Day 7: Limited Loss.

Today I went to work and played ball after work. Really got frustrated playing basketball at L.A. Fitness. I was on a squad with three guys that were about 5'7" 95 lbs. and all they did was stand on the three-point line and play no defense whatsoever. Our other guy was like 5'9" 250 lbs. and he played even less defense and barely made it up and down the court. Then one of the little guys keeps tellin me "Just take over." WTF? The worst part about this is, because no one on my team is playing defense, I'm going like 150% on D trying to cover three guys in the post. So by the time we get on O, I'm tired as hell. Anyways I was 1-2 in pick up games and I hate losing.

I went home for an hour and then headed to HP to try and make a small come up in a couple hours.. I didn't really want to go to sleep after 2 a.m. Well, as soon as I get there my ex-girl starts sending me a text message about how she thinks (or "knows") I'm talking to someone. If she thinks that, so what? We are not together so I don't get why she acts like she can trip on me. I told her to stop contacting me and she agreed. This was all going on while I was playing the 200 NL. Ugh.

When I first got to the casino, I sat down at the 6/12 Limit because the 100 NL and 200 NL were filled. My first hand in I had to post from the cut-off. Everyone checked the flop so I bet my position with Q-7 offsuit on a board of Kxx. Two people called and checked the turn. I fired another 12. One guy called. The flush and straights both missed the river and I bet again and he folded. The very next hand I had 4s5s and the flop came 10-4-5 with two hearts. Again I came out raising and firing on the turn. The flush missed again and one guy paid me off on the river, probably because I had bet every single turn since I sat down at the table. I won another hand with a set of 8's and some guy called me all the way down with a pair of deuces and then he hit two pair 2-4 on the river. WTF. I left the 6/12 Limit up $170.

Sat down at the 200 NL and it was up and down. I raised to $35 with AdJd from the button. Got one caller, we both missed the flop and I bet my position and he folded. I was down to about $130 or so and I doubled up with QQ from the button. I raised to $35 again and got two callers. The flop came 8-6-4 with two diamonds. I went all-in for another $95 or so and one guy called with the nut flush draw. He missed the ace and the diamonds and I was up about $80. From that point it was all down hill and I ended up losing -$300 in the 200 NL game.

I wasn't really feeling like I was on top of my game at the 200 NL so I was happy to leave with a small loss, especially since I made some of it in the 6/12 game. I know that if I can keep my losses low and stay consistent with my profitable sessions I will come out ahead. So I had no problem leaving at 1 a.m. with a loss of $130. There was only really one vulnerable guy at my NL table and he had a better read on me than I had on him so I didn't think it was a great opportunity at this table. Anyways I was fine leaving with a small overall loss of 130.

Summary: 2.5 hours (10:30 pm - 1:00 am), -130 (first table +$170, second table -300)

Monday:
6/12 Limit: +170
200NL: -300
Overall: -130
Hourly: -$120/Hr.

To date:
6/12 Limit: +170
40 NL: -100
100 NL: -67
200 NL: +3544
Overall: +3547