOT to cool down was my yesterdays day off and again I´m looking forward for my next day off which is tomorrow. The poker-free days with proper rests and focussing on other hobbies really helps a lot to stay focussed and cool. Statistics (the law of large number) will do the rest! ♠_thumbsup:
Okay, I´ll give it another chance .....
..and soon they will be here: Carolina Reaper seeds! Decided to give the Reaper another chance and even though it´s already March, it still can grow enough until August and September. Meanwhile, my little Trinidad Scorpion is struggling, but no worries, I have another one which is already strong. Besides, there were a lot of household chores to do today, as last week I was sick and bedridden. Nothing could be done, so did all the laundry today and cleaned.
By the way, I should introduce you to my latest "newcomer": Poupila
This one is not hot at all, maybe a little spicy. But this one is a cute dwarf-chili, which should taste a bit spicier than sweet pepper.
"I don´t GIVE A SH!T" (blooper of the day)
Well, had another "sweat-session" with Harrier and this time, I had the feeling that my bad luck is slowly fading away. At least I found some premium hands which even held up. During my session, Harrier wanted to tell me something and right in this moment, I saw : K♥:K♠: !!! I was in MP and one Villain in EP raised, another one 3-bettet and was thinking of maybe running into A♠:A♥:? But decided to jam, no matter what!
Harrier: ....telling me a story
Prim (while focussed on her KK and decided to jam): I DON´T GIVE A SH!T!
Harrier:
Prim: I jam those kings!
Harrier: ......? You don´t give a sh!t about ....?
Prim:
Excuse me, I don´t give a sh!t, if Villain has AA or not!!!
Harrier: :f_ugly::f_ugly::f_ugly::f_ugly::f_ugly::f_ugly:
Nevertheless, still not really great session, most hands with which we were ahead (60.40, 70:30) lost, flips mosly lost, but slowly we´re seem to get out of this "poker misery" 
At least I could take a couple of second and third places today....
Originally posted by Primrose6789
"I don´t GIVE A SH!T" (blooper of the day)
Yes, Primrose and I were of course chatting about all kinds of things during our Skype call in the middle of her session. About our day, about poker, about our plans for the next few days - normal chit chat. I was then telling her about some new ideas I had for our blogs, which got briefly interrupted by a few quite playable hands that caught our attention. Then she got KK preflop, and I made another brief remark about it before continuing.
Two players were entering the pot, and Prim was muttering to herself how this hand goes in no matter what. At the very same time, I realized that we should focus on this hand first, right before she continued her thought, which led to a quite awkward conversation...
- "Even if I run into AA here..."
- "Okay, let's watch this first, I'll tell you what I had in mind later."
I was taken aback for a moment. Was my idea that bad? Why is Prim so harsh, what's wrong with her? Is she really that frustrated by her bad luck by now?
If I remember correctly, her KK held up quite nicely that time too. 
Sadly, that wasn't always the case today. Tough luck on the whole.
Honestly, though, you also seemed a little less focused at times compared to last Monday, but I told you that already, and I think you still did all right.
Yes, they DID hold up and I DID NOT run into AA. :nh::mdr:
And as I told you: I was a bit exhausted from my lunch-break-work-out. The plan was actually a LOW INTENSITY work-out, which not exactly worked out ... the music was so good.
(Don´t) fear the Reaper!
News seeds, new try!
Hope it will work out this time. By the way, just learned, that you should put the REALLY HOT STUFF next to cucumbers, NOT next to tomatoes! So, have to keep in mind to give the HOT stuff the right partners and neighbours, the spicy ones can be planted next to the tomatoes, but NOT the HOT ones!
Originally posted by Primrose6789
By the way, just learned, that you should put the REALLY HOT STUFF next to cucumbers, NOT next to tomatoes! So, have to keep in mind to give the HOT stuff the right beet partners, the spicy ones can be planted next to the tomatoes, but NOT the HOT ones!
Why is that?
Originally posted by Harrier88
Originally posted by Primrose6789
By the way, just learned, that you should put the REALLY HOT STUFF next to cucumbers, NOT next to tomatoes! So, have to keep in mind to give the HOT stuff the right beet partners, the spicy ones can be planted next to the tomatoes, but NOT the HOT ones!Why is that?
Because some plants can be good neighbours, living in symbiosis, keeping away pests from each other and others are not so good neighbours, they compete for the nutrients in the soil or for the sunlight.
Originally posted by Harrier88
Originally posted by Primrose6789
By the way, just learned, that you should put the REALLY HOT STUFF next to cucumbers, NOT next to tomatoes! So, have to keep in mind to give the HOT stuff the right beet partners, the spicy ones can be planted next to the tomatoes, but NOT the HOT ones!Why is that?
Cucumbers are cool — as in "Cool as a cucumber" so if you put the hot stuff next to them they won't be as hot. 
Ain't nature funny!
How we doing with SNG Volume? How many games have you played since your return?
Any giraffe pics to share or is it too early at this point. I know your not worrying about results too much
Originally posted by UPAY4DINNER
Ain't nature funny!How we doing with SNG Volume? How many games have you played since your return?
Any giraffe pics to share or is it too early at this point. I know your not worrying about results too much
I still don´t have tracker, so I don´t know how many games I already played, but I can definitely say, there´s no giraffe-graph yet. As mentioned, have had a bit of a bad loosing streak for about 3 session now, and probably it´s more of a break-even, or even "downhill"-curve at the moment.
Report (and probably graph, if possible) will be posted always at the last day of every month!
I only report once a month. So you gotta be a bit patient until March 31st. :f_wink::f_biggrin:
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Oh no! Please don´t put me under pressure. I do not have good results so far, had a bad loosing streak.
We´re slowly creeping out ....
..of this bad loosing streak, even though in my first SnG KK < 75o and a flopped str8 lost vs set - board paired. 
Still many 70:30 situations (AK < AQ f.e.) lost, but at least I could win many flips, so that I could take a couple of 2nd and third places. Only one win. It´s not so bad anymore as last Saturday was with 99 % junk hands and 90 % of all-ins lost (like AA< KJ, AA<QJ, KK<A9 and such). Jammed once with 66 (from BTN, 10 BB) into BBs JJ and once with QQ into AA. But otherwise there´s definitely a sliver lining and hopefully the worst is over. Todays session looked pretty break-evenish.
"My nervous system is on fire" 
That´s what I said today, when we had one of our last tennis lessions for this years off-season. 
It´s all about the perfect topspin! Yes! Every detail! So, coach explained to us, what we do wrong, what we can improve, we practiced the perfect technique, many many times, many repetitions
and we had to think about many things, to get it really perfectly right, so from time to time I had some little "blackouts" and didn´t even know anymore what to do with my limbs. :f_ugly::f_ugly::f_ugly::f_ugly::f_ugly: My nervous system was pretty much on fire! :sfishy::mdr: But at the end of our todays practice I figured out what I have to think about to get all things right, and could really see some great progress! More stability, more speed, more spin! Whooo hooo!
Technique lessons can be quite exhausting! It´s almost like Crossfit. I wonder how my arm will feel tomorrow. ♠_ugly: Nevertheless, it´s worth it to work hard and you will achieve results. Same goes for poker. ♠_smile:
