♠ Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Week Eight Wrapup
My overall concern continues, but I've seen some positive signs.
Chief among them is that a minor change in strategy is having some payoffs. Over the last couple of days I've removed KJ, KT, QJ, QT from my repertoire of playing hands, except under extreme conditions (basically, when I want to take the blinds with them). Yes, I miss a few pots by not playing them, but I miss a few pots by not playing 83o, too. What it has done for me is reduced my variance. The last couple of days' online play has been more of a steady build, and less feast or famine (and mostly famine). I think I've been losing too many bets by "taking a look at a flop" with a hand I can't love even if I hit it.
Associated with this is a pledge that's been more difficult to keep. I want to stop taking off a card when the flop misses me totally. Overcards isn't enough of a draw, for the same reason as above: I can't love my hand even if I hit it. This I'm struggling with, because playing AK to a ragged rainbow board is something I still have trouble getting right.
Another change I think I need to make is to stop going to the casino on the weekend. Not that I do horribly there, although I play too many hands out of boredom, but I'm playing a higher-variance, usually higher-stakes game, and missing out on the best time to make money online. Gil usually wants to go to the casino on the weekend, because he has a business to run during the week, but we've gone on weekday evenings before, and I'm OK with that.
This week's numbers:
| Date | Location | Time | Stakes | Results | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3/23 | PP Tbl 11309 | 9:00P-12:25 | $3/$6 | – | 160.50 | Rebuy |
| PP Tbl 12795 | 9:00P-11:30 | $3/$6 | – | 81.50 | ||
| PP Tbl 12187 | 9:00P-3:15 | $3/$6 | + | 95.00 | ||
| PP MTT | 11:30PM | NL | – | 11.00 | Finish: 13/399 | |
| PP A nony loves winners | 12:30A-1:30 | $3/$6 | – | 98.50 | ||
| PP Tbl 12687 | 1:35A-2:05 | $3/$6 | 0 | |||
| Total for 3/23: | –256.50 | |||||
| 3/24 | PP Brownies | 11:20P-12:25 | $3/$6 | + | 158.00 | |
| PP Tbl 13071 | 11:20P-2:35 | $3/$6 | – | 32.50 | ||
| PP Connecting Vibes | 11:20P-12:50 | $3/$6 | – | 104.00 | Many 2d-best hands; rebuy | |
| PP Tbl 12535 | 12:30A-4:10 | $3/$6 | + | 161.67 | ||
| PP Tbl 11187 | 12:50A-2:25 | $3/$6 | – | 21.25 | ||
| PP Tbl 12117 | 2:25A-3:25 | $3/$6 | – | 76.50 | A couple stupid plays | |
| PP Bellarista | 2:15A-4:10 | $3/$6 | – | 19.50 | Hdouble's seat | |
| PP Tbl 12637 | 3:25A-4:15 | $3/$6 | + | 130.00 | ||
| Total for 3/24: | +195.92 | |||||
| 3/25 | PP Tbl 12660 | 9:10P-12:55 | $3/$6 | + | 183.25 | |
| PP Gallopin gooseberry | 9:10P-9:35 | $3/$6 | – | 59.00 | ||
| PP Dunkin Dough | 9:10P-1:30 | $3/$6 | – | 1.00 | ||
| PP Dasire plus | 9:40P-1:25 | $3/$6 | + | 199.75 | ||
| PP Tbl 12791 | 1:00A-1:30 | $3/$6 | + | 14.00 | ||
| PP MTT | 3:00AM | NL | – | 55.00 | Finish: 163/272 (No cards) | |
| Total for 3/25: | +282.00 | |||||
| 3/26 | PP On the rocks | 12:40A-12:50 | $3/$6 | – | 8.00 | |
| PP Pirates Cove | 12:40A-2:15 | $3/$6 | – | 134.00 | Rebuy | |
| PP Tbl 12164 | 12:40A-12:55 | $3/$6 | + | 18.00 | ||
| PP Gold Canyon | 12:50A-4:10 | $3/$6 | + | 99.00 | ||
| PP Mona Lisa | 12:55A-4:30 | $3/$6 | – | 259.50 | Rebuy | |
| PP Las vegas players | 2:15A-4:30 | $3/$6 | – | 48.00 | ||
| Total for 3/26: | –332.50 | |||||
| 3/27 | Little River | 10:30A-5:30 | $4/$8 | – | 114.00 | Gil was +$505 |
| Total for 3/27: | –114.00 | |||||
| 3/28 | PP Riffle the Chips | 5:40A-6:00 | $3/$6 | + | 42.50 | |
| PP Multiplicity | 5:40A-6:30 | $3/$6 | – | 45.50 | ||
| PP Tbl 11132 | 5:40A-6:30 | $3/$6 | – | 22.00 | ||
| PP Bohemian Rhapsody | 6:00A-6:30 | $3/$6 | – | 32.25 | ||
| Soaring Eagle | 10A-11A | $3/$6 | + | ~60.00 | I'm glad we went, but online would have been better | |
| Soaring Eagle | 11A-6:00 | $6/$12 | – | 120.00 | ||
| Total for 3/28: | –117.25 | |||||
| 3/29 | PP over the horizon | 4:30A-4:55 | $3/$6 | – | 36.00 | |
| (morn) | PP Gallopin gooseberry | 4:30A-5:05 | $3/$6 | + | 147.50 | |
| PP Dasire plus | 4:30A-9:50 | $3/$6 | + | 283.50 | ||
| PP Autumn Breeze | 5:00A-5:30 | $3/$6 | + | 13.50 | ||
| PP Tbl 12187 | 5:05A-8:20 | $3/$6 | – | 134.50 | Rebuy | |
| PP Push and Pull | 5:30A-7:05 | $3/$6 | + | 7.50 | ||
| PP Tbl 12626 | 7:05A-9:50 | $3/$6 | – | 100.50 | ||
| PP Gold Canyon | 8:25A-9:50 | $3/$6 | – | 50.00 | ||
| 3/29 | PP Tbl 11409 | 9:45P-10:10 | $3/$6 | – | 22.00 | |
| (eve.) | PP Tbl 12280 | 9:45P-1:00 | $3/$6 | + | 117.00 | |
| PP Rubberband | 9:45P-10:05 | $3/$6 | + | 20.00 | ||
| PP Make a break | 10:05P-12:55 | $3/$6 | + | 68.00 | ||
| PP Tbl 12164 | 10:10P-11:05 | $3/$6 | – | 2.50 | ||
| PP Tbl 12324 | 11:05P-1:05 | $3/$6 | – | 109.50 | Rebuy | |
| Total for 3/29: | +202.00 | |||||
| Total for Week Eight: | –140.33 | |||||
| Cumulative Weeks 4–8: | +574.56 | |||||
