Poor Little Boy

Can't sleep myself because much of the time I was to be working this evening was instead spent worrying about my boy.

He's teething, and boy he's suffering quite a bit. I had heard this was hard but I guess I had no idea. It breaks my heart sitting in my office right next door and hearing the poor little boy whimper. Oh how I wish there was something I could do for him that could make it easier.

Sorry for the absence over the past couple of weeks. Got busy at work and at home, and lost two weeks in a row (which always makes me less willing to write about the poker). Won Friday night again (+575). The difference between now and six months ago is even when I play unevenly, my best is so much better than it was that I can still win if my big hands hold up -- just need to work on my worst.....

More to say later.

And, yes the below is about as close to "peaking" as I'll get.

Patient Explanation

This will indeed take time. For how are they to understand why, after two full days in the mountain air away from all technology, we would be watching a TiVo'd recording of a performance quite so terrible as a 33-3 drubbing at the hands of lowly Georgia Tech?

This is the lot of the long-suffering Irish fan. They'll learn.

(Yes, Dawn, that is my sad panda face at the end there)

Another Wild Ride

Up a buy-in, down three, up one, down 2, and finally up 2 1/2 to finish the night with another winner.

It is clear to me that playing every week is really helping my game. Even when I play too swingy now, I am more able to contain my emotions when I know the next session is not all that far away. I still have some tiltable moments, but the severity is very lessened.

I have an exploitable tendency right now, however, that I must correct before my next session. I am continually reraising too much with draws and second-best hands -- the result is people calling me very light. I actually had someone call all in with top and bottom pair on a straightening and flushing board when I reraised representing the set. In fact I had bottom two and an openender, and I hit, but these light calls of my raises will continue, and I better have the nuts or stronger draws next week or I will get eaten alive.

I will ponder which hands are worth discussing. Big pots are unavoidable in this game, but I need to be less willing to play them so often.

I did get the third best player at the table to fold top two to my reraise with bottom set -- resulting in his boat coming against a straight draw and letting me win the pot with my underboat. He flashed us the cards by mistake (forgetting there was another player, which of course meant that I could push the turn with impunity.....