Ready for my vacation

Getting construction done at my house right now. Been a long process. Also, something just happened with the pressure regulator for the water here so now I have to spend $500 to get that and something else on the pipes fixed. Moving in a new tenant tomorrow at my other house in the guesthouse over there. Have to get a bunch of other stuff done before I leave. Can't wait to finally be on vacation.

As far as poker, I've been getting crazy beats, and luckily not jumping off a bridge yet:


UTG ($107.60)
MP ($466.40)
CO ($339)
snowbank ($405.40)
SB ($529.80)
BB ($153)

Preflop: snowbank is Button with 2h, 2d.

1 fold, MP raises to $8, 1 fold, snowbank calls $8, SB calls $6, BB calls $4.

Flop: ($32) 2c, Td, Tc (4 players)

SB bets $23, BB folds, MP folds, snowbank raises to $46, SB calls $23.

Turn: ($124) Th (2 players)

SB checks, snowbank checks.

River: ($124) 2s (2 players)

SB bets $475.8 (All-In), snowbank calls $351.40 (All-In).

Final Pot: $826.80

Results in white below:

snowbank has 2h 2d (four of a kind, twos).

SB has Ts Ah (four of a kind, tens).

Outcome: SB wins $951.20.

Full Tilt Poker, $2/$4 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
LegoPoker Hand History Converter

BTN: $213.80
SB: $449.50
BB: $410
UTG: $400
MP: $401.80
Hero (CO): $388

Pre-Flop: K K dealt to Hero (CO)
2 folds, Hero raises to $14, BTN folds, SB calls $12, BB calls $10

Flop: ($42) Q K Q (3 Players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $32, SB folds, BB calls $32

Turn: ($106) A (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero bets $69, BB calls $69

River: ($244) 8 (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero bets $273 and is All-In, BB calls $273

Results: $790 Pot ($3 Rake)
BB showed J T (a Royal Flush) and WON $787 (+$399 NET)
Hero showed K K (a full house, Kings full of Queens) and LOST (-$388 NET)


Full Tilt Poker, $2/$4 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
LegoPoker Hand History Converter

UTG: $400
MP: $400
CO: $649
BTN: $400
Hero (SB): $880.80
BB: $262.60

Pre-Flop: 6 6 dealt to Hero (SB)
2 folds, CO raises to $14, BTN folds, Hero calls $12, BB calls $10

Flop: ($42) 7 2 6 (3 Players)
Hero checks, BB bets $36, CO calls $36, Hero raises to $109, BB folds, CO raises to $252, Hero raises to $866.80 and is All-In, CO calls $383 and is All-In

Turn: ($1,348) 2 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: ($1,348) 9 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: $1,348 Pot ($3 Rake)
CO showed 2 2 (four of a kind, Twos) and WON $1,345 (+$696 NET)
Hero showed 6 6 (a full house, Sixes full of Twos) and LOST (-$649 NET)


Those were a couple of the roughest over the last few days. Here are just a couple from tonight:


Poker Stars, $2/$4 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 3 Players
LegoPoker Hand History Converter

SB: $477.70
Hero (BB): $823.80
BTN: $557.90

Pre-Flop: A A dealt to Hero (BB)
BTN raises to $16, SB folds, Hero raises to $54, BTN calls $38

Flop: ($110) K 3 5 (2 Players)
Hero bets $65, BTN calls $65

Turn: ($240) 9 (2 Players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $138, Hero calls $138

River: ($516) 8 (2 Players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $300.90 and is All-In, Hero calls $300.90

Results: $1,117.80 Pot ($1 Rake)
Hero mucked A A and LOST (-$557.90 NET)
BTN showed 9 9 (three of a kind, Nines) and WON $1,116.80 (+$558.90 NET)



Poker Stars, $2/$4 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 5 Players
LegoPoker Hand History Converter

UTG: $398
Hero (CO): $675.45
BTN: $442.30
SB: $464.70
BB: $859.10

Pre-Flop: A A dealt to Hero (CO)
UTG raises to $16, Hero raises to $54, 3 folds, UTG raises to $140, Hero raises to $675.45 and is All-In, UTG calls $258 and is All-In

Flop: ($802) J J 2 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)


Turn: ($802) 6 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)


River: ($802) K (2 Players - 1 is All-In)


Results: $802 Pot ($2 Rake)
UTG showed K K (a full house, Kings full of Jacks) and WON $800 (+$402 NET)
Hero mucked A A and LOST (-$398 NET)



Poker Stars, $2/$4 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
LegoPoker Hand History Converter

Hero (BB): $1,079.70
UTG: $443.30
MP: $686.80
CO: $549.80
BTN: $441.70
SB: $196.10

Pre-Flop: A A dealt to Hero (BB)
2 folds, CO calls $4, BTN raises to $18, SB folds, Hero raises to $64, CO raises to $140, BTN folds, Hero raises to $1,079.70 and is All-In, CO calls $409.80 and is All-In

Flop: ($1,119.60) T J 3 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)


Turn: ($1,119.60) 2 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)


River: ($1,119.60) K (2 Players - 1 is All-In)


Results: $1,119.60 Pot ($3 Rake)
Hero showed A A (a pair of Aces) and LOST (-$549.80 NET)
CO showed K K (three of a kind, Kings) and WON $1,116.60 (+$566.80 NET)


Even though I've been running really crappy, I'm still been having decent overall results which makes me feel really good about what's going to happen if I ever start running well. I've had one session with my coach so far, and although it was relatively basic since it was the first session, I think we went over some really good things, that will hopefully get me where I want to be.

I've been working real hard trying to work one some of the things we went over in our session. On Friday I played for 15 hours straight, 8 tabling and playing 12,068 hands. I almost wish I could postpone Thailand since I think I would have a HUGE month if I wasn't going away for part of November. But honestly I can't wait to go. I'm going to write myself some strategy notes to study, and will probably study some futures trading on the plane as well. It's gonna be cool to have some time off to relax and have fun.

Thailand is booked + new poker coach

Booked Thailand last week, so it's all set. There's four of us going. Should be awesome. We'll probably meet up with some other poker pros who live out there. I think we're just booking a hotel for one night, and then pretty much winging it from there.

I finally decided on a poker coach. He's expensive, but should be well worth the money. I'll talk more about it when I've had a couple lessons, we haven't had a chance to do one yet. I talked with a lot of different coaches, there's so many people coaching nowadays. Some seem like really good coaches, but it seems like a number of coaches are getting into coaching because they can't beat the games for very much anymore, which is kind of a scary thought for people who might hire them. I talked to pretty much all the good players who are coaching, and talked to a lot of players who recommended coaches, or recommended I stay away from certain coaches, and went with one who I thought would help the most for my game. If anyone needs any info on mid-high stakes coaches, let me know.

Investments

Been looking into a self-storage facility for the last few weeks. Still waiting for some documents on it, but will hopefully make a decision in the next week or so. It's being built, so I wouldn't be buying an existing facility. This means more potential profits, but also more chance something could go wrong.

The duplex that I was going to buy in Oklahoma I have decided not to buy. Don't know if I posted many updates on that, but it's been a long process. I flew out to Oklahoma on my way back from Vegas this summer, and one of the units was not what it looked like when I initially got it under contract. There were some bad tenants on one side and the place was a mess. Definitely a little damage too. They weren't there to show us, so I couldn't even see the inside, so before I flew back east I told my agent out there to cancel the inspection scheduled for the next day because if they couldn't get into that side I didn't want to pay for an inspector to come out. I talked with the owners/their agents, and said if the tenant was evicted, that's the only way I'd consider still buying it. Took forever, but they finally evicted the tenant, but now it needs a little fixup and still needs to be re-rented. I guess there's still a little possibility of me buying it if they come down in price a bit and I decide it's worth the hassle. Thing is, the place might be worth $75k+, so if I could somehow get it at like $55k and have it cashflowing $500+/month, I think I might have to buy it. My investment strategy has changed a bit since I originally got it under contract though, so it'd have to be a steal for me to change my mind.

Long month ahead

I'm trying to play 120,000 hands this month. I've never played that many before, so we'll see what happens. I played about 5,000 yesterday, so off to decent start. When I'm not playing poker, I'm going to keep studying the trading method that I'm trying to learn. I probably know about 5% of what I need to know to start trading, so I've got a long way to go. Probably going to Thailand next month so trying to work all month for October.