Day Off

I took today as one of my days off from the challenge. Heiko himself gave me a personal wake up call at 2:00pm so I knew the day wasn't meant to be from the get-go :)

I did a little shopping then played a couple sessions, starting off really strong (+€4k) but then donating it all back by the time I was done. It's kind of boring if I just post the hands where I stack someone or get stacked, so here are some bluffs from today:

I squeeze AQ and get a call on my continuation bet on the flop. My first instinct was to obviously surrender on the turn because it blanked, but I thought I could still push him off 88 or 99, which is what I assume he had. He has seen me give up in spots like these before, so my hand looks super strong to him.

Here I was playing against a superaggro opponent who was getting involved in all kinds of situations. I am pretty sure he's a good player, he just plays a high-variance game with tons of moves. I didn't believe his 2.5x raise so I shoved, assuming that I had at least 3 outs if I got called.

In this hand, psykoben (psychobenny at 6thstreet.de) owns me pretty hard. I try to sell a monster (22 or 55) but he ain't buyin it. I wuss out and don't fire the 3rd barrel, although he claims he would call a 3rd barrel in that hand against me.

I quit the session because I had incredibly headaches and my head felt like Las Vegas in the summer.

In other news, the Dollar continues to fall and I'm wondering if it's ever going to stop. It kind of makes me glad that CelebPoker made the switch to Euros, although I was pretty angry at first. Here's a funny picture that I'm sure many poker players in Europe are feeling: