lolswings.

so I'm going on the sickest downswing right now and it's pretty brutal. about 20bi at the worst part, only in cash, another 10 or so in tourneys.
i don't really think I'm playing too horrible, just running into hands and i suppose a bit of tilt here and there.
I talked it over with my coach and he says everything looks fine, just tighten up a little bit.
I know I'm on tilt when I'm contemplating the AI PF call with KJo. that's just not a good situation.
ok, sorry about the poker talk for those of you who aren't interested in it. just skip this next section...

This is pretty much what's been happening to me.
Hand No.1
this is just sick, especially since i'd been 3b a lot. i think my percentage was 22 at the time, and it was mainly this guy, so when we got to this hand, as you can see, he had pretty much had it with me.
Hand No.2
this is kinda just like. well if you have an 8 or aces, you win, i dont think i ever fold this. even to a nit.
Hand No.3
i think after he called my turn bet so quickly i figured him to have like KQ or K9...something like that with a Qd/9d and so i pretty much try to go for a thin value check raise on the river. and pretty much valuetown myself. the idiot on the other end should've shoved his stack, the only hands beating him were other sets and AK. i suppose i could have AK but i would probably stack off there in his position.
Hand No.4
i think it's pretty standard, especially the way the action went down. he was running 95/22 2.6, so im thinking he's a complete donk and as such, he shipped his stack shortly after...to another player. =[
Hand No.5
this hand...was just fireworks. and of course i hit, but it's not good enough...

so i'll post a few winners just so it's not a complete depressing story like schindler's list.
Hand #6
open raise to 20? mmm...88 yea, that's good enough, i'll ship here, thanks.
Hand #7
so i'd been playing back at this guy for a while and so when this hand comes up, i figure i'll take a flop in position. sb tags along and we're 3way into the flop. the sb leads for 4 and i think a call is definitely standard, i could raise, but i dont want to put any more money without a more solid read. i figure running clubs, K, Q, or T are good here, so i bink the nut straight on the turn and i figured he had enough of the board to ship in here and so that's how it went down.
Hand #8
i was really happy with the way i played this hand because he's a reg and i had seen him playing back here and there. i decide to 3bet out of the blinds to help define his range, and to get more money in the pot. initially the 9 8 4 board was nice to see, but i thought he might have AA-QQ, TT-22 ATs+ AJo+ and i ran this through stove and it came out 66.8% for my JJ and 33.1% for his range.
so i decided to lead on the flop after my 3bet, for about a little more than 1/2pot.
turn is A, and i immediately thought this is the perfect card for him to barrel and try to steal. i figure that on the flop he folds his AJ+ and refrains from floating since he was running 18/16 4. (solid numbers i know) he bets 14 into 23 and i flat. i figured i'd let him bluff the remaining amount of his stack off and turn my hand into a bluff catcher. i check on the 2 river (a blank essentially) and he ships, i instacall and i ship the pot. definitely a read dependant situation that was more on the feel of the game as i figured his numbers would grant him credit to run this manuver of his.

back to life...

so school has been well, i actually ended up dropping one of my classes, so i'll see how that works out (930 am on tuesday just isn't for me)
but yeah, i played ball tonight and that was awesome, our team grew pretty big and it's been doing well. cody finally played and killed it, but the real props go to our girl sammie who's just sick. (of course being a ninja from the bay helps)
anyways, she's our kobe since girls points are worth 2/3 where as us guys are limited to 1/2.

tomorrow night is epic. that should be awesome. =D yay.
God's definitely been moving a lot within our SB sect and i can't wait to see what else he has in store. recently a girl came to know Christ as her Lord and Savior, pretty awesome to see. (well when is it not?) definitely made me think about my walk and when i said yes to Christ. i think that my walk has been going on the upside finally as well. i've been able to listen to sermons and dig into the word as i've been rewarded with time since i quit my job and dropped a class. =D yeyuh. i love having QT with God because it's so rewarding and just fun. also bible study is going on and i know that this will be a good one since we're going to be investing in breaking down the walls and getting into the nitty gritty. so hopefully this is pleasing to God and profitable.

i've been going through luke and james with Grant so this week is week 1 for james, which will undoubtedly be awesome like no doubt.
so that's about it i guess.

Things with me and lor have been getting a lot better as of late. i think there were a lot of things that were lacking in our relationship as far as communication goes. we definitely are trying our best to sort them out and i think the hard work is paying off. we're beginning to slowly learn the tendencies and desires of each other and as a product, we're learning how to serve each other better and more lovingly. basically we're communicating in the language that we receive love.

so yeah, praise God for that.

me and grant had an interesting talk the other night as we were both really tired. so we were talking about life and whatevers, and i mentioned the whole car deal, and he was saying how lucky i was to have parents who are willing to give me a brand new car, and have a huge range of what i can choose from. i had a bunch of mixed feelings about this as i was unsure as to how i should go from there. i definitely agree my parents are more generous than i can say. ( they pretty much will pay for everything other than poker ) anyways, this lead me to think, " in response to their love and generosity, should i take advantage of this and bomb away for the M3? or should i just keep myself in a more leveled state with my accord. i think this all made me realize how my dad thinks. when i was younger if i wanted a new anything, i would ask him and he would begin to rant/lecture about my current one, and the initial reaction to my inquiry would be, " :head shake/blink: Well what's wrong with your other one?" i think i must've heard this thousands of times. but yeah, i kinda took that question and applied it to my car at hand to evaluate whether i need a new one or not.
if there is anything wrong with my car, its that it's just getting broken into and it's got a good 100k more miles i assume. its got 121k right now. i think the only thing i really complain about is that it's too slow (i can't exactly accelerate to manuver myself through traffic or such) and that it doesn't have good airbags. (the passanger seat lacks one) there's a few other things like my transmissions vibrates when in reverse and you have to jiggle my ignition key a certain way if it gets locked, but other than that stuff, it's a solid car still. (and my audio system is horrible as well. my subs (whatever you would call them) are kinda out so my system is no bueno.
is this enough to get a new car? and if so, which one, and why?
the purpose of a car, is to get from point A to point B. i suppose it fulfills that purpose, and as such i dont need a new car. everything else is bells and whistles. although BMW's are sexy. i dont know if i necessarily need one. ( in fact, i know i dont. )
so i think after i graduate, i'll postpone my new car again. for now.

anyways, i g2g to bed...tomorrow i have...

i have to do some laundry and crap so that's gay. =[

and paper due thursday. super gay. =[

but zodo's with NSU. that is super awesome.

laters.
God bless.
jt.