Tourney Day

It's about 30 min before the mega satellite starts. The plan is to play smart and make good decisions.

I can't remember the last time I was excited to play poker. I am actually nervous. I need to make sure I stay in control of my emotions and not make stupid plays and moves. 

The main event will be the biggest buy in tournament I've played to date. I can't win the tournament in a satellite but I can lose it. So the plan is grow my stack and not take unnecessary chances.

Made through the satellite. It was stressful and exhilarating at the same time. I never get that rush from cash games. I am tired and have a bit of a headache but I'm going to focus and play smart.

As far as the satellite goes I think I made one big mistake. I opened KJo from UTG and flopped a J and then turned the nut flush draw against a made 2nd nut flush. I was all in and behind 1 time with 78 vs A8 and binked a 7. I called and all in (reshoved) and was heads up with 44 vs A9 and held. I even made someone fold 88. I was also all in with Q9 on a 9 Hugh flop. SB vs BB. SB checked I jammed he t.ank called with the same hand. Chop chop.

I made day 2. I bagged 48,600. I played well. I didn't make too many mistakes and none that cost me a huge amount it chips. I did win one huge hand when I had Jc9c on the button.  I called a 2.5x raise and the flop was KcQc4c. On the turn we got it all in vs AcQh and I held. Then went card dead for almost 2 hours. Folded almost half my stack away and then toward the end of the night 44 vs 33 on a A97T5 board. We did check the turn the river. I was in position so he could not really bluff with he 33.

Blinds will be 500/1000 when we start day 2 so I am in good shape when it comes to big blinds. 

I need to continue to keep my head in the game and play smart.

DAY 2
The day went well I played well and got lucky. I was seated to the right of the person who was 2nd in chips going into day 2. I www able to River a set vs him to win a huge pot then a few orbits later I made a big river bluff to grow my stack even more. I was able to run my 48k up to about 205k. When we got 18 handed (16 paid) I was moved to a table were two really loose players with huge chip stacks were to my left.  I basically had to fold the rest of the day.  Until I finally went out 11th for $1500. So from $85 to $1500 in weekend. I'll take that.

New Life

I have spent too much of my life being passive and not going after what I wanted. I let others control me. My whole life has been this way.  I also procrastinate. Why do today what I can put off until tomorrow was the code in which I live by.  To put it simply I am lazy. 

My goals have shifted for a variety of reasons.  I cannot afford to take a passive approach to life any longer. Of the many reasons why, the major ones are I do not trust all the things I have taken for granted over the past 20 years.  Things change, and they change quickly.  In addition, where I am now has not really made me all that happy and I do not want to live my whole life wishing I had lived the life I wanted.

There are 2 areas that I am going to focus my attention.  The key to all of them is to not be lazy to take control and mostly not waste precious time.

1^st- Health and Fitness… I have been following a Keto diet for about a month and I feel 100 times better. In fact I did not know how bad I felt until I started to feel better.  I will be focusing on losing the rest of the weight and working out.  The food is the easiest for me I need to “force” myself to get to the gym and get that great feeling back.  On my 3 day weekends its easy to make the gym but after an 11 hour work day I don’t often feel like going to the gym.  Not feeling like it or being tired is not an acceptable excuse. 

2^nd – Improving my poker skills and getting to the next level and then the level above that.  Poker study is one of my biggest leaks.  I do spend time listening to audible books but this is often when doing something else at the same time.  I have a membership at Crush Live Poker and try to listen to the podcasts, I do not spend enough time watching the videos, I am not active in the forums and I rarely comment in slack…. Heck I do not read slack enough either. 

Action Plan:

Health and Fitness – the food remains the same, focus on healthy fats and virtually no carbs. The gym I need to work out 4 times a week…. This means 2 out of three days off and 2 out of 4 days worked.