20 Feb 2008 - In

In: $257

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I ran well yesterday, 8.5 PTBBs/100 on a personal best of 5K hands. I am 9 tabling now, 4 short and 5 long, for 8 hours, and this is going to be my standard day. I am again at the point where, if I run well again today, I could make the claim that the sideswing is over. If not....

It was my first day logging so many hands, and I was definitely a little bit punchy towards the end. It was a good day in that I don't remember any hands that I wanted back (overtly misplayed), and I only remember 1 mental error (folding a straight in an unraised pot), so overall not so bad. I was getting a lot of action on my premiums pre-flop, and its really nice to count on pocket aces 20+ times a day. In fact, 2 days ago, when I ran bad, I was actually very lucky because at least 5-6 times I got my money in vs. a short stack and said to myself I would have liked to have more $ in the pot, only to get outdrawn or be up against a bigger hand. So I try to notice these fortunate circumstances when they occur, even though I am losing at the time.

I have found that I play much better with music in the background. I don't know why, maybe because it feels so lonely without it. I stream KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic and I go through it usually 3 times (it runs just under 3 hours).

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Song of the day: Anne Litt was sitting in for Nick Harcourt yesterday on MBE and she played a beautiful piece of Hawaiian guitar by Israel 'Iz' Kamakawiwo'ole called Hanohano Wale No Na Cowboy And Ka Huila Wai. I have been into this kind of thing lately, and it sounded great. I usually dont like it when Nick doesnt host the show, but this one was really good.